Shopify vs SquareSpace: Head to Head Comparison

Nach bruidhinn sinn air an seo Shopify vs Squarespace.

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A dh ’aindeoin gu bheil mi gu mòr an sàs ann an saoghal na Shopify and Squarespace—site building, shop-building, ecommerce, etc—I tend to mix these two names up.

Why? Well, I suppose because I frequently see advertisements for the both of them, and they’re the two big “S” names in building software.

Ged a tha e fìor gu bheil an dà chompanaidh seo a ’dol an lùib a chèile, tha iad gu math eadar-dhealaichte cuideachd. Shopify an t-ainm malairteach as stèidhichte ann am bathar-bog e-malairt, an dèidh dha còrr air $ 82 billean a reic ann an reic bho chaidh a stèidheachadh ann an 2006.

Squarespace a ’toirt seachad togail làrach-lìn furasta agus chaidh a stèidheachadh ann an 2003. Is dòcha nach e am fear as mòr-chòrdte neach-togail làrach-lìn (chan eil na h-àireamhan ceart againn airson na rudan sin, a bhith onarach), ach gu dearbh is e seo aon de na suaicheantasan as aithnichte.

Faodaidh an dà chompanaidh tagradh a dhèanamh, mar phàirt den fhèill aca, air mòran ainmean mòra a tha air ainm a chuir ris na seirbheisean aca. Càraid de ShopifyAm measg nan teachdaichean mòra aige tha companaidh Kylie Jenner agus Nestle.

Squarespace, focusing more on an appeal to creatives, has Idris Elba and Keanu Reeves under its belt.

Woah. Gu soilleir, Shopify and Squarespace are leaders in their respective fields. Suppose these two big names were to clash—who would win?

This isn’t a hypothetical, of course. Website-builders almost always extends into ecommerce, which means shop building. While pretty much all the popular easy website creators advertise ecommerce functions, Squarespace is unique in its core focus on freelancers, creatives, and gnìomhachasan beaga.

Mar sin tha an tar-lùbadh, agus a ’cho-fharpais inntinneach a tha e a’ dèanamh. Bheir sinn sùil air.

Shopify vs SquareSpace: Who has better pricing and features?

Bheir sinn sùil an toiseach air prìsean agus na feartan a gheibh thu air an son.

Squarespace’s prices are a tad more complicated in relation to Shopifys.

Squarespace has two types of planaichean, aon airson e-malairt agus fear eile airson làraich-lìn, agus tha dà shreath aig gach seòrsa. Shaoileadh tu sin leis gu bheil sinn a ’dèanamh coimeas ri Shopify, we’d only need to look at these two Squarespace plans. Nope.

Squarespace’s “Business” tier for normal sites also has ecommerce functionality.

This means you actually can get ecommerce software through Squarespace for the starting price of $18 a month. If you do so, you’ll suffer a 3% transaction fee, but you can add pop-ups, sell unlimited products, accept donations, get a free domain, and basically use a full ecommerce suite (including inventory tracking, order management, etc).

Ma tha thu airson na planaichean “stòr air-loidhne” a chleachdadh, gheibh thu beagan a bharrachd perks a bharrachd air na tha gu h-àrd: faodaidh tu cìsean malairt a thoirt air falbh gu tur, luchd-tabhartais gun chrìoch fhaighinn, faighinn gu metrics malairt nas fheàrr, clò-bhualadh leubail a chleachdadh, sgrùdadh tèarainte fhaighinn air an àrainn agad fhèin, cuir cunntasan teachdaiche no ballrachdan, agus mòran a bharrachd.

Of course, some perks are reserved for different tiers, but with a range of $18 to $40 a month (billed annually—these are pricier if paid monthly), Squarespace manages to provide a ton of ecommerce tools and perks.

A-nis airson Shopify.

Cho fad ‘s a thèid na prìomh phlanaichean, bidh plana ìre inntrigidh a’ tòiseachadh leat leis a h-uile dad a dh ’fheumas tu agus tha na planaichean nas motha gu riatanach a’ cur cuid de dh ’innealan agus de bhuannachdan (gu sònraichte perks luingeis). Tha feartan bunaiteach a ’toirt a-steach toraidhean gun chrìoch agus cruthachadh òrdughan, am bathar-bog togail stòr làn, còdan lasachaidh, seanalan reic, agus mar sin air adhart.

Tha thu cuibhrichte ann an cunntasan an luchd-obrach as urrainn dhut a ghabhail ge bith dè an t-sreath agad, agus chan urrainn do dhaoine air a ’chiad sreath cairtean tiodhlac a chleachdadh no faighinn gu aithisgean adhartach.

Anns an eòlas agam, tha am bathar-bog togail stòr a bharrachd air toradh, òrdugh, coupon, agus cruthachadh lasachadh gu math làidir le Shopify. Faodaidh tu rudan a dheasachadh le ìre fìor mhath de mhion-fhiosrachadh, agus thig e uile a-mach às a ’bhogsa.

This is also true for Squarespace in my experience—Squarespace doesn’t simplify or reduce the details you can manage in your store, though it’s not fully on Shopify's ìre.

Squarespace offers a slight advantage in having a single-page checkout option. Shopify chan eil, eadhon ged a tha thu a ’cleachdadh Adhartach Shopify. Chan e fàilligeadh mòr a tha seo, ach tha e na iongnadh bho phrìomh bhrand (oir tha thu airson a dhèanamh cho furasta ‘s as urrainn dha do luchd-ceannach a cheannach).

Cho fad ‘s a thèid luingearachd, tha an dà chompanaidh a’ tabhann beagan lasachadh agus lasachadh, ach ann an diofar dhòighean.

Shopify's luingearachd lasachaidhean tha hefty, suas ri 64% airson Bunasach Shopify agus 74% airson Adhartach Shopify. Ged nach fhaigh thu na suimean sin a h-uile uair, tha lasachaidhean mòra ann a tha ga dhèanamh nas tarraingiche do luchd-ceannach na toraidhean agad òrdachadh.

A bharrachd air an sin, bidh a h-uile cunntas a ’clò-bhualadh bhileagan luingeis, agus tha prìsean ciùbach Post Prìomhachais USPS aig an dà phlana mu dheireadh - chuireadh seo cosgais air pacaidean a rèir meud, chan e cuideam (fo pharaimearan sònraichte) a dh’ fhaodas prìsean a lughdachadh gu mòr airson luchd-reic.

Tha na rudan sin mar phàirt de na bheir Shopify such tremendous appeal to businesses of all sizes. How does Squarespace fare?

Chan eil planaichean luingeis ro-shuidhichte aig a ’phlana“ làrach-lìn ”le comas e-malairt. Ach, tha na planaichean “stòr air-loidhne” a ’dèanamh: bidh an dithis a’ faighinn clò-bhualadh mòr leubail, mar a tha Shopify. Tha àireamhair adhartach aig an t-sreath as àirde, a tha feumail - ge-tà ShopifyTha àireamhairean luingeis ann am planaichean.

Squarespace’s “Advanced Online Store” plan lets you apply free shipping discounts to products automatically at checkout. You can’t set shipping rates per-product, so a free shipping option would be made available to all customers—it’s a little complicated and you need to be in the Advanced plan to exert the amount of control over it most desirable.

The less advanced Squarespace plans will let you create discounts that customers can apply to shipping—thus less directly offsetting the charges. It’s a bit complicated: you can read an seo airson fiosrachadh nas mionaidiche.

Gu mì-fhortanach, Shopify and Squarespace take some transaction fees. Theses vary plan to plan: Shopifytha an ìre as àirde aig an ìre as àirde aig 2.4% + $ 0.30 airson ceannach air-loidhne le cairt. Bidh ìrean eadar-dhealaichte ma tha thu a ’cleachdadh Shopifypròiseasar airson pàighidhean a ghabhail gu pearsanta, a bharrachd air sin tha cìsean ann airson solaraiche pàighidh sam bith a chleachdadh Shopify Pàighidhean.

Squarespace only takes transaction fees for its Business plan (as mentioned), the second “Websites” tier. Bidh aon de na dà phlana “Stòr Air-loidhne” a ’toirt air falbh cìsean malairt, mar sin cha leig thu leas a dhol fada gus an seachnadh.

Seo aon rud mu dheireadh as fhiach dhomh iomradh a thoirt air: dropshipping. Shopify na stiùiriche gnìomhachais gu ìre air sgàth cho furasta ‘s a tha e dropshipping. Tha dropshipping gu bunaiteach a ’ciallachadh thu, bhiodh sealbhadair stòr, le treas phàrtaidh (a ’ruith taigh-bathair, a rèir coltais) a’ cur toradh air òrdachadh le neach-ceannach gu dìreach chun neach-ceannach. Tha seo a ’ciallachadh gun cleachdadh an neach-ceannach an stòr agad, ach cha bhiodh tu a’ pacadh an toradh thu fhèin.

Shopify cleachdaidhean Oberlo to make dropshipping incredibly easy. And it works, honestly, like a wonder. Squarespace has a corollary: instead of Oberlo, Squarespace integrates with Clò-bhuailte.

Is e an duilgheadas a th ’ann nach urrainn dhut ach amalachadh Clò-bhuailte a chleachdadh leis a’ phlana stòr adhartach (an t-sreath as àirde) agus daoine air Shopify urrainn Oberlo a chleachdadh aig ìre sam bith, agus tha Oberlo gu tur an-asgaidh a chleachdadh fhad ‘s a tha sin agad Shopify cunntas (ged as urrainn dhut ùrachadh airson ìrean Oberlo nas àirde).

Tha na rudan sin cudromach, ach, nuair a bhios tu a ’stèidheachadh bùth air-loidhne, tha coltas agus innealan a bharrachd, neo-àbhaisteach nam pàirtean cudromach de ghnìomhachd e-malairt cuideachd.

Shopify vs SquareSpace: Who has better templates and apps?

Tha teamplaidean agus dealbhadh glè chudromach airson gach cuid Shopify and Squarespace—both market themselves as great places for beautiful storefronts and sites. If you’re looking into ecommerce, having an online store that looks great to your customers is highly important.

Bidh an dà chompanaidh a ’tabhann raon de theamplaidean, agus tha an dà chuid gu math.

Shopify a ’tabhann beagan dhusan ùrlaran, phàigh a ’mhòr-chuid dhiubh.

Squarespace offers a similar number of themes, but there’s a catch.

The catch is that most of Squarespace’s themes are for ordinary sites. If you go to online store templates, there are only a few to choose from. You can add a store to another template, but it’s more of a hassle than it needs to be.

Nam bheachd-sa, an dà chuid Shopify and Squarespace have beautiful themes. I’d say I generally prefer Squarespace’s themes and find Shopifytha coltas caran coltach ris - tha sin pearsanta. Air sgàth ShopifyTha na cuspairean uile ag amas gu sònraichte air stòran, chanainn Shopify a ’buannachadh a-mach airson cuspairean / teamplaidean.

Ach, cho fada ‘s a thèid deasachadh agus cruthachadh làraich, bhithinn a’ toirt seachad Squarespace the award. It’s not a huge difference, but Squarespace places heavy emphasis on style and design, and this investment of energy has returned very well.

An ath rud, tha stòr nan app air leth cudromach nuair a tha thu a ’cleachdadh àrd-ùrlar malairt. Tha e math a bhith a ’faighinn nas urrainn dhut“ a-mach às a ’bhogsa”, ach chan urrainn dhut daonnan cunntadh air sin.

Shopify leads when it comes to apps and installations, in my opinion. Squarespace builds in a lot of integrations into the platform, which means you don’t use an app store for installations. Some integrations are included by default, and others can be enabled if you’re willing to pay.

You can view the full list of integrations Squarespace supports an seo, but it’s a decent enough list. Certainly, all the popular apps and add-ons are supported by Squarespace, and in some ways it can be really cost-efficient when they’re included.

Shopify eadar-dhealaichte. Shopify tha barrachd traidiseanta stòras app structar airson na h-ionadan aige. Dh ’fhaodadh seo a bhith coltach ri cùmhnant nas miosa, ach chan eil mi a’ smaoineachadh gu bheil - ge-tà, tha e fìor gum faod e a bhith nas daoire aig amannan.

The benefit is that you can access more than with Squarespace. Admittedly, most of what you’d be interested in is included on Squarespace, but ShopifyTha stòr nan app beòthail agus a ’fàs. Gheibh thu barrachd aonachadh niche, agus bidh tòrr de dhaoine mòr-chòrdte an-asgaidh uaireannan.

Tha seo gar stiùireadh chun ath phrìomh phuing beachdachaidh againn: furasta a chleachdadh.

Shopify vs SquareSpace: Who is more easy to use?

Ease of use is a huge deal for SaaS (software as a service) companies. It’s all the rage these days—popular software and websites try to be sleek, modern, clean, and usable. Squarespace and Shopify gu sònraichte dha-rìribh margaidheachd iad fhèin mar stiùirichean ann an innealan cruthachail a tha furasta a chleachdadh.

Here’s Squarespace, for example, advertising its easy product management:

Agus bhiodh seo Shopifyco-ionann:

Tha an dà chompanaidh a ’tuigsinn gu bheil feum air furasta a chleachdadh gu math. Gu fortanach dhuinne, tha an dà chompanaidh a ’fuireach suas ris an hype aca fhèin.

Shopify and Squarespace both incorporate a lot of features and allow users to edit things to a high degree of detail, but make it clean and straightforward at the same time—a more impressive feat than you might think.

Seo an ath-shealladh de SquareSpace's deas-bhòrd

agus seo an ath-shealladh de Shopify's deas-bhòrd

On this note, I think Squarespace does a little better.

Tha deasachadh mion-fhiosrachadh stòr mu dheidhinn a cheart cho furasta agus cho làidir air an dà chompanaidh (ged-tà Shopify beagan nas doimhne), ach tha dealbhadh deasachaidh nas fheàrr air Squarespace. Chan e dìreach na teamplaidean a gheibh thu, ach na h-innealan agus na comasan a gheibh thu airson na teamplaidean sin a dheasachadh.

Rud as toil leam mòran mu dheidhinn Shopify and Squarespace is they make things easy for advanced users. Specifically, both companies let customers edit code directly if they choose to. This can allow for a great degree of detail and control if you or someone on your team has programming knowledge.

Is e an tarraing air ais an seo gu bheil duine sam bith a tha airson còd a dhèanamh air Shopify feumaidh ionnsachadh Shopifyan còd dealbhaidh fhèin, Liquid. Faodaidh prògramadair eòlach a thogail, ach tha e fhathast na dhuilgheadas nas motha na bu chòir a bhith riatanach.

On Squarespace, knowing the popular languages Javascript and CSS is all you need.

In short, I give credit to both companies for making things easy for developers and advanced users to take full control of their site should they wish. This mitigates the dumbing-down effects an “easy” builder application can have. Specifically, Squarespace is easier for developers who want to edit directly.

To put all that together, both Squarespace and Shopify tha iad anabarrach furasta an cleachdadh agus ìre de smachd a chumail gun a bhith ag ìobradh mòran cleachdaidh.

Bhiodh na nuances de seo Shopify is slightly better for in-depth store details, and Squarespace is better for design. Plus, Squarespace is easier for programmers, though both Shopify and Squarespace are programmer friendly.

Shopify vs SquareSpace: Whose customer support is best?

Mar a tha mi air cuideam a chuir air, feumaidh eadhon bathar-bog “furasta” a chleachdadh taic mhath bho luchd-cleachdaidh. Bidh duilgheadasan teicnigeach a ’tachairt eadhon chun ìre as fheàrr, agus is dòcha gum feum eadhon luchd-cleachdaidh adhartach fiosrachadh gu sgiobalta gus a dhol air adhart gu àrd-ùrlar ùr.

an dà chuid Shopify and Squarespace have truly excellent customer support. However, I have to say that Shopify a ’dol na mhìle a bharrachd, mar sin tòisichidh mi còmhla riutha.

Is e a ’chiad adhbhar a tha mi ag ràdh seo air sgàth Shopify a ’toirt cothrom dhut riochdairean fhaighinn tro chat beò, siostam post-d / tiogaid, agus fòn. A bharrachd air an eòlas agam, tha na riochdairean air a bhith ciallach agus cuideachail.

Tha e nas motha na riochdairean èifeachdach, ge-tà. Shopify tha tunna de ghoireasan air an làrach. Is e cuid dheth an stuth riatanach a tha thu cleachdte ri fhaicinn, mar an bunait fiosrachaidh (ris an canar cuideachd an Ionad Taic).

Tha bunait an eòlais cho coileanta ris an fheadhainn as fheàrr dhiubh, le farsaingeachd mhòr de chuspairean artaigil. Gu dona, gheibh thu eadhon na ceistean neònach agad air an Ionad Taic.

Shopify tha blog, a tha gu math cumanta, ach tha goireasan foghlaim ann a tha nas sònraichte agus nas doimhne. Bhiodh aon eisimpleir ann Shopify Acadamaidh, aig a bheil cùrsaichean an-asgaidh a dh ’fhaodadh a bhith feumail do luchd-tòiseachaidh. Bhiodh am prìomh eisimpleir eile Shopify's fòram coimhearsnachd, a leigeas leat tapadh a-steach Shopifybunait luchd-cleachdaidh mòr agus tha e feumail airson duilgheadasan no comhairle gun samhail.

Bhiodh fear eile Shopify Iùl Dhùthchannan, a tha na chruinneachadh math de leabhraichean-d an-asgaidh anns a bheil comhairle gnìomhachais agus e-malairt coitcheann. Shopify's dà podcast coltach ri chèile, seòrsa de leasachan dhaibhsan aig a bheil ùidh, agus an leabhar mòr-eòlais gnìomhachais chan eil mi rudeigin a tha mi a ’comharrachadh gu sònraichte feumail ach tha e math a bhith agam co-dhiù.

Shopify Polaris na iùl fìor dhomhainn air Shopifyinbhean dealbhaidh. Is e goireas an ìre mhath neo-aithnichte a th ’ann, ach faodaidh e a bhith na shàbhalaiche-beatha ma tha thu a’ togail làraich airson teachdaichean (no eadhon dhut fhèin).

Mu dheireadh, Shopify toirt seachad cuid de dh ’innealan an-asgaidh faodaidh sin a thighinn gu math feumail airson luchd-tòiseachaidh.

Mar sin, seadh. Wow. Shopify clearly has a ton of resources, and even if some are fluffy, a lot aren’t. How on earth can Squarespace live up to this?

Well, Squarespace starts with pretty good customer representatives and an accessible means of contacting them: live chat or email. Unfortunately, there is no phone support yet.

Tha e ceart gu leòr ge-tà, leis gu bheil riochdairean gu math freagairteach agus cuideachail tro chat beò no post-d.

The cornerstone of Squarespace’s onsite resources is its bunait fiosrachaidh.

Squarespace’s knowledgebase isn’t as in-depth as Shopify’s, ach tha e fhathast gu math math. Tha e cuideachd a ’toirt a-steach clasaichean bhidio dhaibhsan a b ’fheàrr leis a bhith a’ leughadh.

Squarespace offers a lot more aside from its knowledge base. For example, Squarespace has co-labhairtean lìn, blog (a-rithist, tha seo cumanta), agus a fòram. Tha mi a ’faicinn nach eil am fòram cho làidir na Shopify’s, ach fhathast maoin mhath.

Squarespace also brings a lot to the table when it comes to customer support and resources. The reason I grant the win to Shopify a bheil barrachd roghainnean aige airson fios a chuir gu riochdairean, a bharrachd air a sin tha barrachd ghoireasan aige agus tha na goireasan buailteach a bhith nas doimhne.

Who is more secure and reliable?

A-nis, airson an rud mu dheireadh air an liosta sgrùdaidh againn: tèarainteachd agus earbsachd. Cha leig thu leas innse dhomh carson a tha tèarainteachd no earbsachd cudromach airson gnìomhachas a ruith air-loidhne, mar sin leumamaid a-steach.

Chan eil gin de na contenders againn ag ràdh tunna mun tèarainteachd aca, ach chan eil seo a ’ciallachadh nach eil iad ga iarraidh. Tha iad gu ìre mhòr a ’toirt iomradh air na teisteanasan aca airson a bhith a’ giullachd phàighidhean agus fiosrachadh luchd-cleachdaidh, a tha fìor mhath gus an tuig thu gu bheil e a ’riochdachadh inbhe (an taca ri rudeigin os cionn ìre).

Squarespace is significantly better in outlining its security practices, though it’s slightly out of the way.

Tha mi a ’moladh sùil a thoirt air na duilleag itself if you want to see the full details for yourself, but the short version is that yes, Squarespace takes all the appropriate measures. Firewalls, internal monitoring, secure servers, DDoS attack prevention protocols, etc.

And of course, Squarespace and Shopify thoir seachad SSL airson a h-uile cunntas.

A-nis, cho fad ‘s a tha coileanadh a’ dol, cha d ’fhuair mi ach eòlasan math le gach companaidh. Tha seo a ’toirt a-steach chan e a-mhàin ùrachadh agus astar làraich, ach cleachdadh làitheil a’ bhathair. Cha do dhèilig mi ri duilleagan reòta, tubaistean làraich, no rud sam bith le dragh mòr.

These companies are both industry leaders with large thanks to their reliable performance. As far as security goes, Squarespace clearly is more transparent, but I don’t think it’s necessarily more secure than Shopify.

A ’cumail nad inntinn sin Shopify seirbheisean cuid de na companaidhean as motha san t-saoghal (agus tha, bidh tèarainteachd ìre iomairt nas àirde na cunntasan àbhaisteach - a dh ’aindeoin sin, tha a’ phuing a ’seasamh) agus tha e air deichean de bhilleanan a chomasachadh ann an gnothaichean, tha e coltach gu bheil an tèarainteachd gu math làidir.

Shopify vs SquareSpace: Which do I Recommend?

It’s time to put everything we’ve talked about together. Which is better—Squarespace, or Shopify?

Tha fios againn uile nach eil aon mheud ann a tha freagarrach dha na h-uile, agus Shopify and Squarespace clearly have some different pros and cons.

Tha an dithis aca tèarainte agus a ’coileanadh gu earbsach. Tha taic luchd-cleachdaidh sàr-mhath aig an dithis aca, ged a tha mi a ’smaoineachadh Shopify a ’stiùireadh.

Cho fad ‘s a tha cleachdadh furasta a’ dol, tha an dà chuid sàr-mhath, ach Shopify is better at store details and Squarespace is better at site design. Plus, Squarespace is easier for programmers who want to edit a site’s code.

Cho fad ‘s a thèid teamplaidean, Shopify has a larger selection of online store-specific templates but Squarespace has a larger selection of templates in total—they just may require some extra steps to turn into stores. Design capacity is better with Squarespacege-tà.

Squarespace’s integrations are mostly included in the Squarespace infrastructure and there is no app store. This can at times make things easier and more affordable, but Shopifytha barrachd roghainnean is roghainnean neònach aig stòr nan app (ged a dh ’fhaodadh e a bhith daor aig amannan).

As far as price and overall go features go, things get dicey. Squarespace is of course much cheaper, and Shopifytha an raon tòrr nas prìseile (ged a thòisicheas e aig ìre gu math iomchaidh nam bheachd-sa).

Squarespace is very well-featured for its comparatively low prices, which at first can make it seem a better deal.

A bharrachd air sin, Shopify is better for those who wish to scale their stores, which explains part of the prices, and the tools you get out of the box can be very in-depth if you wish them to be (though Squarespace’s aren’t bad either).

Although Squarespace foregoes some of the things that make Shopify nas daoire na dh ’fheumas e a bhith, leithid a bhith a’ cur feartan bunaiteach aig ìrean nas àirde agus a ’togail chìsean. Shopify tha e fhathast na roghainn e-malairt iomlan nas làidire.

Feumaidh mi sin a ràdh gu h-iomlan Shopify a ’faighinn mo mholadh. Dhaibhsan reic bathar didseatach for whom shipping is not a major cost, Squarespace might be better. But for anyone planning on shipping regularly and/or in large quantities, Shopify is easily the better option. It’s also a better option for those who are particularly anal about controlling store details—Squarespace can be very detailed as well, but Shopify a ’cur a-steach cruadal gu math practaigeach ma thogras e.

Ach hey, mura h-eil thu cinnteach, faodaidh tu an-còmhnaidh feuchainn orra! Shopify tha 14-latha deuchainn saor an-asgaidh agus Squarespace a ’leigeil leat fuireach air deuchainn an-asgaidh gus am bi thu deiseil. Rach air adhart agus gabh a-mach an sin, mo cho-luchd-faighinn!