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Yola
by Yola
What Yola is
Yola is a web-based website builder for small businesses, with support for custom domains, contact forms, SEO controls, blogging, and booking tools. The Free plan costs nothing and includes one website, two pages, 100 MB of storage, and a free Yola subdomain. Yola lists a 50-page included page limit. Yola uses a freemium pricing model, and the listed platform is web. The maker was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. The combination of publishing, contact forms, search controls, and booking tools supports several common elements of a small-business website. People building a small site can start with the Free plan, while the other listed plans allow more pages per website.
Who it suits
Yola suits small businesses that need a web-based site with contact forms, SEO controls, blogging, or booking tools. The Free plan may fit a very small site, while plans with higher page allowances are listed for larger sites.
What it does well
- Free plan includes one website
- Custom domains and contact forms are supported
- SEO controls, blogging, and booking tools are available
- Higher plans allow up to 1,000 pages
What to know first
- Free plan is limited to two pages
- Free plan includes 100 MB of storage
- Free plan uses a Yola subdomain
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Personal | 50 pages per website | On request |
| Business | 500 pages per website | On request |
| Business Elite | 1,000 pages per website | On request |
| Free | monthly · 1 GB storage · 2 languages · 2 pages · 2 websites · mobile-ready site · Yola subdomain | Free |
| Silver | monthly · 5 GB storage · 25 websites · 1,000 pages · custom code editing · free private registration · mobile-ready site | $15.95 a month |
| Gold | monthly · 25 websites · unlimited storage · 1,000 pages · SEO monitoring · custom code · mobile-ready site | $23.95 a month |
| Bronze | monthly · 2 GB storage · 5 websites · 1,000 pages · 2 languages · free private registration · mobile-ready site | $7.95 a month |
As yola.com lists them, read 24 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Yola covers several common small-business website needs, including forms, blogging, SEO controls, and bookings. The Free plan has a two-page limit, while higher listed page allowances range from 50 to 1,000 pages.
Facts from Yola's own pages
- AI builder
- Yola AI can generate a website and provides design, block, text and localization assistants. · yola.com, 21 Oct 2026
- API client
- A public GitHub project named yolapy provides a Python client for the Yola API and links to ReadTheDocs documentation under the MIT license. · github.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Blogging
- Yes · yola.com, 24 Sept 2026
- Company profile
- LinkedIn lists Yola as a privately held San Francisco technology company founded in 2007 with 11–50 employees and a Cape Town office. · linkedin.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Contact forms
- Yes · yola.com, 24 Sept 2026
- Custom domain
- Yes · yola.com, 24 Sept 2026
- Documentation
- The Help Center covers getting started, building, domains, SEO, privacy, mail, mobile editing, support and online-store topics. · helpcenter.yola.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Ecommerce
- Yola Online Store supports catalogs, product variants, subscriptions, gift cards, inventory, tax and shipping features. · yola.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2007 · yola.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · yola.com, 24 Sept 2026
- Funding
- Owler records two funding rounds totaling $25 million: $5 million in 2007 and $20 million in 2009. · owler.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United States · yola.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Hosted service
- Yola describes its hosting as cloud-based with a stated 99.9% uptime target. · yola.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: billing and reliability complaints
- Trustpilot reviewers report unexpected domain or hosting charges, slow or crashing pages, delayed support responses and refund difficulties. · trustpilot.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: blogging
- Independent reviews note that Yola lacks a dedicated blogging tool and has limited dynamic-content features. · website-builders.cybernews.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: customization and code
- Reviewers report limited template customization, difficult layout editing and insufficient custom-code or API reporting capabilities on lower plans. · g2.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: free and entry plans
- Reviews say the free or cheapest tiers restrict pages, HTML, analytics, Google verification and tracking, and may retain Yola branding or advertisements. · softwareadvice.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Marketing integrations
- Mailchimp integration synchronizes store data for newsletters and retargeting campaigns. · yola.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Mobile app availability
- Yola says its mobile editor works in a browser and does not require a dedicated app. · yola.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Multilingual sites
- Yola supports multilingual websites and its service is localized in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and German. · yola.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Ownership news
- NetNation announced its acquisition of Yola on May 19, 2025, saying Yola would initially remain a distinct brand and its team would join NetNation. · netnation.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Page limit
- 50 · yola.com, 24 Sept 2026
- Payment integrations
- The store documentation lists PayPal, Square and more than 30 other payment methods. · yola.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Praise: ease and support
- Reviewers repeatedly praise the simple editor, quick site publishing, templates, value and responsive customer support. · capterra.com, 21 Oct 2026
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