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    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

    WordPress VIP

    Score7.5 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
    SquarespaceWordPress VIP
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $25
    per month
    Core
    $36
    per month
    Plus
    $56
    per month
    Advanced
    $139
    per month
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    Pricing Offerings
    SquarespaceWordPress VIP
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details28% to 36% discount available for annual pricing.
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    Squarespace
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    22 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    35 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    34 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    33 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    Features
    SquarespaceWordPress VIP
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Squarespace and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    Squarespace
    8.4
    67 Ratings
    2% above category average
    WordPress VIP
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Role-based user permissions8.467 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Squarespace and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    Squarespace
    6.6
    58 Ratings
    17% below category average
    WordPress VIP
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    7% below category average
    API7.051 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language6.237 Ratings5.52 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Squarespace and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    Squarespace
    7.6
    99 Ratings
    3% below category average
    WordPress VIP
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor9.284 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness6.878 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Admin section7.398 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Page templates7.099 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Library of website themes7.296 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design8.195 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Publishing workflow8.386 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Form generator6.580 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Squarespace and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    Squarespace
    6.1
    89 Ratings
    21% below category average
    WordPress VIP
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Content taxonomy7.376 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    SEO support6.380 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Bulk management5.851 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions5.565 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Community / comment management5.567 Ratings9.12 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SquarespaceWordPress VIP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (100 ratings)
    7.3
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (14 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (21 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SquarespaceWordPress VIP
    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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    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
    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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    Automattic
    • Keeps us informed of upcoming releases/patches associated with the Wordpress Platform.
    • Introduces us to products/companies/Wordpress plugins as necessary when new business needs arise.
    • Amy and Allie are excellent at managing the relationship; speaking with them on our monthly calls is a pleasure.
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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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    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
    Squarespace
    Unless our website requires significantly more functionality in the future, I can't see us terminating our contract
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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
    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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    Automattic
    There is documentation for everything you might need.
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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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    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
    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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    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
    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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    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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