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Build a website with no subscription
Yes, you can build a website with no subscription: with website builder software that is free or bought once, like TOWeb, and the web host of your choice. No monthly fee for the software, no commission on your sales, and your website doesn’t go dark the day you stop paying for a service.
Updated on 9 November 2026.
Why most website builders charge a subscription
With an online website builder, the tool, the hosting and your website all live with the same service. You pay every month or every year to keep the site online, and often more to sell, remove an ad or add a language. The day you stop, the site stops too, and moving it elsewhere often means rebuilding it.
Software installed on your computer keeps these three things apart: you buy the tool once, you rent hosting from whoever you like, and the website is a folder that belongs to you.
How a website with no subscription works with TOWeb
- You pay for the software once. The Standard edition is free with no time limit; the Premium, e-Commerce and Studio editions are a one-time purchase, and TOWeb 15 updates are included.
- You build the website on your computer, on Windows or Mac, even offline.
- You publish it with the web host of your choice, over FTP or SFTP, under your own domain name. Changing hosts simply means publishing again.
- No commission on your sales: the e-Commerce edition’s shop takes payments through your own payment account; only your payment provider’s fees apply.
To sell online: create an online shop with no commission. For a non-profit: a non-profit website with no subscription.
Subscription or one-time software, point by point
| Online website builder | TOWeb | |
|---|---|---|
| The software | Included in a monthly or yearly subscription | Free Standard edition; paid editions bought once |
| If you stop paying | The website is taken offline | Nothing to cancel: the software stays yours, the website stays online with your web host |
| Hosting | Set by the service | Your choice, with any web host |
| Commission on sales | Depending on the plan, on top of the subscription | None |
| Where the website lives | With the service, in its own format | In a folder on your computer, published wherever you like |
| Working offline | No | Yes, only publishing needs an internet connection |
What you still pay for, in all honesty
A website with no software subscription is not a website with no costs at all: you need hosting and a domain name, paid yearly to the web host of your choice, often for a few euros a month. You choose the plan, you can switch, and nothing ties you to Lauyan. To sell, your payment provider charges its own fees on each transaction, as everywhere.
Editions and prices in detail: see pricing.
FAQ: a website with no subscription
Try TOWeb, with no subscription
The Standard edition is free with no time limit: build your website, publish it, and only buy a paid edition if you need one.
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