Webkio vs Squarespace
How Webkio's all-in-one platform compares to Squarespace.
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| Feature | Webkio | Squarespace |
|---|---|---|
| Design-first templates | Yes | Yes |
| E-commerce built in | Every paid plan | Yes |
| Bookings & appointments | Built in | Separate product |
| Restaurant online ordering | Built in | Not native |
| Car rental reservations | Built in | Not native |
| Email marketing | Built in | Add-on tier |
| Free plan | Free forever | Trial only |
| Rentals & hire | Built in | Not native |
| Property listings | Built in | Not native |
Comparison reflects Webkio's built-in capabilities; competitor features vary by plan and available apps. Always check each provider's current plans.
Last reviewed 25 July 2026.
Squarespace is known for polished design, and deservedly so. Webkio matches the visual quality but goes further on running a business - native online ordering, rentals, bookings, property listings and email marketing, all in one dashboard. The practical difference shows up after launch rather than during it: a Squarespace site that needs to take table reservations or hire equipment reaches for third-party tools, each with its own login, its own bill and its own copy of your customer. Here is a side-by-side.
The verdict
Both deliver polished, design-led sites, and on looks alone this is closer than either company would admit. Pick Webkio if the site has a job beyond looking right - taking orders, filling a diary, hiring things out - or if a genuinely free plan matters. Pick Squarespace if the design is the product and you are content to add business tools separately as you need them.
What each one costs
Squarespace is a tidy set of tiers with commerce on the higher ones. Webkio is 14.99 a month on Starter with a 2% platform fee on online payments, and 39.99 on Growth Business at 1%. The difference is less the headline figure than what sits inside it: bookings, hire, menus and email are part of the plan here rather than a step up a ladder.
What moving involves
Squarespace sites do not export, so this is a rebuild either way. Our import reads your live site and recreates it page for page at the same addresses, which means the move costs you design time rather than search traffic. Keep the old site running until you are happy with the new one.
When to choose them instead
Squarespace is the better choice when the design IS the product. Photographers, studios, writers and galleries selling on the strength of art direction and typography get an editorial polish out of the box that is genuinely hard to beat, and they often need very little of the business machinery this comparison is about. If your site is a portfolio rather than a shopfront, pick Squarespace.
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