A free Google reviews widget is available from ReviewMix for €0 per month, with no time limit and no card required. It covers one Google business and one website, so it fits a small business with one location and one site. Reviews refresh weekly, and the widget includes every ReviewMix layout and theme.
New accounts start with a 14-day Pro trial without a card. On day 14, the account moves to Free automatically and keeps its data. If the trial connected more than one business, the first stays active and the others are paused. A business paused for more than 30 days has its imported reviews removed; they are imported again, hidden, when it is reactivated.
Is there a free Google reviews widget?
Yes, ReviewMix Free costs €0 per month and does not expire. The plan gives one business a widget for one website, with Google reviews refreshed once a week.
The widget can use any of the three layouts: grid, list or Marquee, a continuously scrolling strip. It also includes light, dark and auto themes, so the display can match the surrounding page without paying for a different layout.
ReviewMix Free also includes a shareable testimonial collection link, plus basic QR codes and review links. Google reviews remain unchanged: ReviewMix never edits or deletes them.
What does the free plan include?
The free plan includes the main tools a single-location business needs to collect and display reviews. The allowance is:
- One Google business
- One website
- Weekly Google review refreshes
- Grid, list and Marquee layouts
- Light, dark and auto themes
- A shareable testimonial collection link
- Basic QR codes and a review link
- A server-rendered HTML embed with a cookie-free mode
- Consent manager integration, Consent Mode v2 and automatic CMP detection
- EU hosting with Hetzner in Germany
- A downloadable data processing agreement
- Best-effort email support with a 48-hour response time
The server-rendered embed makes no external requests in cookie-free mode and does not show submitter photos. That option is useful when the site needs a stricter privacy setup.
ReviewMix does not advertise an item cap on Free. The plan is defined by its one-business, one-website allowance and weekly refresh schedule.
For a closer look at the display options, see the grid, list and scrolling layout comparison.
What does a free widget cost instead of money?
A free widget costs you some branding and convenience rather than a monthly fee. ReviewMix places a “Powered by ReviewMix” badge on the widget, refreshes Google reviews weekly and limits the account to one Google business and one website.
Weekly refreshes mean a new Google review may not reach the widget as quickly as it would on a paid plan. The one-business allowance is enough for a single location, but it does not cover a second branch.
The Free plan still includes every layout and theme. The limitations concern update frequency, account capacity and paid controls, rather than restricting the widget to one basic design.
When does paying start to make sense?
Paying starts to make sense when weekly updates, the badge or the one-business limit become inconvenient. ReviewMix Pro costs €12 per month, or €10 per month when billed annually.
Pro includes:
- Up to five Google businesses
- One website
- Daily Google review refreshes
- Replies to Google reviews from the ReviewMix dashboard
- Removal of the “Powered by ReviewMix” badge
- Colour and centre-logo options for QR codes
- The full printable QR-code kit
Pro is a paid upgrade. Annual billing lowers the monthly equivalent to €10, but the plan is billed annually rather than month by month.
A business may prefer Pro when new reviews need to appear daily, when replying from one dashboard saves time or when the widget should carry no ReviewMix badge. Businesses comparing plans can check the current ReviewMix pricing. The free-versus-paid widget comparison covers the broader agency-side decision.
How do I add the free widget to my site?
Adding the free widget takes one script snippet pasted into an HTML or custom-code block. The ReviewMix dashboard shows the snippet with the account’s widget key already inserted.
<script src="https://cdn.reviewmix.eu/widget/loader.js" data-widget="YOUR-WIDGET-KEY" async defer></script>
Use a Custom HTML block in WordPress, an HTML widget in Elementor or the equivalent custom-code block on another site builder. The script loads asynchronously, so it does not block the rest of the page while loading.
After pasting the snippet, save the page and open the published version to check the result. The per-platform embedding steps show where the code belongs, while the guide to showing Google reviews on a website covers the wider setup.
