Wix vs Squarespace: pricing for a small business site

Typical savings: on annual billing, the entry plans are Wix Light at $17/month and Squarespace Basic at $19/month. The core plans are both $29/month. Squarespace month-to-month costs more: Basic is $25 and Core $39. Switching a Squarespace site to annual billing saves $6–$10/month, and moving a simple site from Squarespace Basic to Wix Light saves $2/month.

How the plans line up (billed yearly)

	Wix	Squarespace
Free	Free	none listed
Entry	Light, $17/month	Basic, $19/month ($25 month-to-month)
Core	Core, $29/month	Core, $29/month ($39 month-to-month)
Higher	Business $39, Business Elite $159/month	Plus, $49/month ($65 month-to-month); Advanced, $99/month ($139 month-to-month)

Wix says monthly billing costs more but its monthly prices aren't in our catalog. See the Wix vs Squarespace comparison, and the Wix and Squarespace pages for sources and dates.

A cheaper route for simple sites

If your site is a handful of pages that rarely change, the AI-coded business website workflow builds a static site with an AI coding tool you already pay for and hosts it on Cloudflare's free plan for $0 extra. You lose the visual editor, so it suits founders more than marketing teams.

When to stay on a builder

Stay on a builder if non-technical people update the site often, or if you need its built-in forms, ecommerce or bookings.

Check your own numbers

The audit is a free stack and savings calculator, and you don't need to sign up. List what you pay for and it shows keep, downgrade or drop line by line, with the arithmetic. OneLessTool has no affiliate links, so no recommendation earns us anything. If you want ongoing checks, the site has a waitlist for an upcoming Verified Savings Plan: "We'll watch your stack's prices and tell you what to drop. Joining the waitlist is free."