Squarespace is a website and online store builder with design-led templates, an AI website builder, hosting, domains, commerce, scheduling and email marketing in one subscription. What decides whether it suits you is whether you want one polished all-in-one plan per site, since pricing is per website and there is no free plan, just a 14-day trial.
What is Squarespace?
Squarespace is headquartered in New York, United States. The site builder runs on the web, and there are iOS and Android apps that cover commerce tasks. Every site starts with a 14-day free trial and no credit card is required.
It is aimed at creatives and small businesses that want a polished all-in-one site with hosting and a store. Squarespace puts its templates, AI website builder, hosting, domains, commerce, scheduling and email marketing under one subscription. The builder runs on the web, and the iOS and Android apps cover commerce tasks.
Building a site with Squarespace
You can start from one of Squarespace's design-led templates or from a prompt. The AI website builder produces pages, copy, imagery, colors and fonts inside the Squarespace editor, and it includes AI image generation and AI image editing. Brand Identity creation sets your site colors, fonts and tone of voice.
Hosting is included, and you can connect a custom domain. Annual plans include a free domain for the first year, and it renews at the standard rate.
Squarespace has built-in blogs, collections, courses and memberships. Selling products, services and digital goods is possible on every plan, with a 2% transaction fee on Basic and 0% from Core. Scheduling and email marketing are part of the same subscription.
For search, Squarespace includes SEO tools, and it also has an AI Visibility tool for AI search. Products, services and digital goods can all be sold from the same site that holds your blog, courses and memberships.
Working with other people
Squarespace is priced per website, not per person, and the number of contributors is a limit that depends on the plan.
Basic allows 2 contributors, and Core and above allow unlimited contributors. Squarespace connects to Google Workspace, Printful, Zapier, Google Sheets and Square. Extensions and a developer platform add more.
For developers there are Commerce and Reseller APIs, webhooks and an MCP server. Squarespace has no general API for editing site pages.
Squarespace pricing: what each plan gives
There is no free plan. Plans are priced per website, and each figure below is shown first as the pay-monthly rate, then the rate per month when billed yearly.
Basic costs $25 a month, or $19 a month billed yearly, with 2 contributors and a 2% transaction fee. Core costs $39 a month, or $29 a month billed yearly, with unlimited contributors and a 0% transaction fee. Plus costs $65 a month, or $49 a month billed yearly. Advanced costs $139 a month, or $99 a month billed yearly.
Basic is the lowest-priced plan at $19 a month billed yearly, and Advanced is the highest at $99 a month billed yearly. Plans are priced per website, and the contributor count is a feature limit, not the billing unit. Annual plans include a free domain for the first year.
Privacy and security
Squarespace works to be prepared to meet the demands of global data privacy laws like the GDPR, and it certifies to the EU-US, UK and Swiss Data Privacy Frameworks.
Support is through live chat in English on weekdays, email around the clock, a Help Center and a user forum.
Who Squarespace suits
Squarespace suits creatives and small businesses that want a polished all-in-one site with hosting and a store. It also suits sites that sell, since every plan can sell products, services and digital goods, and the 14-day trial lets you build the site before you pay. The templates are design-led, and the AI builder drafts pages, copy and imagery. A store, a blog, courses, memberships, scheduling and email marketing are all part of the same subscription.
It suits less well anyone who wants a free plan, since there is a 14-day trial in its place. It also suits less well developers who want to edit pages through an API, since there is no general API for that, and anyone who needs more than 2 contributors on Basic, because unlimited contributors start at Core. A site that three people edit, for example, needs Core or above. Anyone who wants to run several sites should also note that each website is priced as its own plan.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does Squarespace cost?
Plans are priced per website. Basic costs $25 a month ($19 billed yearly), Core $39 ($29), Plus $65 ($49) and Advanced $139 ($99). There is no free plan, but every site starts with a 14-day free trial and no credit card is required.
Does Squarespace have an AI website builder?
Yes. It produces pages, copy, imagery, colors and fonts in the Squarespace editor from a prompt, and it also offers AI image generation and AI image editing. Brand Identity creation sets your site colors, fonts and tone of voice.
Can I sell products with Squarespace?
Yes. You can sell products, services and digital goods on every plan, alongside built-in blogs, collections, courses and memberships. The transaction fee is 2% on Basic and 0% from Core.
Can I try Squarespace before paying?
Yes. Every site starts with a 14-day free trial, and no credit card is required. There is no free plan after the trial.
