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Squarespace vs WordPress.com
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 | WordPress.com |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Worth the priceA managed WordPress site with plugins and unlimited users for $4 a month billed yearly, with your posts and pages free to leave in WordPress’s own format. |
| Overall score | 6.3 | 7.9Best |
| 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 | $4/site/mo |
| Pricing model | Tiered | Tiered |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices |
| Billing unit | Per site; fees on sales by plan | Per site; yearly, 2-year, 3-year or monthly terms |
| Free option | No free plan; 14-day trial, no card | Free plan on a WordPress.com address with ads; 14-day refund on annual plans |
| Reference scenario (annual) | $19/mo on Basic | $4/mo on Personal |
| Month-to-month price | $25 on Basic ($25 / $39 / $65 / $139) | $9 on Personal ($9 / $18 / $40 / $70) |
| Free custom domain | For 1 year on annual plans | For 1 year on annual and multi-year plans |
| Second editor | 2 contributors on Basic, unlimited from Core | Unlimited users on every plan |
| Multiple languages | Weglot integration: free for 1 language up to 2,000 words | Through a multilingual plugin on Personal and up |
| Online selling | Every plan; 2% store fee on Basic, 0% from Core | Payment buttons from Premium; WooCommerce store from Business |
| SOC 2 / ISO 27001 | Not stated; PCI-DSS for built-in payments | Not stated on the pages we read |
| Refund window | 14 days on new annual plans; monthly plans not refunded | 14 days on annual plans, 7 days on monthly |
| Export | WordPress XML of layout pages and one blog; forms to CSV | Posts, pages and comments as XML; full site with a migration plugin |
| 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, WordPress.com is the lowest-cost route to a custom-domain site with a blog, at $4 a month billed yearly, with plugins, unlimited users and a portable export. Check the renewal price at checkout, and note that SOC 2 and ISO 27001 are not stated. |
Evidence: Squarespace: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; WordPress.com: 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 selling, invoicing and memberships with no plugins to choose or update.
- Pick WordPress.com when
- You want the lowest entry price and a full export of your posts and pages.
From our WordPress.com review
Checked Oct 16, 2026- Pick WordPress.com when
- You want plugins, unlimited users and a complete content export at a lower price.
- Pick Squarespace when
- You want to sell products and memberships on the entry plan without choosing plugins.
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
- WordPress.comLowest pricePersonal$4/site/moBilled yearly; $9 month to month, $3.25 on 2 years, $2.75 on 3 years; renewal price not in the page text
- No ads, free domain for 1 year
- Install plugins and premium themes
- 6 GB storage
- Full stats history
Prices as listed on each pricing page, in USD per month, excluding tax. Observed: Squarespace 2026-10-16, WordPress.com 2026-10-16.
Which one fits
- If you need to start today without a sales call
- WordPress.comSelf-serve sign-up, no card needed; the highest score of the 2 self-serve products here (7.9/10).
- If you want to try it without entering a card
- WordPress.comFree plan, no card needed; scored 7.9/10.
- Lowest starter price
- WordPress.com$4/site/mo for the Personal (billed yearly) plan.
- Highest overall score
- WordPress.com7.9/10 (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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