# What Squarespace's 2026 price rise costs over five years Published 2026-11-08. Facts checked 2026-11-08. On Squarespace's Core plan, billed annually, the July 2026 rise takes the bill from $276 to $348 a year. Over five years at that price, Core costs $1,740, before add-ons. ## The new prices | Plan, billed annually | Before | Now | Rise | Five years | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Basic | $192 | $228 | 19% | $1,140 | | Core | $276 | $348 | 26% | $1,740 | | Plus | $468 | $588 | 26% | $2,940 | These are US list prices [as reported by PetaPixel](https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/squarespace-is-increasing-prices-by-up-to-26/) and still listed by [more recent guides](https://tech.co/website-builders/squarespace-pricing). The five-year column assumes no further rises, and doesn't include a domain or email. Squarespace told customers by email rather than announcing it publicly, and prices vary by country and promotion. ## Check your own renewal first Your bill may not match this table, in either direction. - **Some notices were wrong.** [DIY Photography reports](https://www.diyphotography.net/?p=322410) that Squarespace sent some customers a correction after an internal pricing error on certain plans. If your jump looks far bigger than the table, such as [$228 to $348](https://www.reddit.com/r/squarespace/comments/1uyijt0/), which one owner reported, check it before you act on it. - **Existing customers may pay less.** Legacy plans and earlier rates don't always move to list price straight away. - **The real number is in your account.** Go to the Billing panel and read your next renewal amount there, rather than relying on any email or on this page. ## What moving would cost instead
Five years, site of up to 25 pages
That's $199 once to move the site with the first year of hosting included, then $120 a year for the next four, which leaves $1,061 in your pocket compared with Core. Larger sites cost more to move. If you would rather host it yourself, the hosting line can drop to nothing, because the files are yours. Neither figure includes your domain or Google Workspace email, which you pay for either way. ## When staying makes sense Moving isn't always the right answer, and the arithmetic above only holds for some sites. - **You run a store or member area.** Those are part of what you are paying for, and they don't move at a fixed price. - **You edit the site yourself every week and like doing it.** A builder is a good tool for that. - **You don't sell anything and you're on Core.** Dropping to Basic at $228 a year may be the simplest saving. [You can change plan](https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205826008-Change-your-site-s-billing-plan-and-cycle) from your billing settings, but check the transaction fees first if you take payments. - **The site only matters for a year or two.** A one-off move takes time to pay for itself. ## What other owners did In the months after the rise, owners on Reddit described moving to [WordPress for about $50 a year](https://www.reddit.com/r/squarespace/comments/1wzygik/), [Framer at $10 a month](https://www.reddit.com/r/squarespace/comments/1v181gx/), or [free hosting with AI doing the rebuild](https://www.reddit.com/r/squarespace/comments/1v02rok/). Each of those is cheaper than Core, and each comes with a trade-off: updates and security on WordPress, another builder's pricing on Framer, and being your own support desk on free hosting. We wrote up [where the AI route works and where it fails](/blog/can-ai-move-your-website). Before you decide, the audit below shows your site's real page count, speed and a fixed price to move it. Our guide to [what to save before you cancel Squarespace](/blog/before-you-cancel-squarespace) covers the rest. ## Free audit Get a report on your site's speed, security and running cost, plus a fixed price to rebuild it as a static site, at https://unhitch.tech/#audit.