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Squarespace Review: Price, Features and Score

Squarespace at a glance: $19 a month (billed yearly), on web, iOS and Android. Below are its plans, what its own site says it does for an author, its score and the products to compare it with. We did not test it ourselves; the data was checked on October 14, 2026.

Prices and data checked October 14, 2026 · Author Score computed by a published formula, not paid for

Squarespace on the BookBird Author Score

Author Score · author website builders · #7 of 7 ·

Best for: Authors who want a designed site with a built-in store

BookBird Author Score7.1/10 #7 of 7 author website builders. Worked out from Squarespace’s own pages, its price and US searches for its name, not typed in. Author jobs50 pts42.9/50Each of the 7 author jobs on the author website builders list is worth an equal share of 50 points, and counts only when Squarespace’s own pages confirm it. 6 of 7 confirmed = 42.9 points. A job the vendor does not mention earns nothing.Cost25 pts5/25Squarespace costs $228 a year on its cheapest plan. Free earns 25 points; the dearest author website builders product with a US price, Squarespace at $228 a year, keeps 5; prices in between fall in a straight line. $228 = 5 points.Adoption25 pts22.8/25Searches, 20 points: 673,000 a month for “squarespace”, the most searched in this category, so the full 20. Trend, 5 points: up 6% (last three months against the first three of the year) = 2.8; a fall of half or more earns 0, no change 2.5, a rise of half or more 5. 70.7 of 100 points= 7.1 out of 10 The full method, with every product’s points →

Author jobs, from Squarespace’s own pages

  • Yes: Book pages with store links
  • Not stated: Templates made for authors (not stated)
  • Yes: Newsletter sign-up
  • Yes: Your own domain
  • Yes: Blog or news page
  • Yes: Sell books from the site
  • Yes: Search settings you control

Squarespace pricing

Subscription. Free trial: 14 days. The plans as Squarespace’s own site listed them on October 14, 2026, in US dollars:

  • Basic (annual): $19 a month (per month, billed annually; 'plans start at $19 per month when paid annually' per the vendor FAQ; annual plans include one year of free domain registration; 2% commerce transaction fee)
  • Basic (monthly): price in USD not confirmed
  • Core: price in USD not confirmed
  • Plus: price in USD not confirmed
  • Advanced: price in USD not confirmed

Squarespace prices per billing country; its pricing page and JSON-LD say so and served only PLN from Poland (no USD via ?currency, ?country or cookies). The only USD figure on a vendor page is the FAQ line 'Plans start at $19 per month when paid annually'. No free plan; every site starts with a 14-day trial with no credit card. Annual plans include one free domain for the first year; you can also connect a domain you own.

What Squarespace offers

From Squarespace’s own pages, checked on October 14, 2026:

  • Every plan can sell physical products, services and digital products with no product cap
  • Basic plan: up to 1,000 pages and two contributors, 2% commerce fee
  • Newsletter blocks for mailing-list sign-ups and a Mailchimp integration; Email Campaigns sold separately
  • Blog pages; paywalled content and memberships with a fee
  • Automatic sitemap; SEO title and description per page
  • Annual plans include a free custom domain for the first year; any plan can attach domains you own
  • Vendor author-site guide covers book pages, store links and a newsletter
  • 14-day free trial, no credit card

Runs on: web, iOS and Android. Needs an internet connection. Launched: 2003.

Who Squarespace suits, and what its pages do not say

Best for: Authors who want a designed site with a built-in store.

Not confirmed on Squarespace’s pages when we checked: templates made for authors. That is what the vendor states, not a test; a feature can exist without being described, and the score only credits what is.

About 673,000 people a month search Google in the US for “squarespace”, up 6% over the past year (Google Ads data via DataForSEO).

Squarespace alternatives

SoftwareScorePrice fromBest for
Wix9.7Free plan; paid from $17 a month (billed yearly)Authors who want author templates and a free starter site
WordPress.com8.2Free plan; paid from $48 a yearAuthors who blog or send posts as a newsletter on WordPress
BookBub Author Websites8.1Free plan; paid from $7.99 a month (billed yearly)Authors wanting a free author site with built-in email sign-ups
Tertulia author websites7.5$7.99 a month (billed yearly)Authors selling ebooks and audiobooks direct without per-sale fees
Weblium7.4$132 a yearAuthors on a budget who want an e-book store template

Compare: All author website builders · All software for authors

Squarespace questions

How much does Squarespace cost?

$19 a month (billed yearly). Squarespace lists 5 plans; the full list is under Pricing above.

What does Squarespace run on?

web, iOS and Android, according to its own site.

Is there a free trial of Squarespace?

Yes, 14 days.

How the score is computed: the formula, step by step. Prices and features were read from Squarespace’s own site on October 14, 2026; nobody pays to be listed.