Is Seedly Sites a subscription?

No. It is a one-time $999 purchase of the source code. You run your own instance and pay only your own infrastructure costs.

How many client sites can I run?

Unlimited. Multi-tenancy is built in - every client site is a tenant on your one instance, with no per-site fees.

Can it migrate my existing client sites?

Yes. The migration pipeline reproduces an existing site closely in the builder and scores content parity, then you finish the last details by hand. Forms and custom plugin code do not carry over automatically.

The client login screen is branded, published sites carry no powered-by badge, and each site runs on the client's own domain. The admin interface itself is not recolored.

What are the running costs?

You pay for the app host and database (Railway) plus R2 media storage. Published sites are static files on Cloudflare Pages, which has a generous free static tier.

Can I charge my clients through the platform?

Yes. Native Stripe billing gives each client site a hosted checkout and customer portal, with an operator dashboard and configurable enforcement on non-payment.

Do clients need technical skills to edit their site?

No. Clients log in through a branded screen and edit their own pages in the same visual builder you use, and their changes go live on your next deploy.

Can I resell Seedly Sites itself?

No. You can sell websites, hosting, and services built with it, and you can build and sell add-on modules, but the core platform code may not be resold or redistributed.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Seedly Sites - the license, building and migrating client sites, hosting, client access, and billing.

General#

What is Seedly Sites?#

A self-hosted website builder and multi-tenant CMS for agencies. You buy the source code once, run it on infrastructure you control, and build, host, and manage unlimited client sites from one login. See the Product Overview.

How is this different from Webflow, Duda, or Wix Studio?#

Those are hosted platforms you rent, priced per site, per month. Seedly Sites is a platform you own: one $999 license, unlimited client sites, your infrastructure, your data, and static published output that stays portable. The trade is that you operate it yourself - setup is guided and takes a couple of hours.

What does the license allow?#

You own and can modify your copy of the code, run it for your agency, and bring unlimited clients onto your instance. Building and selling add-on modules is allowed and encouraged. You may not resell or redistribute the core platform code itself, original or modified.

Do I need to be a developer?#

No. Setup is a guided copy-paste walkthrough led by Pixl, the setup companion, and day-to-day use is a visual builder and a normal CMS. See Getting Started.

Is there AI in the product?#

Yes, two ways: generate a starting draft site from a client's brand inputs, and AI assistance inside the building flow. Generated pages are always drafts for you to review and finish in the builder - nothing publishes itself.

Building Sites#

Is the builder drag-and-drop?#

Yes - real drag-and-drop over a Section, Row, Column hierarchy with 40 element and block types, native style fields, and per-breakpoint layout control. See Builder basics.

Can I reuse sections I have already built?#

Yes. Save any section to your saved-blocks library and drop it into other pages or sites, alongside the 16 built-in section presets. See Presets & saved blocks.

Can it migrate an existing site?#

Yes. The migration pipeline crawls the source site and reproduces it closely in the builder - typically around 91 percent content parity, measured by a deterministic gate - and lands the result as drafts on a review board. You finish the remaining details in the builder before anything ships. It is honest to call this "closely, then finish in the builder," not pixel-perfect.

What does migration NOT bring over?#

Forms and custom plugin code do not survive a migration - you re-add forms as an embed from your CRM or form provider. External backlinks are preserved only through the 301 redirects you set up for changed URLs. See Port a site.

Is there a form builder?#

Not a native one. Sites embed forms from your CRM or form provider (an HTML embed block renders them, with a built-in thank-you page and automatic UTM capture into the embed). See Forms.

Hosting & Domains#

Where are the client sites hosted?#

Each client site publishes as static files to its own Cloudflare Pages project on the client's custom domain. See Architecture.

Is hosting free?#

The static hosting itself rides Cloudflare Pages' free tier, but running the platform is not zero-cost: you pay for the app host and database (Railway) plus R2 media storage. The point is that costs are flat - they do not grow per site.

Are the sites fast?#

The architecture is built for it: published pages are prebuilt static files served from Cloudflare's edge with no runtime framework. Actual scores are measured per site, as always.

When do changes go live?#

On your next deploy of that site. Publishing content updates the CMS; the live static site changes only when you press Deploy. Deploys are always manual and operator-controlled. See Preview vs Publish vs Deploy.

Clients#

Can my clients edit their own sites?#

Yes. Invite a client as a user on their tenant; they log in through a branded screen and edit only their own site in the visual builder. Their changes go live on your next deploy. Hand them the Client guide.

What can I restrict?#

WordPress-style roles (Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, Subscriber) plus a per-tenant role override and a separate deploy permission. See Users & roles.

Is it white-label?#

The parts clients see are: a branded login screen, no powered-by badge on their published site, and their own domain. The admin dashboard interface itself keeps its standard look, and email sending identity is configured per instance, not per client.

Billing#

Can I bill clients through the platform?#

Yes. Native Stripe billing per tenant: the client subscribes through a Stripe-hosted checkout, manages their card and invoices in a Stripe customer portal, and you watch every tenant's billing state on an operator dashboard. See Billing.

What happens when a client stops paying?#

You choose the enforcement, per instance and per tenant: do nothing, freeze editing while the site stays up, or suspend the site. New subscribers mid-payment-setup are never treated as delinquent.

Whose Stripe account is it?#

Yours. Your instance carries your own Stripe keys, and client payments go straight to your account. There is no revenue share.

Getting Started#

How long does setup take?#

About 15 to 30 minutes to a working local sandbox, then a couple of hours, spread over sittings, for the live setup on Railway and Cloudflare. See Getting Started.

What accounts do I need?#

Railway, Cloudflare, and GitHub (a private repository). The local sandbox needs none.

What if I get stuck?#

Run the built-in doctor (npx pnpm run setup:check), check Troubleshooting, or ask in the Seedly community group on Facebook.

Can I see it before buying?#

Yes - try the live demo. The purchase page lists exactly what is included.

Frequently asked questions

Is Seedly Sites a subscription?: No. It is a one-time $999 purchase of the source code. You run your own instance and pay only your own infrastructure costs.
How many client sites can I run?: Unlimited. Multi-tenancy is built in - every client site is a tenant on your one instance, with no per-site fees.
Can it migrate my existing client sites?: Yes. The migration pipeline reproduces an existing site closely in the builder and scores content parity, then you finish the last details by hand. Forms and custom plugin code do not carry over automatically.
Is it white-label?: The client login screen is branded, published sites carry no powered-by badge, and each site runs on the client's own domain. The admin interface itself is not recolored.
What are the running costs?: You pay for the app host and database (Railway) plus R2 media storage. Published sites are static files on Cloudflare Pages, which has a generous free static tier.
Can I charge my clients through the platform?: Yes. Native Stripe billing gives each client site a hosted checkout and customer portal, with an operator dashboard and configurable enforcement on non-payment.
Do clients need technical skills to edit their site?: No. Clients log in through a branded screen and edit their own pages in the same visual builder you use, and their changes go live on your next deploy.
Can I resell Seedly Sites itself?: No. You can sell websites, hosting, and services built with it, and you can build and sell add-on modules, but the core platform code may not be resold or redistributed.

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