# Homestead Websites Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Homestead Websites the right Website Builder solution for you? Explore 14 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/174101/Homestead-Website-Builder/reviews --- Homestead Websites 3.2 (14) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated August 24th, 2025 # Reviews of Homestead Websites Ease of use 3.2 Customer Service 3.0 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-14 of 14 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Donna P. Retired Office Manager Consumer Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Needs Limitations" December 25, 2020 4.0 I had never designed a website before using Homestead, and while I'm sure it can be a great tool to use if you are more experienced and have a solid image in your mind of what your website should look like, I found that it confused me more than it helped me. Pros Homestead has plenty of options to choose from as far as layout and design of a website. It can help you get a website up and running pretty quickly if you have a decent understanding of web design. Cons Ironically, the thing that I like most about Homestead is one of the things I like least about it. There are many options for layout and design with the many template and font choices. However, in my opinion there are too many choices which made me question "is this font better than this one?" and so forth. I found myself running around in circles more than getting anything done. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Blogger Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Decade long user" October 9, 2020 4.0 I have been using Homestead Website Builder for over a decade, back when it was Intuit. I used to build websites from scratch, and over a decade ago I saw an ad for the software and tried it. It has made web-building a breeze, and I don't have to fix bugs or other issues for myself. It used to lack in some capabilities other web builders provided, especially before mobile browsing was popular, but with its newest website builder update, it couldn't be easier to create and maintain a website. Pros Its ease of use. It's user friendly and you don't need html experience in order to build a great, mobile-friendly site. Cons Th price increases annually. For a while there was an increase even though there were no additional capabilities making it worth the increase. There are cheaper options available, but I'm so established with the software I'm not interested in trying anything new. They just need to stay current. Review Source KV Kate V. Owner Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Awful Customer Service!!!!!!!!!!!" March 23, 2022 1.0 Pros Homestead deleted the e-commerce portion of my website and all of the data associated with it. When I called customer service, which was clearly outsourced because the reps barely spoke English, I was told I need to rebuild the whole thing. WHAT??? That's weeks and weeks worth of work. How does a technology company randomly delete information and not have a backup of my data? Grrrrrrrr! Can't run from this company fast enough. Cons My website is often down. If I had a nickel for every time a customer contacted me about my website being down, I'd be rich. Review Source Kimberly H. Advocate Media Production Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Better Before" November 6, 2019 4.0 I wish they only had the desktop version but it is iffy at times. I loathe using the online builder which is more stable. Pros I loved that I had the website builder on my desktop and could use it offline instead of an online builder. Cons They switched to an online builder and while I still use my desktop one, you cannot switch back and forth and you lose out on what the online builder offers. Review Source DA Daniel A. Safety Director Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Modern templates with great flexibility" February 14, 2020 4.0 Website Builder is a vast improvement over Sitebuilder, the previous builder by homestead. I built our new site in about 7 hours, but I also was able to mine most of my content from our previous site, so that saved time. Pros All the templates allow you to completely customize every element. You aren't bound by colors or have certain elements that must stay. Another great feature is that while you are building your website, it automatically builds a similar mobile site, and you can then modify the mobile site without it affecting the main site. Cons It can be a bit difficult to get the site to do what you want it to do until you you understand what all the logo buttons do. It will take some trial and error turning things on and off to figure out what exactly your choices will make to the site. Thankfully you can do this in preview, but it still absorbs a lot of time. Review Source KO Kate O. CEO Alternative Dispute Resolution Used the software for: 2+ years ### "It was great in the beginning, but it became old and clunky to use" August 4, 2022 1.0 Pros Templates were nice in the early days of using it. Cons It became too clunky and old-looking. Difficult to get assistance. Review Source Jan R. Ring Cabling & Design, Inc. Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Homestead website builder" November 16, 2018 5.0 Pros It was quite easy to navigate and use this to build our website for our business. Cons It can be a bit confusing unless you know all the technology lingual and how to apply the correct address to having people land directly on your website. Review Source MR Matthew R. customer service Retail Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Very good homepage for websites" May 25, 2021 5.0 its alright i would do a trail test to see how this compares to others Pros They have designs for a site, create your own with templates. Choices of themes and what type of business or purpose to choose. Cons i saw that the pricing seems fair and okay. As a start its not a lot but should be like free as you upgrade the prices make sense. I'd do a trial to see how I like it. Review Source DD Danielle D. Owner Mental Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Lame customer support " February 1, 2021 2.0 Frustrating. Have been with them for 10 years? For worse with age. Pros Originally easy to use and good support. Cons Difficulty getting support, when you do—they lie and cause more problems. Barely helpful. System has difficulty sending emails through. Review Source M Marvelstreet Used the software for: ### "Dated Technology - Not worth it" September 24, 2013 1.0 I have been using Homestead since 2001, their technology is behind the times and I am migrating all of my clients and their websites off to Bluehost with Wordpress. The technology is not HTML5 which if you do your research is important - your website needs to be responsive - so it automagically fits on whatever device the person is browsing on and Homestead does not use this technology and they do not plan on it - or let you use wordpress. They are too expensive when you consider you can have a hosting site for 100 a year plus use the latest technology from wordpress - which is what over 50% of the global websites are built on. No brainer - Homestead is a dinosaur who has not kept up with the times. Sad to say... Pros easy to use Cons Their email service is a joke - in the past 2 weeks - I have had my email bounced back and not received. ALSO this happened earlier this year and it was ongoing for a month - this time it will be an estimated 3 weeks before it is fixed... ridiculous! Review Source CH Connor H. Photographer Photography Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Old user" June 15, 2023 3.0 Pros Easy to move components around to acquire desired look Cons When I used homestead they didn’t have templates so designing was very bare Reason for choosing Homestead Websites Cheep Review Source CR Claudia R. Owner Retail Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Homestead Easy to Learn" August 1, 2019 3.0 As a newbie in creating a website Homestead was easy to use and learn. As I got more proficient I realized the limitations. Maybe that has changed now. Pros It was easy to use and the learning curve was not long. Cons There were glitches in the software that Homestead didn't want to fix. Had to find ways to work around. Review Source CC Cynthia C. Owner/designer Arts and Crafts Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Homestead Use" August 23, 2018 4.0 Pros The software is very intuitive so you can easily figure out how to produce the results you want. Cons It tends to glich a lot. Like typing will all of a sudden not work or it won't change your font size. Sometimes pictures won't rotate. Review Source LtHu Long time Homestead user Used the software for: ### "Good but dated" September 9, 2013 4.0 I have been with Homestead for a long time. It is probably the easiest websiste creation platform for beginners there is. The only problem is that the templates and other items are very outdated. Some of the items such as page backround, buttons and element are the same elements that were on there 12 years ago Pros Easy to use and make websites and have multiple websites. Uses paypal so you can start selling things from your site quickly. Cons Dated templates and lackmof modules as well as old outdated page elements and backrounds. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Shopping Cart](https://www.capterra.com/shopping-cart-software/)[Website Builder](https://www.capterra.com/website-builder-software/)