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

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

Ufuna iwebhusayithi ebukeka imangalisa, kepha ingathathi ikhono eliningi lobuchwepheshe ngakwakho ukudala nokuphatha.

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?

Kuhle kakhulu ukuba yiqiniso?

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.

Umsindo omuhle?

Kupholile. Ake siqale ngokubuka konke ngamasu entengo ngokwawo:

Amacebo we-Squarespace Pricing

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:

Izinhlelo ze-squarespace

Qaphela ukuthi lolu akulona uhlu oluphelele lwezimpawu-izisekelo nje.

Manje, ukusula okuthile ngaphambi kokuthi siqhubeke nakho konke okushiwo yi-athikili:

Lawo maxabiso acabanga ukuthi ukhokha minyaka yonke. Intengo "ngenyanga" idukisayo kancane ngalowo mqondo. Uma ukhokha inyanga nenyanga, yilezi amanani:

Izinhlelo ze-squarespace

Manje njengoba usunomqondo wesakhiwo samanani ayisisekelo, ake singene kweminye imininingwane:

Ukwehlukaniswa Kwentengo

Part 1: How much does Squarespace cost?

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

Kodwa ingabe lokho kusho ukuthi intengo oyikhokhayo nayo ilula?

Ngokuvamile, yebo.

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

  • The cost of your chosen Squarespace package, monthly or yearly
  • Imali yokuthenga engu-3% yokuthengisa, uma uku-“Bhizinisi” / 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.
  • I-imeyili (i-Gmail ne-G Suite) imahhala ngonyaka wokuqala wamathathu aphezulu, kepha ivuselela izindleko

Kepha uma sikhuluma iqiniso, kunezinye izindleko ongazenza ezingakhuphula inani lakho.

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
  • Imali yokushintshana (uma uku-tier yesibili)
  • 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
  • Ukuvuselelwa kwe-imeyili kwamathilethi afanele, njengoba kushiwo, NOMA ukuthengwa konyaka wokuqala kw tiger yokuqala
  • Email marketing plans—Squarespace’s own extra feature for email marketing
  • Izandiso (ezaziwa nangokuthi ukuhlanganiswa, izinhlelo zokusebenza, noma ama-plugins) ezivela kubantu besithathu

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.

Kepha okungenzeka kakhulu, kuzoletha izindleko ezingeziwe ngemuva konyaka wokuqala, futhi uzosebenzisa imali eningi kumathuluzi angeziwe wokuthuthukisa umuzwa wakho.

Ingxenye 2: Yiluphi uhlelo lwentengo olukufanele?

Ake sithathe lesi sinyathelo ngesinyathelo:

Udinga izici ze-ecommerce? Ngamanye amagama, ikhono lezivakashi lokuthenga izinto esizeni sakho.

Uma kungenjalo, ihlathi lokuqala kufanele libe lihle kuwe.

Uma udinga izici ze-ecommerce, noma yimaphi ama-tiers amathathu wokugcina angaba muhle.

Kepha ekukhetheni phakathi kwalezo zingxenye ezintathu zokugcina, umehluko uvame ukuza ezilinganisweni ezihlobene nokuhweba ozifunayo.

Isibonelo, ngenkathi ihlathi lesibili line-ecommerce eyisisekelo, ihlombe lesithathu linokuningi okuhle:

Isibonelo, uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-point-of-sale olukuvumela ukuthi uthengise ngaphakathi komuntu; ama-akhawunti amakhasimende; analytics okungcono kanye tradandising; futhi uvikele ukuphuma kwakho esizindeni sakho.

I-tier yesithathu ilungele labo abangadingi ukuphuma bonke ezinhlelweni zabo ze-ecommerce, kodwa bangathanda ukuthola lezo zici ezimbalwa zezimpawu ze-ecommerce engizishilo ngenhla.

Uma ufuna okungaphezu kwalokho okuhlinzekwa ihlosi lesithathu ngokuzenzakalelayo, kodwa ungafuni ukukhuphula ngokuphelele ihlandla lesine (nelokugcina), ungakhathazeki!

Ungangeza izandiso njengoba kudingeka kwi-akhawunti yakho, ikakhulukazi esikhungweni esijwayelekile sezentengiselwano.

Kepha uma ufuna uhlu oluphelele lwezimpawu, yilokhu uhlelo lokugcina lwamanani wokugcina olungakuthola, ukuthi UNGEKWAZI ukuthola iziqu ezedlule:

izici

Izinto ezinjengokubuyiswa kwenqola (ezithumela i-imeyili ngokuzenzakalela abathengi abashiya inqubo yabo yokuphuma), okubhaliselwe, njll. Lezi yizici ezinamandla.

Manje, ngezidingo ze-ecommerce ezimboziwe, ake sibuyele emuva:

Ake sithi awunayo intshisekelo yokusebenzisa isitolo se-inthanethi, kepha usafuna okungaphezu kwalokho okunikezwa yithimba lokuqala.

Uma kunguwe, ungahle uzibuze ukuthi ngabe kunesizathu esihle sokuthuthuka.

Ngenkathi iningi lezici ezingeziwe phakathi kwamabhlogo lihlobene nokuhweba, kungakufanelekela ukuthuthukelwa kuthayi lesibili kulokhu okulandelayo:

Squarespace-second-tire-features

Lokhu kuhle ngenxa yokuba nesiza esinobungcweti kakhulu nesinamandla, noma ungahleli ekuthengiseni izinto.

Ngakho-ke lezo zici kungaba esinye isizathu sokuba umuntu athuthukise ama-tiers, ASIDE kusuka kwezentengiso.

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.

Ngamafuphi: uma ukuhlelweni lwamanani wokungena kwamazinga wokungenela, kufanele ulikhokhele khona lapho bat.

Uma ngabe unanoma iyiphi yezinhlelo zamanani aphezulu, uthola i-G Suite mahhala unyaka, kodwa ukhokhele yona ngemuva kwalokho.

Ngakho-ke yindleko eyodwa ebonakala ngathi imahhala kodwa ayinayo.

Ngiphinde ngasho nesici sabo sokuthengisa nge-imeyili phambilini.

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

Kepha ngokuqinisekile AKUMAHHALA. Ibuye ibe nohlelo lwayo lwamanani:

Izinhlelo ze-squarespace

Ngakho-ke lawo manani yilokho ongakhokhela ukumaketha nge-imeyili eyakhelwe ngaphakathi (ngonyaka — kukhona amanani entengo yanyanga zonke).

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

Kuzofanele uhlole kabusha izandiso ezitholakalayo, kepha okungenani I-imeyilichimp iyatholakala njengokuhlanganiswa kwe-premium.

Kulelo noti, kuzodingeka futhi ukhokhele ukuhlanganiswa / izandiso uma ufuna ukuzisebenzisa.

Njengoba lawa ngamathuluzi aqhamuka kubantu besithathu, ngamunye unezinhlelo zawo zamanani entengo. Ezinye zingaba mahhala, noma zibe nemodeli ye-freemium (umkhawulo wekhithi wokuqala wamahhala kodwa izici ezikhokhelwa kakhulu).

Kujwayelekile kakhulu kubakhi bewebhusayithi nabakhi bezitolo eziku-inthanethi (njenge Wix futhi Shopify) ukuhlanganisa nezinhlelo zokusebenza ezithandwayo zangaphandle.

Yize kunjalo, izindleko zesiza sezingaqhamuka ngokushesha lapho zengeza izandiso, ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukuzikhumbula.

Ekugcineni, igama lesizinda:

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.

Izinga elijwayelekile liyahluka. Kepha ngokuvamile, kuzoba okungenani ngama- $ 20:

isayithi

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.

I-squarespace yi-a website builder 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 kufana kakhulu nalokhu. Ngumakhi wewebhusayithi ozungeze zonke okhombisa izici ze-ecommerce kakhulu, kepha isisombululo.

Khona-ke kukhona Shopify. Shopify ngokukhethekile umakhi wezitolo eziku-inthanethi. Kuphinde kube yisixazululo-in-one, kepha kwe-ecommerce.

Zonke ziyefana kakhulu ekugxiliseni kwazo ekwakheni, ukusetshenziswa kalula, futhi nokuba zinkundla ezinhle kakhulu zebhokisi ngaphandle.

WixIzinhlelo zamanani zibukeka kanjena:

wix-pricing

Umehluko omkhulu phakathi kwama tiers lapha, ngamazinga wesitoreji, nezinhlelo zokusebenza ezingeziwe noma izici.

Wix futhi inelinye iqoqo lamahlosi nje weziza ze-ecommerce:

wix-for-ecommerce

Ngale ndlela, Wix has more complicated pricing than Squarespace.

Nokho, 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.

Ungakwazi hlola lokhu kuqhathaniswa okuphelele engikubhalile ngabo lapha uma ufuna ukufunda okuningi.

Manje, Shopify ilula ngamanani wayo kunokuba Wix, and even Squarespace, because it’s more focused:

Shopify Plans

With Shopify, okuzenzakalelayo ukukhokha njalo ngenyanga. Noma kunjalo, ungangehlisa amanani aboniswe ngenhla ngokukhokha minyaka yonke noma ngokukhokha iminyaka emibili (ehlisa i-10% no-20%, ngokulandelana).

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 iqala.

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

Kulungile, ngizokwazi Shopify:

Shopify is zeroing in on ecommerce features more than Squarespace. The basics are the same, but Shopify inezici ezingeziwe:

Ngokwesibonelo, 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.

Uma uzama ukungena konke kuzici ze-ecommerce, noma kunjalo, Shopify kungaba utshalomali olungcono.

Ukuze okwengeziwe Shopify and Squarespace, hlola lesi siqhathaniso se-dive esijulile.

Manje, kukhona omunye umuntu esincintisana naye engingashongo ngaye ngenhla, ngoba yisilo esakhe: i-WordPress ne-WooCommerce.

Ngokuyisisekelo, i-WordPress uhlelo lokuphathwa kokuqukethwe, noma i-CMS. Kuhlukile ngokwezigaba Shopify or Wix, okungenani kubantu abaningi.

I-WooCommerce iyi-plug ye-ecommerce ethandwa kakhulu ye-WordPress.

I-WordPress ibiza kakhulu ukwakhiwa komakhi wesayithi ngezindlela ezithile, kepha ifaka okungaphansi kwengcenye eyakhiwe eyakhelwe ngaphakathi, namathuluzi wokusiza ngokwezifiso ancike kakhulu kuzindikimba ezisetshenzisiwe.

Nakhu okubalula kakhulu kokuthi izingosi ze-WordPress zengeza kanjani izindleko:

  • I-WordPress.org iyi-software yemithombo evulekile neyimfihlo. Noma kunjalo, ukuyisebenzisa, umuntu kufanele akhokhele ukusingathwa kwewebhusayithi (futhi ngokuvamile isizinda) ngokwehlukile.
  • I-WordPress.com yiyona ndlela yezentengiso esekelwe enguqulweni engenhla. Kulula ukuyisebenzisa futhi kufaka nokusingathwa. Okuyisisekelo kumahhala, kepha tiers ekhokhelwayo iyadingeka ukuze uthole izici ezigcwele.
  • I-WooCommerce imahhala, kepha ikhokhile tiers yezici ezingeziwe.
  • Ama-plugins abaluleke kakhulu kwi-WordPress ngoba izici ezincane zakhiwe ngaphakathi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ihlosi elithile elikhokhelwayo leWordPress.com liyadingeka ukusebenzisa ama-plugins.
  • Ngenkathi izingqikithi eziningi zikhululekile kwezobuchwepheshe, iningi lazo zi-freemium, ngokuthenga kudingekayo ukuvula ngokwezifiso ngokuphelele.

Uyabona ukuthi konke kuyinkimbinkimbi kangakanani? I-WordPress iyonke ifaka izingxenye ezihamba phambili, noma ngabe yinguqulo yezentengiso elula.

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.

Ngakho-ke uhla lwamanani luhlukahluka ngokwengeziwe, futhi i-WordPress uqobo luyinkimbinkimbi ngokwengeziwe (okungenani inguqulo yamahhala).

Part 5: Squarespace FAQs


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

Impendulo eqotho lapha, ukuthi empeleni ayinandaba ne-TOO much.

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).

Kodwa-ke, leyo ntengo yokuvuselela kungenzeka ibe ngaphezulu kwama- $ 20.

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.

Yize kungekho nzima kakhulu ukuxhuma isizinda kunoma iyiphi ipulatifomu, kuwumsebenzi owengeziwe abaningi abangathanda ukugwema.


Why is Squarespace pricing so expensive compared to other web hosting?

Okokuqala, akubizi kangako. Izinhlelo zokubamba iwebhu zibukeka zishibhile ekuqaleni, kepha zivame ukuvuselela ngamanani aphezulu kakhulu ngemuva konyaka.

Many also have add-ons that renew at cost, like Squarespace. Plus, the low price you see is often only low if you commit to two or more years, so it’s pricey up-front and less flexible.

Secondly, ease of use costs money. If you scroll up again, you’ll find that Squarespace isn’t really pricier than its site builder rivals.

Thirdly: Squarespace’s ease of use overlaps with its focus on design. Web hosting focuses less on the design aspect of building a site and more the technical side.

Fourthly, Squarespace doesn’t limit your resources the way traditional web hosting does.


Does Squarespace have a free trial or a money-back guarantee?

Squarespace has a 14-day free trial.

Okusho ukuthi, INSTEAD yokukhokhela uhlelo kuqala bese ucela ukubuyiselwa imali esikhathini esithile, umane wenza i-akhawunti mahhala bese uqala ukusebenzisa insiza.

Ngeke ucelwe ukuthi ubhalise imininingwane yakho yokukhokha, kuze kube yilapho isivivinyo sakho samahhala siphela bese uthatha isinqumo sokuyikhokhela.


How good is Squarespace pricing?

Asisonge lokhu, bantu.

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.

Noma ngabe usebenzisa nje uhlelo lwamanani ngaphandle kwezandiso zeqembu lesithathu, izizinda ne-G Suite kuzovuselela ngezindleko ngemuva kokukhululeka unyaka.

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 ukuncintisana, 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, I-WordPress, nabanye.

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

Kepha awudingi ukuthatha izwi lami ngoba awunakukholwa.

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

isivivinyo samahhala