Create a website with AI for free

Yes, you can create a website with AI without paying, but it's almost never completely free. The design and text can come from the AIs' free plans; what usually costs money is your own domain (an address like yourbusiness.com) and sometimes the hosting. A fully free option exists if you accept publishing on a subdomain of the platform, something like yoursite.platform.com, with its limits.

The catch is usually in the small print. Website builders with a free plan add their branding, limit features or push you to pay as soon as you want something more. Free versions of the chats have usage limits and can leave you stranded halfway through the job. There's free hosting for simple websites without a database, which is enough for a showcase site. And there's a cost nobody advertises: your time. What you save in money you pay for in hours wrestling with things you didn't know existed.

That wrestling match is what I describe in "I built a website with the help of artificial intelligence", where you can see which part comes out on its own and which doesn't. My practical recommendation: start for free to try things out and learn, and only pay when the website is going to have real use, especially if it's your business's. Your own domain inspires a lot more trust than a borrowed subdomain.