Squarespace vs. Titan CMS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Titan CMS
Score 8.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Titan CMS is a web content management system (CMS) used to build public websites, intranets, extranets and portals. Powered by Northwoods, it leverages industry standard MVC for .NET Framework and provides a content management workstation interface to produce performance-driven websites.
$9,500
one-time fee
Pricing
SquarespaceTitan CMS
Editions & Modules
Basic
$25
per month
Core
$36
per month
Plus
$56
per month
Advanced
$139
per month
Base License
$9,500
one-time fee
Professional License
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one-time fee
Corporate License
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one-time fee
Enterprise License
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one-time fee
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SquarespaceTitan CMS
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$5,000 undefined
Additional Details28% to 36% discount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
SquarespaceTitan CMS
Features
SquarespaceTitan CMS
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Squarespace
8.2
67 Ratings
0% above category average
Titan CMS
3.0
5 Ratings
93% below category average
Role-based user permissions8.267 Ratings3.05 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Squarespace
6.6
58 Ratings
16% below category average
Titan CMS
4.0
2 Ratings
64% below category average
API7.151 Ratings4.02 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language6.037 Ratings4.02 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
Titan CMS
4.6
5 Ratings
51% below category average
WYSIWYG editor9.284 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness7.278 Ratings3.04 Ratings
Admin section7.498 Ratings6.04 Ratings
Page templates7.399 Ratings2.05 Ratings
Library of website themes7.596 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design8.195 Ratings2.03 Ratings
Publishing workflow8.286 Ratings3.05 Ratings
Form generator6.780 Ratings5.05 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Squarespace
6.2
89 Ratings
18% below category average
Titan CMS
3.8
5 Ratings
65% below category average
Content taxonomy7.376 Ratings5.05 Ratings
SEO support6.580 Ratings1.05 Ratings
Bulk management5.851 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions5.565 Ratings1.04 Ratings
Community / comment management5.967 Ratings4.04 Ratings
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User Ratings
SquarespaceTitan CMS
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(99 ratings)
8.0
(6 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(4 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(14 ratings)
9.5
(3 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(2 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
SquarespaceTitan CMS
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.
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Northwoods
Titan CMS is a good full featured CMS if users are fairly tech savvy. It is under active development and has added significant features through the years.
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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.
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Northwoods
  • Utilizing a Filter to determine what shows on a page saves countless hours of configuring content that should be displayed on a page - it's been a lifesaver how easy it is to set up too.
  • Smart Search takes the search box and makes it magical. Common misspellings and alternate names can still send a user to the proper page!
  • Data nodes and filters can also be configured to Find a Dealer, Doctor, Location etc. It puts the power into a users hands and makes is easy to use.
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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.
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Northwoods
  • I would love to see a "View this Page" button after a page has been updated/published. Every time I publish a new page, I have to open a new browser window, navigate to a different tab, copy the page url "example/example/example" and paste it after "www.mywebsite.com" in order to preview the new page/content.
  • If Titan and WordPress were in a beauty competition, there is no way that Titan would win. Titan's dashboard, buttons, etc are dated and bland, and is in dire need of a refresh.
  • A drag and drop to upload feature would be very helpful.
  • Creating forms is very cumbersome and the pop-up window in which the form is created needs to be revamped. The font-size is much too small and it is not as customizable as it could be.
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Likelihood to Renew
Squarespace
Unless our website requires significantly more functionality in the future, I can't see us terminating our contract
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Northwoods
Titan CMS had a great support system and they helped make my experience go smooth. They offer courses to help people get acquainted, offer support over the phone and are more than willing to make your experience a great one. Once I was familiar with Titan I always found myself wanting to learn more and do more to improve upon the website. Titan makes CMS fun and exciting!
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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.
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Northwoods
Everything we've needed to accomplish, Titan CMS has been able to accomplish. From multiple levels of user rights, document rights, tagging pages and documents to make filters do the work of content displayed on a page - it's all easy to set up too. Creating a content rich product detail page template and customizing a ecommerce cart to work for those using a dealer network - needing a request for quote, to go to dealers instead of a self checkout.
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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
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Northwoods
I understand that our Web Development Team is very busy, however, sometimes there is a delay in response and a followup email is needed to determine the progress of the issue/question
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In-Person Training
Squarespace
No answers on this topic
Northwoods
It was customized to include screen shots of our site and how users can access the content that only pertains to them as well as advanced training sessions for admin duties and everything that goes along with it. Training is in small groups and can be private (your company only) if you like too.
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Implementation Rating
Squarespace
No answers on this topic
Northwoods
Talk to your project manager for Titan early on in development about minimalizing customizations. It seems obvious, but many times they do what you ask in the respect of "This is how we do it now, make that happen in Titan" vs. think of how Titan can deliver the same results within the confines of the base software. It's not a fault, just human nature.
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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).
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Northwoods
Clients have access to the online and PDF documentation, also tips and how-tos for the most current versions of Titan CMS in the market. Check out our full documentation library! unlimited Dev/ QA/ Server install. Load balancing, and cluster support included. Upgrade options included free of cost along with unlimited CPUs per server.
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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.
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Northwoods
  • Positive ROI by allowing content contributors embedded within departments with the department domain knowledge to update the site directly. More efficient and less centralized spending.
  • Requirement for investment in training users of CMS cuts into ROI. Would recommend a two-step workflow where department content contributors enter information into CMS and then approval step is done by webmaster team to ensure content meets standard formatting guidelines. This workflow functionality exists in the Titan CMS.
  • Positive ROI experienced during projects such as moving to a responsive design because much of the content can migrate untouched. Also positive when updating graphics in template to give site new look.
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ScreenShots

Titan CMS Screenshots

Screenshot of the Titan CMS Content Library, which is a central repository for resuable content that lets users save global and personal content blocks and access Titan CMS-delivered and theme-based templates to build pages.Screenshot of Titan CMS' admin interface, which includes a simple app ribbon, drag-and-drop design, file upload functionality, search capability, and a flat navigation tree to locate and manage both content, data, image, and files.