Incomedia Website X5

What is included in Incomedia WebSite X5?

Five-Step Editor – Guides you from sitemap to online publication.
MagicSite AI – Generates a complete starter project from your description.
Responsive Templates – From 50 to 200 layouts, depending on edition.
Blog and Shop – Blog from Evo upwards, e-commerce only in Pro.
Core Capacity – Pro handles unlimited pages and 10,000 shop products.
Important – Commercial resale rights are included only in the Agency edition; there is no native macOS version.

What are the main benefits of Incomedia WebSite X5?

WebSite X5 is a Windows desktop application that builds websites, blogs and online stores and outputs standard HTML5 and CSS code you upload yourself. The project file stays on your PC, so you are not tied to an online editor to keep the site alive.

No Coding – Page code is generated from visual settings.
Hosting Freedom – Publish to any Windows, Linux or Unix server.
Offline Project Files – Your project stays on your own workstation.
Store Ready – Pro sells physical and downloadable digital products.
Responsive Control – Pro manages up to ten layout breakpoints.
Advanced SEO – Schema.org data and automatic project SEO analysis.

What does Incomedia WebSite X5 do?

WebSite X5 builds complete websites offline on Windows and exports them as HTML5 and CSS files that are published by FTP. The workflow is split into five fixed steps: general settings, template, sitemap, page content, and export. Pages are assembled in a grid editor (up to 12 columns and 64 rows in Evo) rather than on a live browser canvas, so you check results through the preview instead of editing directly on the rendered page. Because the output is plain static code plus PHP where needed, the finished site can be hosted anywhere and does not depend on Incomedia's servers to stay online.

Who is Incomedia WebSite X5 best suited for?

It suits Windows users who want to own the site files instead of renting an online builder such as Wix or Squarespace. A tradesperson, association or small shop can build the site once, upload it to existing hosting, and edit it later on the same PC without a monthly platform account. It is also practical where a site must be handed over: the project file and the generated HTML can be moved to another server at any time. It is a poor fit for teams who need several people editing the same site simultaneously in a browser, because editing happens locally in the desktop application.

How do the Go, Evo, Pro and Agency editions differ?

The editions differ mainly in page limits, blog and e-commerce availability, SEO depth, and licence scope. Go is capped at 10 pages and has no blog and no shop. Evo adds a 100-post blog, 100 pages and antispam protection but still no store. Pro is the first edition with e-commerce, user registration, database integration, Google Analytics and structured data, while Agency adds a commercial licence and multi-user installation.

Can you build websites for paying clients with WebSite X5?

Only with the Agency edition. The commercial licence that allows you to resell the websites, blogs and stores you create, including the bundled templates, is exclusive to Agency; Go, Evo and Pro do not include it, even though Pro contains the full e-commerce feature set. Agency is also the only edition that permits installation on up to 10 workstations with 5 simultaneous users, which matters for a small studio where two people work on client projects. If you are a freelancer planning to charge for the sites you build, buying Pro and later discovering the licence restriction is the most common and most expensive mistake with this product.

Does WebSite X5 run on macOS?

No. WebSite X5 is a Windows-only desktop application, designed for Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit), and Incomedia offers no native Mac build. Mac owners can run it only inside a virtualisation layer such as Parallels Desktop or VMware, which means buying and maintaining a Windows environment as well. The sites it produces are of course platform-neutral: the generated HTML5 and CSS run on Windows, Unix and Linux hosting. Check this point first if your entire workflow is on macOS, because it is a hard technical limit and not something a later edition upgrade solves.

What can the online store in WebSite X5 Pro actually do?

Pro manages up to 10,000 products, including product variants such as size and colour, timed discounts, coupons and downloadable digital goods like e-books. Payments can be processed through several providers, among them PayPal, Stripe, Sycapay and Robokassa, and orders, stock levels and shipment tracking are handled through an online control panel. Structured data for Google and connection to Facebook and Instagram catalogues are part of the same package. Note that dynamic functions of this kind rely on server-side features: some advanced components require PHP 7.4 and MySQL 5.6 on your hosting, so a purely static web space is not sufficient for a shop.

What should you check before choosing WebSite X5?

Check three things: which edition carries the function you actually need, whether your hosting meets the PHP and MySQL requirements for dynamic features, and whether you will ever sell the sites you build. Page limits bite early — Go stops at 10 pages, Evo at 100 — and a site that outgrows the limit needs an edition change rather than a workaround. Editing is done in a grid-based editor with a preview step, not on a live rendered canvas, so users coming from browser-based builders should try the free Go edition before committing. Finally, AI website generations are metered per edition, so plan on customising the generated project by hand rather than regenerating it repeatedly.

Frequently asked questions about Incomedia WebSite X5

Does WebSite X5 include hosting, or can I use my own provider?

Evo, Pro and Agency include a hosting plan (100 GB, 250 GB and 500 GB of web space respectively) plus an automatic domain and one or five email accounts. You are not obliged to use it: the built-in FTP export publishes to any Windows, Unix or Linux hosting you already own.

What happens when the included AI generations are used up?

MagicSite is included in every edition but with a fixed number of full site generations: 2 in Evo, 3 in Pro and 5 in Agency. Further generations are bought with Credits at a rate of five Credits per generation, while MagicText, the text-writing assistant in Pro and Agency, does not consume generations.

Does a WebSite X5 site always need a database?

No. A standard site of pages, galleries and contact forms is published as static HTML5 and CSS. A database is needed only for the dynamic functions available in Pro and Agency — store orders, registered users, blog and product comments, form data and internal statistics — and those components expect PHP 7.4 and MySQL 5.6 on the server.