Now booking enterprise content platform builds for 2026. Contact us

Join us
Contact us

What we build

Who it's for

How we engage

Case studies

Industries

Partnerships

About

Writing

Tools

For startups Join us
Contact us
CMS comparison Squarespace vs Statamic

Squarespace vs Statamic

Squarespace is a closed-source site builder that runs on the vendor's cloud. Statamic is a closed-source traditional CMS that you host yourself. The table below sets them side by side on 28 features. They get a different status on 17.

Book a call
  • Squarespace Site builder · Closed source · 9 of 28 built in
  • Statamic Traditional · Closed source · 8 of 28 built in

Sources checked: Squarespace on 29 Sept 2026, Statamic on 29 Sept 2026. Plans and releases can change after those dates.

WAYF is an official Payload partner and top contributor. Every platform in the table is classified by the same published definitions, and each answer lists the vendor page it came from.

Feature comparison

Built inPaid tierPlugin or add-onLimitedNot available
Squarespace vs Statamic feature comparison. Columns are the two platforms. Rows are features, grouped by area.
Platform
Squarespace Site builder
Statamic Traditional
Overview
What it is Hosted website builder with templates, a visual editor, blogging and commerce. Squarespace runs the hosting.Laravel-based PHP CMS that stores content in flat files by default. Free Core edition. Pro adds users, APIs and multi-site. You host it.
Edition compared The product and release each column describes. Squarespace website plans on version 7.1 SaaS, continuously updated Statamic 6, Core and Pro Version 6.34.1, released 23 Sept 2026
Vendor Squarespace, Inc. squarespace.com Statamic, LLC statamic.com
Licence Closed source Proprietary Closed source Proprietary, source available. Core is free to use.
Hosting No self-hosting Vendor cloud Self-hosting No vendor cloud
Built with Hosted SaaS, custom CSS and JavaScript on Core and higher plansPHP, Laravel, Vue
Database Managed by SquarespaceFlat files by default, SQL databases via the Eloquent Driver
Pricing Public list prices only. Hosting and implementation are extra everywhere. No free option Basic $19, Core $29, Plus $49, Advanced $99 per month billed annually in the US. 14-day free trial. Free to start Core free for one admin user. Pro $349 per site, then $99 per year for updates. Enterprise from $10k per year.
Content modelling
Content model in code You define content types in files in your repository, review them like any other code and apply them from there. Imperative migration scripts alone count as limited. Limited Custom post types in template.conf, only with Developer Mode on version 7.0. 23 Built in Blueprints and fieldsets are YAML files in the project. 4
Content model in the UI Admins can create and change content types and fields in the admin interface without writing code. Not available Fixed page and collection types. No custom fields in the editor. 2 Built in Blueprint builder in the Control Panel. 4
Reusable blocks Editors compose pages from reusable, typed components or blocks, and can reorder them. Built in Editors add and reorder sections and blocks. Built in Replicator and Bard sets. 5
Localization Editors translate content per locale inside the CMS, by field or by entry, without a separate site for each language. Plugin or add-on Weglot extension. Without it, editors duplicate pages per language. 45 Paid tier Multi-site and multilingual content need Pro. 61
Image transformations The CMS resizes, crops or converts images on request, through URL parameters or generated sizes, with no external service. Built in Squarespace serves uploaded images in generated sizes. Built in Glide resizes and crops on request. 7
APIs and delivery
REST API A documented REST or JSON HTTP API returns content. Limited Commerce APIs for products, orders and inventory on Core and up. No API for pages. 16 Paid tier Read-only REST API on Pro. 8
GraphQL API The vendor or an official module provides a GraphQL API for content. Not available Paid tier Read-only GraphQL API on Pro. 9
Webhooks The CMS can call an external URL when content is created, changed or published. Limited Commerce events only, through the Webhook Subscriptions API. 7 Not available Laravel events only. No webhook settings in core.
Renders the website The CMS itself renders and serves the public pages through themes or templates. Headless-only products answer no. Built in Built in Antlers or Blade templates.
Editorial workflow
Drafts Editors save changes as a draft and publish them later. The live version stays untouched until then. Paid tier Page drafts need a Premium or Enterprise plan. Blog posts can be drafts on any plan. 8 Paid tier Working copies of live entries need Revisions on Pro. Core has unpublished entries. 101
Scheduled publishing An editor can set a future date and time for content to publish or unpublish. Limited Blog posts only. 9 Limited Future-dated entries stay private until their date. Set per collection. 11
Version history The CMS keeps earlier versions of an entry, and editors can compare or restore them. Not available Undo and redo within an editing session only. 10 Paid tier Revisions on Pro. 10
Preview Editors can see unpublished content rendered as it will appear on the site before publishing. Built in Editing happens on the rendered page. Built in 121
Visual editing Editors can click on the rendered page and edit content in place or in a side panel next to it. Built in Limited Live Preview shows the edit form beside the page. No click-to-edit. 12
Approval workflows Content moves through review stages you configure, such as draft, review and approved, with permissions per stage. Limited Enterprise Draft editor role drafts pages for an admin to publish. No custom stages. 811 Not available Approval workflows are on the roadmap as planned. 19
Content releases Editors group changes across several entries and publish them together as one release. Not available Not available
Real-time co-editing Two or more editors can work on the same entry at once and see each other's changes live. Not available Plugin or add-on Free first-party Collaboration addon. Requires Pro. 18
Access and governance
Custom roles Admins define their own roles with granular permissions instead of picking from a fixed set. Not available Fixed contributor permission types. 11 Paid tier Roles and permissions need Pro. 131
Field-level permissions Admins can restrict access to single fields, on top of content types and entries. Not available Not available Field conditions depend on field values. User roles can't drive them. 4
Single sign-on Editors can sign in through SAML or OpenID Connect against a company identity provider. Paid tier Premium and Enterprise plans. OpenID Connect through Entra ID, SAML through Google. 1718 Paid tier Pro via Laravel Socialite providers such as SAML2. Enterprise tier lists SSO. 1521
Audit log The CMS logs who changed what and when across the whole installation, and admins can review the log. Not available Paid tier Enterprise tier, from $10k per year, lists audit logging. 121
Platform and extensibility
Multiple sites One installation or account can manage several separate websites or brands with shared users. Limited Each site needs its own plan. Enterprise teams manage several sites from one account. 11 Paid tier Pro. 61
Extensible admin UI Developers can add their own components, views or fields to the editing interface. Not available Built in Custom fieldtypes, widgets and Control Panel pages. 17
Plugin marketplace The vendor runs an official directory or marketplace of installable extensions. Built in Squarespace Extensions, a directory of third-party tools. 12 Built in Statamic Marketplace for addons. 18
Form builder Editors can build and publish forms and collect submissions without code. Built in Form blocks store submissions. 13 Limited Core allows one form. Pro removes the limit. 116
Site member accounts The platform handles sign-up and login for public site users or members, separate from editors. Built in Customer accounts on all plans. Member sites for gated content. 114 Paid tier Member accounts, registration and login tags need Pro. 1416
AI writing assistant A first-party AI feature in the editing interface generates, rewrites or translates content. Built in Squarespace AI writer. Monthly AI credits vary by plan. 115 Not available
Official MCP server The vendor publishes a Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can read or write content. Not available The official MCP server covers domain search only. It can't reach site content. 16 Not available Third-party addons only, such as MCP Server for Statamic by Cbox. 20

Considering more platforms? Compare Squarespace and Statamic with the rest of your shortlist in the CMS comparison tool.

Where they differ

Squarespace and Statamic get a different status on 17 of the 28 features and the same status on 11. Squarespace has 9 built in on its baseline edition, Statamic has 8. Two matching statuses can still name different paid tiers or limits, so read the notes in the table before treating a row as equal.

Self-hosting
Squarespace cannot be self-hosted. Statamic can be self-hosted.
Vendor cloud
Squarespace has a vendor-run cloud. Statamic has no vendor-run cloud.
Free option
Squarespace has no free option. Statamic has a free option.

Built in on Squarespace, a different answer on Statamic 4

  • Visual editing Squarespace: Built in. Statamic: Limited.
  • Form builder Squarespace: Built in. Statamic: Limited.
  • Site member accounts Squarespace: Built in. Statamic: Paid tier.
  • AI writing assistant Squarespace: Built in. Statamic: Not available.

Built in on Statamic, a different answer on Squarespace 3

  • Content model in code Squarespace: Limited. Statamic: Built in.
  • Content model in the UI Squarespace: Not available. Statamic: Built in.
  • Extensible admin UI Squarespace: Not available. Statamic: Built in.

Built in on neither, with different answers 10

  • Localization Squarespace: Plugin or add-on. Statamic: Paid tier.
  • REST API Squarespace: Limited. Statamic: Paid tier.
  • GraphQL API Squarespace: Not available. Statamic: Paid tier.
  • Webhooks Squarespace: Limited. Statamic: Not available.
  • Version history Squarespace: Not available. Statamic: Paid tier.
  • Approval workflows Squarespace: Limited. Statamic: Not available.
  • Real-time co-editing Squarespace: Not available. Statamic: Plugin or add-on.
  • Custom roles Squarespace: Not available. Statamic: Paid tier.
  • Audit log Squarespace: Not available. Statamic: Paid tier.
  • Multiple sites Squarespace: Limited. Statamic: Paid tier.

More comparisons

Squarespace against other platforms

Statamic against other platforms

Open the CMS comparison tool to put up to six platforms in one table.

We're booking content platform
engagements for 2026.

Twenty-five minutes to walk through the work and decide if we're the right team for it. Scoping and a fixed price come after.

Book a 25-min call Or email us instead