Alternative to Squarespace

An alternative to Squarespace

Squarespace makes tasteful sites, nothing wrong with that. The friction starts when you want something the template doesn't offer, or when you notice your site looks like ten others.

Discuss the switch View prices

Squarespace today

€14,52 to €83,49

per month

On a yearly basis

€174 to €1.002

every year again, without ownership

Here after delivery

€150

hosting per year, €250 for a webshop, maintenance optional

Indicative prices from Squarespace (website builder with a subscription), checked on 3 November 2026. Basic to Advanced, paid annually in advance, including VAT as Squarespace shows them. Extensions and transaction fees come on top. Always check current rates at squarespace.com/pricing.

Comparing honestly

What Squarespace does well

No platform is bad. Squarespace has delivered a lot for business owners with a Squarespace site who want more customisation, and that deserves to be said.

Strengths

Templates with a good sense of typography and white space
Everything under one roof: hosting, domain, email integration
Pleasant management for blogs and portfolios
Little maintenance, since there's nothing to update

Where it starts to pinch

The template sets the limits

As long as you stay within the lines, it's smooth. Want your own calculation, a filter, or a flow that isn't built in? Then the fiddling with code injection begins.

Recognisable, and not in a good way

Clients can sense when a site comes from a template. For a brand that wants to stand out, that works against you.

An ongoing cost without ownership

Stop paying, and the site goes offline. You're renting your presence, not owning it.

SEO only goes so far

The basics are fine, but you can only tweak structure, schema and load behaviour to a limited degree.

What you get instead

A site that is yours

Built from scratch, in code, with no platform in between. That's not ideology, it's simply cheaper in the long run and faster to use.

01

You own it

Code, domain and hosting are in your name. Want to move to another provider tomorrow? You just take everything with you.

02

Copy that's actually yours

No filled-in template sentences. I write the copy based on how you'd explain it to a client, using the words people actually search for.

03

Fast, even on a mediocre connection

No layer upon layer of scripts. What's there is there because it's needed. You'll notice it in load time and in your Core Web Vitals.

04

No subscription that keeps running

Hosting here costs €150 a year, €250 for a webshop. Maintenance is optional. You pay for the build once, not every year again.

Switching discount

What it costs to switch

Coming from Squarespace? Then 33% comes off the indicative price. Reason: your existing structure, copy and imagery give me a flying start.

Landing -10% Black Friday extra

€301

with the switching discount only €335

normally from €500

A one-pager that moves visitors toward the contact moment in one motion.

Turnaround 3 to 5 days

Website -15% Black Friday extra

€714

with the switching discount only €840

normally from €1.250

A full-featured website with service structure, portfolio, and self-management.

Turnaround 1.5 to 2.5 weeks

Webshop -20% Black Friday extra

€964

with the switching discount only €1.205

normally from €1.800

Your own webshop with full control over code, data, and payments.

Turnaround 2 to 3.5 weeks

The Black Friday discount comes on top of the switching discount, for every request in November.

Amounts carry no VAT and are rounded. After a thirty-minute intake you get a fixed price instead of an open end. The full overview is on the pricing page.

How the switch works

Without losing rankings

The order is always the same. That way no page and no search traffic gets lost during the switchover.

01

Thirty-minute intake

We look at your current site, what works and what you're missing. Then you get a fixed price with a timeline.
02

Inventory of your pages

Every existing page, article and product link goes on a list. That way nothing gets lost in the switch.
03

Building and writing

Design, structure and copy. You see working pages along the way, not static mockups.
04

Redirects and checks

Every old address points to the right new address. Metadata, sitemap and structure are checked before we go live.
05

Go-live and handover

We switch over at a quiet moment. You get access to everything, plus a short walkthrough of how to manage it.

Questions

Switching from Squarespace

Can my current design stay the same?

If you're happy with the look, we keep it as a starting point and make it more your own. Usually the intake reveals you want something sharper anyway.

What about my blog articles?

We bring those along, with the same URLs so your existing links and rankings keep working.

Can I still edit content myself afterwards?

Yes. The website package includes a CMS or admin panel where you manage your own text, photos and pages.

I also sell through Squarespace Commerce?

Then we look at the webshop package, with Mollie or Stripe as payment provider and no revenue-based fee on top.