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Wix vs Squarespace, and a third option for small business sites
Wix and Squarespace are the two best known website builders. Wix leans on breadth and freedom: a drag and drop editor, more than 2,000 templates and tools for nearly every business type. Squarespace leans on polish and an all in one bundle with commerce, memberships and invoicing. OneCraft is a third route: the AI writes the site into tested sections.
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Nuwan Madhusanka · Co-founder
2 min read · Published
The short verdict
Pick Wix if you want the most tools and freedom and will spend time arranging pages. Pick Squarespace if you want a refined template and memberships, courses or invoicing in the same subscription. Pick OneCraft if you want the AI to write a clean, mobile safe site with a store and an inbox, and you would rather edit content than layout.
| Feature | Wix | Squarespace | OneCraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Plans and prices are published on Wix's pricing page and are not restated here checked 2026-10-13 | Plans and prices are published on Squarespace's pricing page and are not restated here checked 2026-10-13 | Per account: Free $0, Starter $8, Pro $25 and Pro+ $125 a month |
| AI | Create a website with AI by describing what you want. checked 2026-10-13 | Generate professional content with powerful AI tools built right into Squarespace checked 2026-10-13 | The AI writes every page from a 2,000 character brief and edits by chat |
| Templates | Choose a template that fits your industry and then customize every detail with the drag-and-drop editor. checked 2026-10-13 | Squarespace offers beautiful templates designed to solve your business or personal goals. checked 2026-10-13 | 30 Sections templates and 6 Code mode templates |
| Domain | Most yearly or multi-year Premium plans come with a 1 year free domain voucher. checked 2026-10-13 | include one (1) year of free domain registration checked 2026-10-13 | Bring your own domain on paid plans; free onecraft.live address on all |
| Business tools | Add business offerings like eCommerce, scheduling solutions, a blog and more. checked 2026-10-13 | Send and process invoices for free on all Squarespace plans. checked 2026-10-13 | Store, leads inbox and stats; no scheduling, blog engine or invoicing in Sites |
| SEO | Drive more traffic to your site and boost revenue with a complete suite of built-in marketing and SEO tools. checked 2026-10-13 | Squarespace guides you through simple steps to help improve your site's search ranking. checked 2026-10-13 | SEO card plus canonical, sitemap and JSON-LD on publish |
| Code | Describe any component or custom experience you want and watch it come to life. checked 2026-10-13 | Use HTML, plain text, markdown, or CSS code to customize your website. checked 2026-10-13 | Code mode writes a full React project with git history and zip download |
| Memberships | Sell, rent and offer subscriptions for online content. checked 2026-10-13 | Sell content and memberships, including online courses, blogs, and video with a transaction fee. checked 2026-10-13 | No memberships; digital downloads through the store |
| Analytics | Get reports with actionable data & insights. checked 2026-10-13 | All website analytics plus additional conversion metrics checked 2026-10-13 | Cookie free visits, visitors, top pages and referrers, plus optional GA4 |
Where Wix is better
The widest toolbox
Wix lists scheduling, restaurant, hotel, events, fitness and online programme tools, plus thousands of templates and an app market. Neither Squarespace nor OneCraft matches that range.
Hand tuning the design
Wix allows pixel level placement and Squarespace allows custom CSS and code blocks. OneCraft sections are fixed layouts outside Code mode.
Where Squarespace is better
Memberships and invoicing in the bundle
Squarespace sells courses and memberships and sends invoices from the same plan. OneCraft Sites has neither, and Wix offers content subscriptions through its own tools.
Where OneCraft is different
AI writes the whole site
From your brief and up to three of your existing pages, the generator plans pages, picks sections, writes copy, chooses a palette and fills images. You edit a finished draft.
Cannot break on a phone
Sections are tested at 375, 768 and 1280 pixels with contrast held to WCAG AA, and you never position elements, so layouts stay intact on small screens.
Your Stripe account
The store pays through Stripe Checkout on your connected account, with server priced carts and stock held during checkout.
Wix and Squarespace in one paragraph each
Wix is a toolbox: a drag and drop editor where anything can go anywhere, an AI agent called Aria, thousands of templates and add-ons for bookings, restaurants, hotels and events. Squarespace is a studio: designer templates, a smaller set of strong tools, and a bundle that includes commerce, memberships, invoicing and email. Both include hosting and usually a first year domain on annual plans.
Where the third option fits
OneCraft fits owners who find both too much: it decides the layout from a tested library, writes the copy from your brief, and leaves you to correct facts and swap photos. It includes a store, an enquiry inbox and stats, and offers Code mode when a site needs custom work.
How to decide in ten minutes
List the three things your site must do, such as take bookings, sell ten products, collect quote requests. If bookings or memberships are on the list, Wix or Squarespace have them built in. If it is products, enquiries and a clear site, generate a OneCraft draft from the same brief and compare it with a Wix or Squarespace template side by side.
Who should stay with Wix or Squarespace
Already on Wix or Squarespace and happy? Stay, especially if you use their bookings, memberships, invoicing or app ecosystems. Consider OneCraft when your site needs rebuilding and you would rather the AI did the writing and layout.
Questions people ask
Is Wix or Squarespace better for a small business?
Wix is better if you need many business tools, such as scheduling or restaurant ordering, and want design freedom. Squarespace is better if you want a polished template with commerce, memberships and invoicing bundled. For a simple site that is quick to make and hard to break, OneCraft is worth comparing.
Which is easier to use?
Squarespace templates constrain layout more than the Wix editor, which many owners find easier. OneCraft is simpler again: the AI writes the site and you edit sections in panels, with no layout to arrange. Wix offers the most freedom and therefore the most decisions.
Which has better templates?
Squarespace is known for refined designer templates; Wix has the largest catalogue, more than 2,000. OneCraft has 30 Sections templates and 6 Code mode templates, but most sites are generated from a brief rather than started from a template, so the catalogue size matters less there.
Can I sell online with all three?
Yes. Wix and Squarespace include ecommerce on their commerce plans, with more channels and tools. OneCraft includes a store on paid plans with variants, stock, discounts, shipping, pickup, downloads and tickets, paid through Stripe Checkout into your own account, with a platform fee per payment.
Which is cheapest?
Compare current prices on the Wix and Squarespace pricing pages with OneCraft plans of $0, $8, $25 and $125 a month. Remember domain costs, transaction or platform fees per sale, and the tools you would pay for elsewhere, not only the headline plan.
Try the website side of OneCraft
The button opens the generator with a starting prompt already filled in. Change the wording to match your own work before you run it.
Create a website with OneCraftMore comparisons
- A Wix alternative for small business websitesA Wix alternative for small business sites: AI written pages in fixed sections, a store paid through your own Stripe account, and Code mode when you outgrow it.
- A Squarespace alternative where the AI writes the first draftA Squarespace alternative: the AI writes every page into tested sections, the store pays into your own Stripe account, and Code mode writes real React code.
- A Framer alternative with a store and an inbox built inA Framer alternative for small businesses: AI written sites in tested sections, a store paid through Stripe, forms into an inbox and Code mode for custom work.
What the module actually does, feature by feature: the websites maker page.
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