Think it’s easy to figure out? Squarespace pricing has 4 plans, each comes with a set of features that you may or may not require in your website.
Tha thu ag iarraidh làrach-lìn a tha a ’coimhead iongantach, ach nach toir cus sgil teicnigeach dhut fhèin airson a chruthachadh agus a riaghladh.
A website builder sounds like the right thing for you, and of them, Squarespace is looking pretty good.
But while Squarespace emphasizes itself as an all-in-one, easy solution, are things really that simple?
A bheil e ro mhath a bhith fìor?
Don’t worry, friend. In this article, I’ll dive deep into it.
You’ll get to find out how simple the pricing is, where the hidden expenses may come from, and ultimately what Squarespace REALLY costs and what it means for you.
Coltas math air?
Tarraingeach. Feuch an tòisich sinn le sealladh farsaing air na planaichean prìsean iad fhèin:
Squarespace Pricing Plans
Squarespace has four pricing plans, or tiers. They have names, but I’ll mostly refer to them in this article as their placement on the tier list (ie., “first tier”).
The best way to explain is to just show you how Squarespace presents them:
Thoir an aire nach e liosta làn de fheartan a tha seo - dìreach na rudan bunaiteach.
A-nis, dìreach airson rudeigin a ghlanadh mus lean sinn air adhart leis a ’chòrr den artaigil:
Tha na prìsean sin a ’gabhail ris gum pàigh thu gach bliadhna. Tha a ’phrìs“ gach mìos ”beagan meallta san t-seadh sin. Ma phàigheas tu mìos-gu-mìos, is iad sin na prìsean:
A-nis gu bheil mothachadh agad air an structar prìsean bunaiteach, leig dhuinn faighinn a-steach do chuid de na mion-fhiosrachadh:
Briseadh sìos prìs
Part 1: How much does Squarespace cost?
One of the biggest selling points for most luchd-togail làrach-lìn, including Squarespace, is that they provide most of what you need out of the box.
Ach a bheil sin a ’ciallachadh gu bheil a’ phrìs a phàigheas tu sìmplidh cuideachd?
San fharsaingeachd, tha.
Technically speaking, this is all that Squarespace costs alone, bare minimum:
- The cost of your chosen Squarespace package, monthly or yearly
- Cosgaisean gluasad 3% de na reic, ma tha thu air an “Gnothachas” / 2na sreath
- Free domains through Squarespace are only free the first year, and only for annually-paid plans. You don’t HAVE to use one from Squarespace, but many do.
- Tha post-d (Gmail agus G Suite) an-asgaidh a ’chiad bhliadhna airson na 3 ìrean as àirde, ach bidh e ag ùrachadh aig cosgais
Ach a ’bruidhinn gu fìrinneach, tha cosgaisean eile ann a dh’ fhaodadh tu a dhèanamh a bheir àrdachadh air an àireamh iomlan agad.
These may come from third parties, and apply to site-builders in general, not just Squarespace specifically.
It varies greatly person-to-person, but the REAL cost of running your site on Squarespace may amount to something like this:
- The cost of your Squarespace plan
- Cosgaisean gluasad (ma tha thu air an dàrna sreath)
- Transaction fees for any other payment or credit card processors aside from Squarespace Commerce’s processor
- Domain name renewal IF registered through Squarespace (as noted above)
- OR the cost of a domain purchased from a registrar separately
- Ath-nuadhachadh post-d airson ìrean buntainneach, mar a chaidh ainmeachadh, NO ceannach ciad-bliadhna airson a ’chiad sreath
- Email marketing plans—Squarespace’s own extra feature for email marketing
- Leudachain (ris an canar cuideachd integrations, aplacaidean, no plugins) bho threas phàrtaidhean
I’ll get more into these additional costs later, but the short version is that your Squarespace site may, at BEST, only cost your payment plan’s figures.
Ach nas dualtaiche, bheir e cosgaisean a bharrachd às deidh a ’chiad bhliadhna, agus cosgaidh tu barrachd airgid air innealan a bharrachd gus do eòlas a bhrosnachadh.
Pàirt 2: Dè am plana prìsean a tha ceart dhutsa?
Gabhamaid seo ceum air cheum:
A bheil feum agad air feartan e-malairt? Ann am faclan eile, an comas do luchd-tadhail rudan a cheannach bhon làrach agad.
Mura h-eil, bu chòir a ’chiad sreath a bhith ceart dhut.
Ma tha feum agad air feartan e-malairt, bhiodh gin de na trì ìrean mu dheireadh math.
Ach airson a bhith a ’taghadh am measg nan trì ìrean mu dheireadh sin, tha an eadar-dhealachadh mar as trice a’ tighinn sìos gu cia mheud feart co-cheangailte ri malairt a tha thu ag iarraidh.
Mar eisimpleir, ged a tha e-malairt bunaiteach aig an dàrna sreath, tha tòrr stuth math anns an treas sreath cuideachd:
Mar eisimpleir, app puing-reic a leigeas leat reic gu pearsanta; cunntasan airson luchd-ceannach; anailisean agus marsantachd nas fheàrr; agus checkout tèarainte air an fhearann agad fhèin.
Tha an treas sreath math dhaibhsan nach fheum a dhol a-mach air fad anns na feartan e-malairt aca, ach a bhiodh airson na beagan sin de fheartan e-malairt a bharrachd a dh ’ainmich mi gu h-àrd fhaighinn.
Ma tha thu ag iarraidh barrachd na na tha an treas sreath a ’tabhann gu bunaiteach, ach nach eil thu airson làn ùrachadh a dhèanamh air a’ cheathramh (agus an ìre dheireannach), na gabh dragh!
Faodaidh tu leudachadh a chur ris mar a dh ’fheumar don chunntas agad, gu sònraichte aig an ìre Malairt Bunasach.
Ach ma tha thu ag iarraidh an làn liosta de fheartan, is e seo a gheibheadh am plana prìsean deireannach dhut, nach urrainn dhut fhaighinn air na h-ìrean roimhe:
Rudan mar faighinn seachad air cairt trèigte (a bhios gu fèin-ghluasadach a ’cur post-d gu luchd-ceannach a thrèig am pròiseas pàighidh aca letheach-slighe), ballrachdan, msaa - tha iad sin nam feartan cumhachdach.
A-nis, le feumalachdan e-malairt air an còmhdach, leig dhuinn ath-innse:
Osbarr CHAN EIL ùidh agad ann a bhith a ’ruith stòr air-loidhne, ach tha thu fhathast a’ coimhead airson barrachd air na tha a ’chiad sreath a’ tabhann.
Mas e sin a th ’annad, is dòcha gu bheil thu a’ faighneachd a bheil adhbhar math ann airson ùrachadh.
Ged a tha a ’mhòr-chuid de na feartan a bharrachd eadar ìrean ceangailte ri malairt, is dòcha gum b’ fhiach e ùrachadh chun dàrna sreath airson na leanas:
Tha iad sin math dìreach airson làrach nas proifeiseanta agus nas làidire a bhith agad, eadhon mura h-eil thu an dùil rudan a reic.
Mar sin bhiodh na feartan sin mar an adhbhar eile airson neach ùrachadh ìrean, ASIDE bho mhalairt.
Part 3: Additional Squarespace costs
I briefly listed some of these in the section on how much Squarespace costs, but let’s talk about them in a little bit more detail.
I’ve said it before, but if you use G Suite through Squarespace (“professional email”), it costs extra.
Ann an ùine ghoirid: ma tha thu air a ’phlana prìsean ìre inntrigidh, feumaidh tu pàigheadh air a shon dìreach far a’ bhata.
Ma tha thu air gin de na planaichean prìsean nas àirde, gheibh thu G Suite an-asgaidh airson bliadhna, ach pàigh air a shon às deidh sin.
Mar sin is e sin aon chosgais a tha coltach gu bheil e an-asgaidh ach nach eil.
Thug mi iomradh cuideachd air am feart margaidheachd post-d aca na bu thràithe.
The email marketing feature is useful, especially if you like that Squarespace is an all-in-one solution.
Ach gu cinnteach chan eil e an-asgaidh. Tha eadhon am plana prìsean aige fhèin:
Mar sin is e na prìsean sin na bhiodh tu a ’pàigheadh airson margaidheachd post-d stèidhichte (gach bliadhna - tha prìsean mìosail ann cuideachd).
However, you can still use a third party email marketing software integrated with Squarespace.
Feumaidh tu sgrùdadh dùbailte a dhèanamh air na leudachain a tha rim faighinn, ach co-dhiù Tha Mailchimp ri fhaighinn mar phrìomh fhilleadh a-steach.
Air an nota sin, feumaidh tu cuideachd pàigheadh airson integrations / leudachadh ma tha thu airson an cleachdadh.
Leis gur e innealan bho threas phàrtaidhean a tha seo, tha planaichean prìsean aca fhèin aig gach fear. Dh ’fhaodadh cuid a bhith an-asgaidh, no modal freemium a bhith aca (ciad ìre cuibhrichte an-asgaidh ach feartan pàighte sa mhòr-chuid).
Tha e gu math cumanta airson luchd-togail làrach-lìn agus luchd-togail stòran air-loidhne (mar Wix agus Shopify) gus amalachadh cuideachd le aplacaidean treas-phàrtaidh mòr-chòrdte.
A-MHÀIN, faodaidh cosgaisean iomlan làraich èirigh gu luath nuair a chuireas tu leudachadh ris, agus mar sin tha e cudromach a bhith mothachail orra.
Agus mu dheireadh, an t-ainm fearainn:
If you pay for Squarespace with annual, up-front payments, then you get a free domain regardless of which tier you have.
BUT, it’s only free for the first year. After that first year, it will renew at the “regular rate”—this is about the rate you’d pay if you purchased it normally through Squarespace.
It’s also what you’ll pay if you register a domain on Squarespace while paying monthly.
Bidh an ìre cunbhalach ag atharrachadh. Ach san fharsaingeachd, bidh e co-dhiù $ 20:
To be honest with you, this is more expensive than what most domain registrars charge.
But Squarespace is offering good domain name features, plus ease of use—so the calculation may be worth it for many of you anyway.
Anyway, those are the “hidden costs.” To be fair, Squarespace is forthcoming about them. But they are still frequently overlooked by people.
Part 4: Squarespace vs. competitors’ pricing
To compare Squarespace with competitors, let me quickly explain how these companies compete.
Squarespace is a neach-togail làrach-lìn that features ecommerce features.
Ecommerce is a very important component of Squarespace, but it’s still an all-in-one solution for website management in GENERAL.
Wix glè choltach ri seo. Tha e na neach-togail làrach-lìn timcheall air a bheil feartan e-malairt gu follaiseach, ach tha e fhathast na fhuasgladh uile-ann-aon.
An uairsin tha Shopify. Shopify gu sònraichte na neach-togail airson stòran air-loidhne. Tha e cuideachd na fhuasgladh uile-ann-aon, ach airson e-malairt.
Tha iad uile glè choltach ann am fòcas air dealbhadh, furasta an cleachdadh, agus mar as trice tha iad nan àrd-ùrlaran taobh a-muigh a ’bhogsa.
Wixtha planaichean prìsean coltach ri seo:
Is e am prìomh eadar-dhealachadh eadar sreathan an seo, na h-ìrean stòraidh, agus aplacaidean no feartan a bharrachd.
Wix tha seataichean eile ann cuideachd airson làraich e-malairt:
Anns an t-seagh seo, Wix has more complicated pricing than Squarespace.
Ge-tà, Wix’s pricing for its four regular tiers is super similar to Squarespace’s.
The difference is that Squarespace’s last 3 tiers include the features that Wix has in its special ecommerce tiers. And, Squarespace doesn’t limit storage at any tier.
So overall, Squarespace is more generous with pairing features to price than Wix.
Faodaidh tu thoir sùil air a ’choimeas iomlan seo a sgrìobh mi mun deidhinn an seo ma tha thu airson barrachd ionnsachadh.
A-nis, Shopify nas sìmplidh anns a ’phrìs aige na Wix, and even Squarespace, because it’s more focused:
le Shopify, is e an àbhaist pàigheadh gach mìos. Ach, faodaidh tu na prìsean gu h-àrd a lughdachadh le bhith a ’pàigheadh gach bliadhna no le bhith a’ pàigheadh airson dà bhliadhna (a bheir lasachadh 10% agus 20%, fa leth).
Even when you compare these to Squarespace’s month-to-month payments, Squarespace is significantly cheaper.
Squarespace STARTS at $16 a month ($12 a month if paid annually), which is just over half of where Shopify a ’tòiseachadh.
And Squarespace’s HIGHEST tier doesn’t even come close to Shopify's sreath MIDDLE.
Gu ceart, bidh mi cothromach gu Shopify:
Shopify is zeroing in on ecommerce features more than Squarespace. The basics are the same, but Shopify tha feartan a bharrachd ann:
Mar eisimpleir, Shopify is stronger in shipping features and extensions, and offers abandoned cart recovery for its first tier, compared to Squarespace only offering that tool for its last tier.
To sum up: if you just need the big tools of ecommerce with your all-in-one site builder, Squarespace is cheaper than Shopify.
And if you want a store with great design, Squarespace may also be better.
Ma tha thu a ’feuchainn ri feartan uile-malairt a thoirt a-steach, ge-tà Shopify is dòcha gur e tasgadh nas fheàrr a th ’ann.
Airson tuilleadh air Shopify and Squarespace, thoir sùil air a ’choimeas dàibheadh domhainn seo.
A-nis, tha aon farpaiseach eile air nach tug mi iomradh gu h-àrd, oir tha e na bhiast dha fhèin: WordPress agus WooCommerce.
Gu bunaiteach, tha WordPress na shiostam riaghlaidh susbaint, no CMS. Tha e gu tur eadar-dhealaichte bho Shopify or Wix, co-dhiù airson a ’mhòr-chuid de dhaoine.
Tha WooCommerce na plugan e-malairt mega-mòr-chòrdte airson WordPress.
Tha WordPress nas daoire na neach-togail làrach ann an cuid de dhòighean, ach tha e a ’nochdadh nas lugha de phàirt dealbhaidh furasta a thogail, agus tha innealan gnàthachaidh nas eisimeil air na cuspairean a thathar a’ cleachdadh.
Seo an geàrr-chunntas as sìmplidh air mar a chuireas làraichean WordPress cosgaisean ris:
- Tha WordPress.org na bhathar-bog an-asgaidh agus stòr fosgailte. Ach, airson a chleachdadh, feumaidh fear pàigheadh airson aoigheachd làrach-lìn (agus mar as trice àrainn) air leth.
- Is e WordPress.com an dreach malairteach stèidhichte air an dreach gu h-àrd. Tha e nas fhasa a chleachdadh agus a ’toirt a-steach aoigheachd. Tha bunaitean an-asgaidh, ach tha feum air ìrean pàighte airson làn fheartan.
- Tha WooCommerce an-asgaidh, ach tha e air ìrean a phàigheadh airson feartan a bharrachd.
- Tha plugins nas cudromaiche airson WordPress oir tha nas lugha de fheartan air an togail a-steach. A bharrachd air an sin, tha feum air sreath pàighte sònraichte de WordPress.com gus plugins a chleachdadh.
- Ged a tha mòran chuspairean an-asgaidh gu teicnigeach, tha a ’mhòr-chuid dhiubh freemium, le ceannach riatanach gus làn ghnàthachadh fhuasgladh.
A bheil thu a ’faicinn cho iom-fhillte’ s a tha sin? Tha WordPress san fharsaingeachd a ’toirt a-steach barrachd phàirtean gluasadach, eadhon leis an dreach malairteach nas sìmplidhe.
So a WordPress site CAN be cheaper than Squarespace, if you go out of your way to prioritize your costs only. But WordPress sites frequently run into the hundreds or even thousands.
Mar sin tha an raon prìsean tòrr nas caochlaideach, agus tha WordPress fhèin nas toinnte (tha an dreach an-asgaidh co-dhiù).
Part 5: Squarespace FAQs
Is e am freagairt onarach an seo, nach eil e gu diofar cus.
Registering a domain through Squarespace is fine if you don’t want too much hassle. It’s also nice to not have to pay for the first year (assuming you’re paying yearly).
Ach, tha coltas ann gum bi a ’phrìs ùrachaidh sin a’ dol suas gu $ 20.
Personally, I find it more flexible to use separate registrars: it’s easier to switch the platforms I use to manage my site by simply disconnecting or reconnecting my domains.
Additionally, it’s easier to ensure your domain renews at a lower cost when using a registrar.
Ged nach eil e ro dhoirbh fearann a cheangal ri àrd-ùrlar sam bith, is e gnìomh a bharrachd a b ’fheàrr le mòran a sheachnadh, ge-tà.
An toiseach, chan eil sin cho daor. Bidh planaichean aoigheachd lìn a ’coimhead saor an toiseach, ach gu tric bidh iad ag ùrachadh aig prìsean gu math nas àirde às deidh bliadhna.
Many also have add-ons that renew at cost, like Squarespace. Plus, the low price you see is often only low if you commit to two or more years, so it’s pricey up-front and less flexible.
Secondly, ease of use costs money. If you scroll up again, you’ll find that Squarespace isn’t really pricier than its site builder rivals.
Thirdly: Squarespace’s ease of use overlaps with its focus on design. Web hosting focuses less on the design aspect of building a site and more the technical side.
Fourthly, Squarespace doesn’t limit your resources the way traditional web hosting does.
Squarespace has a 14-day free trial.
A ’ciallachadh, INSTEAD de bhith a’ pàigheadh airson plana an toiseach agus an uairsin ag iarraidh ath-dhìoladh taobh a-staigh ùine sònraichte, tha thu dìreach a ’dèanamh cunntas an-asgaidh agus a’ tòiseachadh a ’cleachdadh na seirbheis.
Cha tèid iarraidh ort am fiosrachadh pàighidh agad a chlàradh idir, gus an tig an deuchainn an-asgaidh agad gu crìch agus gun co-dhùin thu pàigheadh airson na seirbheis airson math.
How good is Squarespace pricing?
Paisgidh sinn seo, a dhaoine.
Overall, Squarespace pricing is pretty good. There are a few negative points about it, however, mainly in the form of extra costs after the first year.
Fiù ma chleachdas tu dìreach am plana prìsean às aonais leudachadh treas pàrtaidh, bidh raointean agus G Suite ag ùrachadh aig cosgais às deidh a bhith an-asgaidh airson bliadhna.
Additionally, accessing a larger range of ecommerce tools involves paying extra for Squarespace’s email marketing toolset and/or paying for third party extensions.
However, when we compare Squarespace to its farpaisich, we can see that it’s not so bad:
Squarespace is more generous with its storage and ecommerce tools than its primary competitors, while still retaining overall low prices.
Furthermore, paying for third party extensions on a site-builder is nothing unique to Squarespace: it’s equally common on Wix, Shopify, WordPress, agus feadhainn eile.
So looking at things holistically, Squarespace is still offering a great deal for the price!
Ach cha leig thu a leas m ’fhacal a ghabhail air a shon mura h-eil thu cinnteach.
Just try out Squarespace yourself to find out—it’s free anyway!
