Squarespace Review 2026

We built a test site using the Fluid Engine editor and a portfolio template. The onboarding flow asks you to pick a site type. Blueprint AI then generates a homepage, about page, and contact page in about 2 minutes. The AI suggestions were a decent starting point but still needed hand edits.

The editor itself feels clean. Adding text, images, and sections is straightforward if you stay within the grid. We ran into friction when trying to overlap elements or position an image outside the standard column layout. The editor simply would not allow it. If you like unusual layouts, this will frustrate you.

Every Squarespace template shares a similar look, bold typography, generous white space, and large image areas. That sameness means your site looks polished with little effort, but it also means Squarespace sites tend to look like Squarespace sites.

You can sell physical products, digital downloads, services, and subscriptions on Squarespace. Product setup is simple. We added a physical product with images, pricing, and variant options in under 5 minutes.

The problem is the fee structure. On Basic ($16/mo), every sale carries a 2% transaction fee for physical products and a 7% fee for digital products. Core ($23/mo) removes the 2% store fee and drops digital to 5%. Plus ($39/mo) cuts digital to 1%, and only Advanced ($99/mo) zeros out everything. Card processing sits on top of all of this. It is 2.9% plus 30 cents per US card sale on Basic and Core, 2.7% on Plus, and 2.5% on Advanced.

For a store selling physical goods, the math is simple. A store doing $5,000 a month on Basic loses $100 a month to the 2% platform fee, which is $1,200 a year. The jump from Basic to Core costs $84 a year and removes that fee entirely. Anyone selling physical products at volume should start on Core. Shopify's $29 a month plan charges no platform fee on sales. It stays the better fit for a store that needs serious inventory and shipping tools.

Squarespace's extensions marketplace is the smallest of the major builders. It covers the essentials, shipping through ShipStation, Mailchimp on Core and above, and inventory tools. It is a fraction of the app markets Wix and Shopify run. We could not source a current count this run, Squarespace no longer publishes one on its extensions page.

If Squarespace has no extension for a tool you need, your only option is custom code. That needs the Core plan at $23 a month or higher. We found the lack of native CRM connections to be the biggest gap for small business owners.

Squarespace handles the technical SEO basics for you, SSL, sitemaps, mobile pages, and clean URLs. You can edit page titles, meta descriptions, and alt text from an SEO panel on each page.

Basic traffic metrics come with every plan. The advanced analytics on Core ($23/mo) and above add traffic sources, conversion funnels, and popular content. The data is useful for small sites, though you will likely want Google Analytics connected for anything more detailed. Squarespace's own email tool (Campaigns) is a separate paid subscription on every plan. It feels like it should be included on Plus ($39/mo) and above.

Squarespace does not offer phone support. Period. Live chat is available Monday through Friday, 4am to 8pm Eastern. Email support runs 24/7. We sent a test email on a Tuesday afternoon and received a helpful, specific reply within 4 hours.

The help docs are deep and well organized, with step-by-step guides and videos. Community forums exist but are less active than Wix or WordPress communities. If you want to call a human when your site is down, Squarespace is the wrong choice.

Squarespace offers mobile apps for iOS (4.6 rating) and Android (4.2 rating). The apps let you edit pages, check analytics, manage orders, and respond to form submissions. We found the iOS app stable and quick for making text edits and checking traffic stats. Full design editing is still better done on desktop, but for day-to-day management, the apps work well.