Best Website Builder
I test every website builder so you don’t have to. These are my rankings of the best website builders for 2026.
I have two reasons to believe you’re smart:
- You decided to build your website with our most recommended website builder, Squarespace.
- You came looking for this page, the Squarespace Coupon Code page. Hey, why let go of free money, right?!
I also like to believe I’m a fairly smart person who knows that not getting to the point will break that belief. So here’s the short version:
- Until October 30, 2026: Use SBR50 for 50% off Core, Plus or Advanced. Core drops from $29 to $14.50/month, which is cheaper than Basic.
- Want Basic, or buying after October 30? Use SBR10 for 10% off any annual plan.
- A student? You can get 50% off any plan, Basic included, through Student Beans.
- Building sites for clients? Join Squarespace Circle (free) for 10% off and a 3-month trial.
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Limited Time Code: SBR50 (Ends October 30)
This is the biggest Squarespace discount we’ve been able to offer. Until October 30, 2026, use SBR50 to get 50% off the Core, Plus, and Advanced plans. It doesn’t apply to Basic.
| Plan | Paid annually | With SBR50 | First-year total with SBR50 |
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| Core | $29/month | $14.50/month | $174 |
| Plus | $49/month | $24.50/month | $294 |
| Advanced | $99/month | $49.50/month | $594 |
Here’s the part worth noticing: with SBR50, Core costs less than Basic. Core is $14.50/month with SBR50, while Basic is $17.10/month with SBR10. You get 0% store fees, code injection, unlimited contributors and a free Google Workspace year, and you pay less. If you were planning on Basic, get Core this month instead.
Note: SBR50 applies to your first annual payment, and renewals bill at the regular annual price. It stops working after October 30, 2026. After that, SBR10 still gets you 10% off.
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1. SBR10: Save 10% on Squarespace annual plans
Squarespace is “The Apple Of Website Builders,” as mentioned in our comprehensive Squarespace review. And just like Apple, they rarely offer any discounts.
However, Squarespace gave us a special discount to share with our readers.
You can use SBR10 to get an extra 10% off of whatever deal's going on on their site. This promo code is applicable for first-time users opting for the annual plans.
Here’s what you’ll pay with it:
| Plan | Paid monthly | Paid annually | Annually + SBR10 | First-year total with SBR10 |
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| Basic | $25/month | $19/month | $17.10/month | $205.20 |
| Core | $39/month | $29/month | $26.10/month | $313.20 |
| Plus | $65/month | $49/month | $44.10/month | $529.20 |
| Advanced | $139/month | $99/month | $89.10/month | $1,069.20 |
Compared to paying monthly, SBR10 on an annual plan saves you $7.90 to $49.90 a month. On Core, our usual pick, that’s $154.80 back in your first year.
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2. 50% off for students
Squarespace has partnered with Student Beans to offer a 50% discount to current full-time students on its Personal, Business, and Commerce plans.
You can get the discount only if you are a first-time user choosing the annual plan. Also, you can’t combine it with any other offers.
Squarespace has partnered with Student Beans to offer a 50% discount.
| Plan | Regular annual | Student price | First-year total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $19/month | $9.50/month | $114 |
| Core | $29/month | $14.50/month | $174 |
| Plus | $49/month | $24.50/month | $294 |
| Advanced | $99/month | $49.50/month | $594 |
To receive the discount, you have to:
- Be a current full-time student.
- Register with Student Beans and prove you are an eligible student by completing the verification process.
- Go to the Student Beans Squarespace page & get the code.
The code you get is a single-use offer code that can be generated every 12 months.
A few rules: it’s for new annual subscriptions only, it can’t be combined with SBR10 or any other code, and you can generate a fresh code every 12 months while you’re still a student.
Tip: Build your whole site during the 14-day free trial first. Verify and apply the student code only when you’re ready to publish. Our Squarespace for Students guide has more on making a student portfolio.
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3. Save up to 29% by paying annually
Unless you are just trying to test the full capacity of Squarespace after their 14-day trial (we found it’s the best fit for almost everything from a simple photography website to a business site), there’s no reason to get a monthly plan.
An annual plan costs 24% to 29% less, no code needed:
| Plan | Paid monthly | Paid annually | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $25/month | $19/month | 24% ($72/year) |
| Core | $39/month | $29/month | 26% ($120/year) |
| Plus | $65/month | $49/month | 25% ($192/year) |
| Advanced | $139/month | $99/month | 29% ($480/year) |
Annual plans also come with two things monthly plans don’t: a free custom domain for the first year, and on Core and above, one free Google Workspace (Gmail) account for the first year.
The annual price is also what the codes discount: SBR50 takes another 50% off Core, Plus and Advanced until October 30, and SBR10 takes 10% off any plan.
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Other Discounts
If you sign up for Squarespace’s free trial and don’t upgrade to premium once the trial ends, you may get a 20% off coupon code in your email. You may also see the same coupon code in the announcement bar of the official Squarespace site/dashboard.
I got this email when I didn't upgrade to a premium plan for one of the test sites.
However, this 20% off coupon isn’t always available. You are better off using one of the above methods to get the maximum possible discount if you don’t get it.
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How to apply the Squarespace Promo Code?
It’s pretty straightforward but a bit different than your usual e-commerce purchase. To apply the Squarespace promo code:
- Sign up and start building your website (you get a 14-day free trial!).
- At the bottom of the editor, you’ll see the Subscribe button.
- Click it, and you’ll be asked to select a plan.
- Choose your preferred plan & enter all the billing information on the next page.
- Then comes the Review Order panel, where there’s an option to add a promo code.
That’s it. Add SBR10 or any discount code. Enjoy the savings!
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About Squarespace — And Our Mini Review
Squarespace is the best all-around website builder. It is an excellent choice for all types of websites: small businesses, bloggers, portfolios, online stores, and more.
In a sense, Squarespace is like the Apple of website builders — it’s intuitive and thoughtfully designed; all features are polished; the templates are beautiful; it’s a secure platform; and the editor is flexible and customizable enough to meet most people’s needs.
Pros
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The Best Templates
Squarespace is known for its clean, modern, and mobile-friendly templates. They have nearly 160 of them—all free, all beautiful. I think Squarespace has the best templates of any DIY website builder—\\look at them\
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Powerful Features & Functionality
It’s not just beauty! Squarespace has lots of features—many of which are better and more powerful than competitors. For example, Squarespace has the best template customization, blogging, scheduling software, donation system, photo galleries, restaurant menus, podcasting features, and more. Squarespace also has Squarespace Extensions, a marketplace where you can find a select few third-party extensions to add functionalities to your site.
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Structured Drag and Drop Editor
The new Squarespace editor, Fluid Engine (launched July 2022), lets you drag and drop blocks anywhere in a section. The blocks snap to an underlying grid. It’s much more customizable than its predecessor yet equally intuitive and easy to use. You can also edit the mobile website using the same editor (just switch to mobile view when editing)
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Business and Marketing Tools
Beyond websites, Squarespace also includes marketing and business tools for managing your online presence. For example: scheduling software, email marketing, social media tools, SEO tools, memberships, and more. Having all these tools managed by Squarespace means the integrations work seamlessly.
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Easy To Use Ecommerce
The most powerful ecommerce website builder is \Shopify— but Squarespace is easier to use. Squarespace’s ecommerce is a good alternative for users intimidated by Shopify and looking to build a small-mid-sized online store. \\Read our Squarespace vs Shopify comparison\.
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Intuitive Website Building Experience
Squarespace is like the Apple of website builders—it is intuitive and thoughtfully designed. There’s a certain focus on user experience, even with the tiny things. For example, Squarespace includes a handy tool that lets users adjust the focal point of an image. Another example: Squarespace elevates the page by placing the toolbar below, ensuring you have a full view of the web page when editing.
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Fast, Well-Versed Customer Support
Squarespace offers 24/7/365 email support and live chat support from Monday to Friday, 4:00 AM to 8:00 PM ET. In my experience and from people I’ve chatted with, live chat support responds almost instantly and is well-versed. I also reached out to their email support a couple of times—they responded in under 30 minutes and gave excellent, detailed answers. In fact, one of the times, they shared a screen recording of them solving a problem on my test site—which was very helpful. They also have super-quick social media support—I was looking at the \@SquarespaceHelp Twitter replies, and they had replied to each relevant tweet in under an hour.
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Honest Pricing
This shouldn’t be a point, but unfortunately, some website builders have misleading pricing (example: \Web.com). Squarespace does not have misleading pricing. You should expect that the advertised price is the same price you’ll find on your invoice. I appreciate that.
Cons
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Learning Curve
One way to make software easy to use is to make it simple and not very customizable. That’s not Squarespace. While Squarespace is not “difficult to use”, it does have too many features to be the \“easiest” website builder— the easiest website builder is \Square Online which is more simple but also less powerful. You should expect a small learning curve with Squarespace— similar to learning Microsoft Word or Google Docs for the first time.
Video Overview
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My Experience
Squarespace is my favorite tool for building websites. It’s also what I recommend to friends and family.
I use Squarespace for several websites: The Humanities, Steve Benjamins Music, and JQB Therapy.
The reason I keep coming back to Squarespace is that the templates look great, it’s intuitive to use, and everything just works.
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Real-User Stories: Scott Snyder Photography
Scott Snyder is a product/object photographer based in Costa Mesa, California. His website, Scott Snyder Photography, is one of our favorite photography/portfolio websites.
Why did you choose Squarespace?
I went with Squarespace due to its reputation for design, simplicity, and functionality. I've almost always exclusively built websites through them, and just know that I can accomplish what I need and have it look great with minimal effort.
How would you rate the ease of use and user-friendliness of Squarespace?
I'd rate it about an 8 (out of 10), especially now with the 7.1 platform. More often than not, you really don't have to think twice about trying to accomplish the look you're going for, and when you do, even just some simple CSS can get you the rest of the way there.
Can you describe your experience with the available templates, design customization options, and your favorite features or tools?
I'm a big fan of Squarespace's new 7.1 platform. Previously, you had to pick a template up front, and it came with its own unique set of codes that dictated what you could and could not do. This, unfortunately, meant that some templates could do one thing and others couldn't, and you might miss out on features or styles. With the new platform, all templates are designed from the same building blocks, which means you're never stuck with any one look. You have a lot more flexibility to create any look that Squarespace has to offer. In terms of general design customization options and such, there is really a ton of options and control, probably even more than you need unless you want to get really particular about things, which, naturally, we almost all want to do. Still, if you can manage to stick within some parameters, you might just be surprised at how nice you can get something to look with just default tools and styling.
Have you faced any challenges or issues while using the website builder?
Like any software/app/etc. there are some quirks, but I've found that overall, you just need to understand the basics of how Squarespace is designing the builder to work, and then you can easily work within that. On previous versions of their builder platform, I did notice browser-specific quirks or some sluggishness here and there, but on 7.1, I've experienced almost nothing I'd say was a real issue.
How has the website builder's performance been for you in terms of page loading speed, uptime, and mobile responsiveness?
Everything here has been good and only getting better. I'm especially happy now that you can batch-upload image files and then lay them into your pages. Previously, to the best of my knowledge, you had to load every image, one by one, as you were building a page. Now you can just upload everything once, and then you have a bank of images always there and ready to be placed on a page. This has sped things up considerably for me when building case studies.
[Side Note: Scott’s website homepage is filled with high-quality images and is over 5 MB in size. Still, it passes the core web vitals test and loads in under 2 seconds!]
How would you rate the website builder's customer support?
Customer support has always been excellent. I've used their chat support a handful of times for various things, and they've always been quick to respond and well-versed.
Do you think it’s a good value for money?
Definitely!
Would you recommend this website builder to others? If so, who do you think it's best suited for, and do you have any tips or advice for someone considering using it?
I would absolutely recommend Squarespace to others. In my mind, it's just one of these easiest platforms to make an amazing website with, especially if you don't want or need to do a lot of custom code (although you absolutely still can). I think their platform is perfect for nearly everyone out there. Maybe the only caveat would be bigger e-commerce businesses. They might benefit from a more sales-minded platform (Shopify, etc.). Still, again, my experience with this area is minimal in regards to what Squarespace can offer, and, in most things, they've always been good and only gotten better.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does SBR50 last?
Until October 30, 2026. After that, SBR10 still gets you 10% off any annual plan.
Does Squarespace offer Black Friday deals?
Check out Squarespace Black Friday deals here.
Does SBR50 work on the Basic plan?
No. SBR50 covers Core, Plus and Advanced. For Basic, use SBR10, or the student discount if you qualify.
Does the discount apply when my plan renews?
No. The code covers your first annual payment. After that, you renew at the regular annual price.
