How much does Squarespace cost in the UK?
I checked the official Squarespace pricing page from the UK on 13 October 2026. It showed four plans in pounds:
- Basic: £12 a month paid annually, or £16 a month paid monthly.
- Core: £17 a month paid annually, or £24 paid monthly.
- Plus: £29 a month paid annually, or £36 paid monthly.
- Advanced: £79 a month paid annually, or £89 paid monthly.
On 13 October 2026 the page said "Pay annually to save up to 36%". The discount wording on that page keeps changing (on 6 October all four annual prices had a 30% off label, and in September only Core, Plus and Advanced had a label, then 50% off), so check whether the price changes when you renew. I could not verify from that page whether VAT is added at checkout, so check before you pay.
Squarespace says there is no free plan. Every site starts with a 14 day free trial and no credit card is required. If you buy an annual plan you get a free custom domain for one year. After that first year the domain is a separate yearly cost. You can also connect a domain you already own.
For a trade site, Basic is the plan to look at. It includes the templates and the editor, a free custom domain for the first year on annual billing, and up to 2 contributors. It can take payments too, with a 2% online store transaction fee on Basic that drops to 0% on Core and above.
How tradewebsite.uk works
Here is my whole offer, so you can hold it against theirs. You build a one page site yourself at edit.tradewebsite.uk/start. It takes about 2 minutes and you do not enter a card. The site is free for 1 month. If you want to keep it, you pay £299 once. There is no monthly fee and hosting is included. If you do not pay, the site is switched off and nothing is charged. The one thing not included is the domain name itself, which costs roughly £8 to £15 a year from any registrar. Connecting it is free.
Squarespace gives you 14 free days with no card. I give you a whole month. The bigger difference is what happens next. Squarespace becomes a subscription. Mine becomes a single payment.
Side by side
| Squarespace Basic | Tradewebsite.uk | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | £12 a month paid annually (£144 a year), or £16 paid monthly | £299 once |
| Recurring bill | Yes | No |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | 14 days, no card | 1 month, no card |
| Domain name | Free for the first year on annual plans, paid after that | Not included, about £8 to £15 a year, connecting it is free |
| Pages | Multi page sites | One page |
| Design control | High. Designer templates and a full editor | Low. A fixed trade layout you fill in |
| Online shop and payments | Yes (2% store transaction fee on Basic, 0% on Core and above) | No |
| Time to build | Depends on you. It is a blank template to fill | About 2 minutes |
| Made for | Any business, strong for creative and visual work | UK trades only |
Squarespace facts from squarespace.com/pricing, checked 13 October 2026. Prices change, so check their page before you buy.
The 3 year cost, with the working
I assume the listed price holds for all three years, and I leave VAT out because I could not confirm how Squarespace applies it.
- Squarespace Basic, paid annually: £12 x 12 = £144 a year. £144 x 3 years = £432. Add the domain for years two and three.
- Squarespace Basic, paid monthly: £16 x 36 months = £576. The free domain is for annual plans, so add a domain for all three years.
- Squarespace Core, paid annually: £17 x 36 months = £612 at the annual price shown, plus the domain for years two and three.
- Tradewebsite.uk: £299 once, plus your domain at about £8 to £15 a year. Over three years that is £299 + £24 to £45 = £323 to £344.
The break even is simple. £299 divided by £12 is just under 25. For the first two years Squarespace Basic has cost you less (£288). From month 25 it has cost you more, and it carries on costing £144 a year for as long as the site is up. At five years that is £12 x 60 = £720 against £299.
Who should pick Squarespace
- How the site looks is a big part of how you win work. Think kitchen designers, garden designers, bespoke joiners and interior fit out firms, where a big gallery of finished projects sells the job. Squarespace gives you designer templates and far more control over design than I do.
- You want several pages: a portfolio, a page per service, a blog.
- You want to sell products or take payments on the site.
- You want to send invoices from the same system. Squarespace lists free invoicing on every plan.
- You have the time and the eye to build it yourself and you will enjoy doing it.
- You prefer £144 this year to £299 this year.
Who should pick tradewebsite.uk
- Your customers need a fast answer to three questions: what do you do, do you cover my area, and how do I ring you. A single page does that well. See what to put on a one page trade website.
- You do not want a subscription. You want to pay once and forget it.
- You do not want to choose templates, fonts or colours. You want it done in about 2 minutes.
- You expect to still be trading in three years, which is when the one off price has clearly won.
- You want one named person to ring if something is wrong. That is me, Nasser.
If photos are your strongest selling point, read using photos to win trade work whichever builder you choose. My own price breakdown is in how much a trade website costs, and every builder is in one table in the cheapest website builder for tradespeople. If a Yell salesperson has called you too, I set their published prices against mine in Tradewebsite.uk vs Yell websites. Either way, customers now also ask ChatGPT and Google's AI answers for a local tradesperson, and both can only name you if your business is listed where they look: how to get your trade business recommended by ChatGPT lists the free places that matter.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Squarespace cost in the UK?
On the official Squarespace pricing page on 13 October 2026, viewed from the UK, Basic was £12 a month paid annually or £16 paid monthly. Core was £17 or £24, Plus was £29 or £36, and Advanced was £79 or £89. The page said paying annually saves up to 36%, so check whether the price changes when you renew. I could not verify whether VAT is added at checkout.
Is Squarespace free?
No. Squarespace says it does not offer a free plan, but every site starts with a 14 day free trial and no credit card is required.
How much does a Squarespace website cost a year?
Paid annually, Squarespace costs £144 a year on Basic (£12 x 12), £204 on Core, £348 on Plus and £948 on Advanced, at the prices on its UK pricing page on 13 October 2026. Paid monthly, Basic comes to £192 a year (£16 x 12). Add the cost of a domain from the second year. Tradewebsite.uk is £299 once, with no yearly fee apart from your own domain.
Does Squarespace include a domain name?
Squarespace says that if you buy an annual plan you get a free custom domain for one year. After the first year you pay for the domain. You can also connect a domain you already own.
Is tradewebsite.uk cheaper than Squarespace?
Not at first. Squarespace Basic on annual billing is £144 a year, so it costs less than my £299 for the first two years. From about month 25 my one off price is lower, and over three years it is £299 plus a domain against £432 plus a domain, assuming the Squarespace price does not change.
Is Squarespace good for tradespeople?
It is a good builder, and it suits trades where design sells the job, such as kitchen or garden designers who need a large portfolio. For a plumber, electrician or roofer who mainly needs the phone to ring, it is more tool than the job needs, and you have to build the site yourself from a template.
What is the catch with the £299 price?
The domain name is not included. It costs about £8 to £15 a year from any registrar, and I connect it free. It is one page, not a multi page site, and there is no shop or booking system. Hosting is included and there is no monthly fee.
A trade page today, and no subscription
Build a one page trade site in about 2 minutes. Free for 1 month, no card. £299 once if you keep it, no monthly fee.
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