Account: Squarespace, Inc. · Independent · unaffiliated
Opened 2026 · figures re-checked 20 Sep
Squarespace, posted line by line.
We keep one running account of a single platform: what Squarespace charges, what it charges on top, and what it will not let you take with you. Every figure carries the date we last checked it.
Opening balance
Squarespace plans, per month, billed annually
- Basic2% commerce fee · 2 contributors
- $19$25 monthly
- Core0% commerce fee · unlimited
- $29$39 monthly
- Plus2.7% + $0.30 card rate
- $49$65 monthly
- Advanced2.5% + $0.30 card rate
- $99$139 monthly
Every figure on this page is sourced and dated in the Squarespace pricing account.
- $19–$99a month across four plans, billed annually
- 0%commerce fee from Core upward — Basic charges 2%
- 14 daysof free trial, and no free plan after it
- 8.1/10our balance on Squarespace — read the review
The opening balance, charted
Billed annually, or billed monthly
The same four plans, per month. Paying month to month adds between $72 and $480 a year, depending on the plan.
Every figure, sourced and dated| Plan | Billed annually, per month | Billed monthly, per month |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $19 | $25 |
| Core | $29 | $39 |
| Plus | $49 | $65 |
| Advanced | $99 | $139 |
The book
Latest entries
Who Squarespace Is Not For
Most reviews describe the ideal customer. This one describes the people who should walk away, and why the answer is not close for any of them.
Squarespace Email Campaigns Review (2026): Worth the Add-On?
The built-in newsletter tool is convenient, well integrated and not cheap. Whether that trade works depends almost entirely on how much email you actually send.
Squarespace Plus and Advanced: When the Upper Tiers Pay
The top two plans do not buy you features so much as fractions of a percent. Here is the volume at which those fractions overtake the price.
Acuity Scheduling Review (2026): The Squarespace Booking Add-On
Squarespace owns Acuity and sells it separately. For an appointment-led business it is the add-on most likely to earn its keep — at a price that is not small.
What You Can Take With You When You Leave Squarespace
The export file is a real thing that contains real content. It is also much smaller than most people assume. Here is the full inventory, item by item.
The Second-Year Bill: What Squarespace Costs After the Discount
Year one is a promotion. Year two is the price. Here is what happens to a Squarespace bill when the introductory domain expires and the add-ons have accumulated.
Why one platform gets a whole ledger
Most buying advice about website builders is written once and left to rot. Prices move, plan names change, fee bands get renamed, and the article that ranked for three years quietly becomes wrong. Squarespace is a good example: the Personal, Business and Commerce tiers that half the internet still quotes were retired in favour of Basic, Core, Plus and Advanced.
So we do the narrow thing instead. One platform, one account, every number dated. When a figure on this site is stale we would rather show you the date it was taken than pretend it is eternal. Everything here was re-checked on 20 September 2026.
What is posted here
The long-form balance is the Squarespace review — the plans, the editor, the commerce fees, the exit terms and a score we are willing to defend. If you only want the arithmetic, the Squarespace pricing breakdown lays out all four tiers side by side along with the add-ons that never appear on the headline price.
Around those two sit the entries: shorter pieces on a single line item each. What the free trial actually permits, what the second-year bill looks like once the introductory domain expires, which plan step is worth paying for, and what an export file really contains when you decide to leave.
How we get paid, stated plainly
Some links on this site are partner links. If you sign up through one we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. That arrangement buys nothing: the debits column on every page is written first, and we have never softened one because a payout depended on it. The full terms are on the affiliate disclosure page, and our checking method is set out in how we keep the ledger.
We are not affiliated with Squarespace. We do not have insider pricing, early access, or a relationship with anyone there. Everything on this site comes from published documentation, the company's own pricing and help pages, and hands-on time in the product.
Quick figures
- How much is Squarespace per month?
- On annual billing the four plans are Basic at $19, Core at $29, Plus at $49 and Advanced at $99 per month, charged as one yearly sum. Paying month to month costs $25, $39, $65 and $139 instead. Checked 20 September 2026.
- Does Squarespace have a free plan?
- No. There is a 14-day free trial and nothing beyond it — you cannot publish a site to a live address without a paid plan. Annual subscriptions carry a 14-day refund window if you change your mind after buying.
- What are the Basic, Core, Plus and Advanced plans?
- They are the current Squarespace tiers, which replaced the older Personal, Business and Commerce plans. Basic charges a 2% commerce transaction fee and caps you at two contributors; Core and above drop that fee to zero and lift the contributor limit.
- Can you move a Squarespace site somewhere else?
- Only partly. Squarespace exports an .xml file that carries one blog's posts plus basic page text, and leaves behind layouts, styles, stores, portfolios and most other page types. Treat the design work as non-transferable when you budget a move.
- Is the first-year domain really free?
- Yes, on an annual plan — one domain registration is included for the first year on a new site. It renews at the registrar's standard rate afterwards, which is about $20 a year for a .com, so it is a first-year discount rather than a permanent freebie.