Squarespace vs. TemplateToaster

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting 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.
$25
per month
TemplateToaster
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
TemplateToaster is website template and theme generating software. It is developed by AcrossSoft, a software development company in New York, NY. The software is a desktop based application and generates templates or themes for content management systems such as WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento, and Prestashop.
$49
one-time fee
Pricing
SquarespaceTemplateToaster
Editions & Modules
Basic
$25
per month
Core
$36
per month
Plus
$56
per month
Advanced
$139
per month
Standard Edition
$49
Annually
Professional Edition
$149
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SquarespaceTemplateToaster
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details28% to 36% discount available for annual pricing.Prices reflect a one-year subscription with optional paid updates following the initial year.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
SquarespaceTemplateToaster
Features
SquarespaceTemplateToaster
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Squarespace
8.2
67 Ratings
0% below category average
TemplateToaster
9.1
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Role-based user permissions8.267 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Squarespace
6.5
58 Ratings
17% below category average
TemplateToaster
9.5
2 Ratings
21% above category average
API7.151 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language5.937 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Squarespace
7.7
99 Ratings
1% below category average
TemplateToaster
9.3
2 Ratings
18% above category average
WYSIWYG editor9.184 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness7.378 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Admin section7.498 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Page templates7.399 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Library of website themes7.596 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design8.195 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Publishing workflow8.186 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Form generator6.780 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Squarespace
6.3
89 Ratings
17% below category average
TemplateToaster
9.3
2 Ratings
22% above category average
Content taxonomy7.376 Ratings9.11 Ratings
SEO support6.680 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Bulk management5.951 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions5.565 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Community / comment management6.067 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Best Alternatives
SquarespaceTemplateToaster
Small Businesses
ManageWP
ManageWP
Score 10.0 out of 10
ManageWP
ManageWP
Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
SquarespaceTemplateToaster
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(100 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SquarespaceTemplateToaster
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.
Read full review
AcrossSoft
TemplateToaster has the best features which include: BOOTSTRAP 3 support, W3C compliance, all devices and all browsers compatibility, clean and concise code generation, and extensive designing options. A big pack of sample templates comes free with software installation, and all the designing options have been provided as per the latest web design trends. Templates made in TemplateToaster make clients say, “wow, it’s amazing”. TemplateToaster is a designing tool as well as a development tool. In short words, it provides a GUI for designing templates, after the accomplishment of designing, the template can be exported into a fully-fledged web template, which is ready to use as a website design.
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.
Read full review
AcrossSoft
  • Advanced designing features and using these advanced features very easily e.g. Bootstrap 3 support that makes flawless responsive templates.
  • Encapsulated all the major designing trends with respect to particular CMS.
  • Optimized code is produced for every theme/template as such the coding standards are perfectly followed by this software.
  • All WordPress themes made with this software pass the Theme Check test.
  • Because of W3C compliance it ensures consistency of websites over the web.
  • HTML5 and CSS3 also ensure better look of designs on small screens.
  • Apart from making web templates, one can make full fledged websites too. TemplateToaster allows making static websites with YouTube video inclusion. It has inbuilt FTP, so that user can easily move its website to the server.
  • An amazing and exclusive feature it provides is the option to draw custom widget/module/ block area.
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.
Read full review
AcrossSoft
  • It is not available for MAC operating system.
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
Read full review
AcrossSoft
No answers on this topic
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.
Read full review
AcrossSoft
No answers on this topic
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
Read full review
AcrossSoft
No answers on this topic
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).
Read full review
AcrossSoft
No, I never used any other similar software, its completely a new experience
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.
Read full review
AcrossSoft
  • TemplateToaster returns full value of money.
  • It helps in finishing my projects ahead of time, hence I can finish more projects in less time. In other words, it helps in increasing my efficiency, which brings monetary benefits to me.
Read full review
ScreenShots

TemplateToaster Screenshots

Screenshot of Snapshot of the WordPress theme that is being designed in TemplateToasterScreenshot of Snapshot of the HTML 5/ CSS 3 template that is being designed in TemplateToaster