Shopify vs SquareSpace: Head to Head Comparison

Makhe sixoxe Shopify vs Squarespace.

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Ngaphandle kwento yokuba ndibandakanyeka kakhulu nehlabathi 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.

Ngelixa kuyinyaniso ezi nkampani zimbini zidibeneyo, zikwahluka kakhulu. Shopify lelona gama lisekwe kwezorhwebo kwisoftware ye-ecommerce, eyenze lula ngaphezulu kwe- $ 82 yezigidigidi kuthengiso ukususela oko yasekwa ngonyaka ka-2006.

Squarespace inikezela ngolwakhiwo lwewebhusayithi ngokulula kwaye yasekwa ngo-2003. Isenokungabi yeyona idumileyo umakhi wewebhusayithi (asinawo amanani ngqo ezi zinto, ukuze sinyaniseke), kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo lolunye uphawu oluqondakalayo.

Zombini iinkampani zinokufaka ibango, njengenxalenye yokuthandwa kwazo, amagama amakhulu amaninzi atyikitye kwiinkonzo zawo. Iqela le ShopifyAbathengi abakhulu babandakanya inkampani kaKylie Jenner kunye neNestle.

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

Woha. Ngokucacileyo, 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 amashishini amancinci.

Ke kukho ukohlula, kwaye ukhuphiswano olunomdla oluvelisayo. Makhe siyijonge.

Shopify vs SquareSpace: Who has better pricing and features?

Masiqale sijonge amaxabiso kunye neempawu ozifumanela zona.

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

Squarespace has two types of cwangciso, enye ye-ecommerce kwaye enye yewebhusayithi, kwaye udidi ngalunye luneebhloko ezimbini. Ungacinga oko kuba sithelekisa 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).

Ukuba ufuna ukusebenzisa izicwangciso "zokugcina kwi-Intanethi", ufumana ezinye iiteki ezimbalwa ukongeza kuko konke oku kungentla: ungasusa ngokupheleleyo imali yentengiselwano, ufumane igalelo elingenamkhawulo, ufikelele kwimetrikhi zorhwebo ezingcono, usebenzise ilebhile yokushicilela, fumana ukuphuma okukhuselekileyo kwisizinda sakho, yongeza iiakhawunti zabathengi okanye ukubhaliswa, nokunye okuninzi.

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.

Ngoku ze Shopify.

Ukuya kuthi ga kwezona njongo ziphambili, isicwangciso senqanaba lokungena liqala wena ngayo yonke into oyifunayo kunye nezicwangciso ezikhulu ngokuyintloko zongeze izixhobo kunye nee-perks (ngakumbi i-perks zokuhambisa). Iimpawu ezisisiseko zibandakanya iimveliso ezingenamda kunye nokudalwa kwee-odolo, isoftware epheleleyo yokwakha, iikhowudi zesaphulelo, iindlela zentengiso, njalo njalo.

Ulinganiselwe kwiiakhawunti zabasebenzi onokuthi uthathe kuzo nokuba ungayiphi na ityhuna yakho, kwaye abantu abakwi-tier yokuqala abanakusebenzisa amakhadi ezipho okanye bafikelele kwiingxelo eziphambili.

Kumava am, isoftware yokwakha ivenkile kunye nemveliso, ucwangco, isigqebhezana, kunye nokudalwa kwezaphulelo zinamandla kakhulu Shopify. Ungahlela izinto ngenqanaba elifanelekileyo lenkcukacha, kwaye zonke ziphuma ebhokisini.

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 ShopifyInqanaba.

Squarespace offers a slight advantage in having a single-page checkout option. Shopify ayi, nokuba usebenzisa uPhambili Shopify. Le ayisiyosilelo enkulu, kodwa iyamangalisa uphawu olukhokelayo (njengoko ufuna ukwenza ukuba kube lula ukuba abathengi bakho bathenge).

Ukuya kude ngokuhambisa, zombini iinkampani zibonelela ngeerks kunye nezaphulelo, kodwa ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo.

Shopifyukuthunyelwa izaphulelo ziphakeme, ziye kuthi ga kwiipesenti ezingama-64 zeSiseko Shopify kwaye iipesenti ezingama-74 zoPhuculo Shopify. Nangona ungazukufumana la manani ngalo lonke ixesha, zizaphulelo ezinkulu ezenza kube nomtsalane ngakumbi kubathengi uku-odola iimveliso zakho.

Ukongeza, zonke iakhawunti zifike zishicilele iilebheli zokuhambisa, kwaye nezicwangciso ezimbini zokugqibela zinamaxabiso aphambili e-USPS ePhambili-oku kuya kutsha iipakheji ngokusekwe kubungakanani, hayi ubunzima (phantsi kwemida ethile) enokwehlisa kakhulu amaxabiso kubathengisi.

Ezi zinto ziyinxalenye yokupha Shopify such tremendous appeal to businesses of all sizes. How does Squarespace fare?

Isicwangciso se "webhusayithi" nokusebenza kwe-ecommerce akuthethi ukuba i-perks yokuhambisa ihleliwe. Nangona kunjalo, izicwangciso ze- "Ivenkile ye-intanethi" zenza: kokubini ukuprintwa kweelebheli, njenge Shopify. Eyona tier iphezulu inekhawuntari yokuhambisa ehamba phambili, eluncedo-nangona kunjalo ShopifyIzicwangciso zakho zineekhawuntari zokuhambisa.

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 Apha ngolwazi oluthe kratya.

Ngelishwa, Shopify and Squarespace take some transaction fees. Theses vary plan to plan: Shopifyeyona tier iphakamileyo inelona zinga liphantsi kwi-2.4% + $ 0.30 yokuthenga okwenziwa ngekhompyutha ngekhadi. Amanani ayahluka xa usebenzisa ShopifyIprosesa yokuthatha iintlawulo ngokwakho, kwaye kukho imirhumo yokusebenzisa nawuphi na umboneleli wentlawulo ngaphandle Shopify Iintlawulo.

Squarespace only takes transaction fees for its Business plan (as mentioned), the second “Websites” tier. Zombini ezi zicwangciso “zeZitolo ze-Intanethi” zisusa imali yentengiselwano, ngenxa yoko akukho mfuneko yokuya kude uziphephe.

Nantsi into yokugqibela endiyifumanayo kufanelekile ukuyikhankanya: ukwehla. Shopify yinkokeli yezorhwebo ngokuyinxalenye ngenxa yendlela elula ngayo yokuyeka. Ukulahla ngokusisiseko kuthetha wena, umnini wevenkile, unokufumana umntu wesithathu (eqhuba indawo yokugcina izinto, ngoku) athumele imveliso eyalelwe ngumthengi ngqo kumthengi. Oku kuthetha ukuba umthengi uza kusebenzisa ivenkile yakho, kodwa ngekhe uziqokelele ngokwakho isixhobo.

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

Ingxaki kukuba ungasebenzisa kuphela ukudityaniswa okuPrintayo kunye nesicwangciso sevenkile ehambele phambili (eyona tier iphakamileyo) kunye nabantu kwi Shopify ungasebenzisa i-Oberlo kuyo nayiphi na i-tier, kunye ne-Oberlo isimahla ukusebenzisa ixesha elide njengoko unayo Shopify iakhawunti (nangona ungaphucula ii-Oberlo tiers).

Ezi zinto zibalulekile, kodwa, xa umisela ivenkile ye-intanethi, imbonakalo kunye nezongeziweyo, izixhobo ezingasileliyo ziyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yokusebenza kwe-ecommerce ngokunjalo.

Shopify vs SquareSpace: Who has better templates and apps?

Iitemplate kunye noyilo zibaluleke kakhulu kuzo zombini 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.

Zombini iinkampani zinikezela uluhlu lweetemplate, kwaye zombini zilungile.

Shopify inikeza ishumi ezimbalwa imixholo, uninzi lwazo lwahlawula.

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.

Ngokombono wam, zombini Shopify and Squarespace have beautiful themes. I’d say I generally prefer Squarespace’s themes and find Shopifyzijongeka ngokufana -leyo iyenzeka. Kuba ShopifyImixholo yonke ilungiselelwe iivenkile, ndingathi Shopify iphumelela imixholo / itemplate.

Nangona kunjalo, ukuya kuthi ga ngokuhlela kunye nokwakha isiza, ndiyakunika 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.

Okulandelayo, ivenkile ye-app ibaluleke ngokukodwa xa usebenzisa i iqonga le ecommerce. Kumnandi ukufumana “ngaphandle kwebhokisi” kangangoko unakho, kodwa awusokhe uthembele kuloo nto.

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 Apha, 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 hlukile. Shopify unesiko elingakumbi kwisitoreji sohlelo lokusebenza ulwakhiwo lofakelo lwayo. Oku kunokuvakala ngathi kukubi ngakumbi, kodwa andicingi ukuba kunjalo-nangona kunjalo, kuyinyani ukuba ngamanye amaxesha kunokubiza kakhulu.

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 ShopifyIvenkile yogcino lokusebenza iyasebenza kwaye iyavela. Unokufumana ngakumbi ukudityaniswa kwe-niche, kunye nezinye ezininzi ezidumileyo ngamanye amaxesha zisimahla.

Oku kusikhokelela kwinqaku lethu elilandelayo lokuqwalaselwa: ukusebenziseka lula.

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 ngakumbi bazithengisa ngokwenyani njengeenkokeli kwizixhobo ezisebenzisekayo zoyilo.

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

Kwaye oku kuyakuba ShopifyIyafana:

Zombini iinkampani ziyaqonda imfuneko yokusetyenziswa ngokulula. Ngethamsanqa kuthi, zombini iinkampani ziphila ngokuhambelana ne-hype yazo.

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.

Nanga amagqabantshintshi e SquareSpaceIdashboard

nantsi imbonakalo ShopifyIdashboard

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

Iinkcukacha zokuhlela kwisitolo malunga nokulula ngokulinganayo kunye nokuqina kweenkampani zombini (nangona Shopify ubunzulu obunzulu ubunzulu), kodwa uyilo lokuhlela lungcono Squarespace. Ayizotemplate kuphela onokufikelela kuzo, kodwa izixhobo kunye nezakhono ozifumanayo zokuhlela ezo templates.

Into endiyithandayo kakhulu 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.

Umzobo apha kukuba wonke umntu onqwenela ukubhala ikhowudi Shopify kufuneka ufunde Shopifyeyakho ikhowudi yoyilo, Utywala. Umdwelisi onamava angayithatha, kodwa isekungxaki ngakumbi kunokuba kufanelekile.

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 Kulula ukuyisebenzisa kwaye igcina inqanaba lolawulo ngaphandle kokuncama ukusebenziseka okukhulu.

Iimpawu zolu hlobo yile nto 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?

Njengoko ndenze inqaku lokuxinzelela, nokuba "kulula" ukusebenzisa isoftware ifuna inkxaso elungileyo yabathengi. Ubunzima bezobuchwephesha benzeka nakwezona zinto zibalaseleyo, kwaye nabasebenzisi abaphambili bangafuna ulwazi ngokukhawuleza ukuya kwiqonga elitsha.

bobabini Shopify and Squarespace have truly excellent customer support. However, I have to say that Shopify uhamba eminye imayile, ke ndiza kuqala ngabo.

Isizathu sokuqala sokuba nditsho oku kungenxa Shopify izibonelelo zokufikelela kubameli ngencoko ephilayo, i-imeyile / inkqubo yetikiti, kunye nefowuni. Kwaye, kumava am, iimpendulo ziye zaphendula kwaye ziluncedo.

Ingaphezulu kwabameli abasebenzayo, nangona kunjalo. Shopify ineetoni zezixhobo ezikwi-site. Ezinye zezinto ezibalulekileyo oqhele ukuzibona, njenge okubelelwe elwazini (ikwabizwa ngokuba liZiko loNcedo).

Isiseko solwazi sigcwele njengolona lubalaseleyo kuzo, zinobubanzi bamanqaku amanqaku. Ngokukrakra, unokufumana kwanemibuzo yakho engaqhelekanga kwiZiko loNcedo.

Shopify ibhlog, eqhelekileyo kakhulu, kodwa inezixhobo zemfundo ezizodwa ngakumbi nangobunzulu. Omnye umzekelo unokuba Shopify isikolo semfundo ethile ephakamileyo, enezifundo zasimahla ezinokuba luncedo kubaqalayo. Owona mzekelo uphambili ungo Shopify's yoluntu kwidonga, ekuvumela ukuba ucofe ungene ShopifyIsiseko esikhulu sabasebenzisi kwaye iluncedo kwiingxaki okanye ingcebiso ezizodwa.

Omnye uza kuba Shopify Guides, yingqokelela efanelekileyo ye-ebooks yasimahla enamashishini ngokubanzi kunye neengcebiso ze-ecommerce. ShopifyIipodcasts ezimbini ziyafana, luhlobo lwesongezelelo kwabo banomdla, kwaye kwi-encyclopedia yeshishini ayisiyonto endichaza ukuba iluncedo ngokukhethekileyo kodwa kumnandi ukuba nayo.

Shopify Polaris sisikhokelo esinzulu sokunzulu Shopifyimigangatho yoyilo. Ngumthombo ongaziwayo, kodwa unokuba usindisa ubomi xa usakha iindawo zabaxumi (okanye nokuba uzenzele wena).

Gqi beleni, Shopify inikezela ezinye izixhobo zasimahla inokuza kuluncedo kubaqalayo.

Ke, ewe. Wowu. 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.

Kulungile nangona, ngenxa yokuba abameli baphendulekile kwaye bayanceda ngokuthetha okanye nge-imeyile.

The cornerstone of Squarespace’s onsite resources is its okubelelwe elwazini.

Squarespace’s knowledgebase isn’t as in-depth as Shopify's, kodwa isemhle kakhulu. Ikwabandakanya tutorials zevidiyo ilungiselelwe abo bayithandayo ekufundeni.

Squarespace offers a lot more aside from its knowledge base. For example, Squarespace has webinars, ibhlog (kwakhona, oku kuqhelekile), kwaye a iqonga. Ndifumana iforum ukuba ingaphantsi robust kunokuba Shopify's, kodwa iseyimpahla elungileyo.

Squarespace also brings a lot to the table when it comes to customer support and resources. The reason I grant the win to Shopify inezinketho ezingakumbi zokunxibelelana nabameli, kwaye inezixhobo ezingaphezulu kwaye nezixhobo ziqhele ukuba kubunzulu obunzulu.

Who is more secure and reliable?

Ngoku, kwinto yokugqibela kuluhlu lwethu lokutshekisha: ukhuseleko kunye nokuthembeka. Awudingi ukuba ndikuxelele ukuba kutheni ukhuseleko okanye ukuthembeka kubalulekile ekusebenzeni ngeshishini kwi-Intanethi, ngoko ke masizimele.

Akukho namnye kwabo baphikisana nathi abathi ithoni ngokhuseleko lwabo, kodwa oku akuthethi ukuba bayasilela. Ngokwenyani baphawula ngoqinisekiso lwabo lokwenza iintlawulo kunye nolwazi lwabathengi, oluvakalayo lukhulu de uqonde ukuba lumele imigangatho (ngokuchasene nento engaphezulu komgangatho).

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

Ndiphakamisa ukujonga i iphepha 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 bonelela nge-SSL kuzo zonke iiakhawunti.

Ngoku, ukuya kuthi ga ngokusebenza, ndiye ndaba namava amnandi kunye nenkampani nganye. Oku kubandakanya kungekuphela ixesha kunye nesantya sesiza, kodwa usuku lokusetyenziswa kwesoftware. Andikhange ndijongane namaphepha aqanduselwe ngumkhenkce, ukuphahlazeka kwesiza, okanye nantoni na enomdla kakhulu.

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.

Ukugcina engqondweni ukuba Shopify Iinkonzo ezinye zeenkampani ezinkulu kwihlabathi (ewe ewe, ukhuseleko kwinqanaba lokushishina ngokuqinisekileyo liya kuba liphezulu kuneleeakhawunti eziqhelekileyo-nangona kunjalo, inqaku limi) kwaye lenze amashumi ezigidi ezigidi kwintengiselwano, kukhuselekile kunokuba kuhle.

Shopify vs SquareSpace: Which do I Recommend?

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

Sonke siyayazi ukuba akukho bungakanani obulinganayo bonke, kwaye Shopify and Squarespace clearly have some different pros and cons.

Zombini zikhuselekile kwaye zisebenza ngokuthembekileyo. Zombini zinenkxaso yabathengi ebalaseleyo, nangona ndicinga Shopify khokela.

Ngokubhekisele ekusetyenzisweni ngokulula, zombini zilungile, kodwa 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.

Ukuya kwinqanaba leetemplate, 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, nangona kunjalo.

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 ShopifyIvenkile yogcino lweeapps inezilungiso ezingathandekiyo kunye nezinketho (nangona zinokuba ngamaxabiso ngamaxesha).

As far as price and overall go features go, things get dicey. Squarespace is of course much cheaper, and ShopifyUluhlu lubanzi kakhulu (nangona liqala endaweni eyamkelekileyo kwimbono yam).

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

Ngaphezulu, 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 kubiza ngaphezulu kunokuba kufuneka, njengokubeka izinto ezisisiseko kumaxabiso aphezulu kunye neentlawulo zentengiselwano, Shopify iseyinto yokhetho olomelele ngokubanzi lwe-ecommerce.

Kuya kufuneka nditsho loo nto xa iyonke Shopify ifumana ingcebiso zam. Kwabo ukuthengisa iimveliso zedijithali 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 isebenzisa ubunzima obungqongqo bokusebenza ukuba ifunwa.

Kodwa, ukuba awuqinisekanga, unokuhlala uzama kubo! Shopify uneentsuku ezingama-14 Uzamo lasimahla kwaye Squarespace kukuvumela ukuba uhlale kwisilingo sasimahla kude kube ulungile. Qhubeka uhambe apha, bantu abafowunelwa ndim!