How to Build Your Own Wix Studio
Replace Wix Studio with a custom build. The Web Platform Built for Agencies and Enterprises
Build Difficulty: 4/5
A few focused days to build a solid replacement
Estimated Timeline
Based on 80 features at Few Days difficulty, expect about 3-5 days with AI-assisted development.
Recommended Tech Stack
Full-stack React framework with API routes and server components
PostgreSQL database, auth, and real-time subscriptions
Utility-first styling for rapid UI development
Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 80 features
Business Solutions(12 features)
Sell, rent and offer subscriptions for online content
Boost SEO and grow online communities by adding a blog to sites
Create a scheduling system so businesses can take bookings, accept payments, offer classes and manage staff
Extend end-to-end eCommerce solution with custom product pages, multiple shipping rate SPIs and beyond
Set up online and in-person events, sell tickets and collect RSVPs
+7 more in this category
Agency Management(11 features)
Streamline onboarding and handoff with personalized client kits for easier post-launch updates
Let clients add data and update content without touching the design
Give your team site access while keeping full control over who does what with role-based permissions
Personalize the process with client-specific resources and custom roles and permissions
Share reusable assets and templates with teammates and the Studio community
+6 more in this category
Design(11 features)
Set complex responsive behaviors with AI to create more intricate relationships between elements to optimize sections
Design and optimize sites for every screen size imaginable with custom breakpoints for mobile, tablet, and desktop
Create signature experiences with custom CSS to add personalized styles, handle changes at runtime to make components interactive, and streamline edits with global updates
Design with pixels that are automatically converted to responsive units behind the scenes
Customize everything from site layout to visuals and content using the drag-and-drop editor
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Development(11 features)
Customize and extend app behavior leveraging a suite of Wix's industry-leading APIs
Get code snippets, troubleshoot and more using Wix's integrated AI model, with AI code assistant built into the Wix IDE
Extend the suite with 100s of APIs and integrations for custom business logic
Add powerful business logic with backend functions and data hooks
Package solutions into apps and add-ons to reuse across sites or sell on Wix's 258M+ user app market
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Infrastructure(11 features)
Clients are protected around the clock from threat prevention to real-time detection and rapid response
Guaranteed 99.99% uptime with enterprise-grade reliability
Automated systems and engineers constantly monitor sites, rerouting traffic to stable locations if unusual activity is identified
Every site has automatic scalability at its core meaning businesses can go as big as they want with capability to handle over 4.5 billion daily requests
Automatic security updates to keep sites safe
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Enterprise(8 features)
Get key metrics at site, group or account level, and create custom reports to gather in-depth insights
Create a library of approved media files so any site manager can use on-brand resources across multiple sites
Manage all your company's sites including workflow, content distribution, members and more from a single dashboard
Custom development and dedicated support services for enterprise projects
Dedicated account management and success managers for enterprise customers
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Marketing & SEO(8 features)
Integrated analytics dashboards to monitor site performance and visitor engagement with account-level, site, and group-level insights
Retain full control and customize robots.txt files to tell bots which URLs to crawl
Automatically create and submit an optimized sitemap, including image sitemaps, to Google Search Console
Automate email and social media marketing campaigns from one place
Complete suite of built-in marketing and SEO tools to drive traffic and boost revenue
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AI(5 features)
Transform your ideas into images on canvas with style options to suit your site design
Edit your image on canvas by selecting the area and describing what you'd like instead
AI-powered website builder to create unique sites that are ready for business
AI-powered Visual Sitemap to speed up workflow
AI-powered Wireframe Generator to speed up workflow
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DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 80 features at easy complexity.