Squarespace vs. Zoho Sites

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Squarespace
Score 8.6 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
Zoho Sites
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Zoho Sites is a zero-code website builder that contains key features that helps online businesses to create professionally designed websites within minutes. It helps users to: Create Create a website with designer-made templates that are free and optimized to look great on any screen. Customize Customize every aspect of a website with a drag & drop editor. Access the HTML & CSS editor for more in-depth customizations if needed. …
$5
per month Per site, Billed Annually
Pricing
SquarespaceZoho Sites
Editions & Modules
Basic
$25
per month
Core
$36
per month
Plus
$56
per month
Advanced
$139
per month
Starter
$5
per month Per site, Billed Annually
Pro
$17
per month Per site, Billed Annually
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SquarespaceZoho Sites
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details28% to 36% discount available for annual pricing.Zoho sites offers a free trial for 15 days after which the software is available across 2 pricing tiers. Pricing details are outlined below: Starter: $5/site/month (billed annually) Pro: $17/site/month (billed annually)
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Features
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Security
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Squarespace
8.5
Ratings
5% above category average
Zoho Sites
-
Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Squarespace
4.3
Ratings
55% below category average
Zoho Sites
-
Ratings
API5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language3.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Squarespace
7.1
Ratings
8% below category average
Zoho Sites
-
Ratings
WYSIWYG editor8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin section6.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Page templates7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Library of website themes7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing workflow6.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Form generator7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Squarespace
7.0
Ratings
5% below category average
Zoho Sites
-
Ratings
Content taxonomy6.70 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO support7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk management8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions5.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Community / comment management6.70 Ratings00 Ratings
User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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-
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Usability
10.0
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-
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Support Rating
10.0
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-
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User Testimonials
SquarespaceZoho Sites
Likelihood to Recommend
We've found Squarespace perfect for quick, well-designed websites that you can literally design and launch in a day. However, if you want to get more complex with your website, including custom backend integrations or code, Squarespace presents a bit more of a challenge when it comes to what they will allow you to modify on their platform (especially using third-party integration apps).
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Pros
  • Squarespace is very easy to use, this is a super helpful thing as small business owners we have to wear many hats and being a full blown website developer doesn't need to be one of them.
  • Squarespace has quick and simple plugins.
  • Squarespace allows you to easily expand as you need to.
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Cons
  • Customizing the sites can be highly UN intuitive
  • Navigation for editing the sites can be difficult and frustrating
  • Squarespace has different versions and it's hard to know which version you're on. You can't switch after you start making a site with one version.
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Likelihood to Renew
It's a great CMS tool. Easy to use and maintain. It looks great and the support is excellent.
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Usability
It's dead simple to use. There are no over complicated controls or tons of menus to screw things up. People with bad taste couldn't make an ugly website. While it may be frustrating for the pro designer to get exactly what they want, it prevents the uninitiated from making something ugly
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Support Rating
Help is available directly from the back end and uses full sentence searching to find answers to questions others may have asked before. With a ton of articles and support questions documents, it is very likely that your question has been answered. If not each page has the ability to open a direct email to support. Each case has a number and can be followed. Responses are often quick and have links and directions clearly stated
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Alternatives Considered
Squarespace if much less work than WordPress, plus hosting and security are not an issue. GoDaddy and Wix are okay, but nowhere near the flexibility or advanced feature set that you can get with Squarespace. Compared to the other products that I have used, Squarespace definitely offers more options, customization, advanced features and design options than others, for a great price.
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Return on Investment
  • I can see how squarespace can improve efficiency since it's so quick to build a site on there.
  • For those who don't want to hook up a bunch of different stuff to their website and make it work...they most likely have whatever plug in you need and you can add it. Worst case scenario, they have developers you can hire who can make what you need.
  • As your business grows you can add an online storefront to your site and make more money that way! Easy peasy!
  • They have an easy system for adding special SEO words/phrases so you don't have to learn SEO at all!
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ScreenShots

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Screenshot of Create beautiful websites with professionally designed templatesScreenshot of Optimized to look great on any deviceScreenshot of Easy-to-use drag and drop editor to customize every inch of your websiteScreenshot of All the SEO tools you need to rank better on search enginesScreenshot of Add audio and video elements on yout website to make it more interesting and lively