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Softr vs Squarespace

An in-depth head to head comparison

In this article, read a side-by-side comparison between two no-code tools: Softr and Squarespace. We'll compare pricing, the benefits, the drawbacks, give examples of what you can and can't build, as well as our overall recommendation.

What is Softr?

The easiest way to build powerful portals and tools on top of your business data—flexible, fast, and no coding required.
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What is Squarespace?

Easily create a website or online store.
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Pricing

Softr pricing

  • Free basic plan with unlimited app visitors, 5 internal / 100 external app users, 5 workspace collaborators, CRUD, Global data restrictions, 1 custom domain
  • $49/month for custom CSS/JS, 10 internal / 1000 external app users, Embed Softr apps, Option to buy extra custom domains, 
  • $139/month - $269/month for 100 internal / 10000 external app users, 15 workspace collaborators, Conditional Forms, Downloadable mobile apps (PWA), No Softr branding, 

Squarespace pricing

  • Free trial, but no free version
  • $12/month - $40/month for custom domains and additional features such as e-commerce and subscriptions

Benefits

Softr benefits

  • Easy to use, no-code interface allows non-technical users, such as operators, analysts, and team leads, to create and manage their own tools.
  • Build internal tools or portals on top of your data with AWS-powered server-side security
  • Integration with a variety of data sources, including SQL Databases (MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MariaDB), Airtable, Google Sheets, HubSpot, BigQuery, SmartSuite, Xano, SupaBase.
  • Customize layout and design to align with your brand
  • Advanced user groups and custom permissions
  • Custom code (Javascript, HTML/CSS) available 
  • Responsive design, plus option to create mobile applications as PWAs
  • Hundreds of templates for use cases across various verticals and departments.
  • Integrate with 30+ tools including Zapier and Make
  • 24/7 high quality support, regardless of plan.

Squarespace benefits

  • Easy to create beautiful designs
  • Can build multi-page websites
  • Responsive design
  • E-commerce functionality, but more limited than Shopify or Webflow
  • Lots of templates

Drawbacks

Softr drawbacks

  • Can't build more complex logic into web apps (check out Bubble or Glide for more complex logic
  • Can't fully customize design

Squarespace drawbacks

  • Don’t have full control over design
  • No CMS, can’t automatically create pages or dynamically insert content the way that Webflow does.

What you can build

Softr use-cases

  • Internal tools and portals for businesses such as client portals, team intranets, inventory management, HR portals, employee directories, CRM, reporting dashboards
  • Public facing apps

Squarespace use-cases

  • Business websites
  • Landing pages
  • Custom blogs
  • E-commerce sites

What you can't build

What you can't build with Softr

  • Fully custom designed websites

What you can't build with Squarespace

  • Websites with a CMS that dynamically creates pages (check out Webflow)
  • Websites with full control over the design (check out Webflow)
  • Web apps with complex logic (check out Glide or Bubble)

Overall Recommendation

Softr recommendation

Softr is best for building powerful internal tools and client portals incredibly fast, without needing any coding skills. It’s ideal if you’re looking for a solution that doesn’t require high-level design flexibility but offers ease of use, affordability, and the ability to build apps for both internal and external use.

If you want more control over the design and more complexity, I'd recommend Webflow connected to Memberstack for a membership site, but that also comes with a higher learning curve.

If you're looking to build a web app with more complex logic I'd recommend checking out Bubble or Glide.

Squarespace recommendation

Squarespace is a good option for simple business websites (imagine a 5 page website for a doctor's office). It's a nice sweet spot between easy to use and functional website.

For higher quality websites with more customization and a CMS, I'd go for Webflow. The benefit of Squarespace over Webflow is Squarespace is easier to use.

For simpler websites and landing pages I'd go with Umso or Carrd because they are even easier to use.

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