Squarespace pricing: Which Plan Is Best for Your Site? (2025)

Think it’s easy to figure out? Squarespace mitengo has 4 plans, each comes with a set of features that you may or may not require in your website.

Iwe unoda webhusaiti inotaridzika inoshamisa, asi isingatore hunyanzvi hwekuita hunyanzvi pachikamu chako kugadzira uye kubata.

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?

Kwakanaka here kuti kuve kwechokwadi?

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.

Inzwi rakanaka?

Kutonhora. Ngatitangei nekutarisa pamusoro pechirongwa chemitengo ivo pachavo:

Squarespace Pricing Zvirongwa

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:

Ziva kuti iri harisi rizere rezvimisikidzo-izvo zvekutanga.

Zvino, kungoisa chimwe chinhu kumusoro tisati taenderera mberi nenyaya yacho yese.

Iwo mutengo unofungidzira kuti unobhadhara gore rega. Mutengo we "pamwedzi" unotitsausa mupfungwa iyoyo. Kana iwe uchibhadhara mwedzi-kusvika-mwedzi, aya ndiwo mitengo:

Iye zvino zvawava nemafungiro eiyo nheyo yemitengo yezvikuru, ngatipei mune mamwe mamiriro:

Kuparara kwePricing

Part 1: How much does Squarespace cost?

One of the biggest selling points for most vavaki webhusaiti, including Squarespace, is that they provide most of what you need out of the box.

Asi zvinoreva here kuti mutengo waunobhadhara zvakare zvakareruka?

Kazhinji, hongu.

Technically speaking, this is all that Squarespace costs alone, bare minimum:

• The cost of your chosen Squarespace package, monthly or yearly
• Mari yekutengesa ye3% yekutengesa, kana iwe uri pane "Bhizinesi" / 2nd tier
• 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.
• Email (Gmail neG G Suite) yemahara gore rekutanga yematatu epamusoro, asi anovandudza pamubhadharo

Asi kutaura zvazviri, pane zvimwe zvinodhura zvaungaita kuti zviwedzere huwandu hwako.

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
• Mari yekutakurisa (kana iwe uri pairi tier)
• 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
• Email kuvandudzwa kune yakakodzera matipi, sezvakataurwa, KANA wekutanga-gore kutenga kwekutanga tier
• Email marketing plans—Squarespace’s own extra feature for email marketing
• Mawedzeredzo (anozivikanwawo seanobatanidza, maappula, kana plugins) kubva kune wechitatu mapato

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.

Asi zvinonyanya kuitika, ichaunza imwe yakawedzerwa mushure megore rekutanga, uye iwe unozoshandisa mari yakawanda pane zvimwe zvekushandisa kuti uwedzere ruzivo rwako.

Chikamu 2: Ndeipi chirongwa chemitengo chakakodzera iwe?

Ngatitorei nhanho iyi nedanho:

Iwe unoda here ecommerce maficha? Mune mamwe mazwi, kugona kwevashanyi kutenga zvinhu kubva kune yako saiti.

Kana zvisiri, yekutanga tier inofanira kunge yakakunakira iwe.

KANA iwe uchida ecommerce maficha, chero yematatu ekupedzisira matoyi angave akanaka.

Asi yekusarudza pakati peaya matatu ekupedzisira matsi, mutsauko unowanzouya pasi kune yakawanda sei yezvemari-ine hukama nezvinhu zvaunoda.

Semuenzaniso, nepo kitsi yechipiri ichive neacommerce yekutanga, iyo yetatu ine zvakawanda zvakanaka zvinhu zvakare:

Semuenzaniso, iyo-point-of-sale app inorega iwe uchitengesa mu-munhu; maakaundi evatengi; zviri nani analytics uye tradandising; uye chengetedza Checkout pane yako pachako domain.

Iyo yechitatu tier yakanaka kune avo vasingade kuenda vese-kunze muma ecommerce maficha avo, asi vangade kuwana iwo mashoma ezvimwe ezvekuwedzera ecommerce maficha andataura pamusoro.

Kana iwe uchida zvinopfuura izvo zvinopihwa newechitatu, asi iwe usingade kukwidzirazve kune yechina (uye yekupedzisira) tier, usazvidya moyo!

Iwe unogona kuwedzera zvekuwedzera sekudikanwa kune yako account, kunyanya ku Basic Commerce tier.

Asi kana iwe uchida iro rizere rezvinhu, izvi ndizvo zvekupedzisira mutengo urongwa zvaungakuwanise iwe, kuti UNOGONA kuwana pamatatu apfuura:

Zvinhu zvakaita sekusiiwa kwengoro ngoro (izvo zvinongotumira email vatengi avo vakasiya nzira yavo yekubuda mukati), kunyoreswa, nezvimwe — izvi zvinhu zvine simba.

Zvino, neecommerce inoda yakafukidzwa, ngatidzokere:

Ngatiti iwe UNOGONA kufarira kumhanya muchitoro chepamhepo, asi iwe uchiri kutsvaga zvinopfuura izvo zvinopihwa neweti yekutanga.

Kana ari iwe, unogona kushamisika kana paine chikonzero chakanaka chekusimudzira.

Kunyange akawanda ezvimwe zvekuwedzera pakati pemategi ane hukama neyekutengeserana, zvingave zvakakosha kukwidzirazve kune yechipiri tier yeinotevera:

Izvi zvakanaka kungova nehunyanzvi uye hwakasimba saiti, kunyangwe kana usaronga nezvekutengesa zvinhu.

Saka iwo maficha anogona kunge ari chimwe chikonzero chekuti munhu asimudzire ma tiers, ASIDE kubva kumabhizimusi.

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.

Muchidimbu: kana iwe uri pane yekupinda-chikamu mitengo yemitengo, iwe unofanirwa kubhadhara iyo kubva ipapo bat.

Kana iwe uri pane chero ehurongwa hwepamusoro wemitengo, iwe unowana G Suite yemahara kwegore, asi ubhadhare iyo mushure.

Saka ndiyo imwe chete mutengo inoita kunge wakasununguka asi isina.

Ini ndakataurawo yavo email yekutengesa chimiro pakutanga.

The email marketing feature is useful, especially if you like that Squarespace is an all-in-one solution.

Asi zvirokwazvo HAKUNA kusununguka. Iyo ine kunyange yayo yemitengo chirongwa:

Saka iwo mitengo ndiyo yaunobhadhara kutengesa-yakavakirwa email (gore rega-pane mitengo yemwedzi futi).

However, you can still use a third party email marketing software integrated with Squarespace.

Iwe unofanirwa kutarisa-kaviri kutarisa kuwedzerwa kunowanikwa, asi zvirinani Mailchimp inowanikwa seyunivhesiti yekubatanidzwa.

Pane icho chinyorwa, iwe zvakare unofanirwa kubhadhara kune kubatanidzwa / kuwedzerwa kana iwe uchida kuzvishandisa.

Sezvo izvi zviri zvekushandisa kubva kune vechitatu mapato, ivo mumwe nemumwe ane avo ezvirongwa zvemitengo. Vamwe vangave vakasununguka, kana vane freemium modhi (yakaderera yemahara yekutanga tier asi inonyanya kubhadharwa maficha).

Izvo zvakajairika kune vavaki vewebhusayithi uye vavaki vezvitoro zvepamhepo (sa Wix uye Shopify) kubatanidzawo neakakurumbira wechitatu mapato.

CHETE, mari yese yepaiti inogona kukurumidza kukwira kana uchiwedzera zvawedzerwa, saka zvakakosha kuti uzvirangarire.

Uye kwekupedzisira, izita rezita:

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.

Mwero wenguva dzose unosiyana. Asi kazhinji, ichave anenge madhora makumi maviri:

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 iri Website muvaki 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 yakafanana chaizvo neizvi. Iyo-yese-yakakomberedza muvaki webhusaiti iyo inoratidzira ecommerce maitiro zvakanyanya, asi ichiri mhinduro-mune-imwe.

Zvino pane Shopify. Shopify inonyatso kuvakira mashopu epamhepo. Iyo zvakare ine-mune-imwe-mhinduro, asi yeecommerce.

Dzese dzakanyanya kufanana pakatariswa kwavo dhizaini, kugona kushandisa, uye kuve kazhinji kwakakura kunze-kwe-kwebhokisi mapuratifomu.

Wixzvirongwa zvemitengo zvinotaridzika seizvi:

Musiyano mukuru pakati pematiresi pano, ndeapi mazinga ekuchengetedza, uye mamwe maapplication kana maficha.

Wix inewo imwe seti yemiti yema site ecommerce nzvimbo:

Mupfungwa iyi, Wix has more complicated pricing than Squarespace.

Zvisinei, 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.

Unogona tarisa iyi kufungidzira kuzere kwandanyora nezvavo pano kana uchida kudzidza zvakawanda.

zvino, Shopify yakapusa pamitengo yayo pane Wix, and even Squarespace, because it’s more focused:

ne Shopify, chakasarudzika ndechekubhadhara pamwedzi. Nekudaro, unogona kudzikisa mitengo yakaratidzwa pamusoro nekubhadhara pagore kana nekubhadhara kwemakore maviri (iyo inoderedza 10% uye 20%, zvichiteerana).

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 inotanga.

And Squarespace’s HIGHEST tier doesn’t even come close to Shopify's MIDDLE tier.

Zvakanaka, ndichave zvakanaka Shopify:

Shopify is zeroing in on ecommerce features more than Squarespace. The basics are the same, but Shopify ine zvimwe zvimwe zvinhu:

Semuyenzaniso, 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.

Kana iwe uri kuyedza kuenda-pese pane ecommerce maficha, zvisinei, Shopify kungave kudyara zvirinani.

Kuti uwane pamusoro Shopify and Squarespace, tarisa iyi yakadzika dive enzaniso.

Zvino, kune mumwe mukwikwidzi wandisina kutaura pamusoro apa, nekuti imhuka yake: WordPress neWooCommerce.

Chaizvoizvo, WordPress chirongwa chekugadzirisa zvemukati, kana CMS. Kwakasiyana muchikamu kubva Shopify or Wix, zvirinani kune vanhu vazhinji.

WooCommerce ndeye mega-inozivikanwa ecommerce plugin ye WordPress.

WordPress inodhura kupfuura seyakavakira saiti neimwe nzira, asi inoratidza zvishoma pane yakavakirwa-mune nyore dhizaini yekugadzira, uye nemaitiro ekugadzirisa matanho anonyanya kutendamira pane zvirevo zvinoshandiswa.

Heano arinyore maratidziro ekuti WordPress masosi anowedzera sei mutengo:

• WordPress.org ndeyemahara uye yakavhurika-sosi software. Nekudaro, kuti uishandise, munhu anofanira kubhadhara kune webhusaiti webhusaiti (uye kazhinji isizinda) zvakasiyana.
• WordPress.com ndiyo shambadziro shanduro yakavakirwa pane iri pamusoro vhezheni. Zviri nyore kushandisa uye zvinosanganisira kugamuchira. Zvigadzirwa zvemahara ndezvemahara, asi mabheti anobhadharwa anodiwa kune akazara maficha.
• WooCommerce ndeye mahara, asi yakabhadhara tiers kune mamwe maitiro.
• Ma plugins anonyanya kukosha kune WordPress nekuti mashoma maficha akavakirwa-mukati. Uyezve, imwe yakabhadharwa tier yeWordPress.com inodiwa kushandisa plugins.
• Nepo misoro mizhinji iri tekinoroji yakasununguka, yakawanda ndeye freemium, nekutenga kunodiwa kuti uvhure yakazara inogadziriswa.

Iwe unoona kuti zvinhu zvakaoma sei? WordPress kazhinji inosanganisira zvimwe zvinofamba, kunyangwe neiyo shanduro yezviratidzo yakashambadzirwa.

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.

Saka iyo mutengo wemhando yakawanda inoshandurwa, uye WordPress iyo pachayo inowedzera kuomesesa (inodaro iyo yemahara vhezheni iri).

Part 5: Squarespace FAQs

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Should I get a domain from Squarespace as opposed to another domain registrar?

Mhinduro yakatendeseka pano, ndeyekuti hazvina basa here TOO yakawanda.

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).

Nekudaro, iyo yekuvandudza mutengo ingangove iri pamusoro pemadhora makumi maviri.

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.

Kunyangwe zvisiri zvakanyanya kuoma kubatanidza dura kune chero chikuva, iri basa rekuwedzera vazhinji vangada kunzvenga, zvakadaro.