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Who Uses Squarespace?
Trusted by the worlds best, Squarespace empowers people with creative ideas to succeed. Entrepreneurs, photographers, restaurants, musicians, businesses, fashion designers, and more use Squarespace.
What Is Squarespace?
Squarespace is the all-in-one platform to build a beautiful online presence. Look like an expert right from the start with award-winning templates for your website, online store, or portfolio. Customize the design to fit your personal style and professional needs. Get found in search by more people with powerful SEO tools. Learn where your website traffic is coming from, what your visitors are looking for, and how they're interacting with your content or products with in-depth Analytics tools.
Squarespace Details
Squarespace
http://www.squarespace.com
Founded 2007
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Squarespace Features
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Calendar Management
- Campaign Management
- Chat/Messaging
- Collaboration Tools
- Commenting/Notes
- Content Library
- Content Management
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Forms
- Customizable Templates
- Customization
- Design Management
- Drag & Drop
- Electronic Payments
- Email Management
- Email Marketing
- File Sharing
- Forms Management
- Group Posting
- Image Library
- Landing Pages/Web Forms
- Moderation
- Multi-Channel Communication
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Multimedia Support
- Order Management
- Post Management
- Preview Functionality
- Real Time Notifications
- Real-time Updates
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- SEO Management
- SSL Security
- Search/Filter
- Shipping Management
- Shopping Cart
- Social Advertising
- Social Media Integration
- Template Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Video Management
- Visitor Tracking
- WYSIWYG Editor
- Web Traffic Reporting
- Website Analytics
- Website Management
- eCommerce Management
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Approval Process Control
- Asset Management
- Audio File Management
- CRM
- Calendar Management
- Campaign Management
- Collaboration Tools
- Commenting/Notes
- Configurable Workflow
- Content Library
- Content Management
- Content Publishing Options
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Forms
- Customizable Templates
- Document Classification
- Document Management
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Electronic Forms
- Email Management
- Engagement Tracking
- File Management
- Filtering
- Forms Management
- Full Text Search
- Image Editing
- Metadata Management
- Multi-Language
- Reporting & Statistics
- Role-Based Permissions
- SEO Management
- Search/Filter
- Single Sign On
- Social Media Integration
- Tagging
- Template Management
- Text Editing
- Third Party Integrations
- User Management
- Version Control
- Video Support
- WYSIWYG Editor
- Website Management
- Workflow Management
- Cataloguing/Categorisation
- Channel Management
- Customer Accounts
- Email Marketing
- Inventory Management
- Loyalty Program
- Mobile Commerce
- Order Management
- Product Configurator
- Promotions Management
- Returns Management
- SEO Management
- Shopping Cart
- AB Testing
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Auto-Responders
- CAN SPAM Compliance
- CRM
- Campaign Analytics
- Campaign Management
- Campaign Scheduling
- Campaign Segmentation
- Click Tracking
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Customer Segmentation
- Customer Surveys
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Forms
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Templates
- Drag & Drop
- Drip Campaigns
- Dynamic Content
- Email Campaign Management
- Email Distribution
- Email Management
- Email Marketing
- Email Templates
- Email Tracking
- Engagement Tracking
- Event Triggered Actions
- Image Library
- Landing Pages/Web Forms
- Lead Capture
- List Management
- Mailing List Management
- Mobile Optimized Emails
- Multi-Campaign
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Real Time Analytics
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Social Media Integration
- Spam Blocker
- Subscriber Management
- Subscription Management
- Template Management
- Third Party Integrations
- WYSIWYG Editor
- Web Forms
- API
- Accounting Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Alerts/Notifications
- Cataloguing/Categorisation
- Channel Management
- Customer Accounts
- Customisable Branding
- Customizable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Data Synchronization
- Discount Management
- Electronic Payments
- Email Marketing
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Optimization
- Inventory Replenishment
- Inventory Tracking
- Marketplace Integration
- Mobile Commerce
- Multi-Channel Management
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Location
- Order Entry
- Order Management
- Order Tracking
- Product Catalog
- Product Data Management
- Promotions Management
- Purchase Order Management
- Real Time Data
- Real-time Updates
- Reporting & Statistics
- Retail Inventory Management
- Returns Management
- SEO Management
- Sales Orders
- Sales Reports
- Sales Trend Analysis
- Shipping Labels
- Shipping Management
- Shopping Cart
- Social Commerce
- Stock Management
- Supplier Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Warehouse Management
- Website Management
- eCommerce Management
- AB Testing
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Advertising Management
- Alerts/Notifications
- Analytics/ROI Tracking
- Audit Management
- Backlink Monitoring
- Campaign Analytics
- Campaign Management
- Click Tracking
- Competitive Analysis
- Content Management
- Conversion Rate Optimisation
- Customisable Branding
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Dashboard
- Data Visualization
- Email Marketing
- Google Analytics Integration
- Keyword Rank Tracking
- Keyword Research Tools
- Keyword Tracking
- Landing Pages/Web Forms
- Link Management
- Localization Automation
- Mobile Keywords
- Monitoring
- Multi-Campaign
- Multi-Language
- Multi-Location
- Performance Management
- Performance Metrics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Notifications
- Real-time Updates
- Reporting & Statistics
- SEO Management
- Scheduled / Automated Reports
- Social Media Integration
- Third Party Integrations
- Trend Analysis
- User Management
- Visual Analytics
- WYSIWYG Editor
- Web Traffic Reporting
- Website Analytics
- Website Management
- Workflow Management
- API
- Abandoned Cart Saver
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- CRM
- Cataloguing/Categorisation
- Credit Card Processing
- Customer Accounts
- Customer Segmentation
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Forms
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Data Synchronization
- Discount Management
- Drag & Drop
- Electronic Payments
- Email Marketing
- Email Templates
- Inventory Control
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Tracking
- Invoice Management
- Multi-Channel Management
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Location
- Order Management
- Order Tracking
- Product Catalog
- Product Configurator
- Product Ratings / Reviews
- Promotions Management
- Real Time Data
- Refund Management
- Reporting & Statistics
- Returns Management
- SEO Management
- SSL Security
- Sales Orders
- Sales Trend Analysis
- Shipping Management
- Shopping Cart
- Social Media Integration
- Stock Management
- Tax Management
- Template Management
- Third Party Integrations
- eCommerce Management
- AB Testing
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts / Escalation
- Alerts/Notifications
- Behavior Tracking
- Campaign Analytics
- Campaign Management
- Charting
- Conversion Rate Optimisation
- Conversion Tracking
- Customer Journey Mapping
- Customer Segmentation
- Customisable Branding
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Dashboard Creation
- Data Import/Export
- Data Visualization
- Drag & Drop
- Engagement Tracking
- Funnel Analysis
- Goal Setting / Tracking
- Heatmaps
- Keyword Tracking
- Monitoring
- Multiple Site Management
- Pageview Tracking
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Monitoring
- Real Time Notifications
- Real Time Reporting
- Referral Tracking
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- SEO Management
- Sales Trend Analysis
- Screen Activity Recording
- Search/Filter
- Site Search Tracking
- Social Media Integration
- Surveys & Feedback
- Tagging
- Third Party Integrations
- Time on Site Tracking
- Trend Analysis
- User Interaction Tracking
- Visitor Tracking
- Visual Analytics
- Visualization
- Web Traffic Reporting
- Website Analytics
- Widgets
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Auto Update
- CRM
- Chat/Messaging
- Content Library
- Content Management
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Forms
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Design Management
- Drag & Drop
- Electronic Payments
- Email Marketing
- Forms Management
- Inventory Management
- Landing Pages/Web Forms
- Media Library
- Multi-Language
- Newsletter Management
- Online Booking Tools
- Online Store Builder
- Order Management
- Pre-built Templates
- Promotions Management
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Editing
- Real-time Updates
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- SEO Management
- SSL Security
- Shopping Cart
- Social Media Integration
- Survey Builder
- Template Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Visitor Tracking
- WYSIWYG Editor
- Web Forms
- Website Analytics
- Website Integration
- Website Management
- Widgets
- eCommerce Management
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Alerts/Notifications
- CRM
- Campaign Management
- Cataloguing/Categorisation
- Channel Management
- Content Management
- Credit Card Processing
- Customer Accounts
- Customisable Branding
- Customizable Templates
- Data Security
- Data Synchronization
- Discount Management
- Drag & Drop
- Electronic Payments
- Email Marketing
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Tracking
- Kitting
- Loyalty Program
- Mobile Access
- Multi-Channel Management
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Location
- Multi-Store
- Order Management
- Order Processing
- Order Tracking
- Product Data Management
- Promotions Management
- Purchase Order Management
- Real Time Data
- Reporting & Statistics
- Retail Inventory Management
- Returns Management
- Reviews Management
- SEO Management
- Sales Orders
- Sales Trend Analysis
- Shipping Management
- Shopping Cart
- Social Media Integration
- Template Management
- Templates
- Third Party Integrations
- Website Management
- eCommerce Management
Squarespace deployment and support
Support
- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat
Deployment
- Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- Android (Mobile)
- iPhone (Mobile)
- iPad (Mobile)
Training
- In Person
- Webinars
- Documentation
- Videos
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Squarespace Reviews
Read all reviewsOverall rating
Average score
Derek N.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 04/08/2019
"The best web design platform available"
Comments: I am designing 99% of my clients websites on Squarespace. It helps me get to market faster and easier, and deliver a product my clients love.
Pros: I have been designing websites professionally for over 15 years and it's very rare that I don't design on Squarespace for clients. It's easy to use, the templates are beautiful, and there are so many features and endless flexibility.
Cons: I wish custom code injection was available on the basic/personal levels. As of right now, you need to upgrade to the business account to inject any code in the header or footer.
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- Reviewed on 04/08/2019
Stephen O.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 04/07/2021
"Value and Simplicity, Meet Beauty!"
Comments: I have now built over 10 full websites using Squarespace and each one continues to grow my knowledge and stretch my ability. As I aforementioned, you don’t need to be a pro, but if you are, designing an incredible, impactful and don’t miss this, mobile friendly website is simple and easy.
Pros: The best thing about Squarespace is the ability to create gorgeous websites with little to zero experience. You don’t need to be an HTML wizard, but if you happen to be, you can still take full advantage of everything Squarespace has to offer.
Cons: Honestly, it’s hard to say one. For the mid level prosumer, I haven’t found a single better option.
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- Reviewed on 04/07/2021
Andrea C.
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Overall Rating2 /5
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Ease of Use1 /5
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Features & Functionality2 /5
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Customer Support1 /5
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Value for Money1 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
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- Reviewed on 23/07/2019
"SquareSpace is a let-down. It's hard to use and is missing basic features. The marketing fooled me!"
Comments: Overall, I hated using SquareSpace and I was so disappointed because I switched away from WordPress + Divi to give SquareSpace a whirl based on SquareSpace's amazing marketing. What a let down. I will never use SquareSpace again. My client wanted both of his sites designed in SquareSpace because he was also duped by the ads. I made one site and it took forever because I was constantly googling how to do something with code to get the site how we wanted it. If you use SquareSpace be prepared to be frustrated or to hire a developer. Basic functionality is missing and you can't copy anything you've done to use elsewhere. I wanted to duplicate the first site and modify it for the second. You can't do that. I had to make both sites from scratch. Support was absolutely terrible. Zero help compared to the awesome Divi support staff that has made my designing life so great for so many years (I'm not an affiliate, just a fan). Oh! And SquareSpace is expensive! You have to pay for each and every site. With WordPress, you pay for hosting somewhere, like Siteground, and you can add as many sites to that account as you like no charge. Squarespace has pretty templates that you can't modify pretty much at all, and it's expensive with terrible support. Do not choose SquareSpace as your CMS unless you are a developer. Awful.
Pros: SquareSpace has beautiful templates. They are truly gorgeous. SquareSpace also has an easy-to-use sidebar of options that puts everything that you can do on the left side. The interface is as clean as the templates. Hosting of your site is done through Squarespace. That's it when it comes to pros. There are a ton of Cons to using SquareSpace.
Cons: As a WordPress user (who has also designed with Wix), SquareSpace falls short almost everywhere. You can't import your brand font—essential. You have to use code or a back-door solution with AdobeFonts. If you want 5 items in a row, no can do. You get 4 or 6. You can't drag the amount of padding around items and sections. You must use spacer blocks (time consuming and such a bad way to do things). There's no media storage! If you upload your photo it isn't stored anywhere for easy selection later. You must upload the same image multiple times whenever you need it—frustrating. Changes can't be made on individual copy styles. Squarespace sets up its CMS as a global system so if you want to change the way your font looks in just one place, you need to insert code (markdown block). You should be able to select it and change the size or colour. But no. It's CRAZY! So time-consuming. Missing basic word-processing functionality. Squarespace has no plugin options. You can't duplicate a page of your site and you can't duplicate your site! Everything is done from scratch! In WordPress, you download a .JSON file and upload it somewhere else and you're flying. Not with SquareSpace. You can't make your overlays look different per section. Everything applies globally. You can't add borders to images. The biggest CON? There's no undo! No revision history. If you delete something accidentally, it's gone forever. Support is terrible. Every answer is "you can't do that" or "try to find code.
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- Reviewed on 23/07/2019
Eddie L.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use4 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support4 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
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- Reviewed on 25/06/2021
"Best in class product by far for several years now"
Comments: I teach classes on digital marketing and entrepreneurship and ask my students to build a website without coding within a week that looks professional and generate sales from their website. SquareSpace has always helped them build a best in class product. The website we have built quickly to get our companies started have resonated well with investors and everyone always compliments the look and feel of our sites.
Pros: I have used SquareSpace for over 5 years now, using the platform to build a minimum viable product before scaling to custom built websites, to putting up new websites that look extremely professional very quickly. Everyone who looks at the websites are impressed with how they look, not knowing it only took a few minutes to build. They continue to add functionality over the years. They have a great dedication to customer service as well that responds quickly.
Cons: Moving some objects around was not always as intuitive as I thought they could be. If there are a tremendous amounts of data on a screen it may be slower to edit than it always was. Very minor bugs discovered on rare occasions. Just nitpicking, wonderful product.
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- Reviewed on 25/06/2021
Erin R.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 31/05/2021
"A Novice Can Do It"
Comments: I've had a great experience with Squarespace. I'm currently going through a website redesign. I utilized their "matchmaking service" to try and find a designer and thought it was the most efficient system. It's like online dating. You fill out a form, which is like your profile, stating what you want. You get matched up with several designers. From those you "swipe right" on five. Then it becomes up to those five to court you by sending you an email, reaching out to jump on a Zoom and you take your relationship from there. I feel like I scored. I am enjoying working with my designer. She's so knowledgeable and she understands what I'm trying to accomplish. I cannot wait for my new site to deploy.
Pros: For the most part, anything I've tried to create on Squarespace is relatively easy. If I had questions, I was able to find a YouTube tutorial to figure it out. The sites look professional on both desktop and mobile and don't break the bank to create. You can also make your site transactional which is nice and the fees involved are reasonable.
Cons: I am not a tech savvy person so some of the functionality requires an in-depth online lesson to recreate something I've seen, however, it is all figureoutable.
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- Reviewed on 31/05/2021
