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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Spree

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/ASpree Storefront is a modular, open source e-commerce platform with a large community, comprehensive API and integration features right out of the box. Spree is comprehensive enough for large ecommerce stores and easy enough for small online merchants.N/A

    Squarespace

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASquarespace 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
    SpreeSquarespace
    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
    SpreeSquarespace
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—28% to 36% discount available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    SpreeSquarespace
    Considered Both Products
    Spree Commerce
    Chose Spree
    Spree is probably the most robust of the platforms that we evaluated. Because it is HIGHLY customizable, you can virtually build anything that you can dream up from a business perspective. At that point, you are probably going to need a very dedicated development team to …
    Incentivized
    Squarespace
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Would buy again
    35 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    35 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    34 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    33 Answers
    Features
    SpreeSquarespace
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Spree and Squarespace
    Feature
    Spree
    5.6
    4 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Squarespace
    -
    Ratings
    Product catalog & listings4.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product management5.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk product upload7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Branding3.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile storefront4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product variations8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Website integration5.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual customization9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    CMS3.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Spree and Squarespace
    Feature
    Spree
    5.2
    4 Ratings
    38% below category average
    Squarespace
    -
    Ratings
    Abandoned cart recovery5.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Checkout user experience5.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Spree and Squarespace
    Feature
    Spree
    9.1
    4 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Squarespace
    -
    Ratings
    eCommerce security9.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Spree and Squarespace
    Feature
    Spree
    4.2
    4 Ratings
    59% below category average
    Squarespace
    -
    Ratings
    Promotions & discounts4.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations4.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO4.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Spree and Squarespace
    Feature
    Spree
    6.1
    4 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Squarespace
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-site management5.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order processing5.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory management5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Shipping5.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom functionality9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Spree and Squarespace
    Feature
    Spree
    -
    Ratings
    Squarespace
    8.4
    67 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.467 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Spree and Squarespace
    Feature
    Spree
    -
    Ratings
    Squarespace
    6.6
    58 Ratings
    17% below category average
    API00 Ratings7.051 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings6.237 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Spree and Squarespace
    Feature
    Spree
    -
    Ratings
    Squarespace
    7.5
    99 Ratings
    4% below category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.284 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings6.678 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings7.398 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings7.099 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings7.196 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings8.195 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings8.386 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings6.580 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Spree and Squarespace
    Feature
    Spree
    -
    Ratings
    Squarespace
    6.1
    89 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.376 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings6.380 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings5.851 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings5.565 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings5.467 Ratings
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    SpreeSquarespace
    Small Businesses
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Square Online
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SpreeSquarespace
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (5 ratings)
    8.6
    (100 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
    SpreeSquarespace
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Spree Commerce
    Spree is a great solution if you have a highly customized business idea and need a very robust eCommerce solution to support your very creative and detailed sales methods. Because it's an open source platform, there are a ton of ways that his platform can be customized to meet virtually any business idea that you can dream up. With that said, the platform requires dedicated development support to make sure everything is stable and supported at all times.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Spree Commerce
    • Quick and easy access, nice interface when logging in.
    • Access to customer's info, easy to change user names and passwords when issues arise with login.
    • Easy to use for the most part - a lot of ways to search for information regarding customer's info.
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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
    Spree Commerce
    • For the ATS portion, ability to download applicants would be helpful
    • We have to use our developers to change some simple things on the web format
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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
    Spree Commerce
    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
    Spree Commerce
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Spree Commerce
    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
    Spree Commerce
    I don't want to knock other products but let's say that the more famous shopping carts, although they have great functionality off the peg, are limited in terms of branding ability and further customisation. Invariably you get a site which looks and feels like many others. This will suit many companies as a low cost option which is very competent. However the fully customisable front end that we need, and will continue to develop, is not possible with these turn-key solutions.
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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
    Spree Commerce
    • Decent plugin ecosystem
    • Easily add and manage new products
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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.
    Incentivized
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