What does a Squarespace website actually cost per year in the UK in 2026?

On the Core plan, £244.80 a year once VAT is added for a customer who is not VAT-registered, paying yearly. The Basic plan works out at £172.80 a year on the same basis. Paying month by month rather than yearly costs more again, around £345.60 a year on Core.

Does Squarespace add VAT to its prices?

Yes, for customers who are not VAT-registered. The advertised prices are shown before VAT, and the twenty per cent is added at the checkout. VAT-registered businesses can enter their number and pay the price without it.

Is Squarespace worth it in 2026?

It is a capable, well-made platform, and for some people it is the right home. The thing to weigh is the full yearly cost, with VAT, against the headline monthly figure, since the two are a fair way apart.

Are there cheaper alternatives to Squarespace?

Bernard moves Squarespace and WordPress sites onto a looked-after residence for £120 a year, flat, with the move included on the annual plan. It is the same idea, kept simple, with one honest number.

Report · 14 June 2026

Squarespace 2026 pricing, explained - what your renewal will actually cost

Squarespace is a tidy place to keep a website. The trouble is the price on the door is not the price you pay. The figure you see is a monthly one sitting on a yearly plan, and the tax goes on at the very end. None of it is hidden, exactly. It is just not the number in the advert.

Here is the whole bill, set out the way Bernard sets out a quote. Every line, and no surprises at the van.

What Squarespace charges in 2026

Squarespace changed its prices in early 2026. There are now four plans, and two of them matter for most people moving a small site.

The Basic plan is twelve pounds a month if you pay for the year up front. The Core plan, which is where most people land once they want to look properly professional, is seventeen pounds a month on the same yearly basis. Pay month by month instead and Core is twenty-four pounds a month, for exactly the same website.

So far, so reasonable. Then the tax goes on.

The price you see is before VAT

The prices Squarespace shows you do not include VAT, the twenty per cent tax added on at the till. If you run a limited company that is registered for VAT, you can hand over your number and the tax comes off. But most individuals and small businesses are not VAT-registered, and for them the twenty per cent is simply added when they pay.

That turns seventeen pounds a month into a little over twenty. The Core plan, which reads as £204 for the year, is £244.80 once the tax is on. Basic goes from £144 to £172.80 the same way. Renew for another year and that is the figure that comes round again, not the one on the pricing page.

So what does a Squarespace site really cost?

For someone who is not registered for VAT, paying yearly, the bill looks like this.

The yearly bill	Squarespace Basic	Squarespace Core	Bernard, Studio
The plan, paid yearly	£144	£204	£120
VAT added at the checkout	£28.80	£40.80	none
What you actually pay, each year	£172.80	£244.80	£120

The figure that matters is the bottom line. A Squarespace site that felt like seventeen pounds a month is £244.80 a year on Core once the tax is on, and £172.80 on Basic. Pay month by month rather than yearly and Core climbs to £345.60 a year. Bernard is £120, flat, and £120 is the number you pay.

How Bernard does it differently

Bernard charges £120 a year for a looked-after site, and £120 is the number you pay. No tax bolted on at the end, no monthly figure that turns out to be a yearly one. One number, written on the door and on the invoice, the same every year.

Bernard does not sell you a web address or an email account. Those stay exactly where they are, paid however you already pay for them, on whatever cycle suits you. What Bernard does is move your existing Squarespace site across, free with the annual plan, and point your address at the new place so the same links still find the same rooms. He will tell you plainly if your house is one he cannot lift, before any money changes hands.

That is the whole difference. Squarespace's price is honest enough, once you have read all of it. Bernard's price is the same sentence start to finish.

Paste your current address and Bernard will measure up, free, and show you the new place before you decide anything.

Questions people ask

What does a Squarespace website actually cost per year in the UK in 2026?: On the Core plan, £244.80 a year once VAT is added for a customer who is not VAT-registered, paying yearly. The Basic plan works out at £172.80 a year on the same basis. Paying month by month rather than yearly costs more again, around £345.60 a year on Core.
Does Squarespace add VAT to its prices?: Yes, for customers who are not VAT-registered. The advertised prices are shown before VAT, and the twenty per cent is added at the checkout. VAT-registered businesses can enter their number and pay the price without it.
Is Squarespace worth it in 2026?: It is a capable, well-made platform, and for some people it is the right home. The thing to weigh is the full yearly cost, with VAT, against the headline monthly figure, since the two are a fair way apart.
Are there cheaper alternatives to Squarespace?: Bernard moves Squarespace and WordPress sites onto a looked-after residence for £120 a year, flat, with the move included on the annual plan. It is the same idea, kept simple, with one honest number.