I have this thing about Squarespace, and Wix, and all the other third party combo hosting and web design services. I don’t particularly like them. Not because they don’t offer a real and functional service, but because they contribute to the dumbing down of people who are convinced the technology is beyond them, and offer limited support in doing so.
Read on for an article that compares the ecosystems fairly and comprehensively.
If you’ve landed on this post because you’re deciding whether to go with WordPress or Squarespace, let me make your decision easier for you: choose WordPress every time
While both provide a platform for you to build a website, they are vastly different. WordPress is used by more than 27% of all websites on the internet while Squarespace, on the other hand, powers 1.2 million websites. WordPress is available both as hosted and self-hosted options (we’ll dig into that further down), while Squarespace is available only as a hosted version.
In this post, I’ll go through the 27 reasons why self-hosted WordPress is the clear winner over Squarespace every time.