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Squarespace
Design-forward website builder with polished templates for sites, stores, and portfolios.
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FindThatSoftware verdictEditorial ruling
A strong choice when design quality matters and you want a beautiful site with minimal effort, popular with creatives and product businesses. It's less flexible than open platforms and is USD-priced with platform lock-in. Verify current plan pricing and whether commerce features need higher tiers.
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Should you use Squarespace?
Use it if creatives and portfolios. Avoid it if an Indian merchant expecting native checkout should not choose Squarespace, because Squarespace Payments does not operate in India.
Spec sheet
- Starting price
- ₹630/mo₹630/mo sticker
- Free plan
- Not available
- Free trial
- Available
- Status
- Source checked 29 Jul 2026
- Source trail
- 2 public sources
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Squarespace is a it, security & hosting / website builders for Indian buyers. It costs about ₹630/mo before GST. Prices show in rupees, but it bills from outside India, so your card may add a forex markup. It does not issue an India GST invoice, so a registered business reclaims the GST via reverse charge. FindThatSoftware rates it best for creatives and portfolios, and a poor fit if an Indian merchant expecting native checkout should not choose Squarespace, because Squarespace Payments does not operate in India.
The trade-off, weighed
What you gain, and what you give up.
The case for
- Hosting, SSL, unlimited bandwidth and 24/7 support are included on every paid plan, so there is no separate hosting bill
- An annual plan includes one year of domain registration, and Squarespace is an ICANN accredited registrar so the domain stays yours
- Invoicing carries no transaction fee on any plan, and every paid plan above the entry tier drops the online store fee to zero
The catch
- Squarespace Payments runs in only fourteen countries and India is not one of them, so an Indian seller needs a different processor
- The entry paid plan charges 2 percent on online store sales and 7 percent on digital content and memberships
- There is no free plan. After the 14 day trial the only choices are paying or losing the site
- Plan changes and cancellations take effect at the end of the billing cycle, so a mistaken annual purchase runs its full year
True India price
Registered business, per month
₹630
Squarespace is billed in rupees at ₹630/mo, so there is no forex markup. A registered business reclaims GST, so that is roughly the cost (₹7,560/yr). Without reclaim, add 18% for about ₹743 a month.
- Sticker price
- ₹630/mo
- GST
- 18%, reclaimable if registered
- Registered per month
- ₹630
- Registered per year
- ₹7,560
- If you can't reclaim GST
- ₹743
- Try first
- Free trial before you commit budget.
- Watch for
- Squarespace has no free plan but offers a free trial; paid plans start at ₹630/mo (Basic), billed annually. Confirm current pricing on Squarespace.
Indicative, not a bill. The exchange rate is a single mid-market reference, not a live feed, and GST-registered businesses may reclaim input credit. Confirm current pricing on the vendor site.
Full India pricing breakdownIndia readiness
How well Squarespace fits an Indian business operationally, from the verified pricing and company facts we hold.
- ✗GST invoice
No Indian GST invoice, so a registered business cannot claim input tax credit on the bill.
- ✗Bills in INR
Shows rupee prices, but bills from a company outside India, so your card may still add a forex markup.
- ✗India HQ
Headquartered outside India, so check support hours and India-specific features.
How Squarespace compares
Against the 6 other website builder toolswe list, from what we verified on each vendor’s own pages.
Less common among the other website builder tools
Recorded for Squarespace and for at most a third of the 6 others we list.
- Abandoned cart recovery
- AI website builder
- Blogging
- Email campaigns
- Gift cards
- Invoicing
- Lead capture
- Online store
Also in most alternatives
Recorded for at least half of the 6 others, and for Squarespace.
- Site analytics
This compares only the capabilities enough rival tools share for a comparison to mean anything — roughly a quarter of what we verified. The full list is under “What we verified” below, and anything absent from both is something we did not record rather than something the product lacks.
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What is Squarespace?
Squarespace is a website builder known for design-forward, polished templates covering sites, online stores, portfolios, scheduling, and email campaigns, with built-in hosting. It targets creatives and small businesses that prioritize aesthetics and simplicity.
Best for
- Creatives and portfolios
- Design-conscious small businesses
- Owners wanting polished templates
Who should avoid it
- An Indian merchant expecting native checkout should not choose Squarespace, because Squarespace Payments does not operate in India
- A creator selling memberships or digital content on the cheapest paid plan hands over 7 percent of every sale in platform fees
What Squarespace does
What we verified about Squarespace
Read from Squarespace’s own pages. Each line is a finding and what it was based on, so you can check any of it yourself.
Features we confirmed36
- Unlimited bandwidth
- 'Unlimited bandwidth' is listed on every plan in the full feature comparison
- Site analytics
- Basic website metrics, traffic and activity insights and ecommerce analytics are included features
- SEO tools
- SEO tools plus search keyword analysis for SEO are listed marketing features
- Point of sale
- 'Sell in person with Squarespace point of sale (POS)' with a POS payment processor row
- Online store
- 'Fully integrated eCommerce' with unlimited products and services on paid plans
- Managed cloud hosting
- FAQ: 'All Squarespace plans include our fully-managed cloud hosting'
- Lead capture forms
- 'Generate leads via Form blocks' with form and button conversion insights
- Invoicing
- Invoicing is a named Business product and 'Send invoices and manage projects' is a plan feature
- Gift cards
- Gift cards appear under Sell products and services in the feature comparison
- Free ssl
- SSL security appears as an included feature across all plan tiers
- Email campaigns
- Email Campaigns is a named Marketing product with newsletter blocks for subscriptions
- Drag and drop site editor
- 'Drag-and-drop editor' and designer templates are listed on every plan in the feature comparison
- Domain registration
- Domain Search and Domain Transfer are named Business Tools with a free domain on annual plans
- Blogging
- Blogs is a named product in the Website nav alongside Portfolios and Ecommerce
- Appointment booking
- Scheduling is a named Business product in the site navigation
- AI website builder
- AI Website Builder and Design Intelligence are named products in the Website nav
- Abandoned cart recovery
- Abandoned cart recovery is a listed ecommerce feature on higher plans
- AI credits for content
- Plans include 10 one-time to 120 monthly AI credits for Squarespace AI features
- AI visibility prompt runs
- 'AI Visibility' gives 10 to 120 prompt runs per plan to check how AI engines surface the site
- Automated tax rate calculation
- 'Automated global tax rate calculations' charged at 0.15% to 0.05% per transaction by plan
- Business email via google workspace
- 'Professional email from Google Workspace' is listed as an included build feature
- Commerce API
- Commerce APIs are listed as an ecommerce capability on higher plans
- Css editor and code injection
- CSS Editor, advanced code block and code injection unlock on higher plans
- Customer accounts
- Customer accounts and a Contacts Panel for audience management are listed marketing features
- Designer template library
- 'Designer templates to fit every need' is a core Build-your-website feature on all tiers
- Digital courses and memberships
- 'Sell courses, blogs, videos, memberships, subscriptions' is a listed capability
- Donations
- 'Accept Donations' is a listed build feature and Donations is a named Business product
- Limited release drops
- 'Sell in releases' block adds quantity limits, reserved cart and timer, mini cart and express checkout
- Multi site management
- Premium adds 'Multi-site control across brands and regions' for agencies and groups
- Portfolio pages
- Portfolios is a listed website product for creative professionals
- Print on demand dropshipping
- 'Sell custom merchandise using a print on demand drop shipping service' is a listed feature
- Promotional popups
- Promotional pop-ups are listed under Market your brand in the feature comparison
- Shipping labels
- Shipping labels and carrier-calculated shipping appear in the ecommerce feature list
- Sso on premium
- Premium lists 'Enterprise-grade security with SSO and SOC2 Type II'
- Subscription product sales
- 'Sell subscription goods or services' is listed in the ecommerce feature block
- Video hosting
- Video hosting and storage scales 30 min, 5 hours, 50 hours, unlimited by plan
What people use it for5
- Take online bookings
- Scheduling, invoicing and project management target service businesses like salons and coaches
- Build an online store
- All paid plans let you sell products or services with integrated ecommerce
- Collect nonprofit donations
- Charities & Nonprofits is a named solution vertical with donation acceptance built in
- Run marketing for clients
- Squarespace for Pros and the Circle partner program target freelancers and agencies
- Build a website
- Positioning is 'Beautiful websites' with designer templates as the lead differentiator
Works with13
- Zapier
- Zapier integration is listed under Market your brand in the feature comparison
- Paypal
- PayPal is an accepted subscription payment method for non-US subscribers
- Mailchimp
- Mailchimp integration is listed under Market your brand in the feature comparison
- Klarna
- Squarespace Payments accepts Klarna as a buy-now-pay-later method
- Promote products on Instagram with advanced advertising and insights on higher plans
- Google workspace
- Professional email is provided through Google Workspace as a bundled feature
- Google shopping
- 'Display physical products in Google Shopping' is a listed ecommerce feature
- Promote products on Facebook with advanced advertising and insights on higher plans
- Apple pay
- Squarespace Payments accepts Apple Pay at checkout
- Afterpay
- Squarespace Payments accepts Afterpay as a buy-now-pay-later method
- Chownow
- 'ChowNow integration' is listed in the ecommerce feature block for restaurants
- Opentable
- An OpenTable block is listed among the sell products and services features
- Squarespace payments
- Native payment processor accepting Klarna, Afterpay, Apple Pay, ACH and major cards
Terms, compliance and how you buy46
- Student discount
- FAQ confirms eligible students can get a discount through the student program
- Self serve signup
- Every plan tile has a 'Get started' button and trials start without sales contact
- Promo code discounting
- Site banner offers 20% off any new website plan on the first payment only, not recurring
- No UPI or netbanking payment
- The accepted payment list names cards, PayPal and SEPA with no Indian rails
- No card required
- Pricing page states the free trial requires no credit card
- Mandatory arbitration
- Terms 15.3 requires final binding arbitration and waives formal court proceedings
- Expert marketplace
- 'Hire an Expert' matches buyers with vetted Squarespace specialists for build work
- Class action waiver
- Terms note a class action waiver so claims can only be brought individually
- Cancellation effective at cycle end
- FAQ: changes take effect at the end of the billing cycle and service continues through the paid period
- Auto renewal default
- Terms 9.3: Squarespace automatically bills each renewal period until you disable auto-renewal
- Annual discount
- 'Pay annually to save up to 36%' compared with paying monthly
- 24x7 support
- '24/7 customer support' is listed on every plan and repeated across the Resources nav
- 14 day free trial
- FAQ: 'Every Squarespace website starts with a 14-day free trial'
- AI usage metered monthly
- AI credits and AI Visibility prompt runs reset monthly and are capped per plan
- Arbitration opt out in 30 days
- Terms 15.4 lets you opt out of arbitration by email within 30 days of agreeing
- Cards and paypal for subscription
- Accepted subscription payment methods are AMEX, Visa, Mastercard, Discover, PayPal, SEPA, Diners and JCB
- Chargeback triggers account termination
- Terms 9.6: initiating a chargeback may automatically terminate your account
- Circle partner program
- Circle is the named partner programme for freelancers and agencies
- Closed extension ecosystem
- Extensibility is limited to Squarespace Extensions, premium blocks and code injection rather than an open app store
- Contributor cap on entry plan
- Basic allows only 2 contributors while higher plans are unlimited
- Dedicated csm on premium
- Premium promises a 'Dedicated Customer Success Manager from day one' plus white-glove migration
- Digital content transaction fee ladder
- Digital content and memberships fees taper 7%, 5%, 1%, 0% across the four tiers
- Dublin arbitration venue for non us
- Terms 15.6.3.2: non-US user arbitration hearings occur in Dublin, Ireland administered by LCIA
- First payment only promos
- Offer terms: discount applies to the first payment only and does not apply to recurring payments
- Four tier plan ladder
- Plans run Basic, Core, Plus and Advanced, from $25 to $139 per month in US pricing
- Free domain with annual plan
- FAQ: annual plans include one year of free domain registration for new websites
- INR list pricing
- Structured pricing data publishes INR rates such as Basic at Rs 1,901 monthly and Rs 15,876 annually
- Irish contracting entity outside us
- Terms: non-US users including Indian buyers contract with Squarespace Ireland Limited
- Irish governing law for india
- Terms summary: the agreement is governed by either US or Irish law depending on where you reside
- Multi currency localised pricing
- The pricing page carries prices in 27 currencies including INR, IDR, PHP, THB and ZAR
- No free plan
- FAQ: 'Squarespace doesn't offer a free plan, but every site starts with a free trial'
- No invoice fees only with squarespace payments
- The 'No invoice transaction fees' row is footnoted 'Available only with Squarespace Payments'
- No refund on copyright termination
- Terms allow terminating accounts for repeat infringement 'without any refunds'
- No refunds except at discretion
- Terms 9.4: 'you won't be issued a refund except in our sole discretion, or if legally required'
- One year claim filing limit
- Terms 15.5: arbitration must be commenced within one year of first knowing of the claim
- Paypal non us subscribers only
- Footnote states PayPal is 'currently only available for non-US subscribers'
- Quote only premium tier
- Squarespace Premium for scaling businesses has no listed price, only 'Contact sales'
- Self serve auto renewal disable
- Terms: 'You can disable auto-renewal at any time' from within the Services
- Soc2 type ii on premium
- Premium lists enterprise-grade security with SSO and SOC2 Type II
- Squarespace payments unavailable in india
- FAQ lists Squarespace Payments availability in 14 countries; India is not among them
- Tax calculation charged per transaction
- Automated global tax rate calculations cost 0.15% to 0.05% per transaction, capped, by plan
- Third party purchases non refundable
- Terms: Squarespace does not offer refunds for purchases of Third Party Services
- Transaction fee on entry plan
- Online store transaction fee is 2% on Basic and 0% on Core, Plus and Advanced
- Unilateral service changes
- Terms let Squarespace change, suspend, restrict or disable services and accounts
- Us headquartered
- Terms: US residents contract with Squarespace, Inc. as the US entity
- Vertical marketing across service industries
- Solutions cover creative, professional, education, beauty, fitness, wellness, home services and nonprofits
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Squarespace has no free plan but offers a free trial; paid plans start at ₹630/mo (Basic), billed annually. Confirm current pricing on Squarespace.
Squarespace pricinghttps://www.squarespace.com/pricingSquarespace (official site)https://www.squarespace.com/
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Does Squarespace give a GST invoice in India?
Squarespace does not issue an India GST invoice. A GST-registered business can still reclaim the 18% through the reverse-charge route by raising a self-invoice, but there is no vendor GST invoice to claim against directly.
Is Squarespace good for Indian small businesses?
Squarespace is worth evaluating for Indian buyers, but the final fit depends on pricing limits, support, integrations, and setup effort.
Does Squarespace have a free plan?
Squarespace does not list a permanent free plan in FindThatSoftware data. Check the official pricing page for trial terms and current offers.
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