Hibu - Website Builders

Our Verdict

Hibu is a great way for a small or mid-sized business to get a beautiful, professional website, without hiring an expensive web designer. The service costs more than DIY website builders, but on the other hand, it doesn’t require any technical knowledge and saves you time and headaches.

It is very customizable, and you can provide your own suggestions about how the website should look. Also, if you happen to have any issue, the support team is only a phone call away. You will get many features as a part of the package, and of course, it is a fairly easy-to-use interface.

Pros

Do it for me website building
Stay in sync with all marketing efforts
Built from the ground up
Mobile friendly websites
Secure websites with https

Cons

Not ideal if seeking ongoing complete site redesigns

Products & Pricing

When it comes to pricing, Hibu is a bit more expensive than simply paying for hosting and making a site on your own. On the other hand, using this service is a lot cheaper than hiring a web designer, and paying them to make you a site.

Hibu offers several pricing packages, and each comes with different features. Depending on how much you are willing to pay, and what you need, the price can go from around $600 per year to around $2,000 per year. For example, the premium package that contains several add-ons can cost you around $1,600 per year. Of course, this includes the fee for the initial web design as well.

Packages with fewer features will cost less, but you also get less, which is important to have in mind. All in all, you must know what you want, and even more importantly, what you truly need. Make the necessary calculations, just so that you would know what kind of prices you can expect.

Hibu offers a “Satisfaction Guaranteed” program that allows customers to get 100% of their money back if they aren’t happy within 7 days after their site goes live.

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Features & Functionality

Hibu offers a large number of features for its customers, and they are customizable being that Hibu offers personalized web design services.

Marketing suite integration

You can integrate Hibu’s digital marketing suite with your website. That means that you can add features like online reviews, paid search, display ads, social media, as well as directory listings, and even SEO. A professionally-made and marketed website will attract customers and also allow your business to grow and evolve quickly.

Https security

All Hibu websites are built to withstand the attacks from potential intruders. Additionally, by having https within your website’s name, you let your visitors know that they are visiting a safe and secure website.

Simple drag and drop features

If you want to take some of the control in your own hands, then you can use the simple drag and drop editor to add pages, upload images or do anything else.

Detailed analytics

The 24/7 online dashboard that gets updated with data in real-time provides you with detailed analytics regarding your website’s performance and the type of visitation that you are getting.

Design & Templates

Depending on your business, you may need a specific template for your website. Hibu can match your needs easily, and it can offer hundreds of templates that are completely customizable.

When it comes to the design of the site, templates are modern, simple, and clean. Remember, this is the service that works best with smaller businesses, which is why the company doesn’t aim at creating massive and overly complicated designs. Their sites are simple and practical, and easy for anyone to find their way around. However, that doesn’t mean that you can’t ask for specific things. You will provide instructions on how the site should look like, and even some images and basic content. If you don’t have such specifics in mind, you can also provide general ideas, and the Hibu experts will take care of the rest. When the site is finished, you can ask for changes and improvements, or do them yourself. The company aims to help you and satisfy your every need.

Ease of Use

Hibu offers support via phone and live chat. Their hours are Monday – Friday, 8 AM to 11 PM EST and Saturday, 8 AM to 6 PM EST. You can also submit tickets for the company developers to look at and there is a well-maintained community forum present on the website as well. The company also frequently updates its blog. An FAQ page is available, and each Hibu customer has a personal, dedicated consultant who works one-on-one with them.

Customer Service

Using Hibu to create your website is very simple – because you are not building it yourself. You work with a designer to come up with the look and feel of the site, and they create it for you. After working with the designer, they will send you a proof of the site. Any additional changes can be made by the designer, or on a do-it-yourself basis.

You do not need any deep technical knowledge, because you are not constructing it yourself. Of course, you will have to understand the analytics dashboard, but there are FAQs and tutorials to help you.