Summary
Squarespace Review (2026): The Price, the Term and What the Entry Plan Actually Includes
Squarespace's pricing page offered a 14-day trial and let us switch its regional quote from VND to USD. With annual billing selected it displayed Basic at USD 10/month and Core at USD 14/month; these regional observations must not be treated as guaranteed US checkout prices. Basic lists a 2% online-store fee and 7% digital-content fee, while Core lists 0% and 5% respectively.
Buying guide
Product and Plan Guidance
US website-builder company selling design-led templates with unlimited bandwidth on every plan.
Choosing the Right Plan
Separate the website subscription from transaction and payment-processing costs. Basic's store and digital-content fees differ, and Core does not remove every possible payment cost. Use the 14-day trial to evaluate the editor, then confirm the full annual bill for the actual billing country. This is documentation-based guidance, not an independent editor or conversion test.
- Basic — annual, observed regional USD quote: Calculated from displayed USD 10/month with annual billing after selecting USD in the public page;12 x 10 =120. Browser locale Vietnam. Not guaranteed US-market checkout pricing. Observed 2026-09-11.
- Core — annual, observed regional USD quote: Calculated from displayed USD 14/month with annual billing;12 x 14 =168. USD selected, browser locale Vietnam; verify target-market checkout. Core shows 0% online-store and 5% digital-content fees. Observed 2026-09-11.
Official pricing source (squarespace.com). Observed September 11, 2026. Values are a dated price observation, not live quotes.
A closer look
Inside Squarespace
At a glance
Pros and Cons
What we liked
- Unlimited bandwidth on every plan, including the entry tier
- The transaction-fee ladder is published plainly, and products carry 0% from the Business plan upwards
- A custom domain for the first year is included on every paid plan
- 14-day trial without a credit card
What we did not
- The plan prices are not present in the pricing page as served, so the cost has to be read in the checkout flow
- No free tier, only a trial
- Storage is not published; only video-hosting hours differentiate the tiers
- Digital content and memberships still carry a fee below the Advanced Commerce plan
Community
User Reviews & Ratings
Customer feedback is separate from our editorial assessment and vendor documentation.
Ratings by Source
No verified rating or review count is available for Squarespace yet.
Trustpilot and other platform scores will appear separately when recorded. Not available does not mean zero reviews.
Community Reviews
No original community posts are linked for this product yet.
Vendor documentation is not customer feedback.
Pricing
Squarespace Pricing
Prices use the recorded currency and billing period. Monthly equivalents appear only when recorded; these are not live quotes.
Basic — annual, observed regional USD quotePopular
Calculated from displayed USD 10/month with annual billing after selecting USD in the public page;12 x 10 =120. Browser locale Vietnam. Not guaranteed US-market checkout pricing. Observed 2026-09-11. Source: https://www.squarespace.com/pricing
$120/year
$10 per month
Verified Sep 11, 2026Core — annual, observed regional USD quote
Calculated from displayed USD 14/month with annual billing;12 x 14 =168. USD selected, browser locale Vietnam; verify target-market checkout. Core shows 0% online-store and 5% digital-content fees. Observed 2026-09-11. Source: https://www.squarespace.com/pricing
$168/year
$14 per month
Verified Sep 11, 2026
Features
What You Get
- Entry price per monthNot verified
- Free custom domainYes
A custom domain for the first year is included on Personal, Business, Commerce and Advanced Commerce
- Free planNo
No free tier; a "14-day free trial" with "no credit card required" is offered instead
- Storage on the entry planNot verified
- BandwidthUnlimited
"Unlimited bandwidth" on every plan
- Ecommerce includedYes
Commerce features on every plan, with the transaction fee falling by tier
- Transaction fee on the entry plan2%
Products: 2% on Personal, 0% on Business, Commerce and Advanced Commerce. Digital content and memberships: 7% on Personal, 5% on Business, 1% on Commerce, 0% on Advanced Commerce
- Money-back windowNot verified
- Renewal price publishedNot verified
- Free trial14 days
No free tier; a "14-day free trial" with "no credit card required" is offered instead
Specifications
Key Facts
- Vendor
- Squarespace
- Website
- squarespace.com
- Free trial
- 14 days
- Money-back guarantee
- Not recorded
- storage
- Storage is not published; the plans are differentiated by video hosting (30 minutes, 5 hours, 50 hours, unlimited)
- bandwidth
- "Unlimited bandwidth" on every plan
- ecommerce
- Commerce features on every plan, with the transaction fee falling by tier
- free plan
- No free tier; a "14-day free trial" with "no credit card required" is offered instead
- entry price
- The pricing page did not render plan prices in the page as served
- free domain
- A custom domain for the first year is included on Personal, Business, Commerce and Advanced Commerce
- contributors
- 2 contributors on Personal; unlimited on Business, Commerce and Advanced Commerce
- transaction fees
- Products: 2% on Personal, 0% on Business, Commerce and Advanced Commerce. Digital content and memberships: 7% on Personal, 5% on Business, 1% on Commerce, 0% on Advanced Commerce
- price not published
- The plans page renders its prices from a pricing component; the figures were not present in the page as served on 2026-09-05, so no price is recorded.
In depth
Our Review
What This Builder Is
US website-builder company selling design-led templates with unlimited bandwidth on every plan.
Unlimited bandwidth and a free domain on every plan, with transaction fees that fall to zero above the entry tier.
Price and the Term It Requires
Pricing: The plans page renders its prices from a pricing component; the figures were not present in the page as served on 2026-09-05, so no price is recorded.
A 14-day free trial is stated.
We record the price as unknown rather than quoting a figure from a review site.
What the Plan Includes
Custom domain: A custom domain for the first year is included on Personal, Business, Commerce and Advanced Commerce.
Storage: Storage is not published; the plans are differentiated by video hosting (30 minutes, 5 hours, 50 hours, unlimited)
Bandwidth: "Unlimited bandwidth" on every plan.
Free plan: No free tier; a "14-day free trial" with "no credit card required" is offered instead
Ecommerce: Commerce features on every plan, with the transaction fee falling by tier.
Transaction fees: Products: 2% on Personal, 0% on Business, Commerce and Advanced Commerce. Digital content and memberships: 7% on Personal, 5% on Business, 1% on Commerce, 0% on Advanced Commerce.
Limits and Team Access
Page limit: none stated on the plan page.
CMS items: none stated on the plan page.
Contributors or seats: 2 contributors on Personal; unlimited on Business, Commerce and Advanced Commerce.
Free trial: 14 days.
What We Could Verify and What Remains Unknown
Verified on 2026-09-05 from: Squarespace pricing, Squarespace privacy policy.
Still unknown after reading those pages: plan prices; storage allowance; money-back policy. We leave those blank rather than filling them in from a review site.
The previous missing-price limitation is superseded by the dated pricing section above. Other unresolved evidence remains unresolved.
Choosing the Right Plan
Separate the website subscription from transaction and payment-processing costs. Basic's store and digital-content fees differ, and Core does not remove every possible payment cost. Use the 14-day trial to evaluate the editor, then confirm the full annual bill for the actual billing country. This is documentation-based guidance, not an independent editor or conversion test.
Plans and Pricing — September 2026
- Basic — annual, observed regional USD quote: Calculated from displayed USD 10/month with annual billing after selecting USD in the public page;12 x 10 =120. Browser locale Vietnam. Not guaranteed US-market checkout pricing. Observed 2026-09-11.
- Core — annual, observed regional USD quote: Calculated from displayed USD 14/month with annual billing;12 x 14 =168. USD selected, browser locale Vietnam; verify target-market checkout. Core shows 0% online-store and 5% digital-content fees. Observed 2026-09-11.
Official pricing source (squarespace.com). Observed September 11, 2026. Values are a dated price observation, not live quotes.
Practical Checks Before Choosing
Separate the website subscription, online-store transaction fee, digital-content fee and payment processor's charge. They can all be different costs. Basic and Core have different commerce fees, so a subscription that looks cheaper can cost more for a particular sales mix. The earlier captured dollar quotes are explicitly regional; confirm your actual billing country's checkout. Use the trial to build a representative page, check mobile behavior and test required integrations. The website example is a vendor-presented design example, not a screenshot of the editor or proof of conversion performance.
Official source (squarespace.com). Observed September 11, 2026. Documentation-based guidance, not hands-on test results.
Alternatives
If Squarespace Is Not the One
Wix has a permanently free tier, so the platform can be tried before any payment.
A commerce-first builder from $19/month on a yearly plan, with the third-party payment fee falling from 2% to 0.2%.
Shopify publishes its transaction-fee ladder, so the cost of selling is knowable in advance.
Hosted WordPress from $4/month with plugins and themes unlocked on every paid plan.
Automattic has a permanently free tier, so the platform can be tried before any payment.
A design-tool builder from $10/month with a free custom domain, but hard page and CMS limits.
Framer has a permanently free tier, so the platform can be tried before any payment.
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- official pricingSquarespace pricing(squarespace.com)· factVerified Sep 5, 2026
- official documentationfeatures page (discovered)(squarespace.com)Verified Sep 6, 2026
- official documentationterms page (discovered)(squarespace.com)Verified Sep 6, 2026
- official documentationsecurity page (discovered)(squarespace.com)Verified Sep 6, 2026
- official documentationSquarespace privacy policy(squarespace.com)· factVerified Sep 6, 2026
Appears in: Best Website Builder for Beginners (2026) (#6), Best Website Builder for Portfolios and Small Sites (2026) (#5), Best Website Builder for Online Stores (2026) (#4), Best Website Builders (2026) (#6)