Best Squarespace Alternatives in 2026

Introduction

Squarespace makes some of the best-looking websites of any builder, and it's easy to get started with. Its templates and structured editor keep your site looking polished with very little work. But that structure is also what limits it. Once you need something your template or Squarespace's own features don't cover, there isn't much you can do.

There are plenty of good alternatives now, and they differ a lot in how you build and how much freedom they give you. They also differ in how much of your Squarespace site they can bring with you, since Squarespace's export leaves out your design and much of your content. In this post, I'll go through the best Squarespace alternatives in 2026 and how to pick the right one.

Types of Squarespace Alternatives

The biggest difference between these alternatives is what happens under the hood when you build, which splits them into two groups.

AI app builders

Repaint and Lovable are built around a chat, and the AI writes your site's code itself. That means it can build whatever you describe, so you're not limited to what a template or a list of built-in features allows.

Website builders

Wix, Framer, WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Hostinger, and Carrd work more like Squarespace. Your site is assembled from each platform's own building blocks, whether you do it by hand or with their AI tools, so you're limited to the features each platform and its app store offer.

Our Picks

Prices are the lowest paid plan, billed annually where that's an option.

Tool	Best For	Free Option	Price
Repaint	Best overall. It removes the limits of a template, and it brings over your Squarespace site with its design.	14-day trial	$25/mo
Wix	An all-in-one website builder. It has more features and apps than Squarespace.	Free plan	$17/mo
Framer	Design-focused sites. It gives you full design control for less than Squarespace.	Free plan	$10/mo
WordPress	Blogs and flexible sites. It can import Squarespace's export file directly.	Free plan	$4/mo
Webflow	Designers and agencies. It's the most powerful visual builder, with a strong CMS.	Free plan	$15/mo
Shopify	A standard online store. Its store tools are the most complete of any platform.	Free trial	$29/mo
Hostinger	A low starting price. It bundles an AI website builder with its hosting.	Free trial	$1.99/mo*
Lovable	Custom web apps. It builds almost anything you describe, with code access when you want it.	Free plan	$21/mo
Carrd	A simple one-page site. It's fast and costs a few dollars a year.	Free plan	$19/yr

* Hostinger's starting price is an introductory rate on a 48-month plan. It renews at $10.99 per month.

AI App Builders

With an AI app builder, you build and change your whole site by chatting, and the AI writes everything to fit what you ask for. There's no template holding you back, which makes this the group I'd recommend for most people who've found Squarespace too limiting.

Both can start from your Squarespace site's URL, but they bring over very different amounts. One rebuilds your actual pages and posts, while the other copies how your pages look.

Repaint

How it works

Repaint is an AI builder for business websites and apps. Using it feels a lot like using ChatGPT. You describe what you need, and Repaint plans it with you before building. To move from Squarespace, you paste your site's URL, and Repaint rebuilds it close to pixel for pixel, with your real pages, blog posts, and images.

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Repaint gives you the polish of Squarespace without its limits. You describe what you want and the AI builds it, so you're never stuck because a template or block doesn't support something. Booking, payments, memberships, and private dashboards for running your business are built in, and they work the way your business does.

It's also the best way to keep your Squarespace design. Squarespace's own export leaves your design behind, so most alternatives mean starting from a new template. Repaint reads your live site instead and rebuilds every page, blog post, and gallery, with a design that closely matches the original. It keeps your page addresses the same too, so old links and search rankings carry over.

Key features

• Imports your Squarespace site from its URL, design included
• Keeps your page and blog post addresses
• Features built by asking, instead of limited by a template
• Payments, bookings, memberships, and customer accounts built in
• Hosting, security, and updates handled for you

Lovable

How it works

Lovable builds full web apps from a description, and you make changes by chatting. Its website import rebuilds pages from a public URL by copying how they look.

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Lovable can build almost any custom app you describe, and it gives you code access and GitHub sync when you want them. That makes it a strong option if you're comfortable with a little technical setup.

It's built for apps more than business websites, though. Its import copies the look of your Squarespace pages, but blog posts come in as fixed text on the page rather than posts you can manage, and forms don't send anywhere until you build that part.

Key features

• Custom web apps built from a description
• Website import that copies the look of each page
• Code view and GitHub sync
• Built-in database and logins through Lovable Cloud

Website Builders

Website builders work a lot like Squarespace. Your site is assembled from each platform's templates and building blocks, and you add features from its own tools and app store. Some give you more features than Squarespace, and some give you much more control over the design.

They make sense if you like editing by hand and your needs fit what the platform offers. Moving from Squarespace is harder with these tools. Its export is a WordPress file without your design, so apart from Framer, they mean rebuilding your pages yourself.

Wix

How it works

Wix is a drag-and-drop website builder with an AI chat for edits and a large app marketplace. Its blog importer reads WordPress files, which is the format Squarespace exports.

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Wix is the most common switch from Squarespace when the problem is missing features. It has built-in stores, bookings, and memberships, plus an app for almost everything else. Its editor gives you more freedom than Squarespace's, which also means more work to keep your layout tidy on every screen size.

Moving from Squarespace is mostly manual. Your blog posts can come over through Squarespace's export file, but your pages and design have to be rebuilt.

Key features

• Drag-and-drop editor with AI chat
• Large app marketplace
• Built-in stores, bookings, and memberships
• Blog post import from WordPress files

Framer

How it works

Framer is a design tool for building websites, with an AI agent that can build and edit pages. The agent can import your current website from its URL.

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Framer is the natural step up if you chose Squarespace for its looks. It makes beautiful, fast sites with smooth animations, and its paid plans start lower than Squarespace's. It has a steeper learning curve, though, since you control the layout and style of every element by hand.

Its AI import is the strongest of the website builders. It rebuilds your pages and blog posts from your site's URL, keeps their addresses, and turns a simple contact form into a Framer form. Some images and details need cleanup afterward, and a full import can use most of the free plan's monthly AI credits.

Key features

• AI agent that can import your current website
• Visual editor with full design control
• Smooth animations and interactions
• Built-in CMS for blogs

WordPress

How it works

WordPress is the most widely used website platform, with thousands of themes and plugins. WordPress.com hosts it for you, and it can import the export file Squarespace creates.

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WordPress is the most flexible option here, and the one Squarespace's export is made for. There's a theme or plugin for almost anything, so you're rarely stuck the way you can be on Squarespace. That flexibility comes with more upkeep, though, and on WordPress.com, installing plugins requires its Business plan.

Squarespace's export brings over your basic pages, one blog, and the text and images from your page blocks. Your design, store, and portfolio pages don't come with it, so you'll pick a WordPress theme and rebuild those parts.

Key features

• Thousands of themes and plugins
• Imports Squarespace's export file
• Strong blogging tools
• Can move to any WordPress host

Webflow

How it works

Webflow is the most powerful visual website builder, with a CMS for blogs and other content. It doesn't have a way to import a Squarespace site.

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Webflow can build almost anything a developer could, without code, and its sites look great. It's also the hardest builder here to learn. The interface is dense and the concepts are technical, which makes it a better fit for designers and agencies than for business owners.

Moving from Squarespace takes real work. Every page is rebuilt by hand, and blog posts come over through a spreadsheet you prepare and upload to its CMS.

Key features

• Complete visual control over layout and styling
• Powerful CMS for blogs and dynamic content
• Advanced animations and interactions
• Large template marketplace

Shopify

How it works

Shopify is an ecommerce platform with an AI store builder and an AI assistant called Sidekick. Products can come over from Squarespace as a spreadsheet, and the rest of your site is rebuilt.

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If your Squarespace site is mainly a store, Shopify is a big step up. It has the most complete tools for products, inventory, shipping, and checkout, and it sells across many channels.

It's built around stores, though, so it's not a natural home for a site that's mostly pages, a portfolio, or a blog. Your products can come over from a Squarespace export, but your pages and design have to be rebuilt.

Key features

• Complete ecommerce tools
• Inventory, shipping, and order management
• Thousands of apps and integrations
• Sells online, on social, and in person

Hostinger

How it works

Hostinger is a web host with an AI website builder. You describe your business, and it generates a site you can edit with its AI agent or in its editor. The builder comes with Hostinger's hosting plans.

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Hostinger has the lowest starting price here, which makes it a natural look if Squarespace's price is your main reason for leaving. That price is an introductory rate on a multi-year plan, though, and it renews at a much higher monthly price.

It can't import a Squarespace site. Its AI builder can start from your site's URL, but it generates new images and fills in anything it can't read, so you get a new site in a similar style rather than your actual pages.

Key features

• AI website builder included with hosting
• AI agent for edits
• Low introductory pricing
• Built-in store on higher plans

Carrd

How it works

Carrd builds simple single-page websites. It doesn't import from Squarespace.

Review

Carrd is fast, cheap, and easy, and it's great for a landing page, a link-in-bio page, or a simple project page. It only makes one-page sites, so it's not a replacement for a Squarespace site with several pages, a store, or a blog.

Key features

• Single-page website builder
• Very simple editor
• Costs a few dollars a year
• Good for landing pages and link-in-bio

Conclusion

Every alternative here can replace a Squarespace site. The bigger differences are in how you build, and how much of your current site comes with you. Website builders give you their own building blocks to work with, while AI app builders build whatever you describe. And since Squarespace's export leaves your design behind, most alternatives mean starting from a new template.

Repaint is the best place to start. It removes the limits that push most people off Squarespace, and when you need a feature, you ask for it. It also brings over your whole site from its URL, design included. If you'd rather build by hand, Wix has the most features, Framer is the strongest pick for design, and WordPress is the most flexible.

Most of these tools have a free plan or trial, so it's easy to try a couple before you commit.

FAQ

What is the best alternative to Squarespace?

Repaint is the best Squarespace alternative for most small businesses. You build by chatting, so you're not limited by a template, and it brings over your existing Squarespace site from its URL with its design. If you'd rather keep editing by hand, Wix and Framer are the most common switches.

Can I move my Squarespace site and keep the design?

Not with Squarespace's own export, which creates a WordPress file without your design. To keep the design, you need a tool that rebuilds your site from its live pages, like Repaint or Framer's AI agent. Otherwise, you'll pick a new template on your new platform and rebuild your pages.

Is there something cheaper than Squarespace that still looks good?

Yes. Framer starts lower than Squarespace and makes some of the best-looking sites of any builder, and Carrd is very cheap for a one-page site. Hostinger has the lowest starting price, though it renews at a higher rate.

Is there a Squarespace alternative with a members area and bookings?

Yes. Wix has bookings and memberships built in, and so does Repaint, which builds them to fit how your business works. Squarespace has both too, but members areas and scheduling are add-ons with their own pricing.

Is there a Squarespace alternative where I can make changes by chatting with AI?

Yes. AI app builders like Repaint and Lovable let you build and change your whole site by chatting. Wix and Hostinger have AI tools too, but their edits are limited to what each editor's building blocks can do.