Ecommerce platforms

Squarespace vs Shopify, on your numbers.

Every Squarespace and Shopify plan priced at your monthly orders and order value: plan fee, platform sales fee and card processing.

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Plan prices prefilled from each vendor's pricing page, retrieved 2026-10-18. Amounts are shown in your currency symbol; Shopify and Squarespace values are CAD as published, BigCommerce and WooCommerce are USD (see rate field).

Estimated cost

How it is calculated

Total = plan fee (monthly or yearly-billed price) + platform sales fee + card processing. Squarespace charges a transaction fee on its Basic plan (2% on physical and service sales; 7%, 5%, 1% or 0% on digital products depending on plan). Shopify charges a third-party transaction fee (2%, 1%, 0.6%) only when you use a gateway other than Shopify Payments. Card rates use each platform's own processor unless you choose an outside gateway.

Currency. The Shopify and Squarespace pages we read were served in Canadian dollars; the BigCommerce and WooCommerce pages in US dollars. The calculator does not convert silently: enter today's USD rate to compare in your currency, or leave it at 1.00 to treat every amount as one currency. Prices exclude tax and change often, so confirm on the vendor page before you buy.

Not modelled: sales tax, themes, apps and paid extensions (except where you enter them), currency-conversion and international-card surcharges, disputes, instant payouts, volume discounts, negotiated rates, Shopify Plus and BigCommerce Performance (custom or enterprise pricing). This is an estimate, not a quote. Squarespace's help center says its Basic, Core, Plus and Advanced plans are rolling out in waves, so your account may still show legacy plans.

Sources (official, retrieved 2026-10-18)

This is an independent estimate and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Shopify, Squarespace, BigCommerce or WooCommerce.

Squarespace price labelling. Its pricing page lists two prices per plan without labelling which is monthly billing; we read the lower figure as the annual-billing rate, matching the default pay-annually toggle (checked 2026-10-18). Confirm at checkout.

FAQ

Is Squarespace cheaper than Shopify?

At small volume Squarespace's entry plans are cheaper, but Squarespace Basic adds a 2% transaction fee and higher plans trade a bigger monthly fee for lower card rates. The table shows which wins at your volume.

Does Shopify charge a transaction fee?

Shopify charges a third-party transaction fee only when you accept payments through a provider other than Shopify Payments. Switch the processor above to see it.

Are these prices in USD?

The pages we read were Canadian and priced in CAD. Prices in your country may differ.

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