Squarespace Inc

Squarespace

8.0 /10

What is Squarespace?

From websites and online stores, to marketing tools and analytics, Squarespace is the all-in-one platform to build a beautiful online presence. Our platform empowers millions of people — from individuals and local artists to entrepreneurs shaping the world’s most iconic businesses — to share their stories and create an impactful, stylish, and easy-to-manage online presence.

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Squarespace Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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88 Likeliness to Recommend

86 Plan to Renew

2
Since last award

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+80 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Squarespace?

6% Negative

3% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Web Publishing Capabilities

Standard Templates

Content Security

Management Interface

Translation Facilitation

E-Commerce Integration

Content Repository

Multi Channel Support

Digital Asset Management

Social Media Integration

Analytics and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Squarespace Reviews

Eitan G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2023

Iconic and Full-featured Digital Experience GURU

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Squarespace from other similar products?

Squarespace is easy to use and offers a wide range of digital experience tools in one place.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Squarespace help me create websites from scratch with the help of WYSIWYG editor tools.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Hosting plans are a bit cheap, but they hold few websites compared to Hostgator.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

There are tons of digital experience tools, compare and contrast them prior to purchase.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Reetu B.

Role: Operations
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2023

Website Design and Development Tool: Squarespace

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Squarespace from other similar products?

Squarespace domain registration is quite cheaper compared to wordpress.com.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Squarespace makes it super easy to manage website content online create and design websites via drag and drop functionality.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It requires to be integrated with Simditor and TinyMCE to boost WYSIWYG tools.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Ensure you compare Squarespace with alternatives first, but Squarespace is the real-deal on my end.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Maurice H.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Media
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2023

Easy to use for new businesses.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Squarespace from other similar products?

Squarespace is a full-fledged website platform for beginner and advanced businesses/bloggers. It offers a ton of features which are easy to implement, right from the start.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It is simple to set up and work with. With only a few clicks, you can create a beautiful and responsive website that has a professional look. One other valuable feature is that you cannot make mistakes by adding the wrong code. Breaking the website is not possible, so you can try out a few things if needed.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The tiers seem to be unevenly spaced. Some features do not exist in lower tiers, and if you want them, you have to step up to the highest pricing to get them. Full on Analytics or Shop integration are some examples.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are looking for a professional website builder and want to have quick and good results, Squarespace will be your best choice. No more tinkering with code (only if needed) and with only a few clicks, you will have a professional website in minutes!

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Efficient Service
Respectful

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Squarespace Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

86 Plan to Renew

2 Since last award

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+80 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Squarespace?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Web Publishing Capabilities The ability to build and upload websites, update the associated webpages, and post content online.

Standard Templates The solution provides the ability to use standard pre-made website designs, which help to simplify the process of building web presence.

Content Security The ability to integrate existing security protocols and technologies, SSO, and Role-based permissions. Support for content filtering integration

Management Interface Advanced management interface functionality for enterprises that perform frequent refreshes of their site, perhaps through a syndication or publication process.

Translation Facilitation Certain WCM tools offer workflow capability to facilitate language translation. This feature is appropriate primarily for multinational entities.

E-Commerce Integration Includes payment and multiple design options, website security, online support, and integrated shipping.

Content Repository Database of content with an associated set of data management, ability to search, and access methods allowing application-independent access to the content.

Multi Channel Support Integration with email, telephone, and live chat, and with self-service and social media.

Digital Asset Management Controls non-text assets such as images and video clips; includes advanced DAM functionality for product marketing.

Social Media Integration The solution provides support for social property and content creation management, as well as social media analytics.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Squarespace Reviews

Eitan G.

Iconic and Full-featured Digital Experience GURU

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Reetu B.

Website Design and Development Tool: Squarespace

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Maurice H.

Easy to use for new businesses.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Web Publishing Capabilities

Standard Templates

Content Security

Management Interface

Translation Facilitation

E-Commerce Integration

Content Repository

Multi Channel Support

Digital Asset Management

Social Media Integration

Analytics and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration