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Squarespace Pricing (2026)

By the WBF Editorial Team · Website Builder Finder — Updated July 2026

This page shows what Squarespace actually charges right now — all four plans, both billing cycles, and the local prices it displays in eight different currencies. Everything comes from our own pricing scraper, the same one behind our finder tool, so these are the numbers Squarespace itself shows to visitors in each market, not affiliate-page estimates. For the same data across every major builder, see our pricing-by-country comparison.

The short version: Squarespace runs from $16 to $99/month on annual billing, there's no free plan (only a 14-day trial), and — unusually among builders — it sets a genuinely independent price in each country rather than reusing its US number.

All prices below were captured directly from Squarespace's own pricing pages in June 2026. Prices change over time — treat this as a comparative snapshot, not a live quote.

Squarespace plans at a glance (US pricing)

No free plan — Squarespace offers a 14-day free trial instead.

What each plan actually includes

Squarespace's lineup is simpler than most competitors': four tiers, each including everything below it. The decision usually comes down to one question — do you sell online or not? If not, Basic covers you; if yes, you start at Core and the higher tiers are about fees and commerce extras rather than fundamentally new capabilities.

Basic — $16/mo annual ($25 monthly)

Basic covers a full website and blog, with a free custom domain for the first year. It's the right plan for portfolios, personal sites, and brochure sites — but it has no ecommerce, and unlike Wix there's no free tier to fall back on: $16/month (billed as $192/year upfront) is the minimum cost of running a Squarespace site. The 14-day trial is your only no-cost window. That said, the absence of a free tier is partly why Basic is priced where it is — you're not cross-subsidizing millions of free sites, and the entry price undercuts several competitors' equivalent ad-free tiers.

Core — $23/mo annual ($33 monthly)

Core is the plan most Squarespace buyers should price against: it adds online selling and unlocks full template access. If you plan to sell anything — even occasionally — this is your real starting price, not Basic's $16. The full template access matters more than it sounds: Squarespace's design catalogue is its main selling point, and Core is where all of it opens up.

Plus — $39/mo annual ($56 monthly)

Plus layers on booking-type extensions and lower fees on sales. The jump from $23 to $39 only pays for itself if you're processing enough volume for the lower fees to matter, or you specifically need the extensions — most small sites can stay on Core.

Advanced — $99/mo annual ($139 monthly)

Advanced brings advanced commerce features and multilingual support. At $99/month it's aimed at established stores; if you're not clearly outgrowing Plus, you don't need it, and at this budget it's worth comparing dedicated ecommerce platforms too. It's telling that in most non-US markets we scrape, Squarespace lists Basic, Core, and Advanced but no Plus tier at all — the lineup is really "website, store, big store."

Annual vs monthly billing

Squarespace has one of the steepest annual discounts of any major builder, and it's fairly consistent across tiers: about 36% on Basic ($16 vs $25/month), 30% on Core ($23 vs $33), 30% on Plus ($39 vs $56), and 29% on Advanced ($99 vs $139). Paying monthly for a year of Basic costs $300; annual billing cuts that to $192.

As always, the annual price is charged upfront in one payment — $192 for Basic, $276 for Core, $468 for Plus, $1,188 for Advanced. Given there's no free plan to retreat to, use the 14-day trial to be sure before committing a year.

Because the discount is so large, the calculus differs from other builders: with Wix or Shopify, paying monthly for a few months to test the waters is cheap insurance, but on Squarespace three months at the monthly rate ($75 on Basic) already eats a third of what a whole discounted year costs. If the trial convinced you, going straight to annual is usually the rational move.

Squarespace pricing by country

Squarespace sets a separate list price in each market it localizes. Here's the per-month price on annual billing in the markets we scrape.

Per month, billed annually. Scraped from Squarespace's own pricing pages in June 2026; local prices change over time. "—" means no separate Plus list price was shown in that market's lineup when we scraped.

Unlike Wix, which mostly reuses the same face-value number across currencies, Squarespace prices each market on its own. The UK is the clearest example: Core at £17/month is noticeably below what a straight conversion of the $23 US price would produce, making Squarespace genuinely cheaper for UK buyers than its US sticker price suggests.

Canada cuts the other way: CA$32/month for Core is above a straight conversion of $23, so Canadian buyers pay a premium relative to their US neighbours. The Asian and Nordic markets in our data (Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sweden) sit closer to — and in several cases below — converted US pricing, with Japan's ¥1,180 Basic among the lowest entry prices Squarespace charges anywhere.

The practical takeaway: where you sign up from materially changes whether Squarespace is the cheap option or the expensive one in your comparison, so check its pricing page from your own country rather than trusting US-centric review articles. A UK buyer comparing Squarespace's £12 Basic against Wix's £17 Light sees a very different market than a Canadian comparing CA$21 against CA$17 — the same two products swap places depending on the country.

Is Squarespace worth it?

Basic at $16/month is decent value if design is your priority — Squarespace's templates remain the benchmark, and the annual price undercuts Wix's equivalent Light plan ($17). Core at $23 is one of the cheaper ways to run a polished small store, and it undercuts Wix's $29 commerce entry point; our Wix vs Squarespace comparison breaks down which editor and feature set fits you better beyond price.

Who should skip it: anyone who needs a permanently free tier (Squarespace has none — see our cheapest website builder ranking for lower-cost routes), and heavy customizers or content-first sites that may be better served by WordPress — our Squarespace vs WordPress comparison covers that trade-off. Plus and Advanced are only worth it once sales volume justifies their lower fees and commerce extras.

One more honest note on the total cost: because Squarespace bundles hosting, templates, and support into one subscription, there are fewer surprise add-ons than on app-store-driven platforms — what you see on the pricing page is closer to what you'll actually spend. The flip side is less room to trim: you can't strip the bill down the way a self-hosted setup allows.

How to pay less

• Use the full 14-day trial before paying. No card is required, and two weeks is enough to build most of a site — don't start a paid plan until the trial has answered your questions.
• Choose annual billing. At 29–36% off, Squarespace's annual discount is bigger than most competitors'. Basic drops from an effective $300/year to $192.
• Start on Basic (or Core if you sell) and upgrade later. Upgrades are instant, so there's no reason to pre-pay for Plus features you might need someday.
• Take the free first-year domain, but check renewal pricing. Annual plans include a domain for year one; it renews at standard rates, so compare against an external registrar before locking in.

We don't publish coupon codes — nearly all "Squarespace discount codes" found online are expired student promos or affiliate bait. The annual discount and the trial are the real levers, and together they're substantial: a UK buyer on the £12 Basic annual plan is already paying one of the lowest ad-free, custom-domain prices anywhere in the mainstream builder market.