Overdrive vs. Squarespace

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Overdrive
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Overdrive is designed for organisations using G Suite in both business and education. It makes workspaces and sites, transforming Drive and other G Suite content into web pages automatically. Overdrive can be used to build custom sites of any shape and size, with no need to upload and publish documents or content in the conventional, saving time and effort. For sites which require large amounts of enterprise data or content, Overdrive helps…N/A
Squarespace
Score 8.4 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.
$25
per month
Pricing
OverdriveSquarespace
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Basic
$25
per month
Core
$36
per month
Plus
$56
per month
Advanced
$139
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
OverdriveSquarespace
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsEducation and Nonprofit discount available.28% to 36% discount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
OverdriveSquarespace
Features
OverdriveSquarespace
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Overdrive
10.0
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Squarespace
8.2
67 Ratings
0% above category average
Role-based user permissions10.01 Ratings8.267 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Overdrive
10.0
1 Ratings
25% above category average
Squarespace
6.6
58 Ratings
16% below category average
API10.01 Ratings7.151 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings6.037 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Overdrive
7.4
1 Ratings
5% below category average
Squarespace
7.7
99 Ratings
1% below category average
WYSIWYG editor7.01 Ratings9.284 Ratings
Admin section7.01 Ratings7.498 Ratings
Page templates7.01 Ratings7.399 Ratings
Library of website themes7.01 Ratings7.596 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design8.01 Ratings8.195 Ratings
Publishing workflow8.01 Ratings8.286 Ratings
Form generator8.01 Ratings6.780 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings7.278 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Overdrive
8.0
1 Ratings
7% above category average
Squarespace
6.2
89 Ratings
18% below category average
Content taxonomy8.01 Ratings7.376 Ratings
SEO support8.01 Ratings6.580 Ratings
Bulk management8.01 Ratings5.851 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings5.565 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings5.967 Ratings
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User Ratings
OverdriveSquarespace
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.5
(99 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(14 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
OverdriveSquarespace
Likelihood to Recommend
Refractiv
We use Overdrive for customer websites to access all our G Suite.
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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
Refractiv
  • G drive integration
  • Mobile access's
  • Security
  • Can design templets
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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
Refractiv
No answers on this topic
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
Refractiv
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
Refractiv
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
Refractiv
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
Refractiv
We can turn google drive into a website easily & provide the best customization for the websites.
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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
Refractiv
  • Cost efficient
  • Security
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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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ScreenShots

Overdrive Screenshots

Screenshot of Create great-looking and powerful sites using Google Drive and other G Suite content.Screenshot of Bring your site to life by embedding Google Maps, Calendars, Sheets, Photos, YouTube videos and more.Screenshot of Use Page Builder to create pages by simply dragging and dropping content tiles.Screenshot of Use Template Designer to customize your site.Screenshot of Just a few of the many Overdrive uses.