Squarespace vs Tilda
We give Squarespace a 2.6 GPA and Tilda a 2.4, out of 4.0. Squarespace grades higher on ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Squarespace
Template-based website builder with an online store and invoicing
Tilda
Block-based website builder with a free-form design editor
How we grade them
| 2.6GPASquarespaceGood | 2.4GPATildaFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CBasic is $19 a month for one site on yearly billing ($25 monthly), and it's the plan a small business would buy, since the store comes with it. That's the ordinary middle of this category ($9 to $22). Core at $29 drops the 2% store fee. | CPersonal is $10 a month for one site on yearly billing ($15 monthly), just over this category's cheapest quarter ($9). For that you get 1,000 pages, a store of up to 5,000 products, forms, a CRM and member areas, which is a lot. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan. There's a 14-day trial with no card needed, which is long enough to build the thing and see if you like it, but after that every site needs a paid plan. | CA free site of up to 50 pages with Zero Block and the AI tools, which is decent. But it's on a Tilda subdomain, only 100 blocks are open, and forms can't collect data. |
| Features | BTemplates, a drag-and-drop editor, a store on every plan, invoicing, memberships, forms, newsletters and SEO tools. That's the whole job of a small business site. Custom code and pop-ups wait for Core, but nothing core is missing. | BOver 600 blocks, Zero Block for free-form design and animation, AI page and text generation, a store, forms with a built-in CRM, member areas, courses and email campaigns. It covers the whole job. |
| Ease of use | B4.6 from about 18,800 App Store ratings for its phone app. Templates do most of the design work, so you're mostly swapping in your own words and photos. | CNo app store rating on record. Stacking blocks is quick, but Zero Block has layers, breakpoints and animation steps, so the clever stuff takes some learning. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Google Workspace, Mailchimp, Zapier, Stripe, PayPal and Printful, plus commerce APIs on Core and up. There's no desktop app, which keeps it off an A. | BWeb only, with Stripe, PayPal, Mailchimp, SendGrid, Google Sheets and Google Analytics, plus an API on Business. No phone or desktop app. |
| Best for | polished template sites with a shop built in | designed pages from blocks, with room to go custom |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Squarespace and Tilda. How we grade
Price against what you get
Squarespace starts at $19 a month and scores 3.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Tilda starts at $10 a month and scores 2.7.
Squarespace scores higher, and starts $9 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other website and landing page builders on the chart, 2 score higher than Squarespace for less, and 1 scores higher than Tilda for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Squarespace starts at $19 per site / month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly). Tilda starts at $10 per month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly).
- Tilda has a free plan. Squarespace does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Squarespace lists iOS and Android apps.
- Squarespace also covers invoicing.
- Tilda also covers no-code and email campaigns.
At a glance
| Squarespace | Tilda | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $19 per site / month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly) | $10 per month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | 1 website of up to 50 pages on a free tilda.ws subdomain, 100 blocks, Zero Block and the AI tools. No custom domain and no data collection forms. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial, no credit card required | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Squarespace, Inc. | Tilda Publishing |
| Price read from | squarespace.com | tilda.cc |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Squarespace
- Creatives and small businesses who want a polished site from a template
- Service businesses that also invoice clients and take payments
- Small shops that want the store and the website in one subscription
Tilda
- Designers who want block-based pages with room for custom layouts and animation
- Small businesses building a landing page, store or course site in one place
- Freelancers running up to five client sites from one account
Worth knowing
Squarespace
- There is no free plan; after the 14-day trial every site needs a paid plan.
- Basic takes a 2% fee on online store sales and allows only 2 contributors; Core removes both limits.
- Custom JavaScript, code injection, pop-ups and shipping labels all need Core or higher.
- The free domain covers the first year of an annual plan only and then renews at Squarespace's standard rate.
Tilda
- The free plan cannot connect a custom domain, collect form submissions, embed HTML or upload custom fonts.
- Personal covers a single website; more than one site needs Business, and over five needs a larger Business plan priced in the account.
- The "Made on Tilda" label can be removed only on Personal or Business paid annually.
- Code export and the API are limited to Business. If a subscription lapses, the site is unpublished and its data is deleted after six months.
Key features
Squarespace
- Templates and drag-and-drop editing
- Sites start from a designer template and are laid out in the Fluid Engine drag-and-drop editor. Every site is adjusted for phones automatically.
- AI site builder and AI credits
- Blueprint builds a starting site from a few answers, and built-in AI writes content. Credits run from 10 one-time on Basic to 120 a month on Advanced.
- Online store on every plan
- Sell unlimited physical products, services, digital goods, gift cards and subscriptions, with abandoned-cart emails on all plans. Basic adds a 2% fee on store sales.
- Invoicing, memberships and paid content
- Branded invoices and pay links are free on every plan. Courses, memberships and paywalled content carry a fee of 7% on Basic, falling to 0% on Advanced.
- Hosting, SSL and unlimited bandwidth
- Managed hosting, free SSL certificates and uncapped bandwidth and storage come with every plan. Video hosting runs from 30 minutes on Basic to unlimited on Advanced.
- Forms, newsletters and SEO tools
- Form and newsletter blocks feed a contacts panel, and SEO guidance and keyword reports come built in. Pop-ups and the announcement bar need Core or higher.
Tilda
- Block library
- Pages are assembled from more than 600 pre-designed blocks for covers, text, galleries, forms, pricing tables and footers. The free plan opens 100 of them.
- Zero Block editor
- A free-form design editor for making blocks from scratch, with breakpoints from 320 to 1920 pixels, auto layout, layers, a vector tool and step-by-step animation.
- AI page and text generation
- The built-in AI generates a page from a short description, writes or rewrites copy for a block or a whole page, and picks images. It is included on the free plan.
- Online store and payments
- A Product Catalog, shopping cart, promo codes, dynamic discounts and customer accounts, with payments through Stripe, PayPal and other systems on paid plans.
- Forms, quizzes and Tilda CRM
- Data collection and quiz forms send leads to more than 20 services or to the built-in CRM, which tracks a sales funnel and lead analytics.
- Members areas and online courses
- Paid plans can restrict pages to members, password-protect a site and build courses with a content editor, homework review and student statistics.
Plans
Squarespace
Basic$19
per site / month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly)
A full website and store with up to 2 contributors, 30 minutes of video, a 2% fee on online sales and 7% on paid memberships.
Core$29
per site / month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly)
Unlimited contributors, no fee on store sales, custom CSS and JavaScript, shipping labels, commerce APIs and 20 AI credits a month.
Plus$49
per site / month, billed annually ($65 billed monthly)
Lower card rates (2.7% + $0.30), a 1% fee on paid memberships, 50 hours of video and 40 AI credits a month.
Advanced$99
per site / month, billed annually ($139 billed monthly)
The lowest card rates (2.5% + $0.30), no fee on memberships, unlimited video and 120 AI credits a month.
Tilda
Free$0
1 website, 50 pages, 100 blocks and a Tilda subdomain, with Zero Block, built-in analytics and AI page generation.
Personal$10
per month for 1 website, billed annually ($15 billed monthly)
1 website of up to 1,000 pages, a custom domain, the full block library, forms, Tilda CRM, a store of up to 5,000 products and members areas.
Business$20
per month for 5 websites, billed annually ($25 billed monthly)
Everything in Personal for 5 websites, plus static HTML code export, the Tilda API and a catalog of up to 50,000 products.
Ways to pay less
Squarespace
- Annual discount
Pay yearly to save about 24% to 29%
Basic costs $19 a month billed yearly against $25 billed monthly, and Advanced $99 against $139. Squarespace's page advertises savings of up to 36%.
- Other savings
Free domain for a year with an annual plan
Annual website plans include one year of free registration for one domain on Squarespace's cheapest pricing tier; it then renews at the standard rate.
- Education
Students get 50% off the first year
Students who verify their status through Student Beans get 50% off their first full year on a new annual website plan.
Tilda
- Annual discount
Save up to a third with annual billing
Personal is $10 a month billed annually against $15 month to month, and Business is $20 against $25, savings of 33% and 20%.
