WebStarts Reviews

Summary: This is a product and deal that COULD be really good. But there are some key missing features that the developer does not seem to care about adding, there are MANY unanswered questions that are crucial to know the answers to, and the the developer needs to show that they will support the product after the refund window before anyone should consider putting an important website on it.

Pros:

1. The editor is mostly pretty good. Designing by dragging-and-dropping is, for me, better as an overall experience than adding blocks to Wordpress. It means you can come up with designs more easily and get them published.

2. Sites are fast. My sites on Webstarts are MUCH faster at loading than the equivalent builds on Wordpress shared hosting.

3. Uptime is good/okay, depending on your needs. My monitor has it at 99.97% over the last week. That 0.03% doesn't sound like a lot, but it could be to some people. Is probably fine for the sites I am putting on it.

4. Been around for 20 years, which hopefully means they will stick around.

5. Yes, if it works out, the deal terms are good.

Cons:

1. Support. By far the biggest problem, and the developer has shown that they don't care about this just in these AppSumo comments. There are TONNES of unanswered comments, questions, etc. The ones that are answered are extremely short in response. I have multiple e-mails to support from almost 2 weeks ago that are unanswered. What if your website goes down in the future or there is a serious problem? Will support never answer? They say they have a telephone number you can call, but, will they answer?

2. No idea what the security situation is. There is NOTHING on their websites about firewalls, DDOS prevention, etc.

3. Similarly, no idea what the CDN situation is. Developer comments say AWS. Website says nothing. So they could change this to some other one in the future to a not-as-good-one.

4. No way to manage your storage. You can't even see how much space you have used across your entire account, let alone one website. So how are you meant to manage multiple websites?

5. WebP images do not work. Despite what the developer says. You upload a WebP file, it converts it to PNG and delivers as a huge PNG file.

6. Cookie Consent box does not work. You turn it on and nothing happens. Also no customisation options for it at all.

7. No way to make a simple password-protected page.

8. Sites are not truly responsive. Looks like there are 2 sets of code: one for desktop and one for mobile.

9. Following this, this makes it super-inefficient to load. So while I get fast loading speeds, I get big warnings in Google Page Speed Insights, causing a massive 11 SECONDS of render blocking. Also slow server response (720ms).

10. There are some bugs. Like after saving, your website moves around, or items rotating themselves, or backgrounds for headers not showing in the editor, or animations are out of time (e.g., set 2 objects spaced 4 seconds apart. The one that should show 2nd shows 1st).

11. There are some HUGE pain points with the editor that make it HORRIBLE to use for full customisation. E.g., nothing telling you an item has an animation or link attached. So you have to keep setting it again just to be sure. Simple fix: Just make the icon blue, or something, if there is an active animation.

12. There are some key missing things from the editor. - (A) Image box : no option to change position of image inside (you can on image strip), (B) You can only select up/down/left/right for image position on strips, not specific. (C) There is no option for a different image position on mobile, or different image entirely on mobile, so images look wrong. (D) You can't hide items on desktop, to create something different on mobile. (E) There are ZERO options for your mobile site's menu, like background colour, position, etc. (F) Can't change settings for static header - e.g., different colour on scroll. (G) No option to ignore default hyperlink formatting, so it overwrites your design when you enter one. (H) Can't give a URL to ALL elements, e.g., columns. (I) Can't fade in splitters from left or right; only top or bottom. (I) And more.

13. Incentivised reviews on here.

14. DNS does not support AAA, CAA, DMARC, SRV.

The developer needs to take these things seriously. Simply having good terms of an offer that are a good price does NOT make a deal good. If the price is good, but support sucks, that's not a good deal. What if your site goes down and you never hear back from support? The key missing features are also crucial to anyone who actually cares about their websites, and the developer comments suggest they don't care to add them.

Time will tell with this one. Would probably be 4 stars if support was good. I would not host anything dynamic and super-important on it, but for relatively static sites where it's not completely traumatic if it goes down for a bit while you wait to hear from support, then it's probably a good deal.

Okay guys, take it from me, this is one of the most valuable tools on AppSumo ever. They are able to provide a web editor that can perform just as effectively as any of the 'big' players out there, while also providing a whole host of customizations and features that makes them unbeatable. What features, you ask? Well, first of all, it's more than an editor-- you can handle everything including a mini CRM for appointments set by clients right there within the dashboard. You can create websites using their AI, and it is actually pretty freakin' good. You are able to edit html code, to include adding headcode. There are not many 'LTD' web editors out there that are even worth mentioning, but I would say it is better than Websiteinc from an editor perspective and Vzy from a AI-generated webpage perspective. The fact that the limits are so generous makes this an even more unbeatable deal.

Forget searching for pieces—WebStarts serves the entire feast. As someone who has tried every platform under the sun, I can confidently say WebStarts delivers the complete recipe for online success. It’s not just about building a site; it’s about equipping it with everything needed to thrive, all under one roof.

Ease of use, powerful features, and reliable hosting—they have it all. An absolute no-brainer.

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I don't usually write reviews, but I love webstarts. It has a simple yet powerful style, perfect for someone like me who doesn't want to get too complicated when using software. I'm very confident that with their help my projects will scale. Thanks to the developers, and keep going.

The best purchase I've ever made on AppSumo - I love it

I tried to build websites in wordpress. It's very powerful but that also comes with a massive learning curve. It also requires continuous management and monitoring.

I bought the top Webstarts deal from AppSumo. When I first started to use the website builder it looked too simple to be good. I was wrong. It's really quick and easy to use but also very powerful. WebStarts runs on Amazon Web Servers with a CDN so my sites all work well.

WebStarts also has a massive youtube channel so it's really easy to learn. Their support has always been great for me with every question answered quickly. The only thing I'd love is a native file upload button so customers can upload files directly on my website. They don't have one yet but they did show me a good work around using Google Drive.

Lastly, since I bought the lifetime deal there have been several upgrades and updates to the tool with more and more features so they've been good to their word.

WebStarts is the best ever purchase I've made on AppSumo and I'd like to say thank you to you for bringing it to me. I love it.

Regards,

Mark Orr