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Squarespace vs Wix: online selling, plans and exports compared

How Squarespace and Wix compare on selling online, plan structure and what you can export if you leave.

By Nikita LatyshevPublished Updated Prices and specs update from our catalogue

Squarespace and Wix both let a small business build and run a website without writing code, but they approach it differently. Wix leans toward breadth: a wide set of selling channels, payment providers and apps. Squarespace leans toward a simpler plan ladder, where the plan you pick sets the platform's own fee on online-store sales. This page compares them on what the vendors publish: plans, selling tools, and how easily you can take your content with you if you leave. Where a vendor does not publish a figure, we say so instead of guessing. In the comparison table, the Online selling row describes each vendor's entry paid plan: on Wix, selling starts with the Core plan.

Sources: [1]

At a glance

Plans as the vendors describe them

Values come from our catalogue with the date each was checked; “No data” means we have not verified it. The table shows facts only — our assessment is in the text.

Leaving later: what each platform lets you export

Squarespace. The WordPress-format (XML) export covers layout pages and one blog page with its posts, plus text and image blocks. It does not include other page types (for example cover, index, info, calendar, portfolio and store pages), product blocks, drafts, style settings or custom CSS. The site must be published and public, and a trial site cannot be exported.

Wix. Wix states that blog posts cannot currently be exported to other platforms. Store products can be exported to a CSV file with their data, up to 5,000 rows per file; digital products cannot be exported.

Practical reading: neither platform is built for a one-click move. If you expect to leave, keep your own copy of text and images and plan to rebuild products and blog content on the new platform.

For how a different pair of builders compares on limits, see Framer vs Webflow.

Sources: [2], [3], [4]

Our take

Pick Wix if you want many selling channels and payment options and can accept that its blog posts do not export. Pick Squarespace if you want a plan ladder where the platform's own store fee depends on the plan, and you have checked what its export leaves out. The Wix plans page does not state platform transaction fees or traffic limits, so check Wix's current terms before you buy.

Editorial opinion

Sources

  1. [1]Wix Premium plans · cited · checked 4 Nov 2026
  2. [2]Squarespace help: export your site content · cited · checked 4 Nov 2026
  3. [3]Wix help: exporting blog posts to other platforms · cited · checked 4 Nov 2026
  4. [4]Wix help: exporting your store product list · cited · checked 4 Nov 2026
  5. [5]Wix plan purchase page (variant) · vendor data · checked 1 Oct 2026
  6. [6]Squarespace Pricing · vendor data · checked 4 Nov 2026

Nikita Latyshev

Founder, LATYNEX Labs

Nikita Latyshev is the founder of LATYNEX Labs, an independent publication about business software and infrastructure. LATYNEX Labs is published by Latynex Trade OÜ, Estonia. How the site checks facts, handles sponsorship and earns money is described on its methodology, editorial policy and affiliate disclosure pages.