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Both cover website builders. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| Squarespace | Webflow | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $19 | From $15 |
| Pricing model | Paid subscription | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Billing | Annual only | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | 14 days | None |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Covers | Website Builders, Digital Products & Storefronts | Website Builders, Landing Pages & Funnels |
| Works with | Nothing in particular | Nothing in particular |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
Templates that look designed out of the box
Squarespace is the answer for a creator who wants a site that looks considered and never wants to think about it again. Templates are genuinely well made and the editor stops you breaking them. That constraint is also the ceiling, and its transaction fees on memberships and digital goods are high enough to matter on the cheaper plan.
Our note
The 7 percent membership fee on Basic is the thing people discover after launching. If memberships are more than a sideline, either budget for Core from the start or run them somewhere that does not take a cut.
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Design a site visually and ship real code
Webflow gives a designer the CSS box model as a set of panels, so the thing you draw is the thing that ships, with no theme fighting you. Its CMS handles a real content model rather than a blog with extra fields. The learning curve is genuinely steep, and somebody who has never thought about flex or position will spend a week before it clicks.
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