Shopify vs SquareSpace: Head to Head Comparison

Ayo dirembug Shopify vs Squarespace.

But first, listen to this:

Sanajan kasunyatane, aku melu banget karo jagad raya 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.

Nalika nyata manawa rong perusahaan kasebut tumpang tindih, mula uga beda. Shopify minangka jeneng komersial sing paling mantep ing piranti lunak e-dagang, nggampangake dodolan $ 82 milyar wiwit didegake ing taun 2006.

Squarespace nyedhiyakake situs web kanthi gampang lan diadegake ing taun 2003. Bisa uga sing paling populer Site situs (kita ora duwe nomer sing tepat kanggo perkara kasebut, jujur), nanging mesthi salah sawijining merek sing bisa dingerteni.

Kaloro perusahaan kasebut bisa ngaku, minangka bagean saka popularitase, mula pirang-pirang jeneng gedhe sing mlebu menyang layanan. Saperangan saka ShopifyPara klien gedhe kalebu perusahaan Kylie Jenner lan Nestle.

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

Woah. Cetha 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 bisnis cilik.

Dadi ana tumpang tindih, lan kompetisi sing menarik sing diasilake. Ayo mriksa.

Shopify vs SquareSpace: Who has better pricing and features?

Ayo goleki luwih dhisik babagan rega lan fitur sing bakal dipikolehi.

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

Squarespace has two types of rencana, siji kanggo e-commerce lan liyane kanggo situs web, lan saben jinis duwe rong undakan. Sampeyan bisa mikir amarga kita mbandhingake 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).

Yen sampeyan pengin nggunakake rencana "toko online", sampeyan entuk sawetara tunjangan saliyane kabeh sing kasebut ing ndhuwur: sampeyan bisa ngilangi biaya transaksi, entuk kontributor tanpa watesan, ngakses metrik dagang sing luwih apik, nggunakake label label, entuk checkout sing aman ing domain sampeyan dhewe, tambahake akun utawa lengganan pelanggan, lan liya-liyane.

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.

Saiki kanggo Shopify.

Sajrone rencana utama, rencana level entri miwiti sampeyan karo kabeh sing dibutuhake lan rencana sing luwih gedhe nambahake sawetara alat lan tunjangan (utamane pengiriman). Fitur dhasar kalebu produk sing ora ana watesan lan nggawe pesenan, piranti lunak pangembang toko lengkap, kode diskon, saluran penjualan, lan liya-liyane.

Sampeyan ora diwatesi ing akun staf sing sampeyan ora bisa preduli, lan wong ing undhangan pertama ora bisa nggunakake kertu hadiah utawa ngakses laporan lanjut.

Ing pengalamanku, piranti lunak bangunan toko uga produk, order, coupon, lan diskon nggawe banget Shopify. Sampeyan bisa nyunting kanthi rinci kanthi rinci, lan kabeh ora ana ing kothak.

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'level.

Squarespace offers a slight advantage in having a single-page checkout option. Shopify ora, sanajan sampeyan nggunakake Advanced Shopify. Iki ora dadi kegagalan gedhe, nanging kaget saka merek utama (sing pengin supaya gampang kanggo tuku pelanggan).

Sajrone babagan pengiriman, loro perusahaan nawakake sawetara tunjangan lan diskon, nanging kanthi macem-macem cara.

Shopifypengiriman diskon iku banget, nganti 64% kanggo Dhasar Shopify lan 74% kanggo Lanjut Shopify. Sanajan sampeyan ora kudu entuk jumlah kasebut saben-saben, diskon substansial supaya luwih narik kawenuhan para pelanggan supaya pesen sampeyan.

Kajaba iku, kabeh akun entuk label label kapal, lan loro rencana duwe rega USPS Priority Mail Cubic - iki bakal ngisi paket adhedhasar ukuran, ora bobote (miturut parameter tartamtu) sing bisa ngedhunake rega kanggo para penjual.

Prekara-prekara iki minangka bagean saka apa sing diwenehake Shopify such tremendous appeal to businesses of all sizes. How does Squarespace fare?

Rencana "situs web" kanthi fungsi e-dagang ora bener-bener duwe tunjangan pengiriman prasetel. Nanging, rencana "toko online": loro kanggo nggawe label label akeh, kaya Shopify. Tingkat paling dhuwur duwe kalkulator pengiriman luwih maju, sing migunani - nanging kabeh Shopifyrencana kanggo duwe kalkulator pengiriman.

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 kene kanggo informasi sing luwih rinci.

Sayange, Shopify and Squarespace take some transaction fees. Theses vary plan to plan: ShopifyTingkat paling dhuwur nduweni tarif paling murah ing 2.4% + $ 0.30 kanggo tuku online liwat kertu. Tarif beda yen sampeyan nggunakake ShopifyProsesor kanggo njupuk mbayar kanthi pribadi, uga ana biaya kanggo nggunakake panyedhiya pembayaran liyane Shopify Pembayaran.

Squarespace only takes transaction fees for its Business plan (as mentioned), the second “Websites” tier. Salah siji saka loro "Toko Online" mbusak biaya transaksi, dadi sampeyan ora kudu lunga adoh supaya ora ditindakake.

Ing ngisor iki salah sawijining bab pungkasan sing dakkandhani: dropshipping. Shopify minangka pimpinan industri sebagian amarga gampang nggawe tetes. Dropshipping Sejatine tegese sampeyan, pemilik toko, bakal duwe pihak katelu (nglakokake gudang, mesthine) menehi produk sing dipesen langsung menyang pelanggan. Iki tegese pelanggan bakal nggunakake toko sampeyan, nanging sampeyan ora bakal nggawe produk sampeyan dhewe.

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

Masalah sampeyan mung bisa nggunakake integrasi Cetak karo rencana toko Lanjut (tingkat paling dhuwur) lan wong liya Shopify bisa nggunakake Oberlo ing undakan apa wae, ditambahake Oberlo gratis nggunakake anggere sampeyan duwe Shopify akun (sanajan sampeyan bisa upgrade kanggo tiar Oberlo sing luwih dhuwur).

Iki penting, nanging, nalika sampeyan nyetel toko online, tampilan lan alat tambahan, alat sing dudu standar minangka bagean penting uga fungsi e-dagang.

Shopify vs SquareSpace: Who has better templates and apps?

Cithakan lan desain penting banget kanggo loro-lorone 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.

Kaloro perusahaan kasebut nawakake macem-macem template, lan loro kasebut apik.

Shopify nawakake sawetara rolas tema, umume mbayar.

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.

Ing pendapatku, loro-lorone Shopify and Squarespace have beautiful themes. I’d say I generally prefer Squarespace’s themes and find Shopifykaton katon padha - sing subyektif, nanging. Amarga ShopifyTema kasebut kabeh digayuh khusus kanggo toko, ujare Shopify menang kanggo tema / template.

Nanging, sajrone ngowahi lan nggawe situs, aku bakal menehi 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.

Sabanjure, toko app pancen penting nalika sampeyan nggunakake platform e-niaga. Becike entuk luwih akeh "saka kothak", nanging sampeyan ora bisa nganggep.

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 kene, 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 beda. Shopify nduwe luwih tradisional aplikasi nyimpen struktur kanggo instalasi. Iki bisa uga kaya menehi hasil sing luwih elek, nanging aku ora mikir - nanging sejatine bisa uga luwih larang.

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 ShopifyToko aplikasi iku sregep lan berkembang. Sampeyan bisa nemokake integrasi ceruk, uga akeh sing populer kadang-kadang gratis.

Iki ndadékaké kita dadi titik pertimbangan utama: gampang panggunaan.

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 mligine pasar tenan minangka pamimpin alat kreatif sing ramah.

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

Lan iki bakal Shopifypadha karo:

Kaloro perusahaan kasebut ngerti kabutuhan supaya gampang digunakake. Untunge kanggo kita, loro perusahaan urip karo hype dhewe.

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.

Punika Ringkesan saka SquareSpaceDashboard

lan iki ringkesan ShopifyDashboard

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

Rincian toko panyuntingan kira-kira gampang lan kuwat kanggo perusahaan loro (sanajan Shopify iku sethitik luwih jero, nanging desain suntingan luwih becik Squarespace. Sampeyan ora mung template sing bisa diakses, nanging alat lan kemampuan sing sampeyan entuk kanggo nyunting template kasebut.

Soko sing dakkarepake 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.

Kekirangan ing kene yaiku sapa wae sing pengin kode Shopify kudu sinau Shopifykode desain dhewe, Liquid. Programmer sing berpengalaman bisa ngetrapake, nanging luwih akeh repot tinimbang.

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 paling gampang digunakake lan nahan tingkat kontrol tanpa menehi akeh panggunaan.

Nuansa iki bakal 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?

Nalika aku wis nggawe titik stres, sanajan "gampang" nggunakake piranti lunak butuh dhukungan pelanggan sing apik. Kesulitan teknis bisa kedadeyan, lan pangguna sing canggih bisa uga mbutuhake informasi kanthi cepet menyang platform anyar.

loro-lorone Shopify and Squarespace have truly excellent customer support. However, I have to say that Shopify dadi mil ekstra, dadi aku bakal diwiwiti.

Alesan pisanan kanggo aku ujar iki amarga Shopify ngawèhaké akses menyang wakil liwat obrolan langsung, sistem email / tiket, lan telpon. Kajaba iku, sajrone pengalamanku, repet kasebut wis responsif lan mbiyantu.

Nanging luwih saka wakil sing efektif. Shopify nduwe ton sumber daya situs. Sawetara iku minangka barang penting sing sampeyan deleng, kaya basa pengetahuan (uga dikenal minangka Pusat Bantuan).

Dasar pengetahuan minangka komprehensif minangka sing paling apik, kanthi topik artikel sing akeh. Kanthi serius, sampeyan bisa nemokake pitakonan khusus kanggo Pusat Bantuan.

Shopify nduwe blog, sing cukup umum, nanging nduwe sumber pendidikan sing luwih unik lan jero. Salah sawijining conto yaiku Shopify Academy, sing duwe kursus gratis sing bisa migunani kanggo pamula. Conto utama liyane yaiku Shopify's forum komunitas, sing ngidini sampeyan nutul ShopifyPangguna pangguna gedhe lan migunani kanggo masalah utawa saran sing unik.

Liyane bakal Shopify Panuntun, yaiku koleksi ebook gratis sing duwe saran bisnis umum lan e-dagang. Shopifypodcast loro iku padha, minangka jinis suplemen kanggo sing kasengsem, lan ensiklopedia bisnis Ora ana sing dakkenal minangka migunani nanging luwih becik.

Shopify Polaris minangka pandhuan super jero Shopifystandar desain. Iki minangka sumber sing ora dingerteni, nanging bisa dadi penyelamat urip yen sampeyan nggawe situs kanggo klien (utawa mung kanggo sampeyan dhewe).

Pamungkas, Shopify nyedhiyakake sawetara alat gratis sing bisa ditrapake kanggo pamula.

Dadi, ya Aduh. 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.

Ora becik sanajan, amarga wakil cukup responsif lan mbiyantu liwat obrolan langsung utawa email.

The cornerstone of Squarespace’s onsite resources is its basa pengetahuan.

Squarespace’s knowledgebase isn’t as in-depth as Shopify's, nanging isih apik banget. Uga kalebu video tutorial kanggo sing luwih seneng maca.

Squarespace offers a lot more aside from its knowledge base. For example, Squarespace has webinars, blog (maneh, iki umum), lan a forum. Aku nemokake forum kasebut kurang sehat tinimbang Shopify's, nanging isih dadi aset sing apik.

Squarespace also brings a lot to the table when it comes to customer support and resources. The reason I grant the win to Shopify apa luwih akeh pilihan kanggo ngubungi wakil, ditambah uga duwe sumber daya liyane lan sumber daya cenderung luwih jero.

Who is more secure and reliable?

Saiki, kanggo item pungkasan ing dhaptar mriksa kita: keamanan lan linuwih. Sampeyan ora perlu dakkandhani manawa keamanan utawa linuwih penting kanggo nglakokake bisnis kanthi online, dadi ayo mlebu.

Ora ana sing nyatakake, manawa ora bisa ngandhakake keamanan, nanging iki ora ateges kekurangane. Intine kasebut nyathet sertifikasi kanggo pamrosesan pembayaran lan informasi pelanggan, sing muni tenan nganti sampeyan ngerti yen nuduhake standar (beda karo sing ndhuwur standar).

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

Aku menehi saran mriksa metu Kaca 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 nyedhiyakake SSL kanggo kabeh akun.

Saiki, sajrone kinerja, aku mung duwe pengalaman sing apik karo saben perusahaan. Iki kalebu ora mung kecepatan wektu lan situs, nanging panggunaan piranti lunak dina-dina. Aku durung nangani kaca beku, kacilakan situs, utawa apa wae sing dianggep serius.

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.

Tetep wonten ing Shopify layanan sawetara perusahaan paling gedhe ing donya (lan ya, keamanan kelas perusahaan mesthi luwih dhuwur tinimbang akun normal - sejatine, titik kasebut) lan wis nggampangake miliaran transaksi, keamanan bisa uga cukup kuwat.

Shopify vs SquareSpace: Which do I Recommend?

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

Kita kabeh ngerti ora ana ukuran sing cocog karo kabeh, lan Shopify and Squarespace clearly have some different pros and cons.

Kalorone bisa diamanake kanthi aman lan bisa dipercaya. Loro-lorone duwe dhukungan pelanggan sing apik, sanajan aku mikir Shopify njupuk timbal.

Minangka adoh nggunakake gampang, loro uga apik, nanging 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.

Minangka adoh minangka template, 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 Squarespace, Nanging.

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 ShopifyToko aplikasi kasebut duwe pilihan lan pilihan liyane (sanajan bisa larang regane).

As far as price and overall go features go, things get dicey. Squarespace is of course much cheaper, and Shopifysawetara akeh luwih apik (sanajan diwiwiti ing titik sing bisa ditampa kanthi jelas).

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

Ditambahake, 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 luwih larang tinimbang sing kudu, kayata nyedhiyakake fitur dhasar kanthi tingkat sing luwih dhuwur lan ngisi biaya transaksi, Shopify isih pilihan e-dagang sing luwih kuat.

Aku kudu ujar yen umume Shopify nemu saranku. Kanggo sing sade produk digital 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 ditrapake kaku banget praktis yen pengin.

Nanging hey, yen sampeyan ora yakin, sampeyan mesthi bisa nyoba! Shopify nduwe 14 dina nyoba gratis lan Squarespace ngidini sampeyan tetep nyoba gratis nganti sampeyan siyap. Ayo lan metu, kancaku go-getter!