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Squarespace vs Wix
2 products compared side by side: what you pay for with each one first, then the five access facts, entry prices, recorded plan limits and the bottom line of each review. The evidence note under the table says how each product was checked.
Side by side
| Metric | Squarespace | Wix |
|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Easy to adoptA polished template site that can sell products, services, courses and memberships from the first plan, without adding a store or membership tool. | Easy to adoptA drag-and-drop business site with multilingual, bookings, payments and a broad compliance file, on one platform that grows with the plan. |
| Overall score | 6.3 | 7.2Best |
| Free option | 14-day free trial | Free plan |
| Card to start | No card needed | No card needed |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $19/site/mo | $17/site/mo |
| Pricing model | Tiered | Tiered |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices |
| Billing unit | Per site; fees on sales by plan | Per site; prices vary by country |
| Free option | No free plan; 14-day trial, no card | Free plan on a wixsite.com address with Wix ads; 14-day money-back guarantee |
| Reference scenario (annual) | $19/mo on Basic | $17/mo on Light (US price) |
| Month-to-month price | $25 on Basic ($25 / $39 / $65 / $139) | Monthly billing offered; price not shown on the plans page |
| Free custom domain | For 1 year on annual plans | Voucher for 1 year with a first yearly plan |
| Second editor | 2 contributors on Basic, unlimited from Core | 2 site collaborators on Light, 5 on Core |
| Multiple languages | Weglot integration: free for 1 language up to 2,000 words | Wix Multilingual; 3,000 free auto-translation words |
| Online selling | Every plan; 2% store fee on Basic, 0% from Core | From Core ($29/mo billed yearly) |
| SOC 2 / ISO 27001 | Not stated; PCI-DSS for built-in payments | SOC 2 Type 2; ISO 27001, 27017, 27018 and 27701; PCI DSS Level 1 |
| Refund window | 14 days on new annual plans; monthly plans not refunded | 14 days on new plans, yearly or monthly |
| Export | WordPress XML of layout pages and one blog; forms to CSV | CMS collections and contacts to CSV; blog posts and the site cannot be exported |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, Squarespace is the builder that sells from the first plan: products, services and memberships on Basic at $19 a month billed yearly, with fees that fall on higher plans. It states no SOC 2 or ISO 27001, and its export covers only part of a site. | From its public pages, Wix is the most complete all-in-one builder here: multilingual, collaborators and a broad compliance file from Light at $17 a month in the US, with selling from Core. The trade-off is lock-in: the site and its blog cannot be exported. |
Evidence: Squarespace: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Wix: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
When to pick each
In the words of each review, with the date its facts were checked.
From our Squarespace review
Checked Oct 16, 2026- Pick Squarespace when
- You want to sell or run memberships on the entry plan and export your blog to WordPress.
- Pick Wix when
- You want built-in multilingual and a vendor-stated SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
From our Wix review
Checked Oct 16, 2026- Pick Wix when
- You want built-in multilingual, a stated SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and a lower entry price ($17 vs $19 a month billed yearly).
- Pick Squarespace when
- You want to sell products or memberships on the entry plan and export your blog to WordPress.
Entry price
Baseline: each product's cheapest paid plan, per month. Included usage differs, so read the line under each price.
- SquarespaceBasic$19/site/moBilled yearly; $25 month to month
- Free domain for 1 year on annual terms
- 2 contributors
- Sell products, services and memberships (2% store fee, 7% content fee)
- 30 minutes of video storage
- WixLowest priceLight$17/site/moUS price, billed yearly
- Custom domain, free domain for 1 year
- Wix branding removed
- 2 GB storage, 1,500 CMS items
- 2 site collaborators, 4 lead-capture forms
Prices as listed on each pricing page, in USD per month, excluding tax. Observed: Squarespace 2026-10-16, Wix 2026-10-16.
Which one fits
- If you need to start today without a sales call
- WixSelf-serve sign-up, no card needed; the highest score of the 2 self-serve products here (7.2/10).
- If you want to try it without entering a card
- WixFree plan, no card needed; scored 7.2/10.
- Lowest starter price
- Wix$17/site/mo for the Light (billed yearly, US price) plan.
- Highest overall score
- Wix7.2/10 (Good). The review shows the score breakdown and the run behind it.
Picked by fixed rules from the table above, not by hand. How we score
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