What users are saying about
27 Ratings
<a href='https://www.trustradius.com/static/about-trustradius-scoring' target='_blank' rel='nofollow noopener'>trScore algorithm: Learn more.</a>Score 8.1 out of 100
Based on 27 reviews and ratings
Top Rated
251 Ratings
<a href='https://www.trustradius.com/static/about-trustradius-scoring' target='_blank' rel='nofollow noopener'>trScore algorithm: Learn more.</a>Score 8.4 out of 100
Based on 251 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
- Contentful ranks higher in 1 feature set: Security
- Squarespace ranks higher in 3 feature sets: Platform & Infrastructure, Web Content Creation, Web Content Management
Security

9.0
Contentful
90%
8.6
Squarespace
86%
Contentful ranks higher in 1/1 features
Contentful ranks higher in 1/1 features
Role-based user permissions

9.0
90%
5 Ratings
8.6
86%
57 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure

7.7
Contentful
77%
7.8
Squarespace
78%
Contentful ranks higher in 1/2 features
Contentful ranks higher in 1/2 features
API

7.0
70%
5 Ratings
7.7
77%
42 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language

8.5
85%
3 Ratings
7.8
78%
30 Ratings
Web Content Creation

7.2
Contentful
72%
8.5
Squarespace
85%
Squarespace ranks higher in 7/8 features
Squarespace ranks higher in 7/8 features
WYSIWYG editor

7.3
73%
4 Ratings
8.6
86%
74 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness

9.0
90%
4 Ratings
8.7
87%
66 Ratings
Admin section

8.0
80%
6 Ratings
8.5
85%
84 Ratings
Page templates

7.6
76%
4 Ratings
8.9
89%
85 Ratings
Library of website themes

7.5
75%
2 Ratings
8.1
81%
83 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design

7.2
72%
2 Ratings
8.6
86%
81 Ratings
Publishing workflow

4.0
40%
6 Ratings
8.5
85%
73 Ratings
Form generator

7.0
70%
1 Rating
8.3
83%
67 Ratings
Web Content Management

6.9
Contentful
69%
8.0
Squarespace
80%
Squarespace ranks higher in 4/5 features
Squarespace ranks higher in 4/5 features
Content taxonomy

6.0
60%
5 Ratings
8.3
83%
65 Ratings
SEO support

8.1
81%
4 Ratings
8.4
84%
70 Ratings
Bulk management

7.5
75%
2 Ratings
7.7
77%
43 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions

4.1
41%
4 Ratings
7.6
76%
57 Ratings
Community / comment management

9.0
90%
1 Rating
7.9
79%
57 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Squarespace is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend

8.0
Contentful
80%
7 Ratings
8.4
Squarespace
84%
85 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

Contentful
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
Squarespace
100%
4 Ratings
Usability

Contentful
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
Squarespace
100%
4 Ratings
Support Rating

Contentful
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
Squarespace
100%
4 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Contentful
Contentful is well suited for folks who want a simple, clean, easy-to-use interface for a JAVASCRIPT website. If you do not want a javascript website you should look [elsewhere].
Web Marketing Manager
Lively, Inc.Financial Services, 51-200 employees
Squarespace
I have a gorgeous website that I made myself, thanks to Squarespace. I'm able to integrate marketing emails, SEO, analytics, online carts, pretty much instantly. If you want to get started fast, it's really great. I think if you want to customize square space and you're having trouble, it would be most helpful to hire a square space designer. That's what I would have done in retrospect.
Art Advisor
Self-EmployedArts and Crafts, 1-10 employees
Pros
Contentful
- Clean, modern interface (not clunky and outdated, like WordPress)
- High degree of flexibility (I can structure data any way my clients need)
- Enables headless frontend (i.e. I can build any frontend I want without having to change my CMS)
Digital Strategist
Sherpa Design Co.Design, 1-10 employees
Squarespace
- Stupid simple to use. I know very creative people who cannot code and this is probably the easiest ever platform for them!
- Pretty website templates and great functionality with showing off portfolios.
- They've already figured out what are the problems that non-coding people have when creating websites and they've figured out a simple solution for all of it.
Owner
Isabel Azalia Portrait DesignArts & Crafts, 1-10 employees
Cons
Contentful
- The new Contentful "branches" feature looked promising (it appears to mirror a git-like repository) but it requires the CLI, which isn't necessarily practical for teams that aren't current CLI users. It would be nice if the management of this feature were available via the UI (without that it causes more confusion than anything).
- The Contentful data modeling method makes for a bit of an awkward SDK developer experience in some strongly typed languages like Java. Most things that you might need can be accomplished, but it feels like the experience could be smoother.
- It would be nice if there were a way to migrate data between spaces (e.g. from your staging space to production).
Lead Developer
SaaSquatchMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
Squarespace
- As a wine company it would really love it if Squarespace had an easy plugin for wine club subscriptions.
- Squarespace would be awesome if it could automatically take your photos that you upload on the site and optimize them for the web and for the website.
- I do wish we could have more than two contributors for the basic website costs.
Owner
Project M Productions LLCWine and Spirits, 1-10 employees
Pricing Details
Contentful
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
Starting Price
$0
Contentful Editions & Modules
Edition
Community | Free |
---|---|
Team | 489/month |
Enterprise | Custom |
- none
Additional Pricing Details
—Squarespace
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$12 per month
Squarespace Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
Personal: $12/month (paid annually) $16/month (paid monthly) Business: $18/month (paid annually) $26/month (paid monthly) Basic Commerce: $26/month (paid annually) $35/month (paid monthly) Advanced Commerce: $40/month (paid annually) $54/month (paid monthly)Likelihood to Renew
Contentful
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Squarespace
Squarespace 10.0
Based on 4 answers
Unless our website requires significantly more functionality in the future, I can't see us terminating our contract
Chief Operations Officer
Sapper Consulting, LLCMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees
Usability
Contentful
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Squarespace
Squarespace 10.0
Based on 4 answers
It's simple to use for someone who is really good with computers as well as those who are not. I've been using my personal squarespace for years and have also helped clients build a starting page which they are later able to manage theirselves.
Graphic Designer
Miss Mandible DesignsHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees
Support Rating
Contentful
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Squarespace
Squarespace 10.0
Based on 4 answers
Help is available directly from the back end and uses full sentence searching to find answers to questions others may have asked before. With a ton of articles and support questions documents, it is very likely that your question has been answered. If not each page has the ability to open a direct email to support. Each case has a number and can be followed. Responses are often quick and have links and directions clearly stated
Director of Graphics and Marketing
Concrete Results, IncGlass, Ceramics & Concrete, 1-10 employees
Alternatives Considered
Contentful
Contentful offers a great deal of features for a relatively low price. This is what ended up persuading us to purchase it. We also gathered that this was one of the more well-rated products out there, which was encouraging. It definitely stacks up well against its competitors.
SEO Specialist
BambooHRComputer Software, 201-500 employees
Squarespace
Overall, as a designer, it makes perfect sense for small to large businesses to use a site such as SquareSpace. Costs are relatively reasonable with the ability to go in and do custom code.
The issue is certain aspects of it, depending on the plan, you can't do. So, if you want to do API to the site, you need to use the top-tier program to do so. Even at custom code, you won't have access to the API section.
As well, like all templates and themes, everybody is using the same style too.
Learning Experience Designer / Graphic Designer
ULearn.techE-Learning, 1-10 employees
Return on Investment
Contentful
- Positive: faster changes and new associates can easily navigate without prior training/knowledge of CMS to make content updates
- Negative: Our website manager/provider can keep certain abilities (like changing specific images) so they can charge a fee for making the change
Marketing Coordinator for FirstService Realty NYC
FirstService Residential New YorkReal Estate, 10,001+ employees
Squarespace
- The key positive impact on my overall business objectives is how simple Squarespace sites are to implement new information. Whenever our services change, we can quickly update pages or even change how the website flows, in a very short window of time. This allows me to get back to more urgent work sooner.
- Our Squarespace site for Club Swim Show helped present our web series to potential partners; Club Swim Show went on to partner with a popular swimming magazine and reach a larger audience through that magazine's hosting thanks to the professional design of our original website.
- Squarespace does not bring in customers to my storefront, which is fine for me, since I sell things infrequently and it is not my main business, but might work against someone who is expecting a Shopify or Etsy level connection with buyer markets.
Distribution Producer
Club Swim ShowMotion Pictures & Film, 11-50 employees