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Makeswift
What Makeswift is
Makeswift is a visual website builder for teams that want marketers to edit pages while developers retain control over the frontend. Its editor supports custom layouts, reusable sections, global styles, and real-time collaboration. Publishing features include version history, rollbacks, publishing controls, and scheduled publishing. Developers can connect site data and logic through TypeScript-first APIs and custom React components. You can publish on Makeswift’s free default host or integrate the builder into a Next.js project that you deploy and host yourself. Listed integrations include Contentful, Shopify, Algolia, Netlify, Optimizely, Airtable, BigCommerce, Sanity, and Stripe, as well as Next.js. A free Makeswift-only plan includes API access, five monthly publishes, one locale, and one site. Paid Makeswift-only Growth is $39 a month when billed yearly; Scale is $99 a month when billed yearly. The developer quickstart requires familiarity with Next.js and Node.js 20.19 or later.
Who it suits
Makeswift suits marketers and developers building modern frontends, especially teams that need visual editing alongside developer tools. The listed plans cover small teams through large organizations, with different locale and publishing-history allowances.
What it does well
- Supports reusable sections and global styles.
- Includes version history, rollbacks, and scheduled publishing.
- Offers TypeScript APIs and custom React components.
- Can be hosted on its default host or self-hosted.
- Free plan includes API access and five monthly publishes.
What to know first
- Basic is limited to five monthly publishes and one locale.
- Growth and Scale are billed yearly.
- Next.js familiarity is required for the developer setup.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | Unlimited pages · Unlimited users · 5 publishes · 1 locale · 1 site | On request |
| Growth | Pay yearly · Unlimited pages · Unlimited users · Unlimited publishes · 5 locales · 30-day publish history · 1 site | $39 a month |
| Scale | Pay yearly · Unlimited pages · Unlimited users · Unlimited publishes · 5 locales · 90-day publish history · 1 site | $99 a month |
| Performance | Unlimited pages · Unlimited users · Unlimited publishes · Custom locales · Custom publish history | On request |
| Growth (BigCommerce) | Unlimited pages · Unlimited users · Unlimited publishes · 5 locales · 30-day publish history | On request |
| Scale (BigCommerce) | Pay yearly; plus your BigCommerce plan · Unlimited pages · Unlimited users · Unlimited publishes · 5 locales · 90-day publish history | $59 a month |
| Performance (BigCommerce) | Unlimited pages · Unlimited users · Unlimited publishes · Custom locales · Custom site count | On request |
| Growth (With BigCommerce) | Free, plus your BigCommerce plan · Unlimited users · Unlimited publishes · 5 locales · 30-day publish history · Sites equal BigCommerce storefronts | Free |
The first 8 of 14 plans, as makeswift.com lists them, read 20 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word. Every plan
Verdict
Makeswift combines visual editing and developer integration tools, with a free starting tier and paid plans that expand publishing and locale allowances. Check the plan limits and Next.js requirement against your workflow before choosing it.
Facts from Makeswift's own pages
- Audience
- The pricing page describes Growth for small teams, late-stage startups, or small businesses; Scale for medium-sized teams running parallel campaigns; and Performance for large teams seeking a customized solution. · makeswift.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Commerce plans
- The pricing page offers plans both with BigCommerce and for Makeswift alone, and says the BigCommerce plans are in addition to the customer’s BigCommerce plan. · makeswift.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Custom domain
- Yes · makeswift.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Developer requirements
- The developer quickstart lists Node.js 20.19 or later, macOS, Windows including WSL, and Linux as supported, and says familiarity with Next.js is required. · docs.makeswift.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Developer tools
- Makeswift offers TypeScript-first APIs and custom React components for integrating data and logic into sites. · makeswift.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · makeswift.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Hosting
- The product documentation says users can publish with Makeswift’s free default host or integrate it into a Next.js project they deploy and host themselves. · docs.makeswift.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The site lists integrations and technologies including Next.js, Contentful, Shopify, Algolia, Netlify, Optimizely, Airtable, BigCommerce, Sanity, and Stripe. · makeswift.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Plan limits
- For Makeswift-only plans, the pricing page lists 5 monthly publishes and 1 locale on Basic, then 5 locales and 30-day publish history on Growth. · makeswift.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Publishing
- Makeswift provides version history, rollbacks, publishing controls, and scheduled publishing. · makeswift.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Makeswift describes itself as a visual website builder that gives marketers visual freedom and developers control to build, ship, and scale modern frontends. · makeswift.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- Makeswift’s privacy policy says it may collect account, browser, contact, payment, support, device, security, transaction, and usage information to provide, support, and improve its services, among other stated purposes. · makeswift.com, 11 Oct 2026
- SEO controls
- Yes · makeswift.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Paid from
- 39 · makeswift.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Support
- The pricing page lists Enterprise Support as a feature in its Makeswift-only plan comparison. · makeswift.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Visual editing
- The builder supports custom layouts, reusable sections, global styles, and real-time multiplayer editing. · makeswift.com, 11 Oct 2026
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