Square Online vs. WordPress VIP

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Square Online
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
Square Online (formerly Weebly) is a basic content management system with blogging and eCommerce features. It can be utilized for building standard websites or specialized webpages for online stores.
$6
per month
WordPress VIP
Score 8.7 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Wordpress VIP, from a team at Automattic, is enterprise WordPress hosting with customer or digital experience features for enterprises.N/A
Pricing
Square OnlineWordPress VIP
Editions & Modules
Personal
$9.00
per month
Professional
$16.00
per month
Performance
$29.00
per month
Free
Free
Free
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Square OnlineWordPress VIP
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing decreases when paid annually: Personal - $6/Month Professional$12/Month Performance - $26/Month
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Features
Square OnlineWordPress VIP
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Square Online
7.0
28 Ratings
14% below category average
WordPress VIP
7.5
2 Ratings
7% below category average
Role-based user permissions7.028 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Square Online
7.9
19 Ratings
3% above category average
WordPress VIP
7.5
2 Ratings
2% below category average
API6.014 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language9.915 Ratings5.92 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Square Online
7.1
40 Ratings
7% below category average
WordPress VIP
8.2
2 Ratings
8% above category average
WYSIWYG editor9.033 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness9.036 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Admin section9.736 Ratings8.32 Ratings
Page templates2.040 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Library of website themes2.040 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design9.039 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Publishing workflow7.032 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Form generator9.033 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Square Online
6.6
37 Ratings
11% below category average
WordPress VIP
8.0
2 Ratings
9% above category average
Content taxonomy7.123 Ratings7.31 Ratings
SEO support4.033 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Bulk management4.018 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions9.030 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Community / comment management9.027 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Square OnlineWordPress VIP
Small Businesses
Divi
Divi
Score 9.8 out of 10
Divi
Divi
Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Image Relay
Image Relay
Score 9.5 out of 10
Image Relay
Image Relay
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Tridion
Tridion
Score 9.0 out of 10
Tridion
Tridion
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Square OnlineWordPress VIP
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(41 ratings)
8.6
(19 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(19 ratings)
User Testimonials
Square OnlineWordPress VIP
Likelihood to Recommend
Block, Inc (Square)
If you are having students create websites or information pages about something they are studying in class, this is a great option. The fact that students can spend less time getting situated and learning the app and get right to work researching and creating their pages is great. For middle to high school, this is a fantastic app to use. However, if you want more nuanced analytics or want students to focus on blogging more than webpage building, this is limited.
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Automattic
WordPress VIP really changed the game when it comes to WordPress CMS and Content Management. A one-stop shop for all our client's business needs. We are focusing on Content Management instead of technicalities. The big advantage is the security features covering all recent vulnerabilities that any WordPress developer/user wastes lots of precious time fixing/updating. Performance-wise, WordPress VIP is definitely up there. We’ve been doing lots of optimization work over the last few years. Every client wants to score 100. With WordPress VIP we decreased the time spent on optimization significantly and now feel confident with taking more performance optimisation work than we did before. Lastly, maybe the most important for every business is the support quality. WordPress VIP runs a superb support team with phenomenal knowledge and expertise. Quick to respond and solves issues here and now. It is definitely recommended.
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Pros
Block, Inc (Square)
  • Drag and drop interface makes it very easy to add all types of content, including images, text, video (and YouTube videos), embeddable applications and more.
  • It's very easy to set up navigation features like cascading menus and sticky navigation (where the menu stays put - may depend on the template chosen though).
  • A technical backend is fairly straight-forward for setting up a fav icon, 301 redirects, SEO, Google Analytics, etc.
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Automattic
  • Security - class leading security, ensuring sites are protected and operate hassle free
  • Scalability - provide patches and updates first before the market place
  • Reliability - up to 99.9% up time, with a fantastic track record
  • Performance - hitting the high notes for Core Web Vitals and ensuring WordPress is operating at its peak performance
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Cons
Block, Inc (Square)
  • Weebly doesn't have a lot of templates to choose from, so if you don't have any experience with CSS or HTML, it's hard to customize your site to an extent.
  • Weebly isn't fully SEO friendly. They don't allow you to add H1 tags to pages out of the box.
  • You can't create folder structures when it comes to web page URLs. You can put web pages under a main menu dropdown, but they don't allow you to put all sub-menu items in a structured folder (like site.com/folder/page-1 and site.com/folder/page-2).
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Automattic
  • Too many different dashboard formats
  • Everything should have the same look and feel.
  • The admin portal looks different than the user content portal
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Likelihood to Renew
Block, Inc (Square)
Weebly is consistently adding features that line up with our needs. The ease of use makes it the perfect program for us since we have users of multiple age brackets and knowledge of web design. We love that we can give users access to only the pages they are affiliated with
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Automattic
It's true enterprise ready hosting framework providing unparalleled hosting infrastructure for WordPress. Where an organisation has high load needs, but with stability and scale VIP delivers. It provides complete peace of mind that the hosting, security and scalability are taken care of and organisations can focus on developing out their website strategies
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Usability
Block, Inc (Square)
It is simple to use and offers enough customization to make a website that is personalized. Templates are pretty standard and the help section is laid out well by topic with frequently asked questions. Some design knowledge is helpful, but through trial and error anyone can get a hold of the reins fairly quickly.
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Automattic
There is documentation for everything you might need.
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Support Rating
Block, Inc (Square)
No answers on this topic
Automattic
The people who work for WordPress VIP clearly are passionate about representing the organisation. Therefore when support is required, they do go above and beyond what you may expect in terms of overall support. They take security very seriously, and due to the nature of VIP, it's rarely a concern for the end-user, if at all.
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Alternatives Considered
Block, Inc (Square)
Weebly's designs, plugins, and customization options are a little more advanced in some cases than other similar programs. WordPress requires a different level of expertise and knowledge of code, keywording, and plugins, so I wouldn't even compare them. Wix is a little more user-friendly because you can drag and drop your design, which was very convenient for customizing your site. I didn't personally select Weebly, but it is user-friendly and nearly anyone comfortable with a computer could figure it out. Weebly support is also pretty good.
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Automattic
Our team manages 4 different brands' websites and before WordPress VIP we were using multiple different hosts including DreamHost and AWS. These were convoluted and didn't offer the enterprise features for our organization that WP VIP was capable of. We also considered Pantheon, but they were not Wordpress-centric enough for the direction we were going.
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Return on Investment
Block, Inc (Square)
  • Weebly has allowed our business to create a connection with our customers by offering home decor, cooking and styling tips.
  • Weebly gives us the chance to relay information to customers regarding merchandise, current sales and promotions, store hours and locations etc. Which has helped increase business.
  • Weebly has given our not very tech savvy business the opportunity to have a website and stay relevant with our competitors.
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Automattic
  • Working as a WordPress VIP gold partner has helped our business grow from 12 staff to 28 staff in 2 years. They have brought many projects to the table that are always the right ones for us and they really understand our goals as a business.
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