FirstSite vs Squarespace
FirstSite and Squarespace Side by Side comparison
| Feature | FirstSite | Squarespace |
|---|---|---|
| DESIGN FEATURES & FLEXIBILITY | Pre-built and custom widgets and templates to create fun-to-use, personalized websites and dynamic web pages. | Limited flexibility. Blocks and features are less customizable and must be added as whole sections. No custom blocks or dynamic pages. |
| EDITOR EASE OF USE | FirstSite intuitive drag-and-drop editor is fast, easy to use, and comes jam-packed with an exhaustive list of features. | Squarespace’s editor has a steeper learning curve. |
| SUPPORT | Top-notch customer support with a satisfaction rate of 98%. | Email, chat & online knowledge base. No phone support. |
| WEBSITE TEMPLATES | FirstSite has a wide variety of thoughtfully designed templates that are made to deliver conversions and business results. | Squarespace primarily offers portfolio-type templates for bloggers, photographers, and artists. |
| BACKUP & RESTORE, SITE CLONING | Auto and manual backup features, one-click backup/restore, easy site cloning saves you time. | No native integrated backup and restore capabilities. |
| REVENUE STREAM CONTROL | You set the prices you charge your customers for your services; the FirstSite plan you pay for is not exposed to the end client. | Your clients will be shown Squarespace’s pricing and, if the account is in their name, the client will be billed by Squarespace. |
| SUPPORT | Top-notch customer support with a satisfaction rate of 98%. | Email, chat & online knowledge base. No phone support. |
| DATA-DRIVEN SITE CONTENT | No Code. FirstSite can connect to internal or external databases such as Google Sheets or Airtable & populate site elements. | No dynamic pages feature, some 3rd-party integrations. |
| ACCESS TO CODE WHEN NEEDED | Easy to insert JavaScript, HTML or CSS | Developer Mode for certain site elements. |
| SEO | The FirstSite platform is designed and built to be aligned with Google's recommended practices for speed, security, Lighthouse, and SEO. | Offers basic on-page SEO resources. |
| USER EXPERIENCE PERSONALIZATION | Robust Personalization Engine. Custom rules and triggers based on time of day, visitor location and more. | Personalization is limited to popups & announcement bars. |
| ONLINE STORE | eCommerce solution is easy to set up and compatible with an ever-growing number of payment processors. Product fields optimized for SEO. | eCommerce solution adequate for smaller businesses. Limited payment processors. |
| MULTILINGUAL WEBSITES | Supports multilingual sites. | Offers manual, labor-intensive translation of pages. |
| LOCAL BUSINESS FEATURES | Local listing and reputation management apps, map widget for single / multiple locations, local business schema widgets, posting to Google & Facebook. | No local listing management available. |
Whether you are an individual designer or an agency, you can now beat the competition by having an enterprise grade Google optimized site builder. Save on Adobe XD licensing or hiring Wordpress developers to implement your web projects. Using FirstSite you can collaboratively design your web projects with multiple stakeholders. Designers on FirstSite are able to deploy projects faster and at a lower cost with better SEO performance.
Need to create a site for short term marketing campaigns? You can reuse your FirstSite instance after the campaign is done at no additional cost.
We provide agencies with a centralized dashboard for all projects that they manage at no additional costs. Get in touch with us to find out more.