WordPress.com vs Squarespace vs Webflow

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 7 November 2026.

Compared on	WordPress.com Free plan · from $4/mo Visit Remove	Squarespace From $12/mo Visit Remove	Webflow Free plan · from $15/mo Visit Remove
What it is	Managed WordPress hosting with themes, plugins and an AI site builder	Template-based website builder with commerce, scheduling and AI tools	Visual website builder with CMS and hosting for designers and teams
Free plan	1 GB storage, WordPress.com subdomain, ads shown to visitors, no plugins, community support	No	Starter: Webflow.io domain, 2 static pages, 1 GB bandwidth, 50 form submissions, limited CMS
Cheapest paid plan	$4/mo billed annually (Personal)WordPress.com pricing	$12/mo billed annually (Basic)Squarespace pricing	$15/mo billed annually (Basic)Webflow pricing
What it covers	6 GB storage, plugins, no ads, free domain for the first year on annual or longer plans; renewal price is not shown on the page.	2% fee on online-store sales; up to 2 contributors; free custom domain for the first year on annual plans.	Per site, billed yearly; 300 static pages, 10 GB bandwidth, custom domain; no CMS on Basic.
Free trial	None stated	14 days, no credit card required; no free plan afterwards	None stated
Platforms	Web	Web	Web
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated
Open source	No	No	No
Good for	A blog or small-business site on WordPress without managing a server Sites that may need plugins as they grow Stores that want WooCommerce-style tools hosted for them	A portfolio, studio or service business that wants a polished template Selling products or services from the same site A small team that wants one subscription for site, store and bookings	Designers who want full layout control without hand-coding Content-heavy marketing sites that need a CMS Agencies building sites for clients
Watch out for	Free plan shows ads and uses a wordpress.com subdomain Plugins and custom code start on paid plans (SFTP/SSH and Git on Business) Lower prices need yearly or longer billing; the page shows renewal text without a price	No free plan; the free trial lasts 14 days Basic charges a 2% transaction fee on online-store sales and cannot use code injection or advanced analytics The page mentions occasional promotions, and the free domain renews at the standard rate after year one	Priced per site; Basic has no CMS, so a blog needs Premium The Starter plan has 2 static pages and 1 GB bandwidth, on a webflow.io domain The Team plan requires an annual contract
Made by	Automattic	Squarespace	Webflow

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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