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Squarespace
AI Website Builders & HostingSquarespace is an all-in-one website builder known for its designer templates, with hosting, SSL and commerce included. Its Blueprint AI builder asks about your goals and style, then assembles a site from its design system that you refine in the Fluid Engine editor. It also bundles scheduling, invoicing, email campaigns and member areas.
Pricing
Squarespace pricing
Free plan: no (14-day trial). Paid from ~$16/mo billed annually (Personal)
Last checked September 2026 · Confirm on squarespace.com
Features
What Squarespace does
- Designer templates and Fluid Engine drag-and-drop editor
- Blueprint AI guided site builder on every plan
- Online store for physical, digital products and services
- Blog with scheduling and categories
- Acuity Scheduling, invoicing and email campaigns
- Extensions for shipping, tax and accounting
Pros
- Consistently polished design output with little effort
- Hosting, security and updates fully managed
- Commerce, scheduling and marketing tools in one account
- Mobile app for editing and managing orders
Cons
- No free plan, only a trial
- Only blog and page content can be exported, not the full site design
- Far smaller extension ecosystem than Shopify or WordPress
- Advanced store needs such as complex filtering or custom checkouts are limited
Fit
Who Squarespace is for
Look elsewhere if: Large stores with complex catalogues should use Shopify, and sites needing extensive custom functionality are better on WordPress or Webflow.
For teams & enterprise
Enterprise readiness
Squarespace Enterprise is SOC 2 Type II; Premium and Enterprise can put sites or pages behind SSO for internal audiences.
- Business / enterprise plan
- Yes
- SSO (SAML / OIDC)
- Enterprise plan
- SCIM user provisioning
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- SOC 2
- Type II
- ISO 27001
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- HIPAA (BAA available)
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- GDPR DPA
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- Data residency options
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- No training on your data
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- Audit logs
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- Admin controls
- Enterprise plan
- Deployment
- Cloud
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| Website Builders feature checklist | |
|---|---|
| AI site generation | Guided (Blueprint AI) |
| E-commerce | Yes |
| Blog / CMS | Yes |
| Hosting included | Yes |
| Custom domain | Yes |
| Code / content export | Limited |
| SEO tools | Yes |
| App / plugin marketplace | Limited |
| Design freedom | Medium |
Squarespace compared
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Buying guides
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