Shopify vs SquareSpace: Head to Head Comparison

Ngatikurukurei Shopify vs squarespace.

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Kunyangwe chokwadi chekuti ini ndakabatikana kwazvo nenyika dze 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.

Kunyange ichokwadi makambani maviri aya achipfuura, ivo vakasiyana chaizvo. Shopify ndiro zita rakatangwa kwazvo rezvekutengeserana muecommerce software, raifambisa pamusoro pemabhiriyoni makumi masere emadhora mukutengesa kubva pakuvambwa kwayo muna 82.

Squarespace inopa nyore webhusaiti webhusaiti uye yakavambwa muna 2003. Inogona kunge isiri iyo inonyanya kufarirwa Website muvaki (Hatina nhamba chaiyo yezvinhu izvi, kuva akatendeseka), asi zvirokwazvo ndiyo imwe yemhando dzakanakisa dzinozivikanwa.

Makambani ese ari maviri anogona kuda, sechikamu chemukurumbira wavo, mazita mazhinji makuru akasaina kumasevhisi avo. Vaviri ShopifyVatengi vakakura vanosanganisira kambani yaKylie Jenner naNestle.

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

Nhamo. Zviripachena, 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 mabhizinesi madiki.

Saka pane kupindirana, uye kukwikwidza kunonakidza kwahunogadzira. Ngatimboongororai.

Shopify vs SquareSpace: Who has better pricing and features?

Ngatitangei kutarisa pamitengo uye maitiro aunowana iwo.

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

Squarespace has two types of zvirongwa, imwe yeecommerce uye imwe yemawebhusaiti, uye mhando imwe neimwe ine maviri matoyi. Iwe ungafunga izvozvo nekuti tiri kufananidza 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).

Kana iwe uchida kushandisa zvirongwa zve "online shopu", iwe unowana mamwe mashoma mashoma mukuwedzera kune zvese zviri pamusoro: unogona kubvisa zvachose mari yekutengesa, kuwana vanokanganisa vasingapihwe mari, kuwana zvirinani kutengeserana zvirinani, shandisa zvinyorwa zvokudhinda, kuwana cheki kubuda pane yako domain, wedzera vatengi maakaundi kana kunyoreswa, uye zvimwe zvakawanda.

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.

Zvino zva Shopify.

Sokuenda kunoita hurongwa hukuru, chirongwa chekupinda chinotanga iwe nezvese zvaunoda uye zvirongwa zvakakura zvinowedzera mamwe maturusi uye zvigadzirwa (kunyanya kutumira maforogo). Zvinhu zvekutanga zvinosanganisira zvigadzirwa zvisingaenzaniswi uye kugadzira kwekurongeka, iyo yakazara-muchengeti-muvaki software, mareti makodhi, nzira dzekutengesa, zvichingodaro.

Iwe unogumira mune maakaunti evashandi aunogona kutora zvisinei neayo tier, uye vanhu vari patangi yekutanga havakwanise kushandisa makadhi ezvipo kana kuwana mishumo yepamusoro.

Mune ruzivo rwangu, iyo sitoro yekuvaka software pamwe neyakagadzirwa, kurongeka, coupon, uye kuderedzwa kugadzirwa kwakasimba kwazvo ne Shopify. Iwe unogona kugadzirisa zvinhu nehuwandu hwakanaka hwehuwandu hwezvakawanda, uye zvese zvinobuda mubhokisi.

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 Shopifyzera.

Squarespace offers a slight advantage in having a single-page checkout option. Shopify hazviite, kunyangwe kana uchishandisa Advanced Shopify. Izvi hazvisi kukundikana kukuru, asi zvinokatyamadza kubva kune inotungamira mhando (sezvaunoda kuti zviite nyore sezvinobvira kuti vatengi vako vatenge).

Parizvino sekutakura kunoenda, makambani ese maviri anopa mamwe ma perks uye discounts, asi nenzira dzakasiyana.

Shopify's shipping kukanganisa arefu, anosvika makumi matanhatu neshanu muzana Shopify uye 74% yePamberi Shopify. Kunyangwe iwe usingazowani mari idzi nguva dzese, ivo mapengo makuru anoita kuti ive inonyanya kunakidza kune vatengi kuraira zvigadzirwa zvako.

Pamusoro pezvo, ese maakaunzi anosvika pakudhinda zvinyorwa zvekutumira, uye zvirongwa zviviri izvi zvekupedzisira zvine USPS Yekutanga Yemari Cubic mutengo-izvi zvichabhadhara mapakeji kunoenderana nehukuru, kwete uremu (pasi pemamwe ma paramita) ayo anogona kuderedza zvakanyanya mutengo wevatengesi.

Zviro izvi ndizvo zvezvimwe zvinopa Shopify such tremendous appeal to businesses of all sizes. How does Squarespace fare?

Iyo "webhusaiti" kuronga neecommerce mashandiro haina kunyatsove neyakagadzirirwa kutumira perks. Nekudaro, zvirongwa zve “online shopu” zvinoita: zvese zvinowanikwa zvinyoro zvinyorwa, sekunge Shopify. Iyo yepamusoro-soro ine yepamusoro yekutumira yekuverenga, iyo inoshanda-zvisinei, ese ShopifyZvirongwa zvako zvine makambani ekutumira.

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 pano kune rumwe ruzivo rwakadzama.

Zvinosuruvarisa, Shopify and Squarespace take some transaction fees. Theses vary plan to plan: Shopifyiyo yepamusoro sosi ine yakanyanya kuderera pa2.4% + $ 0.30 yekutenga online kuburikidza nekadhi. Mitero inosiyana kana uchishandisa Shopify'processor yekutora mubhadharo mumunhu, uyezve kune mari dzekushandisa chero mupi wekubhadhara asiri iye Shopify Kubhadhara.

Squarespace only takes transaction fees for its Business plan (as mentioned), the second “Websites” tier. Eese maviri e "Online Zvitoro" zvirongwa anobvisa transaction mari, saka haufanire kuenda kure kunodzivirira.

Hechinhu chimwe chete chekupedzisira chandinowana chakakosha kutaurwa: kudonhedza. Shopify mutungamiri weindasitiri chikamu nekuda kwekureruka kunoita kunoita kudzika. Kudonhedza chaiko kunoreva iwe, muridzi wechitoro, angave neyetatu (kumhanyisa chitoro, pamwe) kutumira chigadzirwa chakarairwa nemutengi zvakananga kumutengi. Izvi zvinoreva kuti mutengi anoshandisa chitoro chako, asi hauzoputira chigadzirwa pachako.

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

Dambudziko nderekuti iwe unogona chete kushandisa iyo Dhindaina yekubatanidza neAdward chitoro chirongwa (iyo yepamusoro sosi) uye vanhu pa Shopify unogona kushandisa Oberlo chero tier, uye Oberlo yakasununguka zvakakwana kushandisa chero iwe uine Shopify account (kunyangwe iwe uchikwanisa kukwidziridza yakakwirira Oberlo tiers).

Izvi zvinhu zvakakosha, asi, kana iwe uchigadzira iyo online shopu, kutaridzika uye nekuwedzera, zvisiri-zvisingabatsiri zvishandiso zvakakosha zvikamu zve ecommerce mashandiro zvakare.

Shopify vs SquareSpace: Who has better templates and apps?

Matemplate uye magadzirirwo akakosha kune vese 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.

Makambani ese ari maviri anopa huwandu hwetemberi, uye ese ari maviri akanaka.

Shopify inopa mashoma mashoma madingindira, vazhinji vavo vakabhadhara.

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.

Mukufunga kwangu, zvese zviri zviviri Shopify and Squarespace have beautiful themes. I’d say I generally prefer Squarespace’s themes and find Shopifyzvinotaridzika zvakafanana- izvo zvinoenderana. Nekuti Shopifymisoro yakagadzirirwa zvese kuzvitoro, ndingati Shopify anokundira misoro / temberi.

Nekudaro, sekusvika kwekugadzirisa uye kugadzira saiti inoenda, ini ndaizopa 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.

Tevere, chitoro che app chakakosha zvakasiyana paunenge uchishandisa ecommerce chikuva. Zvakanaka kuwana "kunze kwebhokisi" sezvaunogona, asi haugone kuvimba nezvazvo.

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 pano, 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 zvakasiyana. Shopify ane zvimwe zvetsika app store dhizaini yekuisirwa kwayo. Izvi zvingaite senge zvakaipisa zvakanyanya, asi handifungi kuti zvakadaro-zvakadaro, ichokwadi kuti dzimwe nguva zvinogona kunge zvichidhura.

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 Shopify's shopu yekutengesa inoratidzika uye inoshanduka. Iwe unogona kuwana dzakawanda niche kusanganiswa, pamwe yakawanda yakakurumbira dzimwe nguva mahara.

Izvi zvinotitungamira kune yedu inotevera huru yekufunga: kureruka kwekushandisa.

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 kunyanya vanozvitengesa vamene sevatungamiriri mune zvekushandisa zvine ushamwari-zvishandiso.

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

Uye izvi zvinogona Shopifyzvakaenzana:

Makambani ese ari maviri anonzwisisa kukosha kwekushandisa nyore nyore. Sezvineiwo isu, makambani ese ari maviri anorarama maererano nehwavo hype.

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.

Heano maonero e SquareSpace'dashboard

uye heino kutarisisa kwe Shopify'dashboard

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

Kugadzirisa zvinyorwa zvechitoro kuri nyore nyore uye kwakasimba kumakambani ese ari maviri (zvisinei Shopify yakawedzera zvishoma-pakadzika), asi kugadzirwa kwekugadzirisa kuri nani pane Squarespace. Haasi chete matemplate aunokwanisa kuwana, asi zvishandiso uye kugona kwaunowana ekugadzirisa aya matemplate.

Chinhu chandirikuda zvakawanda nezvacho 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.

Zvinodzosera pano ndezvekuti chero munhu anoda kuodha pa Shopify anofanira kudzidza Shopify'yake yekugadzira kodhi Liquid. Anogadzira hurongwa anogona kuitora, asi ichiri yakanyanya kunetsa pane inofanira kunge iri madikanwa.

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 zviri nyore kushandisa uye chengetedza danho rekutonga pasina kupira usability hwakawanda.

Nuances dzeizvi zvingave izvo 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?

Sezvo ini ndaita pfungwa yekushushikana, kunyangwe “nyore” kushandisa software inoda tsigiro yakanaka yevatengi. Zvinetso zvehunyanzvi zvinoitika kunyangwe zvakanakisa, uye kunyangwe vashandisi vepamberi vangangoda ruzivo nekukasira kuenda pachikuva patsva.

zvose zviri zviviri Shopify and Squarespace have truly excellent customer support. However, I have to say that Shopify anoenda mamwe mamaira, saka ini ndichatanga navo.

Chikonzero chekutanga nei ndichitaura izvi ndechekuti Shopify inopa iwe kuwana kune vamiririri kuburikidza nekurarama kutaura, email / tikiti system, uye foni. Uyezve, mune yangu ruzivo, ma reps ave ari anoteerera uye anobatsira.

Izvo zvinopfuura vamiririri vanoshanda, zvisinei. Shopify ine toni yezvinhu zviri pa-saiti. Zvimwe zvacho ndizvo zvakakosha zvinhu zvawajaira kuona, senge chizivo chezivo (inozivikanwawo seIyo Yekubatsira Center).

Chigadziko cheruzivo chakazara seyakanakisa kwavari, nehupamhi hukuru hwezvinyorwa zvinyorwa. Nechisimba, iwe unogona kuwana kunyange yako oddly chaiyo mibvunzo pane iyo Yekubatsira Center.

Shopify ine blog, inozivikanwa yakajairika, asi ine zviwanikwa zvekudzidzisa zvakatosarudzika uye pakadzika. Mumwe muenzaniso ungave Shopify Academy, ine makosi emahara ayo anogona kubatsira kune vanotanga. Mumwe mukuru muenzaniso ungave Shopify's community forum, iyo inoita kuti ugone kupinda mukati Shopify'hombe mushandisi mushandisi uye inobatsira kune akasiyana matambudziko kana zano.

Mumwe angave Shopify Guides, iri yakaunganidzwa kuunganidzwa yemahara ebooks vane zvakajairika bhizinesi uye ecommerce zano. Shopify"podcasts maviri." akafanana, mhando yekuwedzera kune avo vanofarira, uye iyo encyclopedia yebhizinesi hachisi chinhu chandinozivisa seinonyanya kubatsira asi zvakanaka kuti uve nacho.

Shopify Polaris inotungamira pakadzika kudzika Shopify'dhizaini maitiro. Icho chinhu chisingazivikanwe sosi, asi inogona kuve sevha yehupenyu kana iwe uri kuvaka masosi evatengi (kana kunyangwe zvako pachako).

Pakupedzisira, Shopify inopa mimwe michina yemahara izvo zvinogona kuuya zvinobatsira kune vanotanga.

Saka, hongu. 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.

Zvakanaka hazvo, nekuti vamiririri ndevanoteerera uye vanobatsira kuburikidza nekurarama kutaura kana email.

The cornerstone of Squarespace’s onsite resources is its chizivo chezivo.

Squarespace’s knowledgebase isn’t as in-depth as Shopify, asi ichiri yakanaka kwazvo. Izvo zvinosanganisirawo vhidhiyo tutorials kune avo vanofarira iyo kuverenga.

Squarespace offers a lot more aside from its knowledge base. For example, Squarespace has Webinars, blog (zvakare, izvi zvakajairika), uye a Forum. Ini ndinowana iyo foramu isiri yakasimba pane Shopify's, asi ichiri chinhu chakanaka.

Squarespace also brings a lot to the table when it comes to customer support and resources. The reason I grant the win to Shopify ndeye ine zvimwe zvingasarudzika zvekubata vamiririri, zvakare ine zvimwe zviwanikwa uye izvo zviwanzo zvinowanzo kuve zvakadzama.

Who is more secure and reliable?

Iye zvino, yechinhu chekupedzisira pane yedu yekutarisisa: chengetedzo uye kuvimbika. Iwe haudi kuti ndikuudze nei kuchengetedzeka kana kuvimbika kwakakosha kumhanyisa bhizinesi pamhepo, saka ngatisvetukei mukati.

Hapana mumwe wevatinokwikwidza akataura toni nezvechengeteko yavo, asi izvi hazvireve kuti vanoshaya. Ivo vanonyatso taura pane avo certification yekugadzirisa kubhadhara uye ruzivo rwevatengi, izvo zvinonzwika zvakanyanyisa kusvika iwe waona kuti inomiririra chiyero (kupokana nechimwe chinhu chiri pamusoro peyero).

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

Ndinokurudzira kutarisa kunze peji 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 kupa SSL kune ese maakaunzi.

Iye zvino, sekureva kwekuita, ini ndanga ndiine zviitiko zvakanaka nekambani imwe neimwe. Izvi zvinosanganisira kwete chete uptime uye saiti kumhanya, asi zuva nezuva kushandisa software. Handisati ndabata mapeji akaomeswa nechando, kuparara kwesayiti, kana chero chinhu chakakomba.

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.

Kuchengeta mupfungwa izvozvo Shopify inobatsira mamwe makambani makuru pasi rose (uye hongu, bhizinesi-gadziriro yekuchengetedza ichave yakakwirira kupfuura iyo yakajairika maakaunti-zvakadaro, iyo poindi yacho inomira) uye yakafambisa makumi emabhirioni mukuchinja, kuchengeteka kungave kwakasimba.

Shopify vs SquareSpace: Which do I Recommend?

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

Isu tese tinoziva kuti hapana saizi imwe inokwana vese, uye Shopify and Squarespace clearly have some different pros and cons.

Ose ari maviri akachengeteka uye anoita akavimbika. Vaviri vane yakanakisa rubatsiro rwevatengi, kunyange ndichifunga Shopify anotungamira.

Pamusoro pekuzorora kwekushandisa kunoenda, ese ari maviri akanaka kwazvo, asi 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.

Pakusvika patemplate. 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, zvisinei.

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 Shopify's shopu yekutengesa ine zvimwe zvisinganzwisisike zvigadziriso uye sarudzo (kunyange inogona kuva yemutengo pane dzimwe nguva).

As far as price and overall go features go, things get dicey. Squarespace is of course much cheaper, and Shopify'' huwandu hwacho hwakawanda kwazvo (kunyange hunotanga padanho rakanaka mupfungwa yangu).

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

plus 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 inodhura kupfuura zvazvinofanira kunge ichiita, senge kuisa zvinhu zvakakosha pamatangi akakwirira uye kubhadharisa mari yekutengesa, Shopify ichiri yakasarudzika yakasimba ecommerce sarudzo.

Ndaizofanira kutaura zvakazara Shopify anowana kurudziro yangu. Kune avo kutengesa zvigadzirwa zvemadhijitari 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 inoshanda zvakaoma kwazvo kuomarara kana ichida.

Asi hesi, kana iwe usina chokwadi, iwe unogona kugara uchivaedza! Shopify ane makumi matatu-mazuva free trial uye Squarespace inokutendera kuti urambe uri pamuedzo wakasununguka kusvikira wagadzirira. Enderera mberi uye uende kunze uko, shamwari dzangu dzekunhonga!