Hostinger vs. Squarespace

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Hostinger
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Hostinger is a Lithuania based web host option, featuring SSL certificates and domain name registration, as well as managed solutions (WordPress), and ecommerce hosting, with options aimed primarily at small businesses.
$1.39
per month
Squarespace
Score 8.5 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.
$16
per month billed annually
Pricing
HostingerSquarespace
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Basic
$16
per month billed annually
Core
$23
per month billed annually
Basic
$25
per month
Core
$36
per month
Plus
$39
per month billed annually
Plus
$56
per month
Advanced
$99
per month billed annually
Advanced
$139
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HostingerSquarespace
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
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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Features
HostingerSquarespace
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Hostinger
-
Ratings
Squarespace
7.9
65 Ratings
4% below category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.965 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Hostinger
-
Ratings
Squarespace
6.9
56 Ratings
11% below category average
API00 Ratings7.449 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings6.435 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Hostinger
-
Ratings
Squarespace
7.9
98 Ratings
2% above category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.083 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings8.077 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings7.697 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings7.798 Ratings
Library of website themes00 Ratings7.995 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings7.994 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings8.085 Ratings
Form generator00 Ratings7.079 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Hostinger
-
Ratings
Squarespace
6.5
88 Ratings
13% below category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.375 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings6.880 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings6.151 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings5.665 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings6.866 Ratings
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Small Businesses
SiteGround
SiteGround
Score 9.7 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
WP Engine
WP Engine
Score 8.5 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
AccuWebHosting.Com
AccuWebHosting.Com
Score 9.6 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
HostingerSquarespace
Likelihood to Recommend
9.7
(5 ratings)
8.3
(98 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(12 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
HostingerSquarespace
Likelihood to Recommend
Hostinger
Hostinger web hosting is the perfect fit for beginners, bloggers, startups, and small businesses. Because it includes all the essentials they need to power, build and manage their beautiful websites.You get faster lightning speed, robust security, and top-notch customer support at the lowest possible cost. Not only that, Hostinger offers 99.9% uptime which is the industry standard, so that may your website will experience a little downtime.
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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
Hostinger
  • It has affordable hosting with good uptime.
  • Hostinger provides a separate webmail log-in option, so no one can access it directly from hpanel.
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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
Hostinger
  • Website builder
  • Payment gateway
  • SSL certificate
  • Extra storage
  • Inconsistent website speed
  • Some tools are bit harder to use when compared to its alternatives
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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
Hostinger
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
Hostinger
No answers on this topic
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
Hostinger
No answers on this topic
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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Alternatives Considered
Hostinger
As compared to the competitor, it provides hosting plans at affordable rates with slightly fewer features that can be neglected.
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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
Hostinger
  • Overall it improved our ROI, as they provied affordable hosting for multiple websites
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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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