Elementor vs. Squarespace

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Elementor
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Elementor is a Wordpress page builder and creative toolkit featuring a drag and drop live editor, 100+ widgets, and tools to landing pages and popups.
$49
per year
Squarespace
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Squarespace is a CMS platform that allows users to create a DIY blog, eCommerce store, and/or portfolio (visual art or music). Some Squarespace website and shop templates are industry or use case-specific, such as menu builders for restaurant sites.
$12
per month
Pricing
ElementorSquarespace
Editions & Modules
Personal
$49.00
per year
Plus
$99.00
per year
Expert
$149.00
per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ElementorSquarespace
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPersonal: $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)
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Community Pulse
ElementorSquarespace
Considered Both Products
Elementor
Chose Elementor
Elementor is superior to other page builders I have used previously, including Divi and Beaver Builder, and are easier to use than hosted options I have previously used, including Squarespace and Wix. It allows for more flexible designs for advanced users and a more intuitive …
Squarespace

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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
ElementorSquarespace
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Elementor
8.2
22 Ratings
2% above category average
Squarespace
6.8
61 Ratings
17% below category average
Role-based user permissions8.222 Ratings6.861 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Elementor
6.1
19 Ratings
22% below category average
Squarespace
7.0
53 Ratings
9% below category average
API6.619 Ratings7.546 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language5.713 Ratings6.434 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Elementor
8.2
35 Ratings
6% above category average
Squarespace
7.7
94 Ratings
0% below category average
WYSIWYG editor8.933 Ratings9.281 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness8.532 Ratings7.875 Ratings
Admin section8.833 Ratings7.593 Ratings
Page templates8.334 Ratings7.194 Ratings
Library of website themes7.431 Ratings7.491 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design8.735 Ratings8.190 Ratings
Publishing workflow8.529 Ratings7.781 Ratings
Form generator6.631 Ratings7.175 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Elementor
7.8
34 Ratings
6% above category average
Squarespace
6.6
84 Ratings
11% below category average
Content taxonomy8.328 Ratings7.472 Ratings
SEO support7.028 Ratings7.776 Ratings
Bulk management7.424 Ratings6.148 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions8.129 Ratings5.463 Ratings
Community / comment management8.024 Ratings6.663 Ratings
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ElementorSquarespace
Small Businesses
Divi
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
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RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
ElementorSquarespace
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(35 ratings)
8.5
(94 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(8 ratings)
8.8
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
2.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ElementorSquarespace
Likelihood to Recommend
Elementor
I would recommend this for the ease of use and price. It is a good value for any website developer or designer to be able to create multiple websites a year with super simple coding. If you've got a way to speed up your website without using WP Rocket, then it's even better! I think this software is specifically made for someone with a coding background and would recommend that you have a background with Wordpress to make using this software even easier
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Squarespace
Squarespace is one of the best solutions out there for building a website or web experience that looks good, has great functionality and is cost-effective, even for smaller businesses. Although most people in marketing will find most of the elements intuitive, if the creator is struggling with any of the functionality, there are many, many support options and other users who can offer assistance.
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Pros
Elementor
  • Easy to implement different sections of a page such as images, text blocks, forms etc.
  • There is a range of example pages available for you to change to suit your brand or to provide some inspiration
  • It is easy to add custom CSS (or similar)
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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.
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Cons
Elementor
  • Could definitely use an AI bot for ad-hoc customer queries
  • Very limited Wdgets available in free version - If you have complex pages, go pro
  • Ensure robust internet speed (50 MBPS bare minimum) to be able to operate it. Below 8 GB RAM is not advised
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Squarespace
  • Customizing the sites can be highly UN intuitive
  • Navigation for editing the sites can be difficult and frustrating
  • Squarespace has different versions and it's hard to know which version you're on. You can't switch after you start making a site with one version.
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Likelihood to Renew
Elementor
No answers on this topic
Squarespace
Unless our website requires significantly more functionality in the future, I can't see us terminating our contract
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Usability
Elementor
I love Elementor and would be lsot without it for our site! I love that I can assign page roles for everyone involved on the back end, so we can work as a team to make the site exactly what we want. I also love that I have so many options to customize my site and also keep things mobile friendly. I only have a basic understanding of coding, which makes Elementor so nice. You really don't need to know a whole lot of coding to make a really nice site
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Squarespace
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.
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Support Rating
Elementor
There support is slow and at times can be frustrating and this is why many prefer to air out their frustrations within the Facebook group community. I tend to give up as when I'm working on something and something goes wrong I need the help straight away. I do not have the patience to wait anymore.
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Squarespace
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
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Implementation Rating
Elementor
The business team has to stick to its core competencies - Our key turning point occured when we delegated webpage design challenges to a tech. firm with specific mandates (including a certain degree of internal control). Once the initial go-live was completed, the agency trained us on internalizing ad-hoc and tactical change work
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Squarespace
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Alternatives Considered
Elementor
I have used the built-in Gutenberg content builder and Visual Composer before. Neither of these are truly "front-end" page builders. They allow you to build with blocks the content you want, but you can not see it live as you design it. That is the true value Elementor has above all the other tools.
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Squarespace
Squarespace was quicker to set up and more accessible to manipulate the theme, pictures, and content. The page layouts are more versatile and fluid. With WordPress, more time-consuming efforts go into making a template work the way you want it to (because of the lack of the drag-and-drop grids that Squarespace has).
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Return on Investment
Elementor
  • Elementor has made it possible for our non-profit to stand out in the non-profit space in which we operate. Our website was highly flexible and looked great, which provided confidence to our donors.
  • Elementor has never been a weak spot in the security of our website. We've had several attempted attacks against our website and yet everything was remained locked down.
  • We have only used the free version of Elementor, so it has kept our costs low and allowed us to have a professional looking website, but being able to put more money towards our charitable cause rather than IT.
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Squarespace
  • The cost is reasonably decent. My client says they spent about $20 a month or $240 a year. I asked her if she could add Google AdSense to her blog one day, and they believe they can. They said a custom site would cost them $3000-10,000 depending on who does it. And I agreed, but I found the website they created was on the lower end of that range.
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