Yola
Yola · San Francisco, California, United States · founded 2007
What it is
Yola is a web-based website builder for small-business sites. Its tools include custom domains, contact forms, SEO controls, blogging and booking features. The Free plan costs nothing and includes one website, two pages, 100 MB of storage and a free Yola subdomain. Other listed plans raise the page allowance: Personal supports 50 pages per website, Business supports 500 and Business Elite supports 1,000. The included page limit is 50 pages. Yola uses a freemium model, and the product is accessed through a browser. The maker, Yola, was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The service combines basic site publishing with visitor contact, search settings and appointment-related functionality. A small site can begin with the free subdomain and two-page allowance, while larger sites can use plans with higher page limits.
For and against
For
- Free plan costs nothing
- Supports custom domains and contact forms
- Includes SEO controls, blogging and bookings
- Business Elite allows up to 1,000 pages
- Web access requires no listed desktop platform
Against
- Free plan is limited to two pages
- Free storage is limited to 100 MB
- Free plan uses a Yola subdomain
The verdict
Yola covers common small-business website needs in a browser, with page limits that expand across plans. The free option is constrained by its two-page, 100 MB allowance and Yola subdomain.
Who it suits
Yola suits small businesses needing browser-based pages, contact forms, SEO settings, blogs or bookings. The Free plan is geared toward very small sites with two pages and 100 MB of storage.
Plans and prices
Personal
50 pages per website
Read 24 Sep 2026 · yola.com
Business
500 pages per website
Read 24 Sep 2026 · yola.com
Business Elite
1,000 pages per website
Read 24 Sep 2026 · yola.com
Free
1 GB storage · 2 languages · 2 pages · 2 websites
Read 21 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
Bronze
2 GB storage · 5 websites · 1,000 pages · 2 languages
Read 21 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
Silver
5 GB storage · 25 websites · 1,000 pages · custom code editing
Read 21 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
Gold
25 websites · unlimited storage · 1,000 pages · SEO monitoring
Read 21 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
On the record
- AI builder
- Yola AI can generate a website and provides design, block, text and localization assistants.yola.com · read 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 · read 21 Oct 2026
- Blogging
- Yesyola.com · read 24 Sep 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 · read 21 Oct 2026
- Contact forms
- Yesyola.com · read 24 Sep 2026
- Custom domain
- Yesyola.com · read 24 Sep 2026
- Documentation
- The Help Center covers getting started, building, domains, SEO, privacy, mail, mobile editing, support and online-store topics.helpcenter.yola.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Ecommerce
- Yola Online Store supports catalogs, product variants, subscriptions, gift cards, inventory, tax and shipping features.yola.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Funding
- Owler records two funding rounds totaling $25 million: $5 million in 2007 and $20 million in 2009.owler.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Hosted service
- Yola describes its hosting as cloud-based with a stated 99.9% uptime target.yola.com · read 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 · read 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 · read 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 · read 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 · read 21 Oct 2026
- Marketing integrations
- Mailchimp integration synchronizes store data for newsletters and retargeting campaigns.yola.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Mobile app availability
- Yola says its mobile editor works in a browser and does not require a dedicated app.yola.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Multilingual sites
- Yola supports multilingual websites and its service is localized in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and German.yola.com · read 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 · read 21 Oct 2026
