Wix
$17at 1 site
$8 a month cheaper$51 at 3 sites
A business that wants the widest spread of built-in tools (shop, bookings, pricing plans, forms, AI design) on one platform and is happy to pay a year up front.
- Also lists appointment booking
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Squarespace alternatives
The 9 closest of 10, each with its real monthly cost at 1 site and what it does that Squarespace does not. See all 17.
Wix does everything we verified about Squarespace for $8 a month less at 1 site, $17 against $25. It is a price cut rather than an upgrade: on the two features checked against the vendors’ own pricing pages the two are level. The trade: Squarespace is built for a creative portfolio and Wix is not, so this is a swap with a cost.
Why people look for an alternative
There is no free plan and the cheapest plan still costs $25 a month billed monthly, scheduling and email campaigns are separate paid products rather than plan features, and the page lists nothing on multilingual sites or staging.
It runs $25 a month at 1 site with the add-ons it forces on you included. 7 of the 10 alternatives to Squarespace cost less than that.
The closest thing to Squarespace
Ranked by how much of what we record for Squarespace each platform also does. Wix is the nearest, and it is $8 a month cheaper at 1 site. On every feature this site records, the two are level.
Cheaper, with nothing we record missing
Everything this site records for Squarespace is also recorded for these, and they cost less at 1 site. That is not the same as saying they are better: the last column is what Squarespace is built for that they are not, and for someone who needs that, the saving is not a saving.
| Platform | At 1 site | You save | What Squarespace does that it does not |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress.com | $9 | $16 | site, shop, booking and email in one and a creative portfolio |
| Wix | $17 | $8 | a creative portfolio |
The rest, in order of how close they are
Prices are the real monthly cost at 1 site with the add-ons each platform forces on you included, from the same engine the shortlist quiz uses.
WordPress.com
$9at 1 site
$16 a month cheaper$27 at 3 sites
Someone who wants real WordPress (plugins, themes, their own code on Business) with hosting, backups and updates handled, from a free blog up to a WooCommerce store.
- Also lists email marketing and a staging site
GoDaddy Website Builder
$19.99at 1 site
$5.01 a month cheaper$49.99 at 3 sites
Someone who wants to describe a business and have a site, store or simple web app generated and hosted by a household-name registrar, starting free.
- Also lists appointment booking
- Does not list a members area
Webflow
$25at 1 site
Same money$75 at 3 sites
Designers and marketing teams who want full visual control over layout and a real CMS, and are willing to pay per site plus per seat for it.
- Also lists a multilingual site and a staging site
- Does not list a free domain for the first year and a members area
Durable
$25at 1 site
Same money$75 at 3 sites
A one-person service business that wants a site, bookings, a CRM and invoicing generated in minutes and is happy to let AI do the design.
- Also lists appointment booking and a multilingual site
- Does not list selling products online and a members area
10Web
$20at 1 site
$5 a month cheaper$45 at 3 sites
Someone who wants an AI-generated site but on real WordPress they can take elsewhere, with hosting, staging and a free domain in the same price.
- Also lists a staging site
- Does not list a blog, forms and a members area
Hostinger Website Builder
$11.99at 1 site
$13.01 a month cheaper$11.99 at 3 sites
Getting a first site, or several, online for the least money when you are willing to pay a year or more upfront and let the AI draft it.
- Also lists appointment booking and email marketing
- Does not list custom code, forms and a members area
Duda
$25at 1 site
Same money$69 at 3 sites
Agencies and freelancers building and hosting many client sites from one account, with client logins, team seats and white-labelling priced in.
- Also lists appointment booking and a multilingual site
- Does not list a blog, a free domain for the first year and a members area
Framer
$15at 1 site
$10 a month cheaper$45 at 3 sites
A designer or startup that wants a visually exact marketing site with AI agents and staging, and does not need a shop or bookings.
- Also lists a multilingual site and a staging site
- Does not list a blog, custom code, selling products online, forms and a members area
What Squarespace is still the best answer for
A small business or creative that wants a polished site, shop, memberships and payments from one subscription without touching code.
On this site it is the pick for site, shop, booking and email in one, a mature platform with a large ecosystem and a creative portfolio. If that is you, read the savings above and then ignore them.
Squarespace against one other, side by side
The pairs people actually search for, each one priced at the same four sizes off both vendors' own pages.
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Questions people ask about Squarespace alternatives
What is the closest alternative to Squarespace?
Wix. It is $8 a month cheaper at the size we compare on and gives up nothing we verify, though you should read why it exists before swapping: no two of these do exactly the same job.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Squarespace?
WordPress.com and Wix are cheaper and level with Squarespace on every feature we verify. Nothing here is strictly better: each one exists to do a slightly different job.
How much does Squarespace cost?
Squarespace is $25 a month at 1 site and $250 at 10 sites, read off their own pricing page and re-checked every week.
Why do people look for alternatives to Squarespace?
There is no free plan and the cheapest plan still costs $25 a month billed monthly, scheduling and email campaigns are separate paid products rather than plan features, and the page lists nothing on multilingual sites or staging.
How many alternatives to Squarespace are there?
We compare 10 of them here, every one priced at the same size off its own pricing page, and the whole list of 17 is on the website software page.
Should yours be on this list? If you make website builders and WordPress hosts and it is not compared here, ask to be shortlisted. Listings are free and cannot be bought.
How to read the feature lines
Two features were checked against each vendor's own pricing page: a free plan and running WordPress. Those are the ones written above as does and does not. The other twelve are read out of each vendor's own pricing page, so an absence there means we did not find it listed, not that the product lacks it, and those lines say lists and does not list instead. How all of this gets checked.
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