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SquarespacevsWix

Squarespace builds sites with commerce, scheduling, and email as add-ons. Wix builds any site with an app market, bookings, stores, chat, and email marketing.

How Squarespace and Wix compare

Squarespace makes sites that look finished. Award-winning templates, a fluid editor, commerce, scheduling through Acuity, email campaigns, and member areas mean a designer or small business can build almost anything in one account. It is polished, dependable, and deservedly popular with people who care how things look.

Wix can build almost anything. A free-form editor, hundreds of templates, an app market, Wix Stores, Wix Bookings, Wix Chat, email marketing, and a business inbox make it a full small-business toolkit, and the AI site builder gets you to a first draft fast. For a business that needs breadth and an app for everything, Wix is a safe bet.

Where they are different

Squarespace

  • Squarespace sells pieces separately: commerce tiers, scheduling seats, email campaign plans.
  • Squarespace email is outbound.
  • Squarespace has comments on the blog.

Wix

  • Wix adds features through apps and plan upgrades.
  • Wix's inbox gathers chat and forms.
  • Wix is designed for any business.

Choose Squarespace when design flexibility and a huge template library matter most and you are happy adding modules as you grow.

Choose Wix when you need breadth: any layout, any app, any business type.

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What's on Squarespace and Wix

A check means that capability is available. Squarespace and Wix are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.

Site and brand

  • Workspace site
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included
  • Custom domain
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included
  • Editor Mode
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included
  • Theme and fonts
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included
  • AI Theme Suggest
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included

Public content

  • Blog
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included
  • Reader engagement
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included
  • Video catalog
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included
  • Showcase pages
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included
  • Shop pages
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included

Reach and quality

  • SEO
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included

Audience and email

  • Audience
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included
  • Email templates and From addresses
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included
  • Marketing emails
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included
  • Campaign workflows
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included

Messaging

  • Built-in chat
    Squarespace: Not included
    Wix: Included
  • Messaging Center
    Squarespace: Not included
    Wix: Included

Commerce

  • Shop payments
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included
  • Orders and fulfillment
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included
  • Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included

Team

  • Admin users
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included
  • Per-admin permissions
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included
  • AI Assistant
    Squarespace: Included
    Wix: Included

* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Squarespace or Wix, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Squarespace or Wix may add or remove features that are not shown here.

Squarespace vs Wix pricing

Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.

  • Squarespace

    Current plans and prices

    See what Squarespace charges on their pricing page.

  • Wix

    Current plans and prices

    See what Wix charges on their pricing page.

Cardel: An alternative to
Squarespace and Wix

You don't pay until you publish.

Cardel provides a home for your craft. Share and sell your work, grow your audience, and bring your community together on a site of your own.

Common questions

  • Is Cardel an alternative to Squarespace or Wix?

    Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Squarespace or Wix when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Squarespace and Wix are marked.

  • Can I use Cardel with Squarespace or Wix?

    Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Squarespace or Wix for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.

  • How much does Cardel cost compared with Squarespace and Wix?

    You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Squarespace and Wix set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.

  • How do I switch from Squarespace or Wix to Cardel?

    Start with Build Your Site, set up your home, and bring your work over at your own pace. You do not have to move everything on day one.