A Google Sites alternative that looks like a business
Google Sites is free and dependable. But when the page is your storefront, generic won't sell you. Get one written and designed to win customers.
Google Sites is the quiet workhorse of free website tools: included with any Google account, no ads, custom domains supported, and it simply works. For an internal team page, a class, a club, or a quick information page, it's exactly right. Its limits show when the page has a commercial job: the design options are plain, every word is yours to write, and contact forms mean embedding a separate Google Form.
One Minute Page is built for the commercial job. Pick from 19 templates shaped around how businesses win customers, describe what you do in plain language, and the page arrives written and laid out: services with prices, credentials, testimonials, hours, and a contact form whose submissions land in an inbox. Free to publish on a subdomain, with custom domains and SEO tools on paid plans.
Side by side
| One Minute Page | Google Sites | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan; paid from $5.99 a month billed annually | Free with a Google account |
| Look and feel | Purpose-built templates for trades and professions | Clean but utilitarian; limited design range |
| Who writes the copy | Drafted for you from a plain-language description of your business | You do |
| Contact form | Built in on paid plans, with a submissions inbox | Embed a Google Form |
| Custom domain | Included on the Basic plan and up | Supported; you supply the domain |
| SEO controls | Titles, descriptions, and social tags handled for you, editable on paid plans | Minimal |
Google Sites details from Google Sites, checked July 2026. If something has changed since, trust their pricing page over this table.
When Google Sites is the better choice
- The budget is zero, permanently, and a plain page does the job.
- It's an internal, school, club, or community page rather than a storefront.
- You live in Google Workspace and want the page inside the same ecosystem.
When One Minute Page fits better
- The page has one job: convincing a stranger to hire you, book you, or call you.
- You want design and copy that read like a business, not a document.
- You want form submissions collected for you without wiring up a separate form product.
- You want the writing done. Describe the business; edit a finished draft instead of a blank page.
Live preview of the Consultant template, one of 19 starting points. Your page uses your own words, photos, and brand.
Frequently asked questions
Google Sites is free. Why pay anything?
If a free, plain page does the job, use Google Sites; it's a good tool. The paid difference here is the page arriving already written and designed to sell your work, plus a form inbox, SEO tools, and your own domain. Our free plan lets you see the finished draft before paying anything.
Can I use my own domain on both?
Yes. Google Sites supports custom domains, and here a custom domain comes with the Basic plan and up. In both cases you buy the domain yourself from a registrar.
How do contact forms compare?
On Google Sites you embed a Google Form and answers collect in Sheets or Forms. Here the contact section is part of the page, and on paid plans submissions land in a built-in inbox with email notification.
Which is faster to publish?
Both are fast. The difference is what exists when you get there: Google Sites gives you an empty layout to fill in, while here the sections, headlines, and copy are drafted from your description before you first see the page.
See your page before you decide
The free plan publishes a real site. Describe your business and judge the finished draft, not a promise.
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