Squarespace

About Squarespace

Financials

Dated, source-cited figures. Estimates are marked.

Products by Squarespace

All products by Squarespace reviewed by our AI panel of experts.

SquarespaceAI Design Tools

Design-focused website builder with templates, ecommerce, and AI site creation

From $19/mo8.2/10

How Our Review Panel Scores Squarespace

Six independent reviewer personalities assessed Squarespace's product on their own terms. They landed within 0.7 points of each other, an unusually strong consensus.

Averaged across 1 reviewed product in our catalog. Scores are out of 10.

Competitive Landscape

Who Squarespace competes with, and how they differ.

Wix8.0/10

Wix targets the same non-technical small-business owner as Squarespace's all-in-one builder but leans harder on drag-and-drop freedom and a much larger native app marketplace, with entry pricing that generally undercuts Squarespace's mid-tier plans.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Webflow8.2/10

Webflow targets designers and agencies who want CSS-level visual control and clean developer hand-off, a more technical audience than Squarespace's template-first, done-for-you approach.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Shopify7.9/10

Shopify is commerce-first, built for merchants scaling online stores across multiple sales channels, while Squarespace bundles lighter e-commerce into a broader website and content platform aimed at solopreneurs and creatives.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Framer8.1/10

Framer targets professional designers and agencies with AI-assisted, code-exportable sites and real-time collaboration, a narrower design-pro niche than Squarespace's broad small-business market.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

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GoDaddy

GoDaddy competes on cheap domains-plus-hosting bundles and a lower-cost website builder aimed at price-sensitive small businesses, against Squarespace's higher-end template design and brand positioning.

Company Timeline

Key milestones in Squarespace's history, with sources.

1. Sep 30, 2025Launch

   Launched Beacon, an AI business partner

   Squarespace launched Beacon, an AI tool giving entrepreneurs step-by-step business recommendations, alongside new AI Optimization (AIO) features for search and AI-search visibility.

   pymnts.com
2. Oct 17, 2024Milestone

   Permira completes take-private acquisition — $7.2B

   Permira completed its acquisition of Squarespace after raising its offer to $46.50 per share from $44, valuing the deal at roughly $7.2 billion; Squarespace was delisted from the NYSE.

   techcrunch.com
3. Jun 21, 2024Milestone

   Sold Tock to American Express — $400M

   Squarespace sold restaurant-reservation platform Tock to American Express for $400 million, divesting the hospitality business it had acquired in 2021.

   techcrunch.com
4. May 13, 2024Milestone

   Permira agrees to take Squarespace private — $6.9B

   Permira agreed to acquire Squarespace and take it private at $44.00 per share, a 15% premium to the prior close, valuing the deal at roughly $6.9 billion.

   techcrunch.com
5. Jun 15, 2023Acquisition

   Agreed to acquire Google Domains — $180M

   Squarespace agreed to buy Google Domains' roughly 10 million domain registrations for $180 million, with JPMorgan Chase Bank financing part of the purchase.

   domainnamewire.com
6. May 19, 2021Milestone

   NYSE direct listing (SQSP)

   Squarespace debuted on the New York Stock Exchange via direct listing under ticker SQSP, with a reference price of $50 per share.

   techcrunch.com
7. Mar 31, 2021Acquisition

   Acquired Tock

   Squarespace acquired hospitality-tech platform Tock to expand into restaurant reservations and management; deal terms were not disclosed.

   pymnts.com
8. Mar 16, 2021Funding

   Raised $300M at $10B valuation

   Squarespace raised $300 million from Dragoneer, Tiger Global, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity, T. Rowe Price and Spruce House, alongside existing investors Accel and General Atlantic, ahead of its public debut.

   techcrunch.com
9. Apr 23, 2019Acquisition

   Acquired Acuity Scheduling

   Squarespace made its first acquisition, buying the 13-year-old appointment-scheduling platform Acuity Scheduling; financial terms were not disclosed.

   techcrunch.com
10. Apr 15, 2014Funding

    Series B — $40M from General Atlantic

    Squarespace raised $40 million from growth-equity firm General Atlantic, whose managing director Anton Levy joined the board; this brought disclosed funding to $78.5 million.

    techcrunch.com
11. Jul 13, 2010Funding

    Series A — $38.5M from Accel and Index Ventures

    Squarespace raised its first outside capital, $38.5 million from Accel Partners and Index Ventures, after seven years bootstrapped and profitable.

    techcrunch.com
12. 2003Founded

    Founded by Anthony Casalena

    Anthony Casalena founded Squarespace in 2003 with a $20,000 investment from his father to cover server costs for a web-publishing tool he built as a college student.

    techcrunch.com