We feel you, figuring out which platform to use (they’re all excellent) can feel overwhelming.
Conclusions
We will cut to the chase here, the author of this article has concluded that:
Wix is the best for users who are building their own websites themselves and would like something that is easy to use with good customer service, yet still attractive. Keep in mind that with Wix, once you have published your website, the theme can’t be switched.
Squarespace is excellent too, but a little trickier to use.
WordPress is great in terms of unlimited customization and flexibility as well as an abundance of plugins. It is probably better for users with some tech knowledge or who have a web designer doing the set up. We’d like to note here that after the set up is done, publishing new content or updating existing content is very much like editing a Word document – easy. Also with the right plugin, SEO is a breeze. (We use Yoast)
Here are the conclusions, all in a nice, neat table. For the full article see Website Builder Expert.
| Category | Wix | Squarespace | WordPress | Winner |
| Ease of use | Intuitive and very easy to use thanks to its drag-and-drop feature | More challenging at first compared to Wix, but simple after a few trial and error clicks | Not for tech beginners; coding and web hosting knowledge required | Wix |
| Design Flexibility | Offers over 510 mobile responsive themes, but you cannot switch after going live | The king of design; lets you customize with code, if needed | Lots of creative freedom, but themes are not as impressive as Squarespace; much more difficult to customize overall | Squarespace |
| Features and Tools | Solid all-around features, but the blogging tools could be improved | Offers beautiful blogging features, but ecommerce tools are lacking | Doesn’t provide much built-in, but you have access to over 54,000 plugins | Tie |
| App Markets | Really easy-to-navigate market, with over 200 apps to choose from | 23 apps to choose from in the Squarespace Extensions store | 54,000 plugins to choose from, covering all the industries you’ll need | WordPress |
| SEO | Provides helpful SEO Wiz and all the basics needed for improving Google rankings | Not much support for beginners, but has a good range of SEO tools | Effective SEO tools, provided you know how to code | Wix |
| Help and Support | Provides comprehensive support across phone, email, social media, and help forum | Email and live chat help, but no phone support | Doesn’t provide customer support | Wix |
| Pricing | Offers a free plan and seven premium plans, starting from $14/month. Basic Business Plan (has eComm), is $20 USD per month. Unlimited Plan (no eComm) is $14 USD per month. | No free plan, but offers four premium options and a 14-day free trial. Various plans available. The Basic Business Plan is $18 USD per month. ($21.75 Cad at time of writing.) | As a self-hosted software, the prices vary due to costs of web hosting, SSL, themes etc. | Wix |
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View our portfolio of clients. We offer the Full Monty of web services. Ecomm sites, digital marketing, content creation, writing, website design, graphic design to name a few. Would you like someone to put together your Enews? Yep, we’ve got you. How about monthly blog posts? Yep, that too. We’ll even cross publish them to Google My Business and social them out on your channels as well. Paid Google Ads campaigns, yep.
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The following conclusions are from another great piece that compares WordPress and Squarespace. It dives a bit further into costs, data & content ownership and also discusses the learning curve of each. Here are their conclusions:
Conclusions from Another Post: WordPress vs Squarespace
When considering a WordPress site versus a Squarespace site, it comes down to what you are in the market for in terms of your website, what your budget is, and what your experience level with websites might be.
Head to head, Squarespace offers a far more refined experience with a lot of the hassles of owning and managing a website taken care of for you. Squarespace has a lower learning curve, a slicker interface, and a solid support team for its all-in-one SaaS platform. From ecommerce to portfolios to blogging and more, Squarespace integrates it somehow into its platform. For someone who wants a professional website with as little friction as possible, Squarespace is the way to go.
WordPress, though, offers complete autonomy and customization, but has a mildly confusing interface and moderate learning curve. Every feature a site owner could need, however, is readily available. You just have to find the theme or plugin that provides it. In some ways WordPress can feel like the Wild West. But in reality, the piecemeal way themes, plugins, features, and such are handled makes it so that every type of site owner is catered to somehow. If you want to work on your website until it is pixel perfect in every regard, WordPress is the way to go.
See their full post on the Elegant Themes site.