Squarespace review

Squarespace plans start at €15, and the opening term is an introductory €11 for 12 months. That entry figure sits above the site median €13.15 and below the upper quartile €29, so the opening year is the cheaper part of the deal.

The plan renews at €15, the same figure as the standard starting price €15, so the introductory €11 does not carry into later terms. Budget for the full rate once the intro period ends, and check the transaction fee 2% on each sale if you run a store.

The free plan is marked no, so a site or store costs money as soon as you sign up, with entry at €15. The route in is a free trial, and it runs 14 days, with a money back window of 14 days covering the early part of a paid term.

The commerce plan is priced at €15, close to the site median €14. Each sale also carries a transaction fee of 2%, which adds up on a store with steady volume. Both site and store building are covered, site and store.

Included features list free ssl and email, so a free SSL certificate and email are part of the plan rather than add ons. Hosting runs across website, ecommerce and commerce, which keeps site, commerce, domains and email inside a single subscription instead of separate products.

Support runs on email, chat and help centre, so a person is reachable by email or chat, with a help centre and a community behind those. No phone line is listed among the channels, which matters if you would rather talk through a store outage.

The stated audience is beginners and small business. Building covers site and store, and hosting types run website, ecommerce and commerce, so a small business can publish a site and a store without buying separate products. The company is registered in the US as Squarespace, Inc..

On price from, Squarespace ranks 139 of 199, so the entry figure is high among the brands compared. The transaction fee is less unusual at rank 67 of 78, while the e-commerce plan sits at 88 of 160.