Squarespace Pricing (Nov 2026): Plans, Fees and Real Cost

Squarespace Pricing: The Short Answer

Squarespace has no free plan and four paid plans: Basic at $19 a month, Core at $29, Plus at $49 and Advanced at $99 when billed yearly, or $25, $39, $65 and $139 billed monthly. Those prices took effect after a July 2026 increase of up to 26%. The plan is only part of the cost: Squarespace also charges a 2% store fee on Basic, a 7% to 0% fee on digital content depending on plan, card processing that falls as you move up, and separate subscriptions for email marketing, scheduling and, after the first year, your domain and business email. Below you will find every plan, what each fee and add-on really costs, how renewals and refunds work, what real users report, and how Squarespace's pricing compares to Superapp, Wix and Webflow.

Quick answer: how much does Squarespace cost? As of November 2026, Squarespace costs $19 a month for Basic, $29 for Core, $49 for Plus and $99 for Advanced, billed yearly ($228, $348, $588 and $1,188 a year), or $25, $39, $65 and $139 billed monthly. There is no free plan, only a 14-day free trial. Basic adds a 2% fee on store sales and 7% on digital products; Core removes the store fee and charges 5% on digital products; Plus and Advanced lower card rates and digital fees further. Domains and Google Workspace are free for the first year on eligible plans, then renew at standard rates. If you want an AI-generated website plus a native iPhone app on one flat plan, an AI builder like Superapp is the simpler bill.

Prices and fees below were checked on November 4, 2026 against the Squarespace pricing page and Squarespace's plan guide (updated October 28, 2026). The July 2026 changes come from PetaPixel and TechRadar. User stories come from those reports and Trustpilot.

How much does each Squarespace plan cost?

Sources: Squarespace pricing, Squarespace plan guide. US dollars, before tax; yearly plans are paid up front.

Squarespace describes Basic as fitting "smaller sites with one or two contributors" and Advanced as fitting "larger ecommerce stores processing high order volumes, where the lower fees matter most" (Squarespace). In practice the choice between plans is mostly a choice about fees.

What each Squarespace plan includes

Source: Squarespace pricing.

Unlimited bandwidth on every plan is a real difference from Webflow and Framer, which both charge for extra bandwidth. On Squarespace, a traffic spike does not raise your plan price.

Is Squarespace free?

No. Squarespace says it "doesn't offer a free plan, but every site starts with a free trial" (Squarespace pricing). The trial lasts 14 days and does not need a credit card. To publish a site after that, you need a paid plan.

Source: Squarespace pricing.

This is the main difference from Wix, which has a free plan with ads. If you want to keep a site online without paying, Squarespace is not the tool.

What changed in Squarespace pricing in 2026?

Squarespace changed its prices twice in roughly eighteen months.

Old vs new prices

Sources: PetaPixel, UsagePricing, Squarespace pricing.

The increase reached existing customers at renewal, after notice by email. Some customers received notices showing larger increases than intended. Squarespace told TechRadar it was a "pricing implementation error" and that no customer was incorrectly charged (TechRadar). SQSPThemes, a template seller, reported that Squarespace said the actual increase is capped at 20% for affected renewals (SQSPThemes).

Annual totals tell the story more clearly. By our arithmetic, Basic went from $192 to $228 a year, Core from $276 to $348 and Plus from $468 to $588. A Reddit user quoted by PetaPixel and TechRadar, CheesecakeOdd3075, said their bill had risen 61% since 2021, from $216 to $348 a year, and wrote: "I feel like I'm paying for things I sincerely did not ask for" (PetaPixel).

What users said about the increase

Source: PetaPixel.

Squarespace's response was that it is "continually investing in our platform" and had added features to every plan that used to be limited to higher tiers or third-party services (TechRadar). Photographers, a core Squarespace audience, were among the loudest critics.

Is Squarespace cheaper billed yearly?

Yes, by about a quarter, and yearly plans include a free domain for the first year.

Prices from Squarespace pricing; totals are our arithmetic.

Changes to your plan or billing cycle take effect at the end of your current billing cycle (Squarespace pricing). If you start monthly to test, switching to yearly later is simple, but it applies from your next cycle.

What fees does Squarespace charge?

Squarespace's fees depend on the plan, what you sell and how customers pay. This is the full table from the pricing page.

Source: Squarespace pricing. Squarespace Payments rates apply only when you use Squarespace Payments.

The store and digital fees are Squarespace's own and sit on top of card processing. A Basic plan selling a $20 digital download pays $1.40 in Squarespace's 7% fee plus $0.88 in card processing at 2.9% + $0.30, so $2.28 of every $20, by our arithmetic.

When does upgrading pay for itself?

Prices and fees from Squarespace pricing. Break-even assumes all sales through Squarespace Payments at the standard card rate.

The pattern is clear. If you sell digital products, courses or memberships, Plus pays for itself quickly. If you sell only physical products, Core is usually the sweet spot, and Plus or Advanced make sense only at high volume.

What a month of sales really costs

Our arithmetic from Squarespace's listed yearly plan prices and standard card rates. Digital rows add the digital content fee (7%, 5%, 1%). Excludes tax-calculation fees and premium cards.

At $500 a month, Basic and Core cost the same. At $2,000 a month in digital sales, Plus saves $64 a month over Core. At $10,000 a month in physical sales, Core and Plus cost the same.

What does Squarespace really charge for beyond the plan?

Sources: Squarespace pricing, Squarespace plan guide, Outfy and Beancount (domains, Workspace), LaunchHappy (Email Campaigns), Acuity Scheduling.

Squarespace domains and email

Yearly plans let you register your first domain free for one year; Squarespace says it "must be registered within one year of the start of your eligible website subscription," renews at the standard rate, and only one free domain applies per site (Squarespace pricing). WHOIS privacy is "included for all eligible domains" (Squarespace Domains), which is an extra charge at some other builders. Third-party guides put common domain renewals at about $10 to $20 a year, and specialty extensions at $30 to $70 or more (Outfy).

Core, Plus and Advanced include one Google Workspace account free for the first year, only for new Workspace accounts set up through Squarespace; extra users are billed at the standard rate (Squarespace pricing). Beancount estimates about $6 per user a month afterward (Beancount). A team of three would pay about $216 a year from year two, by our arithmetic.

Domain problems are a recurring theme in reviews. jawad Qadiri wrote "I purchased a new domain, and I can't verify it." and salasorganixandfarms.com wrote "I still have no access to my domain." (Trustpilot, October 2026).

Squarespace Email Campaigns

Source: LaunchHappy. Confirm current prices in your Squarespace account, as the guide's date is not clear.

Acuity Scheduling

Source: Acuity Scheduling, prices before tax.

A coach on Core ($29) with Acuity Standard ($27) and Email Campaigns Core ($10) pays $66 a month on yearly billing, more than twice the Core plan alone, by our arithmetic.

How much does Squarespace cost for a mobile app?

Superapp builds a native Swift iPhone app on its $25 Pro plan, while Squarespace builds responsive websites only and has no native app builder for your customers. Squarespace's own app is for managing your site, not for publishing a branded app to the App Store.

Sources: Squarespace pricing, Apple Developer Program.

If you need a customer app, budget it as a second product next to your Squarespace plan.

Do Squarespace discounts last?

No. Squarespace's plan guide says discounts apply only to your first payment and renewals are charged at full price; discounts do not combine, and Squarespace applies whichever saves you more (Squarespace plan guide).

Sources: SQSPThemes (affiliate post), UsagePricing. Promotions change often; check Squarespace's checkout for current offers.

The discount is real, but plan your budget around year two.

Does Squarespace give refunds?

Squarespace's pricing page does not set out a refund policy, and its refund request form promises a reply in two business days. WebsitePlanet, which tracks the policy, reports these terms (WebsitePlanet):

Source: WebsitePlanet, first published 2020 and updated for 2026. Confirm in your billing settings before you cancel.

When you cancel, your site stays live until the end of the period you paid for (Squarespace pricing).

Some reviewers had smooth refunds. Catia Spinsanti wrote "they immediately refunded my money" and Apiking NZ wrote "A full refund was processed" (Trustpilot, October 2026). Others did not. Laura Ippoliti Sterling wrote "Squarespace charged me an annual renewal fee" and that she was "still being charged for something I no longer need or want," and jawad Qadiri said Squarespace would "take customers' money without offering a refund" (Trustpilot, October 2026).

What happened to Squarespace Personal, Business and Commerce plans?

Squarespace renamed and restructured its plans between February 2025 and February 2026. Searches for the old names are still common, so here is the mapping.

Sources: Beancount, Collaborada, Squarespace pricing.

The new plans are not like-for-like. Every new plan can sell, which the old Personal plan could not, and digital-product fees changed: Beancount says older Personal and Business plans paid 9% on digital sales (Beancount). If you are still on a legacy plan, Squarespace says to see its legacy billing page; legacy rates are not guaranteed indefinitely, and changing your plan or billing cycle can move you to current pricing.

What do Squarespace customers say?

On Trustpilot, Squarespace scores 3.5 out of 5 from 6,347 reviews, split almost evenly: 40% five-star and 39% one-star (Trustpilot, checked November 4, 2026). Most recent five-star reviews praise support; most one-star reviews are about billing, domains or reaching a person.

Source: Trustpilot, pages 1 to 5.

Billing and money complaints

Source: Trustpilot, pages 1 to 5, original spelling.

Compared with Webflow (1.5) and Framer (1.6), Squarespace's reviews are much more positive, especially about support. The pricing complaints in 2026 came mostly from the July increase and from long-time customers, particularly photographers.

Which Squarespace plan do you need?

Annual totals are our arithmetic from Squarespace pricing and Acuity Scheduling.

Basic vs Core

Source: Squarespace pricing.

The $10 a month gap ($120 a year) buys unlimited editors, no store fee, code injection and a year of Google Workspace. If you will sell at all, or need a third person to edit, Core is usually worth it.

What will Squarespace cost you? Five real-world budgets

These budgets use regular yearly prices from year two, after the free domain and free Workspace year. They are our arithmetic, not quotes from Squarespace.

Domains at about $20 a year and Google Workspace at about $6 a user a month, from the sources above. Totals exclude tax and card processing.

The fee line matters as much as the plan. If the coach in row three stayed on Core instead of Plus, the 5% digital fee on $24,000 of yearly sales would be $1,200 instead of $240, wiping out the $240 plan saving several times over.

How a $29 plan turns into a $78 month: three illustrations

These are illustrations from listed prices, not reports from specific users.

1. The long-time Basic customer. A photographer joined years ago on Personal and now renews on Basic at $228 a year. The free domain year is long gone, so the domain renews at about $20. She adds Email Campaigns Starter at $5 a month for client newsletters. Her total is about $308 a year, against a $192 Basic year before July 2026.

2. The coach who stayed on Core. A coach sells $1,500 a month of digital sessions on Core. Squarespace's 5% fee costs $75 a month, on top of card fees. Plus would charge $15 instead, a $60 saving that more than covers Plus's extra $20 a month.

3. The salon with bookings. A salon on Core ($29) adds Acuity Standard ($27 yearly) for three stylists and Email Campaigns Core ($10). With Google Workspace for two staff after year one (about $12), the monthly bill is about $78, nearly three times the Core plan.

Should you pick or skip Squarespace?

Is Squarespace's pricing fair?

Signs you are paying for the wrong Squarespace plan

How to keep your Squarespace bill down

1. Pay yearly. It saves 32% to 40% compared with monthly billing, and includes a free domain for the first year.
2. Use a promotion, but budget for year two. Discounts apply only to the first payment.
3. Choose your plan by fees, not features. Use the break-even table above.
4. Cancel within 14 days if Squarespace is not for you. Only annual plans in that window are refundable, according to WebsitePlanet.
5. Watch your renewal notice. Since July 2026, renewals may be up to 26% higher than your current rate.
6. Use the free Workspace year deliberately. Decide before year two how many mailboxes you need.
7. Connect Mailchimp instead of Email Campaigns if you already use it; Core and above include the integration.
8. Keep video off-site if you are on Basic, which includes only 30 minutes.
9. Compare domain renewals. WHOIS privacy is included, but other registrars may be cheaper.
10. Remove contributors and add-ons you do not use before each renewal.

What does Squarespace get right?

How does Squarespace pricing compare to other builders?

Sources: Superapp pricing, Superapp FAQ, Squarespace pricing, Wix plans, Webflow pricing.

As a disclosure, Superapp is our product, so weigh this accordingly. If you are pricing Squarespace because you want an AI-built website plus an iPhone app for your customers, Superapp builds both on a flat $25 plan and gives you the native Swift Xcode project. If you want a polished template site with built-in selling, scheduling through Acuity and well-rated support, Squarespace is the more complete small-business tool, and Superapp does not build Android apps. See also our Wix pricing guide.

Squarespace vs Wix on price

Sources: Squarespace pricing, Wix plans, Website Builder Expert, Trustpilot pages for each, checked November 4, 2026.

For a simple site, Wix is a little cheaper and has a free plan. For digital sellers, Wix's lack of a platform fee beats Squarespace's Basic and Core, while Squarespace Plus at 1% narrows the gap. Squarespace's unlimited bandwidth and stronger support reviews are its main advantages.

Squarespace budget worksheet

Decide in five questions

1. Do you need a free plan? If yes, Squarespace is not for you.
2. Will you sell digital products? If so, estimate monthly sales and use the break-even table to choose between Core and Plus.
3. How many people will edit? More than two means Core or higher.
4. Do you want the site generated by AI, or a customer app as well? If yes, compare an AI builder such as Superapp before choosing a template site.
5. What will year two cost? Use the regular price, not the first-payment discount.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does Squarespace cost per month?
Squarespace costs $19 a month for Basic, $29 for Core, $49 for Plus and $99 for Advanced billed yearly, or $25, $39, $65 and $139 billed monthly, as of November 2026.

How much does Squarespace cost per year?
Billed yearly, Basic costs $228, Core $348, Plus $588 and Advanced $1,188 a year, before tax.

Is Squarespace free?
No. Squarespace does not have a free plan. Every site starts with a 14-day free trial that does not require a credit card, after which you need a paid plan to publish.

Did Squarespace raise its prices in 2026?
Yes. In July 2026, US yearly prices rose from $16 to $19 for Basic, $23 to $29 for Core and $39 to $49 for Plus, while Advanced stayed at $99. Monthly Core rose from $36 to $39 and Plus from $56 to $65.

What happened to the Squarespace Personal plan?
Personal became Basic, Business became Core, Commerce Basic became Plus and Commerce Advanced became Advanced in a restructure rolled out between February 2025 and February 2026. Basic now costs $19 a month billed yearly.

What is the Squarespace Basic plan?
Basic costs $19 a month billed yearly or $25 monthly. It allows two contributors, 30 minutes of video, unlimited bandwidth and selling with a 2% store fee and a 7% digital content fee.

What is the Squarespace Core plan?
Core costs $29 a month billed yearly or $39 monthly. It removes the store transaction fee, charges 5% on digital content, allows unlimited contributors and includes code injection, integrations and a free Google Workspace account for the first year.

What is the difference between Squarespace Plus and Advanced?
Plus costs $49 a month yearly with a 1% digital content fee and a 2.7% + $0.30 card rate. Advanced costs $99 with no digital fee, a 2.5% + $0.30 card rate, unlimited video and high-traffic checkout.

Does Squarespace charge transaction fees?
Squarespace charges a 2% store transaction fee on Basic and none on Core, Plus or Advanced. Digital content and memberships carry a separate fee of 7% on Basic, 5% on Core, 1% on Plus and 0% on Advanced. Card processing is extra.

What are Squarespace Payments card fees?
Standard cards cost 2.9% + $0.30 on Basic and Core, 2.7% + $0.30 on Plus and 2.5% + $0.30 on Advanced. Premium cards such as American Express cost 3.2% + $0.30 on every plan, with surcharges for international cards and currency conversion.

Which Squarespace plan is best for selling digital products?
Plus usually pays for itself once digital sales pass about $476 a month, because its 1% fee is 4 points lower than Core's 5%, by our arithmetic. Advanced removes the digital fee entirely.

Is Squarespace cheaper billed yearly?
Yes. Yearly billing saves $72 on Basic, $120 on Core, $192 on Plus and $480 on Advanced each year compared with monthly billing, and includes a free domain for the first year.

Does Squarespace include a free domain?
Yes, on yearly plans. You can register your first domain free for one year within a year of starting the subscription, after which it renews at the standard rate. WHOIS privacy is included for eligible domains.

How much does a Squarespace domain cost after the first year?
Third-party guides estimate about $10 to $20 a year for common domains and $30 to $70 or more for specialty extensions. Check the exact renewal price in your Squarespace domains panel.

Does Squarespace include email?
Core, Plus and Advanced include one Google Workspace account free for the first year. After that, and for extra users, you pay Google Workspace's standard rate, estimated at about $6 per user a month.

How much is Squarespace Email Campaigns?
Email Campaigns has Starter, Core, Pro and Max plans at about $5, $10, $24 and $48 a month, with send limits from 500 to 250,000 emails a month, according to LaunchHappy.

How much is Acuity Scheduling with Squarespace?
Acuity Scheduling costs $16, $27 or $55 a month billed yearly, or $20, $34 or $69 billed monthly, for its Starter, Standard and Premium plans, on top of your Squarespace plan.

Does Squarespace give refunds?
According to WebsitePlanet, annual plans can be refunded if you cancel within 14 days of purchase, monthly plans are not refunded, renewals are not refunded, and domains must be cancelled within 5 days. Confirm the current policy in your billing settings.

Do Squarespace discounts apply to renewals?
No. Squarespace says discounts apply only to your first payment and renewals are charged at full price. Discounts do not combine.

Is there a Squarespace promo code?
Squarespace runs promotions such as 30% or 50% off the first payment on Core, Plus and Advanced, for example SQSP30 in the US through September 7, 2026. Check the checkout for current offers.

Does Squarespace limit bandwidth?
No. Every Squarespace plan includes unlimited bandwidth, unlike Webflow and Framer, which charge for extra bandwidth.

How many contributors does Squarespace allow?
Basic allows two contributors. Core, Plus and Advanced allow unlimited contributors.

Does Squarespace include AI?
Yes. Basic includes 10 AI credits one time, Core 20 a month, Plus 40 a month and Advanced 120 a month, with the same number of AI Visibility prompt runs for English-language accounts.

Can Squarespace build a mobile app?
No. Squarespace builds responsive websites, and its own app is for managing your site. For an App Store app you need a separate app builder or developers, plus Apple's $99 a year developer membership.

What happens when I cancel Squarespace?
Your site stays live until the end of the period you already paid for. Plan and billing changes take effect at the end of your current billing cycle.

Why is my Squarespace bill higher than the plan price?
Usually because of the July 2026 increase at renewal, a first-payment discount ending, domain or Google Workspace renewals after the free year, Email Campaigns or Acuity subscriptions, transaction and digital fees, or tax.

Is Squarespace worth the price?
For a polished template site with good support and unlimited bandwidth, many customers find it good value on yearly billing. It gets expensive for digital sellers on lower plans, for businesses adding Acuity and Email Campaigns, and for long-time customers facing the 2026 increase.

Is Squarespace cheaper than Wix?
For simple sites, Wix is slightly cheaper: Light is $17 a month yearly against Squarespace Basic at $19, and Wix has a free plan. Wix charges no platform fee on sales, while Squarespace charges 2% on Basic and up to 7% on digital content.

How does Squarespace pricing compare to Superapp?
Squarespace costs $19 to $99 a month billed yearly, with fees on sales and separate add-ons, and builds template-based websites. Superapp's Pro plan costs $25 a month and generates a website and a native iPhone app from prompts. Squarespace offers built-in selling and scheduling; Superapp builds native iOS apps, which Squarespace does not.

Does Squarespace add tax to its prices?
Prices are shown before tax, and applicable taxes are added at checkout and on renewals such as domains and Google Workspace.

References

• Squarespace pricing
• Squarespace: Choose the right Squarespace plan
• Squarespace Domains
• Acuity Scheduling plans
• PetaPixel: Squarespace is increasing prices by up to 26%
• TechRadar: Squarespace users aren't happy with recent price hikes
• UsagePricing: Squarespace July 2026
• SQSPThemes: Squarespace prices are going up
• Beancount: Squarespace new pricing guide
• Collaborada: Squarespace pricing explained
• WebsitePlanet: How to cancel Squarespace and get a refund
• LaunchHappy: Squarespace Email Campaigns pricing
• Outfy: Squarespace pricing guide
• Trustpilot: Squarespace reviews and page 2
• Apple Developer Program enrollment
• Wix plans and Webflow pricing
• Superapp pricing and Superapp FAQ