# PageKit vs Brizy: a one-time licence against a monthly platform

*Source: https://www.editorstack.cc/compare/pagekit-vs-brizy — last updated 2026-08-20. Licensed CC BY 4.0 with attribution to EditorStack.*

## Summary

- PageKit is self-hosted with vendor-stated one-time licence tiers; Brizy is a hosted platform with a published White Label plan from $159 per month including ten sites.
- EditorStack is funded by GJS.Market, which sells PageKit. Neither product is scored here and PageKit's pricing is vendor-stated and unverified by us.
- The honest split: a one-time licence plus your own hosting against a subscription plus someone else's operations — and which is cheaper depends entirely on how long you keep it.

## At a glance

| Product | Type | Licence | Frameworks | Bundle (min+gzip) | Price from | Self-hosted | White label | Score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [PageKit](https://www.editorstack.cc/libraries/pagekit) | sdk | Proprietary | Any (framework-agnostic) | Not measurable | from $199 one-time | Yes | Yes | not scored |
| [Brizy](https://www.editorstack.cc/libraries/brizy) | platform | Proprietary | Unverified | Not measurable | from $159/mo | Partial | Yes | not scored |

## Disclosure first

EditorStack is funded by GJS.Market, which sells PageKit. This page compares our funder's product with
a competitor.

What we do about that: neither product is scored, PageKit's pricing is labelled vendor-stated and
unverified, we have run neither hands-on, and this page gives no verdict. The rules are on the
[disclosure page](/disclosure), and if that makes this comparison less decisive than the others, that
is the cost of the conflict rather than something to write around.

## The structural difference

**PageKit**: you buy a licence, you install it, you run it. Costs are a one-time payment plus your
hosting and your operations. Data stays on your infrastructure.

**Brizy**: you subscribe, they run it. Costs are monthly and predictable, operations are theirs, and
data sits on their platform unless you reach the enterprise tier that lists on-premise.

Everything else — both are white-label, both target agencies, both produce client websites — is
common ground.

## What each model actually costs

A subscription is an operating expense that continues as long as the product exists. A licence is a
capital cost plus an operations line that is easy to underestimate: someone patches the server,
someone restores the backup, someone answers when the builder is down during a client's launch week.

Agencies that already run infrastructure absorb that easily. Agencies that do not are usually better
served by a subscription even when the licence looks cheaper on a spreadsheet, and we would say the
same if our funder sold the subscription instead.

## What to ask both vendors

1. **Total cost at our site count over three years**, including hosting for the self-hosted option.
2. **What exactly is rebranded** — editor, dashboard, emails, published output, asset URLs.
3. **What happens to client sites** if we stop paying, or if the vendor stops publishing.
4. **What is the update and security-patch policy?** For self-hosted software this is the question.
5. **Can our own systems provision sites?**

## Where we can be useful without a verdict

Two facts from our dataset rather than our opinion.

Brizy publishes its White Label price and what it includes; PageKit's tiers are vendor-stated and we
could not verify them independently. If verifiable published pricing is part of how you evaluate
vendors, that difference is visible and it does not favour our funder.

Both are proprietary. If an open dependency chain matters, the answer is neither, and building on
[GrapesJS](/libraries/grapesjs) — which PageKit is built on — is the route our
[calculator](/use-cases/build-vs-buy-visual-editor) prices at roughly 520 hours.

## Decision checklist

1. **Do we already operate servers?** If not, self-hosting is a new capability, not a saving.
2. **Will any client's procurement ask where data lives?**
3. **How long do we expect to run this?** Licence economics improve with time; subscriptions do not.
4. **How much do we trust each vendor's longevity?** Ask both for their patch history.
5. **Would the free engine underneath cover our requirement?**

## The number that matters

Zero — the number of verdicts on this page. That is deliberate, and it is what a funding conflict
should cost a comparison site. Use the checklist above and the
[white-label category page](/categories/white-label-website-builders), which is computed from the
dataset rather than curated by us.


## Frequently asked questions

### Which is cheaper?

Over a long horizon a one-time licence wins on licence cost alone, and self-hosting adds an operations cost the subscription includes. We do not publish a recommendation here because we are funded by one of the two vendors.

### Which can be self-hosted?

PageKit is described by its vendor as self-hosted. Brizy is hosted, with optional on-premise listed under a quote-only enterprise tier.

### Can either be embedded in my product's UI?

Neither is an editor component for your own screens. Both are branded builder applications your clients use.