--- title: Squarespace Reviews meta\_title: 'Squarespace Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 1136 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Squarespace works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 1136 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Content Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/content-management --- ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Google Workspace](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Google Workspace") Google Workspace 4.6/5(48,161) ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-workspace/reviews) [ ![WordPress.com](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "WordPress.com") WordPress.com 4.4/5(2,716) ](https://www.g2.com/products/wordpress-com/reviews) [ ![HubSpot Content Hub](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "HubSpot Content Hub") HubSpot Content Hub 4.5/5(2,011) ](https://www.g2.com/products/hubspot-content-hub/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/squarespace/competitors/alternatives) # Squarespace Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Squarespace but has limited features. Are you part of the Squarespace team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Squarespace makes beautiful products to help people with creative ideas succeed. Our platform empowers millions of people — from individuals and local artists to entrepreneurs shaping the world’s most iconic businesses — to share their stories and create an impactful, stylish, and easy-to-manage online presence. * * * Seller [Squarespace](https://www.g2.com/sellers/squarespace) Discussions [Squarespace Community](https://www.g2.com/products/squarespace/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Paulina Vo (Musician & Community Lead in Customer Operations at Squarespace) Show More ## Typical Contract Price Pricing provided by BetterCloud and others. $$k - $$k Per Year [Log in to unlock pricing](/auth/linkedin?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.g2.com%2Fproducts%2Fsquarespace%2Freviews) ## User Insights Average based on 1136 real user reviews. 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[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") 17hats ](https://www.g2.com/products/17hats/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Facebook ](https://www.g2.com/products/facebook/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Flodesk ](https://www.g2.com/products/flodesk/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Formspree ](https://www.g2.com/products/formspree/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Git ](https://www.g2.com/products/git/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Givebutter ](https://www.g2.com/products/givebutter/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Google Analytics ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-analytics/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Google My Business ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-my-business/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Instagram for Business ](https://www.g2.com/products/instagram-for-business/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Intuit Mailchimp Email Marketing ](https://www.g2.com/products/intuit-mailchimp-email-marketing/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Jotform ](https://www.g2.com/products/jotform/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") LinkedIn Job Search ](https://www.g2.com/products/linkedin-job-search/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Smartsheet ](https://www.g2.com/products/smartsheet/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") SquareKicker ](https://www.g2.com/products/squarekicker/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Square Point of Sale ](https://www.g2.com/products/square-point-of-sale/reviews) Show More ![Monica D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Monica D.") MD Monica D. Shop Owner/ Freelance AI Specialist Apparel & Fashion Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/30/2025 "Great for Small Business, But Can It Scale?" 2/5 What do you like best about Squarespace? Stunning Templates: Squarespace really shines here. The templates are modern, clean, and immediately make your products look professional. If your business is highly visual (like art, photography, or high-end retail), this is a huge win. Ease of Use: It's an all-in-one platform, which is great for non-technical users. Setting up the basics—adding products, customizing pages—is very intuitive. You don't need to mess with separate hosting, security, or many third-party plugins. Integrated Commerce Tools: The built-in inventory, tax, and shipping settings are straightforward and sufficient for a small-to-medium-sized operation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Squarespace? Limited Scalability & Integrations: If you plan to scale rapidly, manage thousands of products, or need deep integrations with niche third-party software (like specific accounting or warehouse management tools), you might eventually feel restricted. It's not as robust as a dedicated e-commerce giant like Shopify. Less Flexibility: While the templates are gorgeous, the design freedom is more contained than platforms like WordPress. If you need highly complex or custom layouts outside the template structure, it can be a bit challenging. Pricing: The higher-tier commerce plans can get pricey, and you need to be on a commerce-specific plan to avoid transaction fees (which is a must-have for any serious seller). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Squarespace solving and how is that benefiting you? Problem Solved: Technical Complexity (Coding & Hosting) Squarespace Solution: It is an all-in-one platform with a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) or drag-and-drop editor. It bundles the hosting, domain, and site builder together. Benefit: You don't need to learn to code or worry about separate web hosting, installing software, or managing servers. This makes launching your online presence fast, non-technical, and accessible to anyone. Problem Solved: Inconsistent or Unattractive Design Squarespace Solution: It offers a curated collection of professionally designed, mobile-responsive templates. Benefit: Your website looks high-end, credible, and polished right out of the box, without needing to hire a web designer. Your site will also automatically look great and function well on all devices (desktops, tablets, and phones). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Jessica M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jessica M.") JM Jessica M. Freelance Graphic Designer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/4/2024 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "A Robust Platform That's Difficult to Design" 2/5 What do you like best about Squarespace? There are so many capabilities Squarespace has in-house—most notably, mailing lists and monetization. It's easy to post content, and there's a lot you can do with no knowledge of coding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Squarespace? The design is completely in-flexible if you need to change, say a title to a different spot or creating columned sections of text/images. The user interface is buggy when you want to change margins on the page or rearrange objects. It takes so long just to move one paragraph above a paragraph and add spaces for margins, it's completely unreasonably buggy—the paragraphs flip away from the cursor and refuse to be positioned in spot. And while the interface for a regular website is easy to add content in, if you make any changes to the spacing, then the responsive is also difficult to work with. I redesigned the entire website in Wordpress, and it was like a breath of fresh air, because I didn't have to fight with the interface to get it to do what I wanted. I understand that Squarespace is designed for people who don't have an understanding of website development, and I do. Even so, if the responsive were more intuitive and the margins and columns were easier to work with, this would be my program! Because the rest of it is really incredible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Squarespace solving and how is that benefiting you? I tried Squarespace as a website builder because I had worked with Wordpress and wondered if Squarespace would be an easier quicker option for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 12/5/2024 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness") UH Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/28/2021 "Lacks Functionality" 1.5/5 What do you like best about Squarespace? Squarespace was great to get a website started, and it has a lot of options on fonts and styles, but the building blocks for it are rather pedantic and a little difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Squarespace? When I started my website, Squarespace had templates that you could use, and then switch them out when you like. IN the new version, they have a style editor, and it really has limited functionality and makes the websites look so elementary. What was touted to be an easy website builder, really requires coding skills in order for it to make sense? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Squarespace solving and how is that benefiting you? I used Squarespace as the mode and medium for my website and e-commerce sellng. It was okay, but because of its lack of integrations, I found I could not sell and do the things I want it to do with facebook and Instagram to name as an example Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Michael L.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Michael L.") ML Michael L. Consultant and Faciltator Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/15/2019 "Good Idea. Poor Execution" 2/5 What do you like best about Squarespace? I like the concept of Square Space: A responsive web editor that allows drag and drop capability coupled with a WYSIWYG editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Squarespace? Compared to Weebly, a similar concept, Square Space some how does not deliver on its concept. The drag and drop is not easy to manipulate. Embedding pictures leaves a lot to be desired. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Squarespace: If you need a website that can clear your credit card transaction, then look at Square Space. If you do not have that need look at Wix or Weebly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Squarespace solving and how is that benefiting you? I needed a static website for use as my profession. The only benefit I realized was the responsive design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 3/9/2021 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite SH Steven H. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/6/2019 "Wanted to love, but didn't" 1.5/5 What do you like best about Squarespace? Squarespace offers some beautiful templates and I cannot say enough great things about the way they look. Design is top-notch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Squarespace? Customization for new users is almost non-existent. I did not appreciate being locked into their way of doing things. Much prefer Wix to Squarespace for this reason. Reminds me of Rapidweaver which I loved back in the day before online website editors became available everywhere. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Squarespace: They offer a free trial and so I genuinely would suggest trying Squarespace and Wix side by side so you can compare and find the one that works the best for you. You will quickly understand how you yourself prefer to work and which one will work best for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Squarespace solving and how is that benefiting you? We tried creating some of our websites using Squarespace (we make plenty per year for different new ventures). However, we were not very impressed. Will say that if you do not know how to make a website look great you will love this. EASY TO USE AND WILL LOOK GREAT, but NO CUSTOMIZATION. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Lydia W.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Lydia W.") LW Lydia W. Co-Owner Internet Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/24/2018 "Marginal Customer Service" 1.5/5 What do you like best about Squarespace? Simple setup for novice website building. Lots of theme options. Attractive platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Squarespace? Customer service usually offers a quick response, but more often than not just throwing links at you, even if the answer might be as simple as a yes or no. Quite a bit pricier than other options and SSL's are not included with hosting like some other hosting sites offer. Even if your content is just informational secure sites are preferred on Google searches and rank higher than non secured sites, so SSL is important. Also, themes can be inflexible and the learning curve is equal to just learning WordPress yourself. Once you do that, there are a huge amount of plugins to help you achieve almost anything you want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Squarespace solving and how is that benefiting you? Square Space was an okay temporary stop gap for me, but between being overpriced and inflexible not something I cared to cope with for very long. Other sites offer WAY more help and don't just bury you with links to FAQ's that may or may not help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Cara M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Cara M.") CM Cara M. OFFICE MANAGER Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/12/2017 "Not for people that know what they're doing" 2/5 What do you like best about Squarespace? Squarespace has some nice templates and is fairly user friendly if you don't have very specific ideas about what your site should look like and you don't need it to do much other than advertise your business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Squarespace? The drag and drop functionality of the templates is very frustrating. You can't always get elements to go where you want them to go and you are stuck with a rigid column-based layout dictated by your template. If you want one section of text to be a different color than the colors specified in your styles for whatever reason, you must use custom CSS code to make that happen. E-commerce has limitations as well if you're selling experiences (like tickets to an event, for instance) instead of physical products. If you have experience with custom web development and design, you will probably find Squarespace frustrating and limiting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Squarespace: There are other wysiwyg editors that are more user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Squarespace solving and how is that benefiting you? I've used Squarespace to quickly set up websites for small businesses. The site is competitively priced and is easy for a web design novice to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Cosmetics](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Cosmetics") AC Verified User in Cosmetics Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/5/2018 "Not easy to learn." 2/5 What do you like best about Squarespace? I like the way you can look at orders and the templates they have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Squarespace? How you have to manually enter all the customer information into your own system and then add the shipping information back in when something ships. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Squarespace: Whenever something ships you have to manually enter the shipping information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Squarespace solving and how is that benefiting you? E-commerce - allows you to get your name out there and people to buy things online in todays fast pace world. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Raimo K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Raimo K.") RK Raimo K. Freelance Website Designer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/28/2017 "Squarespace - okay for basic websites" 2/5 What do you like best about Squarespace? Fairly easy for beginners to setup, pick a template, add your content blocks, and away you go! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Squarespace? Can't do much more than basic websites, no advanced designs or layouts with a website builder like this. Also have to use their third party integrations, not all third party solutions can be used. For example, a limited choice of payment platforms, and for marketing, you can use solution like Mailchimp, but not Constant Contact. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Squarespace: Does the basics, but make sure it has the integrations you need. Price can add up quickly, especially the "month-to-month" plans for their online stores. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Squarespace solving and how is that benefiting you? If you want control of the build and updates, this is a viable alternative. It also allows you to let others handle the updates, just give them the login info. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 5/2/2024 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Consumer Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Consumer Services") AC Verified User in Consumer Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/20/2017 "Not as user friendly for newbies as I had hoped" 1.5/5 What do you like best about Squarespace? I like the ease of purchasing a domain and the vast number of templates available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Squarespace? I don't like that many of the templates aren't more drag and drop friendly. It feels difficult and not intuitive to set up content boxes, image boxes, etc and then to add the content you want in those boxes. It's too time-consuming and I wish I would've gone with Wix. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Squarespace: Go with Wix if you're a newbie Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Squarespace solving and how is that benefiting you? Working on new blog initiatives for a new brand, but haven't realized any benefits at this point. We may switch to Wix to make it more accessible for changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Squarespace? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Squarespace ](https://www.g2.com/products/squarespace/discussions/new) GU Guest User What is Squarespace used for? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-squarespace-used-for) GU Guest User • Last activity over 3 years ago What are premium features on squarespace? 0 Upvotes 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-premium-features-on-squarespace) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/squarespace/discuss) ## Pricing Options Pricing provided by Squarespace. ### Business $18 per month billed annually ### Commerce $26 per month billed annually ### Personal $8 per month billed annually [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/squarespace/pricing) Squarespace Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_c1309f9c31f9c3bd6f946d5e864cffca/wix.png "Product Avatar Image") Wix 4.2/5(1,889) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/squarespace-vs-wix) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_d2295191ae7e31fe5bb82cb311c7cb95/hostinger.png "Product Avatar Image") Hostinger 4.4/5(831) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/hostinger-vs-squarespace) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_0f32819aa4b07ede3c5fea27d225de81/siteground.png "Product Avatar Image") SiteGround 4.2/5(308) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/siteground-vs-squarespace) ##### ##### Squarespace Features Customizations Templates Drag and Drop Domain Name Growth SEO Site Analytics Marketing Tools Content Email Integrations Content Management Permissions Support Customer Support [ View More Features ](https://www.g2.com/products/squarespace/features) ##### Categories on G2 [Website Builder](https://www.g2.com/categories/website-builder) ##### Explore More [What is the best website builder for e-commerce stores?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-best-website-builder-for-e-commerce-stores)[Which emergency management software provides real-time situational awareness and mass communication during security incidents?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-emergency-management-software-provides-real-time-situational-awareness-and-mass-communication-during-security-incidents)[Which cloud edge security tools work best for a remote workforce where employees need fast but locked-down access to corporate resources from anywhere?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-cloud-edge-security-tools-work-best-for-a-remote-workforce-where-employees-need-fast-but-locked-down-access-to-corporate-resources-from-anywhere) [What are some email archiving solutions for financial services firms needing SEC and FINRA-compliant long-term retention?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-some-email-archiving-solutions-for-financial-services-firms-needing-sec-and-finra-compliant-long-term-retention%20)[Which commenting systems provide real-time analytics on comment trends and reader sentiment per article?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-commenting-systems-provide-real-time-analytics-on-comment-trends-and-reader-sentiment-per-article%20)[Pros and Cons Details](https://www.g2.com/products/squarespace/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)