Prices and policies below were checked on October 22, 2026. Links are in Sources.
Did Squarespace raise prices in 2026?
Yes. In July 2026, published US prices went up for Basic, Core, and Plus. Advanced did not change on annual billing. Monthly Basic and monthly Advanced did not change either.
PetaPixel, July 17, 2026, reported the annual-billing changes. Those prices are shown per month, and the year is paid up front. Basic went from $16 to $19 a month. PetaPixel calls that a 19 percent increase, and $3 more a month. Core went from $23 to $29 a month, a 26 percent increase. PetaPixel says that is an extra $72 a year. Plus went from $39 a month ($468 a year) to $588 a year. PetaPixel calls that 26 percent. The gap is $10 a month, or $120 over the year. Advanced stayed at $99 a month, so the yearly total stays $1,188.
On monthly billing, PetaPixel says Basic and Advanced did not change. Core went from $36 to $39, which it calls an 8 percent increase. That gap is $3 a month, or $36 over 12 months. Plus went from $56 to $65, which it calls 16 percent. That gap is $9 a month, or $108 over 12 months.
PetaPixel says Squarespace seemingly did not publish a specific memo about the change, and emailed customers instead. Fstoppers, July 19, 2026, reports no public press release or formal announcement, and the same annual Basic and Core changes: Basic from $16 to $19 a month (19 percent) and Core from $23 to $29 (26 percent). Fstoppers does not give Plus or monthly figures.
PricingSaaS compared Squarespace pricing-page captures from July 6 and July 13, 2026. It says Basic rose from $16 to $19 a month, Core from $23 to $29, and Plus by $10 a month ($468 to $588 a year), and that Advanced stayed at $99. Its latest capture, November 2, 2026, still lists the same four annual prices. That page also lists earlier 2026 pricing-page edits, including decreases in May and June, before this increase.
Your own number can differ from the table. PetaPixel says people start from different prices, including first-year promos and other discounts. Read the invoice, not a blog table. What each alternative costs per year, and whether you can take the site with you, is in Squarespace alternatives.
US annual billing, old and new
Per year is the per-month annual price times 12. New yearly totals also match Squarespace's pricing.txt USD annual totals, checked October 22, 2026. That file says it was last updated October 5, 2026.
| Plan | Old, per month | New, per month | Old per year | New per year | Extra per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $16 | $19 | $192 | $228 | $36 |
| Core | $23 | $29 | $276 | $348 | $72 |
| Plus | $39 | $10 more | $468 | $588 | $120 |
| Advanced | $99 | $99 | $1,188 | $1,188 | $0 |
US monthly billing, old and new
PetaPixel did not print a separate old dollar amount for monthly Basic or Advanced. It said those two did not change. The "new" prices are Squarespace's current US monthly prices.
| Plan | Old monthly | New monthly | Extra per month | Extra over 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | unchanged | $25 | $0 | $0 |
| Core | $36 | $39 | $3 | $36 |
| Plus | $56 | $65 | $9 | $108 |
| Advanced | unchanged | $139 | $0 | $0 |
When existing subscribers pay the new price
Squarespace Help, Manage automatic subscription renewals, says: "If you got an email about a price increase for your renewal, you'll pay the updated price on your next scheduled renewal date. You won't be charged on the "effective date" listed in the email."
The same page says: "We periodically adjust our plans and pricing as we continue to improve our service." The help page was last updated October 21, 2026.
How do I check my renewal price?
The published table is not your invoice. Squarespace's steps, from the same renewals article:
- Open the Billing panel.
- Under Subscriptions, click Website or Store, depending on the billing plan.
- The Payment due date is your next renewal date.
If you are on a legacy plan, two limits matter. Cancel your website subscription says: "If you're on a legacy pricing plan, you can't reactivate that same plan after canceling, but you can choose from our current plans." Change your site's billing plan and cycle says that on a Legacy plan you can't downgrade to a lower tier. You can upgrade to a current plan.
Three honest options:
- Renew. You keep the site. You pay the price on the next scheduled renewal date.
- Switch the billing cycle. Squarespace lets you change the cycle. If you only change the cycle, the renewal date moves based on the cycle you choose. The help page also says the new renewal date is the day you change the cycle, and the subscription is set to renew automatically. Switching is not a way to skip a charge.
- Move a simple site before the renewal date. The order is in How to leave Squarespace. Cancel the website plan before the renewal date if you want to avoid that charge. Renewal payments are not refunded.
How much does a Squarespace renewal cost, and should I renew?
It depends on your plan and what the site does. As of October 22, 2026, Squarespace website plans cost $228 to $1,188 a year on annual billing (Core is $348), and the domain and Google Workspace email renew separately. Annual plans get a reminder email 15 days before renewal, unless you pay by SEPA. If the site is simple and you mostly pay to keep it online, moving before the charge saves the most. If you sell products, memberships or courses, or rely on Acuity Scheduling, staying on Squarespace may be better.
The renewal email from Squarespace is the moment most people do the math on their website for the first time all year. This page is that math: what each plan costs on renewal, which extras renew on their own, when the charge actually lands, and what your options are if you want out.
It's written for simple sites: portfolios, landing pages and small-business brochure sites. If you sell products, run memberships or courses, or rely on Squarespace Scheduling, those features are part of your bill and part of the decision.
What your website plan costs at renewal
These are the current US prices, from the comparison table on squarespace.com/pricing and the USD rows in pricing.txt, both opened October 22, 2026. They match the "new" columns above.
| Plan | Annual billing (per month) | Monthly billing | Per year on annual | Per year on monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $19 | $25 | $228 | $300 |
| Core | $29 | $39 | $348 | $468 |
| Plus | $16 less than monthly | $65 | $588 | $780 |
| Advanced | $99 | $139 | $1,188 | $1,668 |
If you are on an older plan, your Billing panel can show a different price. PetaPixel's note on promo and discount starting prices is above.
Did Squarespace raise domain prices?
Squarespace's renewals article says domain registries have raised wholesale prices for certain extensions, "so we're increasing the renewal price for Squarespace-registered .xyz, .com, .net, and .org domains."
If you got an email with the subject line Update to Your Squarespace Domain Renewal Price, you can extend the registration before the deadline in that email. Squarespace says that locks the domain at the current price until the extension ends. If you do nothing, the domain renews at the new price. The help page does not list the new dollar amounts.
The charge date is separate from the website plan. Change your site's billing plan and cycle says Squarespace charges the card 15 days before the domain renewal date, and emails the Owner and Admin domain contacts 15 days before that charge.
The extras that renew separately
Squarespace says its subscriptions are independent, and "have their own billing cycle and invoice." The ones that matter for a simple site:
- Your domain. Annual plans include "one (1) year of free domain registration." After that, the domain "will renew at our standard rate" (pricing page). The domain price increase is in the section above. Separately, Squarespace's help center describes converting a legacy domain into "a $20 USD annual subscription" when you switch that site to monthly billing (Change billing plan and cycle). That $20 line is about keeping a legacy domain, not the new .com renewal rate. What a .com costs to renew at Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, and Framer is in Domain renewal cost.
- Google Workspace email. Core and above include one Google Workspace account "free for the first year." After that it "will renew at the standard annual or monthly rate" (pricing page).
- Email Campaigns, Acuity Scheduling, Digital Products. These are separate subscriptions that renew on their own cycles (renewals article).
When Squarespace actually charges you
| What | Reminder | Charge timing |
|---|---|---|
| Annual website plan | Email 15 days before renewal, unless you use SEPA | Renewal date |
| Monthly website plan | No reminder email | Every month |
| Squarespace domain | Email to Owner and Admin 15 days before the charge | 15 days before the domain's renewal date |
Sources: Manage automatic subscription renewals; Change your site's billing plan and cycle.
Two takeaways:
- 15 days isn't enough time to rebuild a site. If that reminder is your trigger, you'll probably renew for another year.
- Monthly subscribers never get a natural deadline. You can leave any month, but nothing will nudge you to.
Refunds: why timing matters
Squarespace's website refund policy:
- Full refund for annual plans cancelled within 14 days of purchase. If you got a free domain, its cost is deducted.
- No refunds for annual plans after 14 days, for monthly plans, or for renewal payments: "Cancel before the renewal date to avoid being charged."
So the only clean exit from an annual plan is before it renews.
Example: a 5-page Core site over three years
| Stay on Core (annual) | Move to self-hosted | |
|---|---|---|
| Website plan | $348 × 3 = $1,044 | $0 hosting on Cloudflare Pages ("unlimited sites, seats, requests, and bandwidth", pages.cloudflare.com) |
| Domain | Squarespace's standard rate after year one | Your registrar's rate (keep it at Squarespace or transfer) |
| One-time | $0 | Eject: $99 one-time fee. Custom work has no public price. |
| 3-year total, excluding domain | $1,044 | $99, or ask for custom pricing |
Run your own plan and billing cycle in the renewal savings calculator.
If you decide to leave: the safe order
Squarespace's export is limited. It creates a WordPress .xml file of some content, and "many features rely on our platform's JavaScript and CSS, so some content doesn't export" (Export your site content). For a simple site, a rebuild is usually cleaner. What else you can take with you (products, form submissions, contacts, mailing lists, images, files, and DNS records) is in How to leave Squarespace. If the new host is Cloudflare, Move a Squarespace site to Cloudflare covers Pages, nameservers, and an optional registrar transfer.
- Find your renewal date: Billing panel → Subscriptions → Website → Payment due date. Note your domain's date too.
- Rebuild the pages as a small static site (yourself with an AI assistant, or with us).
- Recreate forms and test them.
- Point your domain at the new host while Squarespace is still active.
- Cancel the website subscription: Billing → Subscriptions → your plan → Cancel subscription. Outside the refund window, the site stays online until the billing cycle ends (Cancel your website subscription).
- Decide about the domain. Cancelling the site does not cancel the domain. "Your domain subscription stays active." You can keep it there, manage DNS, or transfer it.
After cancellation, visitors to the old Squarespace address see "Website expired". Since your domain already points to the new site, your real visitors never see that.
When to stay on Squarespace
- You sell products, memberships or courses through Squarespace.
- You edit often and like the editor.
- You use Acuity Scheduling or Email Campaigns heavily and want it all in one place.
Set a renewal alert, move before you're charged
Don't wait for the 15-day email, and if you're on monthly billing, don't wait at all. Put your renewal date in your calendar with a reminder 45 days before. Or paste the billing email into Renewal Watch. It reads the date from that text.
Run your numbers: renewal savings calculator · Get moved before renewal: pricing
FAQ
Did Squarespace raise its prices in 2026? Yes. In July 2026, US annual billing rose for Basic from $16 to $19 a month (19 percent), Core from $23 to $29 (26 percent), and Plus from $468 to $588 a year ($10 more a month, 26 percent). Advanced stayed at $99 a month. Monthly billing rose for Core from $36 to $39 (8 percent) and Plus from $56 to $65 (16 percent). Monthly Basic and Advanced did not change. If you got a price-increase email, you pay the updated price on your next scheduled renewal date, not on the effective date in the email.
How much does Squarespace cost per year? As of October 22, 2026, on annual billing: Basic $228, Core $348, Plus $588, Advanced $1,188 per year. On monthly billing: $300, $468, $780 and $1,668 per year.
Does Squarespace remind me before renewal? Unless you use SEPA, Squarespace emails a reminder 15 days before an annual subscription renews. Monthly subscriptions renew automatically without a reminder email.
When is my Squarespace domain charged? Squarespace charges the card on file 15 days before the domain's renewal date, and emails Owner and Admin domain contacts 15 days before that charge.
Did Squarespace raise domain prices? Squarespace says it is increasing the renewal price for Squarespace-registered .xyz, .com, .net, and .org domains because registries raised wholesale prices. The help page does not list the new dollar amounts. If you got an email with the subject line Update to Your Squarespace Domain Renewal Price, you can extend the registration before the deadline in that email to keep the current rate until the extension ends. If you do nothing, the domain renews at the new price.
If I cancel Squarespace, do I lose my domain? No. Cancelling the website subscription leaves the domain subscription active and billed. You can keep it, change its DNS, or transfer it.
Sources (checked October 22, 2026)
- Squarespace pricing: https://www.squarespace.com/pricing
- Squarespace pricing data (USD rows; file timestamp October 5, 2026): https://www.squarespace.com/assets/pricing.txt
- PetaPixel, July 17, 2026: https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/squarespace-is-increasing-prices-by-up-to-26/
- Fstoppers, July 19, 2026: https://fstoppers.com/business/what-squarespace-subscription-price-increase-means-photographers-903640
- PricingSaaS, July 6 to July 13, 2026 diff: https://pricingsaas.com/companies/squarespace/diffs/2026W29
- Manage automatic subscription renewals: https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/230364668-Manage-automatic-subscription-renewals
- Change your site's billing plan and cycle: https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205826008-Change-your-site-s-billing-plan-and-cycle
- Website refund policy: https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/46051001586701-Website-refund-policy
- Cancel your website subscription: https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205810508-Cancel-your-website-subscription
- Export your site content: https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206566687
- Cloudflare Pages: https://pages.cloudflare.com/
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Where to go next
The automated move is a $99 one-time fee for a simple site of about 10 pages. Custom work has no public price. See renewal watch or contact us.