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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Square Online

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/ASquare Online (formerly Weebly) is a basic content management system with blogging and eCommerce features. It can be utilized for building standard websites or specialized webpages for online stores.

    $13

    per month

    Wix

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AWix is a website builder used to grown an online presence. The platform allows users to build their website from scratch, choose from designer-made templates, or use an AI website builder to add sections, images, and text.

    $17

    per month

    Pricing
    Square OnlineWix
    Editions & Modules
    Personal
    $13
    per month
    Professional
    $16
    per month
    Performance
    $29
    per month
    Free
    Free
    Free
    Free
    $0
    Light
    $17
    per month
    Core
    $29
    per month
    Business
    $39
    per month
    Business Elite
    $159
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Square OnlineWix
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing decreases when paid annually: Personal - $10/Month Professional - $12/Month Performance - $26/Month—
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    Community Pulse
    Square OnlineWix
    Considered Both Products
    Block, Inc (Square)
    Chose Square Online
    Square Online is a lot like the other quick build e-commerce systems out there (such as Wix and Weebly). It helps you get online quickly, neatly, and with very minimal overhead. We specifically used it as a checkout method from some targeted landing pages teaching customers …
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    Wix doesn't have the ease of use that Weebly has. I get more frustrated using that when I need specific items.

    Instapage has many SEO limitations and I don't feel like my SEO efforts are fully utilized within the platform they offer.
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    I have not explored many alternatives. You can also sell digital downloads on Wix for example - that would be the one thing that I would have to have in a competing service. Wix also has more templates and more styling options. Weebly also lets you export your entire website - …
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    Weebly's designs, plugins, and customization options are a little more advanced in some cases than other similar programs. WordPress requires a different level of expertise and knowledge of code, keywording, and plugins, so I wouldn't even compare them. Wix is a little more …
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    Firstly, especially the design difference was shown among them. Weebly has the most modern design. The the second difference is the simplicity, besides other ones also have drag and drop feature, Workflow is completely different. Weebly is ultimately easy to set up, navigate …
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    Wix, for some reason, seems to be the latest, newest, freshest option and competition for Weebly. Their drag and drop design is VERY easy. Their tempates seem more fresh and hip.
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    WordPress needs to be set up before use, making it less adequate for students. It has a huge userbase and tons of add-ons, but these advantages are not accessible to the beginner.
    Wix is very powerful and easy to use, making it on par with Weebly. But I believe Weebly has a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    I evaluated Wix, and started building my site. To my horror, I later learned of their horrendous ecosystem strategy. I understand why they do it as a business, but as a user, it drivers me INSANE. They go to great lengths to prevent you from using 3rd party tools. I.e. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    I liked the features in Weebly more so than what Wix had to offer. It was a good balance of customizability and user-friendliness. I also liked Weebly's given templates better than what either Wix or Google Sites had to offer. Google sites were very open-ended and required more …
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    The only comparison I did was to Wix during the first testing/trial period. I found Weebly easier for a non-technical person (like myself). I understood that Wix would give more flexibility for a few things, but it would take more time to deploy when compared to Weebly. In …
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    Weebly has the best price compared to this three and it's very, very simple to use. Wix is a quite more satisfying in terms of getting exactly what you want in the aesthetics, and Squarespace has a lot of fancy themes and a very good support team, but it only beats Weebly in …
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    Five years ago we did a rebrand for our company and built a completely new website. This was good opportunity for us to make sure that Weebly was the platform we wanted to use for our web design. We looked into several other companies and found that Weebly offered the most …
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    Weebly stacks up well against its competitors because it is priced relatively, has excellent functionality and the option to add lots of plug-ins and add-ons. Weebly is ranked as one of the top Blogging and eCommerce site builders online for someone without the expertise of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    Weebly is easier to use than these platforms. One can easily create stylish looking websites without needing to type even a single line of code. We find Weebly super easy to use and they also provide a code editor which is usually not present in the similar website creators. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    I selected Weebly because I thought their themes weren't as janky as WordPress. I also like their price structure and overall easiness of maintaining the app. It also syncs with other applications that I use, like Hatchbuck. I like the support and reliability of Weebly so far …
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    Weebly is the easiest to use and most robust platform I've found so far. It has its downsides relative to the other ones, like a limited number of templates, and not being great for e-commerce or blogging. It's really a matter of figuring out what's right for your business in …
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    Weebly has a different selection of themes that I just believed better suited my needs. It all depends on what you need out of your website builder. Weebly’s interface can be more appealing to the user, cleaner and more accessible to those not well versed in code and who need a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    Weebly was always one of the top-rated solutions in the website-builder arena. We had experience with GoDaddy, and were sadly disappointed in the clunkiness and general lack of quality features. We finally chose Weebly over its runner-up, Squarespace, because it was a cheaper …
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    We looked at a variety of other site builders that were available at the time we decided to create our secondary site and Weebly had more options that suited our needs at the time and the ease of use was far above the other options. Over the years we have been utilizing Weebly, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    WordPress takes time to set up properly, needs hosting and always has security issues. Drupal is getting more and more complicated every year. Again, hosting a Drupal installation is a security headache. Weebly, being a hosted solution, completed does away with the need to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    Weebly is great for early-stage beginners with no website building experience but with a solid foundation of basic computer skills. If you like to explore and learn, I would highly recommend taking more time and researching/learning WordPress instead as they have so many themes …
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    Weebly has more options to edit the effects of how any picture or text box appears when going on the page, such as transition and or fade in or out. It has more animation options than Squarespace.
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    I thought Weebly had better reviews after reading reviews on various sites.
    Incentivized
    Chose Square Online
    Overall, Weebly is a fantastic app to integrate into the classroom or school setting. I usually give students an option when designing web pages/websites and Weebly is often the choice. However, when it comes to pure blogging and older students learning how to track their …
    Incentivized
    Wix
    Chose Wix
    I compare this product most closely to Weebly. I've used both, and Wix out classes Weebly with ease. While they share almost the same functionality, WIx seems faster, cleaner, and more easily accessible.
    Incentivized
    Chose Wix
    Wix is more or less like Weebly. Wix is for the same level of user who uses Weebly but has a bit more technological knowledge. Wix is more advanced and allows users to control their web development to the next level. I have 2 similar websites, one using Wix and other Weebly. I …
    Incentivized
    Chose Wix
    Wix can give the user great customer service or technical assistance when needed. I think that this factor can stack up against other competitors. Wix also provides a great tutorial for web page creation when you start with a template, every field of the web page is clearly …
    Incentivized
    Chose Wix
    Wix just has a better repertoire of templates, default design formats for displaying images and video, and a wider control over what I can tweak to make the site truly my own. I love Wix’s simple to grasp user interface and speed with which it works to upload my images. It also …
    Incentivized
    Chose Wix
    Wix is better. Squarespace is more expensive for a more rigid platform. WordPress is good for more in-depth websites but is very confusing and requires constant upkeep and time. Weebly has a less fun user interface and seems to lag behind Wix in terms of variety of templates, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Wix
    Wix has more features for customization; especially when replacing template images. The pixel sizes are displayed. It is difficult to get the exact dimensions of preset images in Weebly's templates. This was a feature Weebly removed.
    Incentivized
    Chose Wix
    We compared Wix & Weebly. We found Wix easier to use with a better selection of templates. Weebly had limitations that would have prevented us from achieving the desired outcome.
    Incentivized
    Chose Wix
    We were initially going to use WordPress because we were skeptical of the SEO performance of a Wix site. However, WordPress is far from perfect on the SEO front, so we decided to give Wix a shot. In terms of SEO, there is no substantial difference between the capabilities of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Wix
    In fact, we evaluated both providers and found them very similar. The decision of the client was made based on their impressions about design, features, and ease of use (administration) after a pilot. Wix seemed to be more interesting in terms of templates but at the same time …
    Incentivized
    Chose Wix
    Wix has the best WYSIWYG design method, since all others we tried showed not to reach anywhere near what our intentions towards the design were. It doesn't provide the best pricing if compared to, let's say, WordPress, but then again it fulfills basically everything we expected …
    Incentivized
    Chose Wix
    Squarespace felt more advanced when I first began my comparison research. It seemed like it could potentially make the best looking websites but required a little more base knowledge or a higher learning curve for someone new to web design. Weebly seemed like a very worthy …
    Incentivized
    Chose Wix
    Weebly seemed very similar but slightly less professional in my opinion. This was judged based on the interface not the output. Squarespace seemed much more professional and almost geared toward those with an eye for design. It would make very modern looking websites but felt …
    Incentivized
    Chose Wix
    There are tradeoffs between the two. Wix allows for more customization with selected templates than Squarespace but overall, I prefer Squarespace based on their responsive design element.
    Incentivized
    Chose Wix
    I chose Wix for creativity as opposed to Weebly or WordPress.
    Incentivized
    Chose Wix
    Overall, I think Wix works particularly well. Wix is very similar to Weebly in the look, feel, and editor. However, WordPress, although harder to get up and running, offers more to the advanced users a variety of analytics and data features that are useful when promoting and …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    84%
    Happy with the feature set
    26 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    28 Answers
    Features
    Square OnlineWix
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Square Online and Wix
    Feature
    Square Online
    5.3
    30 Ratings
    41% below category average
    Wix
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions5.330 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Square Online and Wix
    Feature
    Square Online
    6.3
    21 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Wix
    -
    Ratings
    API6.316 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language6.317 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Square Online and Wix
    Feature
    Square Online
    7.5
    42 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Wix
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor8.735 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness6.738 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section7.338 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates6.342 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes7.042 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design9.341 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow7.334 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator7.335 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Square Online and Wix
    Feature
    Square Online
    6.7
    39 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Wix
    -
    Ratings
    Content taxonomy6.725 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support7.735 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management7.320 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions5.732 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management6.329 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Umbraco CMS
    Score6.8 out of 10
    WebWave
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Magnolia
    Score8.1 out of 10
    10Web
    Score5.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Square OnlineWix
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (43 ratings)
    9.4
    (98 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Square OnlineWix
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Block, Inc (Square)
    If you are having students create websites or information pages about something they are studying in class, this is a great option. The fact that students can spend less time getting situated and learning the app and get right to work researching and creating their pages is great. For middle to high school, this is a fantastic app to use. However, if you want more nuanced analytics or want students to focus on blogging more than webpage building, this is limited.
    Incentivized
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    Wix
    I would recommend Wix if you're more website-savvy; it is more customizable than Squarespace. However, Squarespace's modules look more polished than Wix's, which you drag and drop onto the site. With Wix, you need to do a lot more work, and it allows for more customizations, but I am a lot quicker on Squarespace.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Block, Inc (Square)
    • Drag and drop interface makes it very easy to add all types of content, including images, text, video (and YouTube videos), embeddable applications and more.
    • It's very easy to set up navigation features like cascading menus and sticky navigation (where the menu stays put - may depend on the template chosen though).
    • A technical backend is fairly straight-forward for setting up a fav icon, 301 redirects, SEO, Google Analytics, etc.
    Incentivized
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    Wix
    • Easy to create and duplicate website, and web pages for similar products, services and campaigns, so you do not have to start from scratch
    • Find features such as video, image and button, and templates to customise your website's feel and look. For example, recently, I was able to add a countdown timer for the sale of tickets to our online conference.
    • Creating website Anchors - making it easy for you to take a visitor to a particular part of a page so that they do not need to scroll through the entire webpage making it more user-friendly.
    • The SEO part of Wix makes it easy for you to set up meta data, create fully functional social media shares that are on brand and looks professional in the Google search engine..
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    Cons
    Block, Inc (Square)
    • Weebly doesn't have a lot of templates to choose from, so if you don't have any experience with CSS or HTML, it's hard to customize your site to an extent.
    • Weebly isn't fully SEO friendly. They don't allow you to add H1 tags to pages out of the box.
    • You can't create folder structures when it comes to web page URLs. You can put web pages under a main menu dropdown, but they don't allow you to put all sub-menu items in a structured folder (like site.com/folder/page-1 and site.com/folder/page-2).
    Incentivized
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    Wix
    • In my opinion, with the removal of the ADI web-building tool in favor of editor, user-friendliness has suffered tremendously.
    • In my opinion, the removal of the ADI web-building tool in favor of editor makes that a big portion of a website has to be redesigned, as items are now linked to each other in a different way than before.
    • In my opinion, the removal of the ADI web-building tool in favor of editor makes Wix only usable for professional website builders and no longer for the general public.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Block, Inc (Square)
    Weebly is consistently adding features that line up with our needs. The ease of use makes it the perfect program for us since we have users of multiple age brackets and knowledge of web design. We love that we can give users access to only the pages they are affiliated with
    Incentivized
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    Wix
    We will definitely renew Wix. The ability to completely control our website has been invaluable to us. We will maintain this service as long as we are an incorporated organization, we've tried several other software options and this has been the best solution by far for all of our needs.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Block, Inc (Square)
    Very easy to use and intuitive to design after all of our business needs. From the website and POS system to how we represent ourselves internally and to our customers... Square is second-to-none in helping our business and others in our same boat become the kind of businesses we want to be when it comes to our inventory and sales of these kinds of products.
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    Wix
    Great customization, but a pain to backtrack. They recently added the ability to set fonts etc as headings, title, body etc, but if you did not begin your build with these presets you are screwed if you ever try to change font/ colors/layout etc.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Block, Inc (Square)
    No answers on this topic
    Wix
    I never had an outage issue per say. I would say it was very reliable of a website building platform and as a marketing source there was never any issues connecting it to the server. I don’t recall there being any editing tools or hosting issues. Nothing went down when using it.
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    Performance
    Block, Inc (Square)
    No answers on this topic
    Wix
    Not complex at all. It teaches you how to use their platform in a dynamic way. Each tutorial offers an explanation that can be reviewed later on. The connection speed of a web page has been smooth so far, with no major problems regarding this subject. Overall, Wix can manage 10+ pages with great connection speed.
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    Support Rating
    Block, Inc (Square)
    No answers on this topic
    Wix
    As stated before I didn’t use the support as I did not have the feature and did not often enough need the help. I was able to figure it out mostly on my own by exploring the site. I’ve found exploring and playing on it told me how to do most things.
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    Implementation Rating
    Block, Inc (Square)
    No answers on this topic
    Wix
    Like I said I was a beginner so it was fun to navigate and teach myself how to implement the features when building and maintaining my site. It was a fairly easy place to host my domain, and creat something simple.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Block, Inc (Square)
    Weebly's designs, plugins, and customization options are a little more advanced in some cases than other similar programs. WordPress requires a different level of expertise and knowledge of code, keywording, and plugins, so I wouldn't even compare them. Wix is a little more user-friendly because you can drag and drop your design, which was very convenient for customizing your site. I didn't personally select Weebly, but it is user-friendly and nearly anyone comfortable with a computer could figure it out. Weebly support is also pretty good.
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    Wix
    Wix is a great starting platform for anyone looking to create a website. It definitely holds its own against any other all in one website creation platform. The one thing I would say is if your main focus is solely on eCommerce you may be better off using something like Squarespace which is specifically designed for that market.
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    Scalability
    Block, Inc (Square)
    No answers on this topic
    Wix
    I give this rating to Wix because it's a great content creator. It has a great platform and also offers great customer service. If you encounter any technical issues, with Wix you will find a solution. For premium members or domain holders, this is the same as for Trial members or non-domain holders.
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    Return on Investment
    Block, Inc (Square)
    • Weebly has allowed our business to create a connection with our customers by offering home decor, cooking and styling tips.
    • Weebly gives us the chance to relay information to customers regarding merchandise, current sales and promotions, store hours and locations etc. Which has helped increase business.
    • Weebly has given our not very tech savvy business the opportunity to have a website and stay relevant with our competitors.
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    Wix
    • Wix has helped the companies I've worked with to promote their products and events. Without Wix, it would be extremely difficult to create landing pages for email campaigns or advertisements so, Wix has enabled us to save a lot of marketing and design labor.
    • As a marketer for a non-profit (and previously for a startup), Wix has helped the companies I've served to build marketing campaigns despite having little to no marketing budget. Because many of its features are free or affordable, small businesses and non-profits receive a huge ROI since there isn't much investment required.
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