Free
Token calculator

Squarespace pricing: plans, fees and the 3-year cost

Squarespace costs $19 to $99 a month billed yearly as of October 2026, or $25 to $139 monthly. Here is what each plan adds, the sales fees and the 3-year total.

By · Updated

Squarespace has four website plans. As of October 30, 2026, they cost $19 (Basic), $29 (Core), $49 (Plus) and $99 (Advanced) a month on yearly billing, or $25, $39, $65 and $139 if you pay month to month. That puts a year of the cheapest plan at $228, and three years of Basic with a .com domain at about $724, because the free domain renews at $20 a year after year one.

How we worked it out: plan prices, card rates and sales fees come from Squarespace’s US pricing page and its Help Center, both read on October 30, 2026. The .com renewal price comes from AskGPU’s domains data, checked October 18, 2026. We haven’t built a site on Squarespace ourselves; this guide covers what Squarespace publishes, not speed or support quality. Prices are in US dollars, before tax. Squarespace says state and local taxes are added at checkout where they apply.

How much does Squarespace cost per month?

Squarespace doesn’t use a low first-term price that jumps at renewal, the way many web hosts do. The price on the pricing page is the plan price. What changes the bill is the billing cycle: yearly billing is cheaper per month.

Plan Yearly billing Paid per year Monthly billing Paid per year on monthly Saved per year on yearly
Basic $19/mo $228 $25/mo $300 $72
Core $29/mo $348 $39/mo $468 $120
Plus $49/mo $588 $65/mo $780 $192
Advanced $99/mo $1,188 $139/mo $1,668 $480

The yearly totals are the monthly-equivalent price times 12 (for example, $19 × 12 = $228). Squarespace’s pricing page says “Pay annually to save up to 36%.” On the prices shown on October 30, the saving works out to between 24% (Basic: $72 ÷ $300) and 29% (Advanced: $480 ÷ $1,668). The 36% figure doesn’t match any plan at today’s prices, so use the dollar amounts above.

A few rules from Squarespace’s Help Center change what you’ll actually pay:

  • One plan per site. “A website plan covers one site.” Two sites mean two plans, each with its own billing cycle, and you can’t move a plan from one site to another.
  • Other products are billed separately. Domains, Google Workspace, Email Campaigns, Acuity Scheduling and other Squarespace products are separate subscriptions.
  • Discounts apply once. “Discounts apply to your first payment. Your next renewal is charged at full price.” Discounts don’t stack; Squarespace applies whichever saves more.
  • Price changes apply at renewal. If Squarespace emails you about a price increase, you pay the new price on your next renewal date, not on the “effective date” in the email.

Older, lower figures for these plans still show up in some search results. If a page quotes Basic at less than $19 a month on yearly billing, it doesn’t match Squarespace’s pricing page as of October 30, 2026.

Is Squarespace free?

No. Squarespace’s pricing FAQ says it “doesn’t offer a free plan, but every site starts with a free trial—no credit card required.” The trial lasts 14 days.

What the trial does and doesn’t let you do, per Squarespace’s trial guide:

  • You get “nearly all features” and can create as many trial sites as you like. Each site is paid for separately when you upgrade.
  • Your site is private. Search engines don’t index trial sites, and you can’t verify a trial in Google Search Console.
  • You can’t accept payments, send abandoned-checkout or customer emails, or receive form-submission emails.
  • Trial sites can have up to 5 contributors, but you can’t upgrade to Basic with more than the 2 contributors that plan allows.
  • When the trial ends, you lose access to the site until you pay.

If you want a free website that stays online, Squarespace isn’t the place. Builders with real free plans (on their own subdomains, with branding) are compared in our Wix and Squarespace alternatives.

What does each Squarespace plan include?

All four plans include hosting, SSL, templates, the drag-and-drop editor, SEO tools, 24/7 support and “unlimited bandwidth.” All can sell products, services, courses and memberships, and send invoices without an invoice fee. The Help Center lists up to 1,000 pages on every plan. The differences are people, video, extras and fees:

Basic Core Plus Advanced
Price, yearly billing $19/mo $29/mo $49/mo $99/mo
Contributors 2 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Video storage 30 min 5 hours 50 hours Unlimited
AI credits 10 (one-time) 20 per month 40 per month 120 per month
Online store transaction fee 2% 0% 0% 0%
Digital content and memberships fee 7% 5% 1% 0%
Standard US card rate (Squarespace Payments) 2.9% + $0.30 2.9% + $0.30 2.7% + $0.30 2.5% + $0.30
Free year of Google Workspace (1 inbox) No Yes Yes Yes
Custom JavaScript, iframes, code injection No Yes Yes Yes
Discounts, Google Shopping, shipping labels, carrier rates No Yes Yes Yes
Automated tax calculation No 0.15% (max $0.99) 0.10% (max $0.99) 0.05% (max $0.99)

Basic does allow custom code, but only HTML, Markdown and CSS in the CSS editor and code blocks. Code injection, which you need for things like the Meta Pixel or a live-chat script, starts on Core. So do the Mailchimp and Zapier integrations.

AI credits pay for the AI Visibility tool and Image Studio; Squarespace says its text AI tools don’t use credits. On Basic you get 10 starter credits once. On the higher plans, subscription credits renew monthly and don’t roll over. You can buy credit packs of up to 400 credits, which expire a year after purchase. The Help Center pages we read don’t list a price for credit packs.

How much are Squarespace’s transaction and card fees?

Selling on Squarespace can cost you up to three separate fees, per its Help Center:

  1. Commerce transaction fee: Squarespace’s own 2% on online store sales, on Basic only.
  2. Payment processing fee: charged by Squarespace Payments, Stripe, PayPal or Square on every payment.
  3. Digital Product fee: 7%, 5%, 1% or 0% on courses, memberships and other digital content, depending on the plan.

US rates through Squarespace Payments, as of October 30, 2026:

Payment method Basic Core Plus Advanced
Standard cards 2.9% + $0.30 2.9% + $0.30 2.7% + $0.30 2.5% + $0.30
Premium cards (American Express, some business cards) 3.2% + $0.30 3.2% + $0.30 3.2% + $0.30 3.2% + $0.30
International card surcharge +1.5% +1.5% +1.5% +1.5%
Currency conversion +1% +1% +1% +1%
ACH (US only, $250 minimum) 1.5% 1% ($10 max) 1% ($10 max) 1% ($10 max)
Klarna 5.45% + $0.30 5.45% + $0.30 5.45% + $0.30 5.45% + $0.30
Afterpay 6% + $0.30 6% + $0.30 6% + $0.30 6% + $0.30

The lower card rates on Plus and Advanced apply only to standard cards. Premium cards cost 3.2% + $0.30 on every plan. If you connect Stripe, PayPal or Square instead, their own rates apply; the Squarespace pages we read list rates for Squarespace Payments only.

Worked example: a small shop selling $2,000 a month

Say a shop takes $2,000 a month online in 50 orders of $40, all on standard US cards through Squarespace Payments, with plans on yearly billing.

Plan Card fees Transaction fee Plan Total per month
Basic 2.9% × $2,000 + 50 × $0.30 = $73 2% × $2,000 = $40 $19 $132
Core $73 $0 $29 $102
Plus 2.7% × $2,000 + $15 = $69 $0 $49 $118
Advanced 2.5% × $2,000 + $15 = $65 $0 $99 $164

Core is the cheapest of the four for this shop, $30 a month less than Basic even though its plan price is $10 higher.

At $10,000 a month (250 orders of $40), the totals are Basic $584, Core $394, Plus $394 and Advanced $424. Core and Plus tie there, because Plus’s 0.2-point lower card rate saves exactly the $20 a month extra it costs ($10,000 × 0.2% = $20).

When is it worth upgrading?

The break-even points, using yearly billing and standard US cards:

  • Basic to Core: Core costs $120 more a year ($348 − $228) and removes the 2% transaction fee. That pays off above $6,000 a year in online store sales ($120 ÷ 2%), or $500 a month. In year one Core also includes a free Google Workspace Starter inbox, which Squarespace sells for $84 a year, so the first-year gap is $36 and the break-even falls to $1,800 of sales that year, if you’d have paid for that inbox anyway.
  • Core to Plus: Plus costs $240 more a year. On physical products, it saves 0.2% on standard cards, which pays off above $120,000 a year in card sales ($240 ÷ 0.2%). On digital content, the fee drops from 5% to 1%, so Plus pays off above $6,000 a year in digital sales ($240 ÷ 4%).
  • Plus to Advanced: Advanced costs $600 more a year. It pays off above $300,000 a year in standard card sales ($600 ÷ 0.2%) or $60,000 a year in digital content sales ($600 ÷ 1%).

Fees aren’t the only reason to upgrade. You may need Core simply for a third contributor, code injection or more than 30 minutes of video.

What does Squarespace cost over three years?

Here is the cost of the plan plus a .com domain, assuming you claim the free first-year domain on yearly billing and keep it registered with Squarespace. The domain renews at $20 a year: Squarespace’s domain refund policy says free domains “renew at $20 annually after the first year,” which matches AskGPU’s domains data (checked October 18, 2026).

Plan (yearly billing) Plan, 3 years Domain, years 2 and 3 3-year total Per month, averaged
Basic $684 $40 $724 $20.11
Core $1,044 $40 $1,084 $30.11
Plus $1,764 $40 $1,804 $50.11
Advanced $3,564 $40 $3,604 $100.11

On monthly billing, Basic for three years is $900 ($25 × 36), and a monthly plan doesn’t include the free domain. With a .com from Squarespace Domains ($14 the first year on discount, then $20, per AskGPU’s data) that’s $954.

Adding business email

If you want an address at your own domain through Squarespace, Google Workspace Starter costs $84 per user a year, or $8.40 a month, per Squarespace’s Google Workspace pricing page. Core and higher plans get one inbox free for the first year:

  • Core for three years with one Google inbox: $1,084 + 2 × $84 = $1,252.
  • Basic for three years with one Google inbox: $724 + 3 × $84 = $976.

Squarespace notes that its Google Workspace prices “may differ from Google promotional pricing,” and that after signing up through Squarespace you can’t switch the billing cycle or downgrade the plan. If email is a big part of your decision, our Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365 guide compares the plans directly.

Are there Squarespace discounts?

Squarespace publishes two discounts that apply to everyone who qualifies:

  • Yearly billing. The cheapest way to pay, as in the first table, and the only way to get the free domain.
  • Student discount. Full-time students at eligible colleges and universities get 50% off the first annual plan, verified through Student Beans. Basic on yearly billing would be $114 instead of $228 for the first year. Monthly plans, domains and reactivated sites don’t qualify, and the next renewal is at full price. Alumni, staff and high school students aren’t eligible.

Squarespace’s FAQ says it “occasionally runs promotions” and shares them on its site or by email. Whatever the code, it applies to the first payment only.

What to watch for

  • Renewals happen automatically. Website plans renew on their own. Domains are charged 15 days before the renewal date, and annual Google Workspace plans 15 days before theirs.
  • Refunds are narrow. Annual website plans can be refunded in full within 14 days of purchase. There’s no refund for monthly plans, renewals, downgrades or annual plans after 14 days. If you cancel within 14 days, the cost of the “free” domain is deducted from the refund. Domains are refundable within 5 days of registration, and domain renewals aren’t refundable.
  • Canceling the site doesn’t cancel everything. When a site is canceled it shows a “Website expired” message, but your domain, Google Workspace, Acuity Scheduling and Email Campaigns subscriptions stay active and keep billing until you cancel them one by one.
  • The free domain has limits. It covers one domain in the lowest price tier (which includes .com), must be claimed within a year of starting the annual plan, and isn’t available on monthly plans. You can’t put it toward a pricier extension as a partial discount. If you cancel the annual plan during the free year, Squarespace charges you for the domain.
  • Domain renewals cost more than at-cost registrars. A .com renews at $20 a year at Squarespace, against $10.46 at Cloudflare Registrar, per AskGPU’s domains data. Squarespace’s help pages confirm you can transfer a Squarespace domain to another provider. More on this in how much a domain costs.
  • Legacy plans. As of February 2026, Squarespace no longer sells its Personal, Business and Commerce plans. If you’re still on one, changing plans moves you to a current plan, and you can’t go back. The legacy Business plan carried a 3% transaction fee.
  • Downgrades take work. To move from Core or higher to Basic, Squarespace says you must first remove carrier-calculated shipping, automatic tax rates, city-based shipping zones and any contributors beyond two.

Which Squarespace plan should you choose?

  • A personal site, portfolio or blog with no sales: Basic on yearly billing, $228 a year. Two contributors and 30 minutes of video are the limits to check.
  • A service business taking bookings, invoices or a few sales: Basic is fine for occasional sales. Once online store sales pass about $500 a month, Core costs less overall, and it adds the free first-year Google inbox, code injection and Mailchimp and Zapier links.
  • A shop selling physical products: Core. Plus only pays for itself on card fees above roughly $120,000 a year in standard card sales.
  • Courses, memberships or paid content: Plus once digital sales pass about $6,000 a year, because the fee drops from 5% to 1%. Advanced removes the fee entirely and pays off above about $60,000 a year in digital sales.
  • A team on a tight budget: compare the cheapest custom-domain plans in our cheapest website builders guide. Squarespace Basic is one of the pricier entry plans there.
  • Not sure a builder is the right route at all: see how much it costs to build a website for builder, WordPress and AI-tool costs side by side, or browse all options on our website builders page.

Sources