Squarespace vs Wix: which should a small business pick?

By Kai M, Deliberate Design.

The short answer: Squarespace if you want it to look good without effort and do not mind fewer choices. Wix if you want to move everything around yourself. They cost about the same. The question that matters more is whether you want to be building a website at all.

Side by side

	Squarespace Core	Wix Core
Monthly	£17	£16
Design	Templates that look designed. Harder to make ugly	Free placement. Easy to make ugly
Ease	Cleaner editor, fewer options	More options, more to learn
Speed on phones	Fair	Fair to slow
Leaving	Can export some content	Cannot export pages

What they share

Both bundle hosting and the padlock. Both are you doing the work. Both are monthly forever. Both put the domain in your name if you ask.

The question underneath

If you are comparing builders, you have decided to build it yourself. That is fine for some people. For most small business owners it is an evening that turns into a month. The alternative is having the design already done: a template for your trade, filled in with your details, looked after by someone you can ring. That is what we do, for £99 and £20 a month.

Prices in this post were checked on 2 October 2026.