Squarespace: business software for small teams
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Squarespace helps you build pages and funnels by starting with a website builder with designer templates, hosting, a store, scheduling and AI tools. It is best for creators, service businesses and small shops that want a polished site without code. People also use it to handle orders and inventory. A free trial is available.
What it does
- Designer templates with visual editing and built-in hosting
- Online store with discounts, automated taxes and shipping
- Scheduling, client and lead capture tools for service businesses
- AI credits on every plan for writing and design help
- Free custom domain on annual plans and a year of Google Workspace email on Core and above
- Wix: website builder with a free plan
- Shopify: commerce-first store platform
- Framer: design-led websites
Editorial note
Squarespace is an all-in-one website builder. You start from a designer template, edit it visually, and publish with hosting and a custom domain included. Built-in tools cover selling products, booking appointments, collecting leads and running email, with AI credits on each plan to help write and design.
Who it’s for
- Creators and photographers who want a polished portfolio
- Service businesses that need booking, client management and payments
- Small shops selling a modest catalog of products
- Not ideal for: large stores that need deep inventory, many integrations or complex B2B selling.
Key use cases
- Funnels & pages
- Orders & inventory
What you can do with it
Squarespace hosts your website and gives you the tools to run a small business from it. You pick a template, customize layouts and content, and connect a domain. Store features handle products, discounts, taxes and shipping, and Squarespace Payments takes cards. Squarespace also offers tools for client management, scheduling, courses and memberships, aimed at professional services, beauty and fitness businesses.
How to use Squarespace: step-by-step tutorial
Five to eight steps from the account to a first useful result. Where the official guide names a control, the step uses that name. Where it does not, the step stays general.
- Start a 14-day free trial at squarespace.com.
- Pick a template that fits your business.
- Replace the sample content, pages and images with your own.
- Add products, services or booking if you sell online.
- Choose a plan and connect a domain to publish.
These steps follow the official guide: Squarespace pricing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Squarespace used for?
Building and hosting websites, portfolios and online stores, plus booking, client management and memberships for service businesses.
Does Squarespace charge transaction fees?
Basic has a 2% online store transaction fee. Core, Plus and Advanced have no fees on online store transactions, though card processing rates apply.
Does Squarespace include a domain?
The pricing page lists a free custom domain on its plans, marked with conditions; it is tied to annual billing.
Is Squarespace free?
There is a 14-day free trial but no permanent free plan. Basic starts at $19 a month billed annually.
Pricing
Prices checked on the official pricing page.
- Free trial
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14 days
Try any website plan before paying
- Basic
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$19/month billed annually
Free custom domain, 2 contributors, SEO and mobile optimization, 2% online store transaction fee
- Core
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$29/month billed annually
Unlimited contributors, no online store transaction fees, lead capture, automated taxes and shipping, 20 AI credits/month
- Plus
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$49/month billed annually
Everything in Core, card rates from 2.7% + $0.30, reserved cart and countdown timer, 40 AI credits/month
- Advanced
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$99/month billed annually
Card rates from 2.5% + $0.30, high-traffic checkout, no fees on digital content and memberships, 120 AI credits/month
- There is no free plan, Basic charges a 2% store fee, and AI credits are limited by plan.
- Vendors change plans; confirm on the official page before you buy.
Facts
- Access
- Free trial
- Paid plans from
- $19/month billed annually
- Checked
- Category
- Category: Business and productivity tools (153 in the library).
- On the record
- Squarespace’s pricing page says websites are free for 14 days. There is no permanent free plan; annual billing saves up to 36%.