The domain is yours. The site is not.
Keep the domain wherever you registered it and point it here. That part never had to move.
Looking for a GoDaddy alternative
They sold you the domain. The site is rented.
GoDaddy is where a great many businesses bought their name, and the website builder is the thing sold next to it. The difference worth understanding is that the domain is genuinely yours and the site, built in their builder, is not — it lives there for as long as you keep paying, and there is no code to take with you.
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The short version
GoDaddy, in three questions.
There is code, and it is yours
A real git repository from the first turn, rather than a site that only exists inside a builder.
Changing it is a sentence
Not a login, an editor and twenty minutes finding the right panel.
| Question | GoDaddy | Amelia’s Agent |
|---|---|---|
| What you are paying for | A subscription to their builder, for as long as the site is up | A plan while you are building; the code is yours either way |
| The published price | We could not read it — their pricing page returned 403 to us | $12 a month, or $10 billed annually. On the page, in dollars |
| Your site, as code you own | Not offered — the site lives in their builder | A real git repository from the first turn |
| Changing it later | Open the editor and do it yourself | Say what is wrong with it in a chat |
| The domain | Theirs to register, and the reason most people are there | Bring one you already own, or point a new one at it |
| Run it yourself for $0 | No | Yes, on your own computer with your own model keys |
No GoDaddy price is quoted on this page, on purpose. Their website builder pricing page answered our request with an HTTP 403 on 6 September 2026, so there is no figure we can source. A comparison table that guesses a rival’s price is worthless the day they change it and indefensible if they read it, so the cell says what happened instead. Check it against their site yourself — that is the point of writing it this way. Our own prices are the ones on our pricing page.
Where they are better
One company for the domain, the email and the site is a real thing to want.
GoDaddy sells all of it on one bill with a phone number to call, and for a business that does not want to think about any of this again, that is worth more than owning the code. This is not that. It is for somebody who wants the site to be theirs, wants to change it by asking, and does not want a third subscription to find out what it costs.
If you are still weighing it up
Bring the site you already have.
Import it, keep the copy, and change it by asking from there. Free to start, and no card.
Questions
Asked, answered
Is there a GoDaddy alternative that gives me the code?
Amelia's Agent hands you a normal git repository from the first turn — not an export at the end and not a file you have to ask for. GoDaddy's website builder keeps the site inside the builder, so there is no code to take.
What does it cost compared with GoDaddy?
Building plans start at $10 a month billed annually, or $12 monthly, and there is no card to start. We do not quote a GoDaddy figure here: their pricing page returned an HTTP 403 to our fetch on 6 September 2026, so we have no sourced number, and an unsourced one does not belong on a comparison table.
Can I keep my GoDaddy domain?
Yes. The domain and the site are separate things. Point a domain you already own at the site, whoever you registered it with, and keep renewing it wherever it is.
Can I move my existing GoDaddy site across?
Yes — bring your site and it is imported, then you change it by asking rather than by opening an editor.
What is GoDaddy still better at?
Being one company for the domain, the email and the site. If you want a single bill and a phone number to call, that is a real advantage and this does not try to be that.