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How much are you actually paying Squarespace?

Type in your setup — commerce plan, revenue, add-ons. See your real annual bill: subscription, add-ons, transaction fees. Then see what the same store would cost on Freewebstore.

Your setup

Your Squarespace plan
Add-ons you pay for
Other add-ons totalling $ /mo

What it’s costing you

Your Squarespace bill $0
Freewebstore Community (free) $0
Freewebstore StartUp ($20/mo) $0
You’d save with Freewebstore StartUp $0 Per year, on your current setup.
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How the math works

The calculator shows only the layers where the platforms actually differ. Payment processing (roughly 2.9% + 30¢) is roughly equal on Squarespace, Freewebstore or anywhere else — so it cancels out and isn’t in the totals.

Squarespace commerce plans (published mid-2026, USD):

  • Business $23/mo ($276/yr) — Squarespace takes 2.9% of every sale
  • Basic Commerce $27/mo ($324/yr) — no Sq fee, but no cart recovery, no subscriptions, no advanced shipping
  • Advanced Commerce $49/mo ($588/yr) — cart recovery, subscriptions, gift cards and advanced shipping unlocked

Add-on pricing from Squarespace Campaigns, Acuity, and common third-party plugins. Starter tiers; actual costs scale with contact list, appointment volume or catalogue size.

Freewebstore pricing:

  • Community $0/mo + 2% platform fee on Stripe (0% on PayPal)
  • StartUp $20/mo ($240/yr) + 0.5% platform fee on Stripe (0% on PayPal)
  • Cart recovery, product reviews, email marketing, subscriptions, loyalty and AI product copy are all built in on both plans. Nothing extra to buy.

Cart recovery matters. Over 70% of ecommerce carts are abandoned; recovery emails typically win back 5–15% of them. On Squarespace, that feature is Advanced-only ($49/mo). On Freewebstore, it’s free on every plan.

What we don’t count: premium theme costs, custom development, payment processor fees (equal on both), and any one-off cost like site migration. Squarespace doesn’t offer a clean export — migrating away is a rebuild, worth factoring in if you’re on the fence.

Honest answers

About this calculator.

  • Is this a real calculation or a marketing gimmick?

    Real math using published prices. Nothing is inflated. The add-on prices are the standard starter tiers; a mid-tier merchant usually pays more than the numbers here suggest, not less. Freewebstore’s platform fee on Stripe is 2% on Community and 0.5% on StartUp (0% on PayPal), all published on our pricing page.

  • What’s the deal with the Advanced Commerce plan?

    Squarespace gates features that most stores need — cart abandonment recovery, subscriptions, advanced shipping — behind the Advanced Commerce plan at $49/month. Over 70% of ecommerce carts are abandoned, so cart recovery isn’t optional — it’s the difference between profit and break-even. Freewebstore includes it on every plan.

  • Does Freewebstore charge a platform fee?

    On some payment methods — that’s how the free plan stays free. PayPal is 0% on every plan. On Stripe, Community charges 2% per sale and paid plans drop that to 0.5%. This calculator assumes every sale goes through Stripe, so it shows the higher figure.

  • Can I share these numbers?

    Yes. Hit the “Copy shareable link” button under the result. The link encodes your inputs — anyone who opens it sees exactly the same calculation.

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