Squarespace

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
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

Squarespace

Editions & Modules

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
Squarespace
Free Trial
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Personal: $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
	Squarespace
Considered Both Products	Squarespace Verified User Engineer Chose Squarespace Squarespace is more user-friendly and sleek. I'd recommend it over Freenom for beginners and those who are more interested in running a website (instead of caring about their DNS). Incentivized Helpful? Caitlin Sloan Founder & CEO Chose Squarespace I like Squarespace better if you are starting from scratch. I was able to use WordPress when it was an existing site and I just had to make updates, but would have a difficult time starting from the beginning and building a WordPress site. Incentivized Helpful? TN Tyler Newman Marketing Director Chose Squarespace In my opinion, Squarespace beats Wix all day. We have used both for microsite development. We use WordPress for our main site as the featureset is open source and is considered the industry best practice. You can do a lot more specific features with WordPress that are sometimes … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Squarespace None. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Squarespace Squarespace if much less work than WordPress, plus hosting and security are not an issue. GoDaddy and Wix are okay, but nowhere near the flexibility or advanced feature set that you can get with Squarespace. Compared to the other products that I have used, Squarespace … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Technician Chose Squarespace We picked Squarespace for a specific use case because it was easy to spin up the promotional content we needed. Incentivized Helpful? Maria Halse Duloquin Innovation Consultant Chose Squarespace Squarespace is easy to use, Webflow can feel clunky (though I haven’t tried it recently), and Wix is very similar, but I preferred the Squarespace aesthetic. Also, Squarespace has clear, transparent pricing - you know what you get, and I like the design styles. I’m not in a … Helpful? BG Bryan Grant Head of Product & Portfolio Management Chose Squarespace Squarespace was the quickest to get up and running for a basic website, and with the GoDaddy integration it simplified rapid setup. A plugin for basic language translation allowed us to be compliant from day one. Incentivized Helpful? JM Jeff Montgomery CTO Chose 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 … Incentivized Helpful? PL Phoebe Little Promotions and Programs Associate Chose Squarespace Submittable and Squarespace serve different functions but Squarespace is by far the easier and more user friendly platform. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Partner Chose Squarespace WordPress is for more advanced users and allows more functionality to be built into the website. However, Squarespace is easy to use and you will be able to get a functioning website up and running on your own. That is their main point and purpose for their mission. However, … Incentivized Helpful? Andy Ryan Launch Engineer Chose Squarespace I would choose Squarespace over all the competition unless I wanted a website builder/host that had an online course portal. Squarespace has the easiest website builder. It's relatively cheap. It automatically updates. It is easy to integrate with third-party services such as … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Team Lead Chose Squarespace Squarespace is by far the easiest option to use by non-technical staff, so we rely on it when we need to get something to market quickly, with minimal design and development time, in a way that is maintainable by Events and Marketing staff without support from web development … Incentivized Helpful? Lisa Cooley Art Advisor Chose Squarespace Both of my fields are visual, so design is as important as functionality. Unbounce looks great, but it's not set up for the same full functionality. I've also been quite familiar with Squarespace and felt comfortable with them. Incentivized Helpful? Shawn Dehner Owner Chose Squarespace Not even comparable. I was hacked within 2 years with WordPress in a brute force attack. Since going to Squarespace, I have had zero security issues. I feel the two platforms, though similar, are incomparable. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Partner Chose Squarespace I found it easier for me to use square space myself rather than have a middle person between me and my website. It was a lot easier for me to access and change something and when I wanted to change something on my site. It gave me flexibility and more options to utilize my … Incentivized Helpful? Nicole Nagy Product Designer Chose Squarespace I didn't evaluate any other platforms because I knew Squarespace was the best. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Executive Chose Squarespace Squarespace's most attractive feature in comparison to WordPress and Wix is its library of themes available to use. WordPress has a neverending supply of options but that's WordPress, the industry-standard however the limited options for Squarespace is nice so you aren't … Incentivized Helpful? Darcy Knapp, MBA Owner/President Chose Squarespace Squarespace offers better SEO options and ease of use than Wix/Weebly site builders. Squarespace is easy to manage and easy to track inventory and sales. For companies with lower skill sets in-house, it is also very easy to train staff to manage the platform. Incentivized Helpful? MG Meadow Griffin Author/Illustrator Chose Squarespace I liked the usability of Squarespace better than Network Solutions for the type of website we were looking for. I found it was easier to create and customize and I liked the overall look of the website in Squarespace better than what the end result of the Network Solutions site … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Project Manager Chose Squarespace Myself and my team have used more robust web development platforms for bigger organization presence on the web. However that has always required more time, effort and talent by using web developers to setup and add content to the sites. With squarespace, a site can be setup in … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Executive Chose Squarespace Squarespace is the best option relative to other web hosting and design platforms we initially reviewed. It was a bit more expensive than some of the free models we looked at but those sites often came with hidden fees if we wanted to customize anything and Squarespace has … Incentivized Helpful? IS Isabel Sam Owner Chose Squarespace I actually ended up going with WordPress's OShine theme. Squarespace just missed some of the SEO and API tracking that I wanted and Elementor was too slow and WP Rocket isn't compatible with it. OShine ended up fitting the bill so everything I wanted could work together, but … Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Easy to use Pro Set up Pro Ease of use
Top Cons	Minus Learning curve Minus Image size Minus Multiple products

Features

Squarespace

Security

Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
	Squarespace 8.0 65 Ratings 1% below category average
Role-based user permissions	8.065 Ratings

Platform & Infrastructure

Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
	Squarespace 6.9 56 Ratings 11% below category average
API	7.449 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language	6.435 Ratings

Web Content Creation

Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
	Squarespace 7.9 98 Ratings 2% above category average
WYSIWYG editor	9.083 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness	8.077 Ratings
Admin section	7.697 Ratings
Page templates	7.798 Ratings
Library of website themes	7.995 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design	7.994 Ratings
Publishing workflow	8.085 Ratings
Form generator	7.079 Ratings

Web Content Management

Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
	Squarespace 6.6 88 Ratings 11% below category average
Content taxonomy	7.475 Ratings
SEO support	6.880 Ratings
Bulk management	6.251 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions	5.765 Ratings
Community / comment management	6.866 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Squarespace
Likelihood to Recommend	8.3 (98 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (4 ratings)
Usability	8.4 (12 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (2 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Squarespace
Likelihood to Recommend	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	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. Incentivized IS Isabel Sam Owner Read full review
Cons	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. Incentivized Lisa Cooley Art Advisor Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Squarespace Unless our website requires significantly more functionality in the future, I can't see us terminating our contract Incentivized Emily Muhoberac Chief Operations Officer Read full review
Usability	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 Mandy Cramer Graphic Designer Read full review
Support Rating	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 Incentivized Angela Skees Director of Graphics and Marketing Read full review
Alternatives Considered	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). Incentivized JM Jeff Montgomery CTO Read full review
Return on Investment	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 Michael Chow Learning Experience Designer / Graphic Designer Read full review
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