Export Squarespace Cost to HTML

Squarespace isn't cheap. But it's also not as simple as the pricing page suggests. Let me break down what you actually pay.

The four main plans:

Personal at $16/month (annual) or $23/month (monthly). Custom domain included first year, SSL certificate, unlimited pages and bandwidth. No e-commerce, you literally can't sell anything. Limited third-party integrations.

Business at $23/month (annual) or $33/month (monthly). Adds professional email from Google, advanced website analytics, and e-commerce with a 3% transaction fee. That fee is on top of payment processor charges.

Commerce Basic at $28/month (annual) or $36/month (monthly). No transaction fees beyond your payment processor. Customer accounts, checkout on your domain, merchandising tools. This is where most online sellers start.

Commerce Advanced at $52/month (annual) or $65/month (monthly). Adds subscriptions, advanced shipping, abandoned cart recovery, and commerce APIs. For serious stores with volume.

Now here's what the pricing page doesn't emphasize.

That "free domain" expires after year one. Renewal runs $20 for a .com, up to $70 for fancier extensions. Every year, forever.

The 3% transaction fee on Business plan adds up fast. Sell $1,000/month and you're paying $30 extra, $360/year. That's almost the cost difference to Commerce Basic, which has no fee.

Email isn't included. Want professional email matching your domain? Google Workspace starts at $6/user/month. That's $72/year per inbox.

Some integrations cost extra too. Squarespace has built-in tools for most things, but advanced scheduling, booking systems, or marketing tools often require third-party apps with their own subscriptions.

Annual totals for a typical small business site:

Personal: $192/year. Business: $276/year plus transaction fees. Commerce Basic: $336/year. Commerce Advanced: $624/year. Add $20-70 for domain after year one. Add $72+ for email if needed.

Compare that to static hosting: $0-15/year for the domain. $0 for hosting on Netlify. Same website, massively different cost.

The catch? Static files can't run a store or process forms natively. You need third-party services for dynamic features. But for portfolios, restaurants, small businesses, sites that are basically digital brochures, static HTML does the job at a fraction of the price.

Export your Squarespace site to HTML. Host it free. Stop paying $200-600/year for files that don't change.