Wix.com:
Where building a website, funds a genocide

Wix was founded in Occupied Palestine, Tel Aviv, Israel, where it still homes its headquarters. Wix has acquired 8 Israeli start-ups and is continuing to reinvest in the Israeli market. Wix fired employees for publicly criticizing Israel, and their CEO acknowledged the employee was let go due to their LinkedIn posts. Wix launched a program to specifically support Israeli outreach programs after October 7, 2023, helping create over 180 websites in under two months. Wix urges their employees to create pro-Zionist social media posts, and criticized Palestinians in internal chats.

Here’s some of the financials of Israel’s largest company:

• Operating Revenue estimated at $1.7 billion USD for 2024

• Total Assets estimated at $1.71 billion USD for 2024 

• Wix has a market cap of $12.17 billion USD and current stock prices has reached $217.39 USD up by 84.23% over the past year

• Currently employs over 5,235 people

Monday.com:
Where building a website, funds a genocide

Monday.com was founded in Occupied Palestine, Tel Aviv, Israel. Monday supported the war efforts for Israel, launching 360 civilian-led projects with the support of 200 employees. Monday also plays a large part in the Israeli economy:

• Operating Revenue estimated at $961 million USD for 2024

• Market Cap of $11.731 billion USD and current stock price of $235.29 USD up by 25.28% over the past year.

• Total of 1,716 empolyees 

Don’t worry, there are plenty of website building and productivity tools that are available, and we’ll go over some below.

SquareSpace:
Create a website in minutes

Squarespace, an New York City based website building tool is a leading competitor to Wix. They support e-commerce, email marketing and have countless of integration options and offer pre-built templates, and easy website building and customizing options.

• Revenue estimated at $1.11 billion USD for 2024

• Employs over 1,749 employees

• Market cap of $6.47 billion USD and stock price at $46.57 USD up by 67.63% over the past year

Trello:
Manage Your Team’s Projects From Anywhere

The top competitor to Monday is Trello. They’re well known for their kanban-style web application that anyone can use. They help with project management, meetings, onboarding, task management, brainstorming, or a resource hub.

• As of October 2024, revenue has reached $75 million USD

• Trello has over 201 employees currently

• Trello parent company, Atlassian current has a market cap of $65.39 billion USD and a stock price of $246.65, up by 3.88% over the past year

Trello is something we recommend checking out if you’re looking at alternatives that will help track your team and projects.

Here’s our list of alternatives for website building and project management. While this isn’t an exhaustive list—we encourage you to share your thoughts with us. We’d love to hear your feedback!

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