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

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

Unataka tovuti inayoonekana ya kushangaza, lakini haichukui ustadi mwingi wa kiufundi kwa upande wako kuunda na kusimamia.

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?

Je! Ni vizuri pia kuwa kweli?

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.

Sauti ni nzuri?

Baridi. Wacha tuanze na muhtasari wa mipango ya bei wenyewe:

Mipango ya Bei ya Nafasi

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:

Kumbuka kuwa hii sio orodha kamili ya huduma-msingi tu.

Sasa, ili tu kufuta kitu kabla hatujaendelea na nakala nyingine:

Bei hizo hudhani unalipa kila mwaka. Bei ya "kwa mwezi" ni kupotosha kidogo kwa maana hiyo. Ikiwa unalipa kila mwezi, hizi ndio bei:

Sasa kwa kuwa unayo akili ya muundo wa bei ya msingi, wacha tuingie katika maelezo mengine:

Uchanganuzi wa Bei

Part 1: How much does Squarespace cost?

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

Lakini je! Hiyo inamaanisha kuwa bei unayolipa pia ni rahisi?

Kwa ujumla, ndio.

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

• The cost of your chosen Squarespace package, monthly or yearly
• Ada ya ununuzi wa 3% ya mauzo, ikiwa uko kwenye "Biashara" / tier ya 2
• 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.
• Barua pepe (Gmail na G Suite) ni bure mwaka wa kwanza kwa tiara 3 za juu, lakini hufanya upya kwa gharama

Lakini kusema ukweli, kuna gharama zingine unazoweza kufanya ziongeze jumla yako.

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
• Ada ya ununuzi (ikiwa uko kwenye daraja la pili)
• 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
• Usasishaji wa barua pepe kwa tija zinazofaa, kama ilivyotajwa, AU ununuzi wa mwaka wa kwanza kwa tier ya kwanza
• Email marketing plans—Squarespace’s own extra feature for email marketing
• Viongezeo (pia hujulikana kama viunganisho, programu, au programu-jalizi) kutoka kwa watu wengine

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.

Lakini uwezekano mkubwa, italeta malipo ya ziada baada ya mwaka wa kwanza, na utatumia pesa nyingi kwenye vifaa vya nyongeza kuongeza uzoefu wako.

Sehemu ya 2: Ni mpango gani wa bei ulio sawa kwako?

Wacha achukue hatua hii kwa hatua:

Unahitaji huduma za ecommerce? Kwa maneno mengine, uwezo wa wageni kununua vitu kutoka kwa wavuti yako.

Ikiwa sio hivyo, tier ya kwanza inapaswa kuwa sawa kwako.

Ikiwa UTAitaji sifa za ecommerce, yoyote ya tiger tatu za mwisho itakuwa nzuri.

Lakini kwa kuchagua kati ya hizo tija tatu za mwisho, tofauti nyingi huja chini kwa ni sifa ngapi zinazohusiana na biashara unazotaka.

Kwa mfano, wakati tija ya pili ina biashara ya msingi ya biashara, bati ya tatu ina vitu vingi vizuri pia:

Kwa mfano, programu ya bei ya uuzaji ambayo inakuwezesha kuuza ndani ya mtu; akaunti kwa wateja; uchambuzi bora na tradandising; na uwe salama kutoka kwenye kikoa chako.

Ziada ya tatu ni nzuri kwa wale ambao hawahitaji kwenda nje katika huduma zao za ecommerce, lakini wangependa kupata huduma hizo chache za huduma za ecommerce nilizoelezea hapo juu.

Ikiwa unataka zaidi ya kile bango la tatu linatoa kwa default, lakini hutaki kusasisha kikamilifu hadi tija ya nne (na ya mwisho), usijali!

Unaweza kuongeza viongezeo kama inahitajika kwenye akaunti yako, haswa kwenye soko la msingi la Biashara.

Lakini ikiwa unataka orodha kamili ya vipengee, hii ndio mpango wa bei ya mwisho utapata, ambayo HUWEZI kuingia kwenye tiers zilizopita:

Vitu kama urejeshi wa gari lililotelekezwa (ambayo hutuma barua pepe kwa wateja ambao waliacha michakato yao ya Checkout kupitia), usajili, nk-hizi ni sifa za nguvu.

Sasa, kwa mahitaji ya ecommerce kufunikwa, wacha turudi nyuma:

Tuseme hauna nia ya kuendesha duka mkondoni, lakini bado unatafuta zaidi ya ile tija ya kwanza inapeana.

Ikiwa ndio wewe, unaweza kujiuliza ikiwa kuna sababu nzuri ya kusasisha.

Wakati sifa nyingi za ziada kati ya tiers zinahusiana na biashara, inaweza kufaa kusasisha kwa tier ya pili kwa zifuatazo.

Hizi ni nzuri kwa kuwa na tovuti ya kitaalam zaidi na yenye nguvu, hata ikiwa haupangii kuuza bidhaa.

Kwa hivyo huduma hizo zinaweza kuwa sababu nyingine ya mtu kuboresha viboreshaji, KUTOKA kutoka kwa biashara.

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.

Kwa kifupi: ikiwa uko kwenye mpango wa bei ya kuingia, lazima ulipe kwa mara moja popo.

Ikiwa uko kwenye mipango yoyote ya bei ya juu, unapata G Suite bure kwa mwaka, lakini ulipe baadaye.

Kwa hivyo hiyo ni gharama moja ambayo inaonekana kuwa bure lakini sio.

Pia nilitaja huduma yao ya uuzaji ya barua pepe mapema.

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

Lakini hakika sio bure. Hata ina mpango wake wa bei:

Kwa hivyo bei hizo ndizo ungependa kulipa kwa uuzaji wa barua pepe uliojengwa (kila mwaka - kuna bei za kila mwezi).

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

Itabidi uangalie mara mbili upanuzi unaopatikana, lakini angalau Mailchimp inapatikana kama ushirikiano wa premium.

Kwenye muhtasari huo, utahitaji pia kulipia miunganisho / viongezeo ikiwa unataka kuzitumia.

Kama hizi ni zana kutoka kwa watu wa tatu, kila mmoja ana mipango yao ya bei. Baadhi inaweza kuwa bure, au kuwa na mfano wa freemium (tier ya kwanza ya bure lakini sifa zinazolipwa sana).

Ni kawaida kwa wajenzi wa wavuti na wajenzi wa duka mkondoni (kama Wix na Shopify) Kujiunga pia na programu maarufu za mtu mwingine.

LAKINI, gharama za tovuti zinaweza kuongezeka haraka wakati unaongeza viongezeo, kwa hivyo ni muhimu kuzikumbuka.

Na mwishoe, jina la kikoa:

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.

Kiwango cha kawaida kinatofautiana. Lakini kwa jumla, itakuwa angalau $ 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 ni a tovuti wajenzi 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 ni sawa na hii. Ni mjenzi wa tovuti anayezunguka tovuti ambayo ana sifa za ecommerce sana, lakini bado ni suluhisho la moja kwa moja.

Kisha kuna Shopify. Shopify haswa ni mjenzi wa maduka ya mkondoni. Pia suluhisho la moja kwa moja, lakini kwa ecommerce.

Zote zinafanana sana katika umakini wao katika kubuni, urahisi wa matumizi, na kwa kuwa majukwaa makubwa ya nje ya sanduku.

Wixmipango ya bei inaonekana kama hii:

Tofauti kuu kati ya tiers hapa, ni viwango vya uhifadhi, na programu za ziada au huduma.

Wix pia ina seti nyingine ya tija tu kwa wavuti za ecommerce:

Kwa maana hii, Wix has more complicated pricing than Squarespace.

Hata hivyo, 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.

Unaweza angalia kulinganisha kamili niliyoandika juu yao hapa ikiwa unataka kujifunza zaidi.

Sasa, Shopify ni rahisi katika bei yake kuliko Wix, and even Squarespace, because it’s more focused:

pamoja Shopify, chaguo msingi ni kulipa kila mwezi. Walakini, unaweza kupunguza bei zilizoonyeshwa hapo juu kwa kulipa kila mwaka au kwa kulipa kwa miaka mbili (ambayo hupunguzwa 10% na 20%, mtawaliwa).

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 kuanza.

And Squarespace’s HIGHEST tier doesn’t even come close to Shopifytier ya hali ya juu.

Sawa, nitakuwa sawa kwa Shopify:

Shopify is zeroing in on ecommerce features more than Squarespace. The basics are the same, but Shopify ina huduma za ziada:

Kwa mfano, 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.

Ikiwa unajaribu kuingia katika huduma za ecommerce, hata hivyo, Shopify inaweza kuwa uwekezaji bora.

Kwa zaidi juu ya Shopify and Squarespace, angalia kulinganisha kwa kina kwa kupiga mbizi.

Sasa, kuna mshindani mwingine mmoja ambaye sikumtaja hapo juu, kwa sababu ni mnyama wake mwenyewe: WordPress na WooCommerce.

Kimsingi, WordPress ni mfumo wa usimamizi wa maudhui, au CMS. Ni kitamaduni tofauti na Shopify or Wix, angalau kwa watu wengi.

WooCommerce ni mega-maarufu ecommerce plugin kwa WordPress.

WordPress ni ghali zaidi kuliko mjenzi wa wavuti kwa njia kadhaa, lakini ina chini ya sehemu rahisi ya muundo uliojengwa, na zana za utaftaji hutegemea zaidi mada zinazotumika.

Hapa kuna muhtasari rahisi wa jinsi tovuti za WordPress zinaongeza gharama:

• WordPress.org ni programu ya bure na ya bure. Walakini, ili kuitumia, lazima mtu alipe kwa mwenyeji wa wavuti (na kawaida kikoa) tofauti.
• WordPress.com ndio toleo la kibiashara kulingana na toleo la hapo juu. Ni rahisi kutumia na ni pamoja na mwenyeji. Msingi ni bure, lakini tiers zilizolipwa zinahitajika kwa sifa kamili.
• WooCommerce ni bure, lakini imelipa tiers kwa huduma za ziada.
• Plugins ni muhimu zaidi kwa WordPress kwa sababu huduma ndogo hujengwa ndani. Kwa kuongeza, tier fulani ya kulipwa ya WordPress.com inahitajika kutumia programu-jalizi.
• Wakati mada nyingi ni za bure kitaalam, nyingi ni za freemium, na ununuzi muhimu ili kufungua utaftaji kamili.

Je! Unaona jinsi ngumu ilivyo? WordPress kwa jumla inajumuisha sehemu zinazohama zaidi, hata na toleo rahisi la kibiashara.

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.

Kwa hivyo anuwai ya bei ni tofauti zaidi, na WordPress yenyewe ni ngumu zaidi (angalau toleo la bure ni).

Part 5: Squarespace FAQs

How good is Squarespace pricing?

Wacha tuifunge hii, watu.

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.

Hata kama utatumia tu mpango wa bei bila viendelezi vya mtu wa tatu, vikoa na G Suite itaongeza upya kwa gharama baada ya kuwa huru kwa mwaka.

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 washindani, 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, na wengine.

So looking at things holistically, Squarespace is still offering a great deal for the price!

Lakini hauitaji kuchukua neno langu ikiwa haujashawishika.

Just try out Squarespace yourself to find out—it’s free anyway!