Strikingly vs Zarla

Strikingly is a website builder for creating and publishing sites without coding or design experience. Its editor lets users select content, make changes, and publish their sites. All sites include managed cloud hosting and automatic HTTPS, according to the company. The Simple Store supports product sales, shipping, coupons, and digital goods, with PayPal or Stripe connections for payments. Audience tools include signups, forms, live chat, newsletters, memberships, and members-only content; other listed features include blogging, analytics, contact forms, and social feeds from Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The iOS and Android app can edit and publish sites, show analytics, manage orders and form responses, and receive live chat notifications. The free plan does not include a custom domain. Limited costs $8 a month billed yearly and includes two sites, 1 GB storage per site, 50 GB bandwidth, up to five pages per site, and one product for sale; it also has a 5% transaction fee. Pro costs $16 a month billed yearly, and VIP costs $49 a month billed yearly.

Zarla is an AI website builder and small-business toolkit for creating, editing, and publishing business sites. It can generate a complete site from a business description in about 30 seconds. The toolkit includes custom-domain publishing and hosting, CRM and a lead inbox, bookings, invoicing and payments, forms, SEO tools, social feeds, and a blog. Users can build and preview a site for free, but must pay to publish it live. The Free plan costs nothing and provides 75 AI credits and up to 10 pages per site. Premium Website Builder is $10.99 a month, billed for 36 months at US$ 395.64, then month-to-month at US$29.00/mo; it lists 100 pages. Business Website Builder is $16.99 a month, billed for 36 months at US$ 611.64, then US$49.00/mo; it lists unlimited pages. Zarla also lists automatic SEO setup, an AI SEO Coach, Google Business Profile sync, analytics, and team collaboration. Its official MCP server has 37 tools and supports clients including Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and Gemini CLI through OAuth sign-in without API keys. Zarla says published sites are hosted on Google Cloud and that it uses safeguards including TLS encryption for data in transit, while noting absolute security cannot be guaranteed.