Square Online vs. Squarespace

Square Online

125 Reviews and Ratings

Squarespace

318 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Square Online	Score7.4 out of 10	N/A	Square Online (formerly Weebly) is a basic content management system with blogging and eCommerce features. It can be utilized for building standard websites or specialized webpages for online stores.	$13 per month
Squarespace	Score8.6 out of 10	N/A	Squarespace is a CMS platform that allows users to create a DIY blog, eCommerce store, and/or portfolio (visual art or music). Some Squarespace website and shop templates are industry or use case-specific, such as menu builders for restaurant sites.	$25 per month

Pricing

Square Online

Squarespace

Personal: $13
per month
Professional: $16
per month
Performance: $29
per month
Free: Free
Free

Basic: $25
per month
Core: $36
per month
Plus: $56
per month
Advanced: $139
per month

Pricing Offerings
Square Online	Squarespace
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

Pricing decreases when paid annually: Personal - $10/Month Professional - $12/Month Performance - $26/Month

28% to 36% discount available for annual pricing.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Square Online	Squarespace
Considered Both Products	Block, Inc (Square) Albina Walczak Branch Manager in Professional Services at Kyklep (Consumer Goods, 51-200 employees) Chose Square Online Weebly is very intuitive and practical to use software, though prices of ".com" domains are too high they are presenting quality service to create and edit your site on the way you want. I used WordPress and Squarespace myself for my blog, they are also reasonable and good … Incentivized Helpful? Jill Nimmer-Beres Grant Writer & Webmaster in Social Media at Silver Star Brands f/k/a Miles Kimball Company (Non-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees) Chose Square Online Weebly was always one of the top-rated solutions in the website-builder arena. We had experience with GoDaddy, and were sadly disappointed in the clunkiness and general lack of quality features. We finally chose Weebly over its runner-up, Squarespace, because it was a cheaper … Incentivized Helpful? Victor Fernandes CEO (Chief Executive Officer) at Creatively (Entertainment, 1-10 employees) Chose Square Online Weebly has the best price compared to this three and it's very, very simple to use. Wix is a quite more satisfying in terms of getting exactly what you want in the aesthetics, and Squarespace has a lot of fancy themes and a very good support team, but it only beats Weebly in … Incentivized Helpful? Sarah Rahbari CCMA and Clinical Coordinator Manager in Quality Assurance at Women's Care Florida (Hospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees) Chose Square Online Weebly has more options to edit the effects of how any picture or text box appears when going on the page, such as transition and or fade in or out. It has more animation options than Squarespace. Incentivized Helpful? Amber Stanley-Kruth Account Manager in Marketing at 121 Digital Marketing (Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees) Chose Square Online I have used both and Squarespace offers more app integrations but is more restrictive with design layout. The major difference is Weebly uses a free-flow drop and drag, whereas Squarespace has bullet-style areas that you can add text/photo/link, etc. I like Squarespace for the … Incentivized Helpful? Robert Allen WordPress Developer in Product Management at Splash Mktg (Design, 1-10 employees) Chose Square Online Squarespace is an underpowered and less-intuitive version of Weebly, which requires your customers go to site.Squarespace.com to finish the checkout process. This is absolutely unacceptable and I would never recommend anyone use them because of this alone, so no other … Incentivized Helpful? Kristin Cole Owner in Corporate at Sound Wave Events (Events Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Square Online Five years ago we did a rebrand for our company and built a completely new website. This was good opportunity for us to make sure that Weebly was the platform we wanted to use for our web design. We looked into several other companies and found that Weebly offered the most … Incentivized Helpful? Ben Caplan Risk Manager, and Insurance Agent in Sales at Hummel and Plum Insurance Agency Inc. (Insurance, 11-50 employees) Chose Square Online Weebly stacks up well against its competitors because it is priced relatively, has excellent functionality and the option to add lots of plug-ins and add-ons. Weebly is ranked as one of the top Blogging and eCommerce site builders online for someone without the expertise of … Incentivized Helpful? dishant sharma Programmer and content writer in Information Technology at Ethical hacking online (Computer Software, 11-50 employees) Chose Square Online Weebly is easier to use than these platforms. One can easily create stylish looking websites without needing to type even a single line of code. We find Weebly super easy to use and they also provide a code editor which is usually not present in the similar website creators. … Incentivized Helpful? Robbin Block Creative Marketing Strategist, Instructor, Moderator, Author in Marketing at BLOCKbETA Marketing (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Square Online Weebly is the easiest to use and most robust platform I've found so far. It has its downsides relative to the other ones, like a limited number of templates, and not being great for e-commerce or blogging. It's really a matter of figuring out what's right for your business in … Incentivized Helpful? Emily Hammell Marketing and Social Media Coordinator in Marketing at Becovic Management Group (Real Estate, 11-50 employees) Chose Square Online Weebly's designs, plugins, and customization options are a little more advanced in some cases than other similar programs. WordPress requires a different level of expertise and knowledge of code, keywording, and plugins, so I wouldn't even compare them. Wix is a little more … Incentivized Helpful? James McQuillin Owner in Marketing at 1 on 1 Lessons (Consumer Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Square Online Weebly is great for early-stage beginners with no website building experience but with a solid foundation of basic computer skills. If you like to explore and learn, I would highly recommend taking more time and researching/learning WordPress instead as they have so many themes … Incentivized Helpful? Momoko Sudo Owner at MOMOKO Abstract Art (Arts and Crafts, 1-10 employees) Chose Square Online I thought Weebly had better reviews after reading reviews on various sites. Incentivized Helpful?	Squarespace Jeff Montgomery CTO in Manufacturing at Animal Necessity (Veterinary, 11-50 employees) Chose Squarespace Squarespace was quicker to set up and more accessible to manipulate the theme, pictures, and content. The page layouts are more versatile and fluid. With WordPress, more time-consuming efforts go into making a template work the way you want it to (because of the lack of the … Incentivized Helpful? Darcy Knapp, MBA Owner/President in Corporate at SEO Web Mechanics (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Squarespace Squarespace offers better SEO options and ease of use than Wix/Weebly site builders. Squarespace is easy to manage and easy to track inventory and sales. For companies with lower skill sets in-house, it is also very easy to train staff to manage the platform. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Squarespace Squarespace is the best option relative to other web hosting and design platforms we initially reviewed. It was a bit more expensive than some of the free models we looked at but those sites often came with hidden fees if we wanted to customize anything and Squarespace has … Incentivized Helpful? Courtney Birnbaum Distribution Producer in Social Media at Club Swim Show (Motion Pictures & Film, 11-50 employees) Chose Squarespace Each website or webstore backend that I've used has different purposes, so do not let me mislead you. Squarespace provides the best balance of website, blog and storefront for my purposes, and outright beats Weebly for a better appearance in your final product. Tumblr and WordPr… Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Squarespace Squarespace has the simplest and most elegant WYSIWYG editor among these competitors. It's simple to understand the components and to move the elements around in a way that will look visually appealing - it's hard to make a Squarespace website look truly bad. WordPress is … Incentivized Helpful? Christy Price Web Designer at Christy Price Web Design (Design, 1-10 employees) Chose Squarespace Squarespace, like Wix and Weebly, is a closed-source platform - meaning that you don't have to deal with the security issues surrounding WordPress. You don't have plugins to update yourself, Squarespace takes care of all that for you. When compared to Wix and Weebly, … Incentivized Helpful? Reagan Baird Edwards Minister, Writer, Speaker, and Life Coach in Professional Services at 34:18 Ministries (Professional Training & Coaching, 1-10 employees) Chose Squarespace Before switching to Squarespace in 2017, I had tried to build out websites on Weebly, Blogger, Wix, and WordPress. I am in no way well-versed in any any sort of code, but I love having total control of bringing my vision to life. Squarespace is the only website builder that has … Incentivized Helpful? Robbin Block Creative Marketing Strategist, Instructor, Moderator, Author in Marketing at BLOCKbETA Marketing (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Squarespace As they say, form follows function. After that, it’s about finding the template that’s the best fit for your brand. If that’s all you need, Weebly will satisfy. You can custom visualize your brand with logo, fonts, colors and more. Incentivized Helpful? Sean Pomory Digital Media Specialist in Marketing at Chesapeake Regional Healthcare (Hospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Squarespace Again, Squarespace is the best option for small businesses seeking an e-commerce solution. If you need more robust features, look to Drupal or WordPress, depending on site size. Weebly or Wix are solid options for basic sites, but I personally have had significant issues with … Incentivized Helpful? Faith Barker Consultant at Pioneer Acquisitions (Graphic Design, 1-10 employees) Chose Squarespace So much more functionality than Wix, Weebly, and Unbounce. It is so easy to make small customizations that simply are not possible with the former. WordPress does provide endless possibilities to customize the page–beyond what Squarespace offers. However, I am not skilled in … Incentivized Helpful? Mandy Cramer Graphic Designer at Miss Mandible Designs (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees) Chose Squarespace Squarespace is much better than other website builders because it is cleaner, more user-intuitive and advanced than other web page building sites. I used to use Wix and I really didn't like it at all. Wordpress can be too difficult to customize for someone who isn't too savvy … Incentivized Helpful? Nicole Steen, M.A. Graphic and Web Designer / Resume Writer in Professional Services at www.resumebynico.com (Design, 1-10 employees) Chose Squarespace Squarespace was much more modern in design and the templates more attractive. The customization options for each template are growing and some sites are almost 100% customizable. Weebly did not have as modern designs or nearly as many customization options. Incentivized Helpful? Dimitris Rakopoulos Owner in Professional Services at re\|direct (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Squarespace Squarespace looks so much cleaner and better than other tools. It is very straightforward on creating websites based on templates. This allows us to focus on the work and not the tools themselves. Incentivized Helpful? Sharon Reaves Owner/Founder/Design Guru at Reaves Projects (Design, 1-10 employees) Chose Squarespace I find Wix to truly be a blank slate. The templates offered can be modified to give you more control over the finished product but the downside to this is the added step of formatting for responsive viewing. It is often overlooked by clients who want to maintain their site once … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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Features

Square Online

Squarespace

Comparison of Security features of Square Online and Squarespace
Feature	Square Online 5.3 30 Ratings	Squarespace 8.5 59 Ratings
Role-based user permissions	5.330 Ratings	8.559 Ratings

Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Square Online and Squarespace
Feature	Square Online 6.3 21 Ratings	Squarespace 4.2 52 Ratings
API	6.316 Ratings	4.945 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language	6.317 Ratings	3.434 Ratings

Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Square Online and Squarespace
Feature	Square Online 7.5 42 Ratings	Squarespace 7.1 90 Ratings
WYSIWYG editor	8.735 Ratings	8.178 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness	6.738 Ratings	8.071 Ratings
Admin section	7.338 Ratings	6.089 Ratings
Page templates	6.342 Ratings	7.090 Ratings
Library of website themes	7.042 Ratings	7.087 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design	9.341 Ratings	7.386 Ratings
Publishing workflow	7.334 Ratings	6.278 Ratings
Form generator	7.335 Ratings	7.171 Ratings

Comparison of Web Content Management features of Square Online and Squarespace
Feature	Square Online 6.7 39 Ratings	Squarespace 7.0 80 Ratings
Content taxonomy	6.725 Ratings	6.768 Ratings
SEO support	7.735 Ratings	7.973 Ratings
Bulk management	7.320 Ratings	8.045 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions	5.732 Ratings	5.760 Ratings
Community / comment management	6.329 Ratings	6.760 Ratings

User Ratings
	Square Online	Squarespace
Likelihood to Recommend	7.4 (43 ratings)	9.4 (90 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)	10.0 (4 ratings)
Usability	6.0 (2 ratings)	10.0 (4 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)