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Cost of a Squarespace Website [2024 Pricing Guide]

Squarespace’s website subscription plans are reasonably priced and more or less on par with other popular website builders like Wix and Shopify. With monthly and annual plans ranging from $23/month to $588/year, Squarespace makes it easy for pretty much anyone to be able to select the right plan for them. Whether you’re a total newbie looking for a simple, one-page website to talk about your hobbies or a full-blown eCommerce shop in need of a complex website with multiple sales funnels, Squarespace has a pricing plan for you. They offer four main website subscription plans, all with their own list of perks and features.

In addition to Squarespace’s main level website subscriptions (required to host a live website) they also have many add-on’s available for purchase to help take your website to the next level. These add-ons include Scheduling, Member Areas, Email Campaigns, Domain Names, and Google Workspace. Furthermore, Squarespace has a number of 3rd party extensions that you can connect to your website for an additional fee.

So what exactly does all of the Squarespace pricing tiers and add-on pricing options look like? This guide will walk you through all of the pricing plans available from Personal to Advanced Commerce, plus what the pricing looks like for add-ons and extensions. Hopefully by the time you reach the end of this article, you’ll be able to select the right pricing plan for you and your business.


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4 Different Squarespace Hosting Plans to Choose From

1. Personal Plan

$23/month or $192/year

The Personal plan is best for those seeking a smaller, simpler, mobile-optimized website with just one or two contributors. You might be an individual or a small business looking to display work, publish blog posts, display contact information and establish a basic online web presence. This plan will provide you with all of the tools needed to create beautiful, modern, well-rounded website, at a fraction of the cost of the more advanced plans.

Key features include:

  • 24/7 customer support

  • Up to 1000 website pages

  • Free custom domain name for your first year

  • Built-in SSL security

  • Up to two website contributors

  • Built-in website analytics


2. Business Plan

$33/month or $276/year

The Business plan is a more robust option, well-suited for those looking to make use of more premium features like Commerce, Custom Code Injections, and Third-Party Integrations like MailChimp or Google AdSense. This plan is also great for large teams that need multiple website contributors, all with their own logins. The Business plan would be ideal for those looking to establish a more authoritative web presence, host a small eCommerce shop, and access more advanced marketing features (such as a promotional pop-up and announcement bar).

Key features include:

  • FREE $100 in Google Ads Credit

  • 1 free Google Workspace user for the first year

  • Announcement bar and promotional pop-ups

  • Commerce analytics (sales by product, purchase funnel breakdown, abandoned cart metrics)

  • Custom code (use of code blocks, custom code injection and even developer mode)

  • A fully integrated eCommerce shop (with 3% transaction fees)

  • Mailchimp integration

  • Unlimited number of contributors (good for large teams)


3. Commerce (Basic) Plan

$36/month or $324/year

If selling goods and services online is your primary goal, you’ll need at least the Basic Commerce plan. This plan supports smaller commerce based businesses who don’t need all of the advanced marketing tools. There are many commerce-focused templates available to choose from, all with the ability to sell unlimited items, gift cards, collect customer reviews, and even sell products on Instagram.

Key features include:

  • Powerful eCommerce Analytics

  • Checkout on your own custom domain name

  • Ability for customers to create an account

  • 0% transaction fees

  • Product reviews

  • Limited availability labels (to increase urgency)

  • Accept donations

  • Sell gift cards


4. Commerce (Advanced)

$65/month or $588/year

The Advanced Commerce plan is best-suited for large stores that process many orders and need advanced shipping and marketing options. This plan allows you to send automated email reminders to customers who have abounded their carts, as well as automatically calculate carrier shipping rates to give your customers the best, most affordable shipping options.

Key features include:

  • All of the Basic Commerce features

  • Abandoned cart recovery

  • Ability to sell subscriptions

  • Advanced shipping options

  • Advanced discount options


+ Squarespace Add-Ons

Okay, now that we’ve talked about all of Squarespace’s website subscription plans, let’s dive into some additional tools you can take advantage of to further advance your website. Note: all of the tools discussed below cost an additional fee in Squarespace.

Scheduling

Squarespace Scheduling allows your clients to quickly view your availability and book appointments or classes directly on your website. They can pay for the appointment or class right on your website and even reschedule or cancel if needed. Squarespace Scheduling syncs with your Google, Outlook, iCloud, or Office 365 calendar and even sends out appointment reminders, follow-ups and intake forms to your clients. A Squarespace Scheduling subscription is separate from your main website subscription. You can use Scheduling on its own, or add it to an existing Squarespace website.

1. Emerging

$15/month or $168/year

The Emerging plan gives you 1 calendar for each team member, employee, or location. This plan allows you to sync your appointment calendars with personal calendars on Google, Outlook, iCloud, or Office 365. You can accept payments from your clients with payment processors like Stripe, Square, or PayPal, and even create and send professional invoices and allow customers to securely pay online from any device. This plan also allows you to send automatic confirmation, reminder, and follow-up emails to your clients.

2. Growing

$25/month or $276/year

The Growing plan gives you 2-6 calendars for each team member, employee, or location. This plan includes all of the features on the Emerging plan, plus the ability to send text message reminders to clients. This plan also allows you to create Packages, Gift Certificates, Memberships, and Subscriptions. You can create bundled deals to allow clients to purchase several appointments at once or even set recurring appointments.

3. Powerhouse

$50/month or $540/year

The Powerhouse plan gives you 7-36 calendars for each team member, employee, or location. This plan includes all of the features on the Emerging and Growing plans plus the ability for each staff member or location to see appointment times in their own time zone. This plan also allows you to build a deeper integration through the API or customize your client scheduler to fit your brand more seamlessly through custom CSS.


Member Areas

Squarespace Member Areas allows you to sell membership access to online courses, classes, video series, paid newsletters, exclusive communities and more directly on your website, without the need for third-party apps. You’re able to create, share, and manage paid content all within the Squarespace dashboard. All Member Area plans include:

  • Unlimited Members

  • No ads or Squarespace branding

  • Free, one-time, or recurring fee payment structure

  • Seamless and secure member experience

  • Member management

  • Integrated analytics

  • Members can pay with PayPal or credit card

  • 24/7 Squarespace customer support

1. Starter

$10/month or $108/year

The Starter plan gives you 1 member area, 7% transition fee and 5 hours of additional video storage.

2. Core

$20/month or $216/year

The Core plan gives you 3 member areas, 4% transition fee and 20 hours of additional video storage.

3. Pro

$40/month or $420/year

The Pro plan gives you 10 member areas, 1% transition fee and 50 hours of additional video storage.


Email Campaigns

Squarespace Email Campaigns is an add-on feature that you can use to send branded marketing email campaigns directly from your website. If you’re not interested in integrating a third-party email marketing tool like Mailchimp, this is a great option for you. There are tons of email templates to choose from, editing is super easy in the dashboard, and you’re able to manage your subscribers and section them off into lists. All plans come with marketing analytics plus unlimited subscribers and mailing lists.

1. Starter

$7/month or $60/year

The Starter plan allows you to run 3 campaigns per month and send out 500 emails total per month.

2. Core

$14/month or $120/year

The Core plan allows you to run 5 campaigns per month and send out 5,000 emails total per month.

3. Pro

$34/month or $288/year

The Pro plan allows you to run 20 campaigns per month and send out 50,000 emails total per month.

4. Max

$68/month or $576/year

The Max plan allows you to run unlimited campaigns per month and send out 250,000 emails total per month.


Domain Name Registration

All domain names registered with Squarespace renew at the same rate each year, come with SSL certificates (for website security) and includes easy DNS management. You can register domain names on any Squarespace plan.

Each domain name is $20 to $70 per year.

Find out how much your domain name would cost:


Google Workspace

A Google Workspace integration allows you to create email addresses for your custom domain name and get access to other features like Google Calendar and Google Drive.

Monthly Cost: $6/per user/email address

Annual Cost: $72/per user/email address


Squarespace Extensions

In addition to all of the add-on options readily available for Squarespace websites, they also offer the ability to add third-party extensions to help you further manage, optimize, and expand your site. The most popular extensions include:

  1. QuickBooks Connector: Connect Squarespace to QuickBooks to automate accounting

  2. ShipBob: Simple, fast, affordable two-day fulfillment from a global fulfillment network

  3. Printful: Design & sell premium products that stand out

  4. ShipStation: Import, organize, and ship orders from over 180 channels, carriers, and fulfillment providers

  5. And more!

Extension prices vary. Some have a monthly or per-use fee. Others may offer a free plan or a trial period. To view exact pricing for each extension, visit the extension's page below.


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