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Carrd vs bizhq for a local business
Carrd builds one-page sites, and its free plan allows up to three sites per account. Pro plans start at $9 a year, and using your own domain needs Pro Standard at $19 a year.
At a glance
| bizhq | Carrd | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes. No credit card, no trial. | Yes. Up to three sites per account, with all of Carrd's core features. |
| Address on the free plan | yourname.bizhq.page | A .carrd.co address. |
| Branding on free sites | A small "Free website by bizhq" link in the footer. | "Made with Carrd" branding. Pro plans remove it. |
| Own domain | Not on the free plan. Your own .com is an optional upgrade. | Pro Standard: $19 a year (Carrd says "yup, per year"). You bring the domain. |
| Who builds it | We start it from four questions, then you edit it from your phone. Free help from a person if you get stuck. | You, from dozens of templates or a blank page. |
What Carrd does well
- It is very cheap: Pro Standard is $19 a year and adds custom domains, forms, widgets, embeds and analytics.
- Carrd says sites look right on phones, tablets and computers out of the box.
- Pro forms include contact, signup and payment-enabled forms, and you can embed tools such as Stripe, PayPal and Typeform.
Where Carrd is harder for a local business
- Carrd describes its product as one-page sites, so there are no separate Services, Gallery or About pages.
- Free sites show "Made with Carrd" branding, and removing it needs a Pro plan.
- You buy the domain yourself and add DNS records at your domain provider to connect it. Carrd's guide walks through this.
- Custom domains and forms are Pro features.
Where bizhq is the weaker choice
- Your address is yourname.bizhq.page. You can't use your own .com on the free plan.
- A site has 3 to 5 fixed pages. There is no blog.
- No online store or payments, and no booking calendar on the site itself. The Book button opens the booking app you already use.
- Visitor stats are simple counts of visits and button taps, not a full analytics tool.
- One site per account.
Which should you pick?
Pick Carrd if a one-page site is enough for you, you want your own .com for about $19 a year plus the domain, and you're comfortable setting up DNS records or following a guide.
Pick bizhq if you want several pages (services, gallery, about, contact) started for you, a contact form without a paid plan, an address you can share today, and no domain setup.
Sources
Every fact above comes from the vendor's own pages, read on the dates shown. Pages change, so check them before you decide.
- Carrd home page (free plan, one-page sites), checked September 19, 2026
- Carrd: Go Pro! (Pro features and starting price), checked September 19, 2026
- Carrd documentation: Plans, checked September 19, 2026
- Carrd documentation: Using a Custom Subdomain, checked September 19, 2026
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