Head to head
Squarespace vs Wix
Both platforms are scored with the same methodology and the same category rubric. Nothing on this page is influenced by advertising.
51/100Higher score | 43/100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Category rank | #4 | #4 |
| Confidence | High confidence | High confidence |
| External Reputation | 85 | 73 |
| AI Authority | 28 | 19 |
| Web Authority | 21 | 14 |
| Expert Assessment | 60 | 61 |
| TOP10 User Score | — | — |
| Pricing | Not published — vendor pricing page was not accessible this session; G2 lists entry-level at $18/month billed annually and third-party sources conflict ($16/$18/$19) · free tier: 14-day trial; trial sites cannot accept payments | Not published · free tier: Not verified in this session; the vendor page references a 'premium upgrade' implying a free entry tier, but no free-plan terms were confirmed |
| Pricing model | Subscription (per site) plus commerce transaction and payment processing fees | Subscription |
| Best for | Design-conscious brands and creators with shallow catalogues doing modest-to-mid volume — fashion, lifestyle, food, studios, coaches — and especially sellers of courses, memberships or video who can reach Plus (1%) or Advanced (0%) digital fees, plus service businesses blending invoices, proposals and Acuity bookings. | Small-to-mid merchants who want storefront, bookings and ticketed events on one dashboard, and design-led freelancers or agencies shipping client ecommerce sites who need visual speed plus custom CSS, backend logic and GitHub when a build turns non-standard. |
| Avoid if | You plan to stay on Basic while selling meaningfully, run a large catalogue with deep variants, multi-location inventory or B2B pricing tiers, need gateways beyond Stripe/PayPal/Square, need more than two contributors on the entry plan, or want code ownership, self-hosting and clean data portability. | You need a locked-down total cost of ownership today — transaction fees and plan caps are unconfirmed, so high-volume merchants cannot model margin — or you require self-hosting, data-portability guarantees and full infrastructure control. |
| Markets | SMB, Creators, Service businesses, Agencies | SMB, Agencies, Freelancers, Designers |
| Founded | — | — |
| Headquarters | — | — |
A higher TOP SCORE means more of the evidence favours that platform on this methodology — it is not a recommendation, and it does not account for your specific requirements. Advertisers are never declared the winner of a comparison.