We walk you through GoDaddy Airo step by step — and explain exactly why ChilledSites builds a genuinely better website in 60 seconds for a fraction of the price.
GoDaddy's AI product is called Airo. Here's what you actually do, start to finish.
GoDaddy opens with a domain search. You'll need to purchase one before anything else — prices vary from £8 to £25+ per year depending on the extension. Airo then launches based on your domain name.
Domain purchase is required to start — costs extraAiro asks you: business name, business type (from a dropdown), and a short description of what you do. It uses these answers to select a template category — not to generate a unique site from scratch.
Based on your category, GoDaddy presents 3–5 template options. You choose one. The "AI" part here is mostly the template selection — the underlying design is pre-built, not generated.
Template-based, not truly generative AIYou're now in GoDaddy's website editor. You click sections to edit text, swap images, reorder blocks. The editor is functional but noticeably slow — especially on lower-end hardware. Expect the page to lag during heavy edits.
The free preview doesn't go live. To publish to your domain, you need a paid plan starting around £10/month. Add professional email (separate subscription), ecommerce features (higher tier), and your costs climb fast.
Paywall at publish — hosting billed separately from domainAfter publishing, GoDaddy prompts you to add email marketing, SEO tools, online booking, and social media integrations — all as paid add-ons. These features exist but each one increases your monthly bill.
These aren't niche complaints — they're things you'll run into within your first week.
Airo selects a pre-built template based on your category. The design isn't generated from your prompt — it's chosen from a library. You get the same layouts as other businesses in your category, with your text dropped in.
GoDaddy's business model is built on incremental upsells. Domain, hosting, email, SEO tools, booking, marketing — each one is a separate charge. What looks like £10/month routinely becomes £30–40/month once you need everything a real business needs.
GoDaddy's editor has been around in various forms for years and it shows. Page loads between edits are sluggish, the undo history is unreliable, and complex section reordering can cause the editor to freeze. In 2026, this feels years behind.
Once your site is built, Airo's AI involvement mostly ends. You can't type "make the header darker" or "add a testimonials section" and have it happen. You're back to manual editing — which defeats the point of calling it an AI builder.
Every feature that matters, compared honestly.
| Feature | ChilledSites | GoDaddy Airo |
|---|---|---|
| Website generation | Truly AI-generated from prompt | Template selection, not generation |
| Time to launch | Under 60 seconds | 30–90 minutes of manual editing |
| Unique design | Custom to your prompt | Same template as your competitors |
| Natural language editing | Yes — type what you want changed | No — manual drag-and-drop only |
| Hosting included | Yes — in the headline price | Separate monthly charge |
| Domain included | Yes — free first year | Separate purchase required |
| Analytics | Built-in by default | Add-on or third-party |
| SEO built-in | Auto-generated meta tags & structure | Basic, manual setup required |
| Mobile-first output | Always responsive, no tweaking | Responsive but sometimes needs fixes |
| Annual cost (all-in) | From £29/year | £150–400+/year once you add up |
| Upsells | None — everything included | Email, SEO, booking all extra |
GoDaddy's pricing looks reasonable until you add everything a real business site needs.
Not "also fine" — genuinely better in the ways that matter for most small businesses.
Type what your business does. A completely custom website — real content, real design, real structure — is generated in under 60 seconds. No template picking, no blanks to fill in.
After generation, editing works the same way — type what you want changed. "Make the hero text larger", "add a pricing table", "change the colour scheme to navy" — it understands and applies instantly.
Every generated site is built mobile-first. No tweaking the mobile view afterwards, no separate mobile editor. It just works on every screen size from the moment it's generated.
Meta titles, meta descriptions, semantic HTML, and structured headings are generated automatically — tailored to your specific business, not generic placeholders you have to fill in yourself.
Visitor analytics are included — page views, referrer sources, country and device data. You see what's working from day one, without setting up a third-party tool or paying an extra monthly fee.
£29/year. That's it. Custom domain, hosting, analytics, contact forms — everything a small business site needs, included in the price you see before you buy. No calculator required.
Describe your business. Get a custom AI-generated website. Publish with your own domain — all for £29/year.
Build my site now — from £29/yearCustom domain + hosting + analytics + forms. No hidden fees. No upsells.