Just the fact that Wix allows me to customize everything. To literally put anything anywhere on the site without being restricted to dedicated modules or whatever. And it has a working Undo feature (Weebly frustrated the heck out of me with that). It is far superior.
Hi Doug, thanks for your feedback. Sure, the pixel freedom is one of Wix's strong points for many. But some people prefer a more structured approach like Weebly's - but I see your point :-)
Hi Akeem. Thanks for sharing your feedback. With Wix you'll get a mobile editor to make sure that your website display well on smaller screens. If you've already tried this, could you please send an example of the site that doesn't scale well and let us know what devices you tried on? Thanks
Sadly this came across as an ad for wix, which makes me think there is much more to the story. The categories seem biased to wix, and it was clear from the beginning who the winner would be.
Hi David! Thank you for your feedback. We really tried to focus on the most common categories that users ask us on a daily base. Both can be tested for free. Feel free to share your experience with Wix and Squarespace in our comments. :-)
Thanks for responding. I don't have any experience with either and I don't have a horse in the race. I'm just a guy that wants a web site. It's just been hard to find information that feels thorough and unbiased. There is useful information in this video; I just wish that it would have felt more balanced.
I'd have to agree with David, the give away is how you hear the 'disappointed tone' when they start describing anything Squarespace can do. I'd say the majority of reviews comparing these two put Squarespace on top
@@jonnyk-uk662 Thx for your great feedback guys! We really try to keep it more neutral in the next videos. Both have their pros and cons. None of them is perfect!
@@user-bp3ou2dq2q Thanks for your feedback! It's true that some people may prefer the rougher type of video but then again other people also seem to like what we do given the overall positive feedback.
I was THIS close to going with square space because of friends recommending it but so glad i found this vid, now I see wix really suits my minimal needs AND with less cost/commitment. what a relief. Great content! They have a 50% off sale right now too
Thank you for this video, it really helped me to decide which one is better to use for my website. I am surprised you don’t have more subscribers because your tips and information is very useful which is why I have subscribed and clicked the bell.
Wix for the win! Everyone told me to use Squarespace, but I hated it. I spent days trying to make personalized website and just couldn’t get it how I wanted. With Wix, I got it in one day. Thanks for the awesome video!!!
you didnt mention e-commerce squarespace is better, you didnt mention wix is non responsive and css can break and menu items and buttons totally disappear on various platforms, for me team squarespace all day long .. it works.
Hi there, thanks for sharing your feedback. Comparing the ecommerce modules of both providers would be a looooong video, perhaps we'll create one at some point. It's true that Wix isn't responsive, but you can create your own mobile version for smartphones, this is actually more flexible (and more work). About the UX issues in various platforms, I haven't personally experienced them, so could you give us an example or elaborate on this issues please :-)
I am using Wix for the last 6 years and is planning to move to Squarespace. Full responsive design is too important today for BOLD STATEMENT. Wix provides its answer in Feb 2020 as EditorX, but is too new without much templates.
If responsive designs are a must for you, then Squarespace is a better alternative. however, with Wix you do have a mobile version of your site you can edit. Find more about Squarespace here: www.websitetooltester.com/en/reviews/squarespace-review/
@@tooltester Thanks for asking! Wix certainty isn't perfect, and a lot of pro photographers are using and endorsing Squarespace at the moment. My main problem is, at least for now, I'm not seeing many of my images from my website appear in Google images search. I worry that the Wix Pro Gallery, as awesome as it is for the design of the website, actually makes it hard for Google to find the images.
I see... Actually Wix changes your email file name when the images are uploaded into their platform. In short, if your image name was big-tree.png, they'll change it to something cryptic like 09a0ab7~mv2.png. As you can imagine this isn't perfect for SEO, but adding the alternative text (alt) to all your images should help ranking in Google images. More about Wix's SEO here: www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/wix-seo/
@@tooltester indeed. I do always add the titles, or alt text but not seeing much results. Would be good to see some sort of test for this. Thanks for your insight!
Loved how concise and direct this video is. I've been torn over these two options and have gone through a lot of comparison vids, and this definitely helped the most.
No comparison of e-commerce use, up grading or switching templates, the cost of different monthly plans and there differences between plans or domain name cost. To mention just a few differences they have.
Hi Andrew! Thank you for your feedback! It's not that we didn't want to talk about it but we try to focus on their essential differences in our videos. Adding more info would make the video much longer and maybe also a little bit boring. Therefore, if you want to know more about it, we highly recommend reading our in-depth comparison. There we tackle these topics with more information. :-) www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/wix-vs-squarespace/
Squarespace Personal plan doesn't support code injection last time I checked. So keep that in mind because this is quite limiting. You have to buy the "business" package for it to be available.
Yes, that's right! Squarespace doesn't allow access to their source code with the personal plan, as you said, you'll need a Business package. For more information on plans' differences you can check our guide: www.websitetooltester.com/en/reviews/squarespace-review/pricing/
having a grid may be in some situations more restricting to use, but what else would you want? Pretty much all of the professionally made websites actually use a grid system.
Hi there. You can also have a grid showing with Wix to help you with the layout. The difference is that with Squarespace the elements stick to a grid and sometimes you can't place them exactly where you want. Wix gives you total freedom. But for some cases (e.g. not a good eye for design), the Squarespace approach can be easier.
I'd rather have a stable site than one with tons of features that breaks all the time. Squarespace is a winner for me. I wonder what Wix's client retention rate is. Probably lower than Squarespace.
Hi Chris. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. Personally, I've never seen any Wix feature breaking on me, could you please give us an example of that? I do think both Wix and Squarespace are solid solutions suitable for many projects.
I really tried my best to use Squarespace because my friend used it to create her website and I loved hers. However, I could not figure it out as easily as I figured out WIX. In the end, I went with Wix and I'm really happy with it.
Hi there. Let me say first that Squarespace is a great and solid tool. However, I find it also a bit more difficult to get around than Wix. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Hi Cesar. The migration will be manual for both platforms. Generally speaking, moving from one platform to another one is always a big job, no matter what platform you use. Therefore, I'd advise you to have copies of your content in your computer (e.g. MS Word or Google Docs).
This is a fantastic comparison video. Keep it up. But y’all should compare Wix to Wordpress. Both Wix and Squarespace are akin to a walled garden. For those not worried about investing a little bit more time, I would’ve chosen wordpress as it beats both in pricing, seo, flexibility, plugins and widget options, and (with tweaking) page speed.
Hi there. Yes, comparing them to WordPress is a good point. In fact, we have a video about Wix vs WordPress, find it here: ruclips.net/video/z_XaTeO-zMk/видео.html
Hi Elizabeth. I would say that Squarespace is the better option, when it comes to blogging, e.g. due to more features and bigger flexibility regarding the layouts. However, it's a bit more difficult to use than Wix. You may find some more useful tips on how to start a successful blog here: www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/how-to-start-a-successful-blog/
Hi David. Well, the quality of a design is something personal, but generally speaking both Wix and Squarespace offer good templates. In terms of number of templates, again, both have many options to pick from, but Wix has more. More about the Wix templates: www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/wix-templates/ and more about the Squarespace templates: www.websitetooltester.com/en/reviews/squarespace-review/
I do like the Wix free option. Which would be great for webpage for a single event like a party or concert. Then when it’s done you can delete it and have paid nothing.
True… you could even hire a cheap domain and redirect it to the free version if you want.. the only downside is that it will say “made by WIX” with WIX ads
Re: Wix support -- I had an issue late at night, I went to "help," and got a live person to call me back on the phone within minutes, and walk me through the issue
Hi, WebsiteToolTester, Robert, I like your videos because they give a clear view of which website will be the best choice for me. Can you please make a video on if I should choose Etsy or Shopify? And also on Etsy and Wix? Pleaseee, thanks.
Hi Emma. I think Wix is a solid solution for a hair salon (I imagine this is what you meant). They have an app (Wix Bookings) that will let your customers book appointments online. More information: www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/wix-bookings/
This video is okay but it's not very fair. Squarespace does let you customize SEO for blogs and metadata in galleries beyond just alt text. If you notice at 2:24, you can see up top above the blog post title a button for content, options, location and social. Under options you can customize your title and you can add your descriptions, optimize for SEO and more, you just have to know how to play around with it. I will concede on some design features wix allows for more freedom. But unless you're an experienced web designer or UX designer this could do you more harm than good. Additionally wix doesn't auto-format for mobile, which is a huge risk for your business since most people search and reach first impression through mobile devices anyway. Wix apps are good, better than Squarespace, but Squarespace does have extensions (or apps if you will) that you can connect to your site, it's a newer feature but they have it. Here's the final summary: Wix is great if you know what you're doing, what to plug in, and how to maximize it's potential, but Squarespace gives you the opportunity to maximize your own potential even with little knowledge of how to use. I recommend taking the 14 day trial of Squarespace and the free wix site and see which you like more. If you're not a professional marketer, SEO manager or web designer - take your time and focus on the details instead of the flash.
Hi Jose-Noel. Thanks for your comment! I think most of what you're saying about Wix and Squarespace makes sense. Regarding Squarespace's SEO, I think our video is a bit outdated (we will fix this with our next video update). Back then, Squarespace would only let you customize some of the SEO options (e.g. the SEO title was the same as the regular post title), but they have fixed this. You can find a more updated post on Squarespace's SEO here: www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/squarespace-seo/.
Thanks for your feedback! Just in case you are interested, we did a support test for a lot of providers. Find the results here: www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/website-builder-support/
I vote wix because it gives a free domain and they design stunning logo examples.Also i vote for wix because i used a logo they made for my YT channel logo.
Thanks! I have to say, you get the same domain deal with Squarespace (free domain for 1 year with yearly contracts). They also have a logo maker. But if Wix and its tools work for you, that's great to hear!
I am from the UK . Thank you for a great information. I am setting up a wix website. I have a domain name from another host. However the host is not on wix host list. Wix will not allow me to add this domain. I have to be honest, wix is a nightmare to contact for advice. there no phone number or email contact on the web site. There is only answer and question page. Please can you help me . If i cannot add my domain to wix there I will have to cancel my account.
Hi there. Yes, you should be able to connect (or transfer) your domain name to Wix. It's not difficult. Since this is something a lot of users ask, we prepared a detailed guide about Wix and domain names: www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/wix-domain-and-email/
Thanks for this insight, I have been working to find a really great way to build my stire up agains and I was betting on Wix with the odds and I won! Thanks WTT
You can tell just from the tone of his voice that he's biased toward Wix. Even in parts that Squarespace wins the point, the tone of his voice when he talks about Wix isn't as "negative" as it is when Wix wins the point and he talks about Squarespace.
Thanks for your feedback! I don't think that's the case but if you prefer Squarespace that's completely fine! This comparison is based on features and we found Wix to be a bit stronger. Of course, Squarespace is also a very good website builder that has a lot of strong points.
Hi there, great video very helpful,, my question is I need a website where I can put affiliate links, not selling anything just the links, is Wix good for that and I'm honestly a total noob to all this so would I be able to build a website myself on Wix? Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated
Hi Chris! Affiliate links work like any other link. You can add them to your texts, images and buttons. Feel free to try it out in their free plan. You'll find more info in our review: www.websitetooltester.com/en/reviews/wix-review/
Hi Mark, oh no, that wouldn't work. Squarespace's online store is meant to be run by one seller. You should probably look into Shopify instead, they seem to have some marketplace apps.
Hi Mohamed, a lot of pretty big companies use WordPress these days. But if you are talking about really big companies (Airbnb, Amazon etc.), they use custom-made websites.
Yes, both stores offer PayPal, credit card and other payment options as checkout. You can compare their features in our side-by-side comparison. www.websitetooltester.com/en/shopify-vs-wix-ecommerce-vs-squarespace-ecommerce/
Hi Sheharyar. Producing our video reviews is always quite a bit of work and as there are many providers on the market, we unfortunately can't consider all of them. Also, users' interest in Blogger has been declining over the last years, statistics say: www.tooltester.com/en/blog/cms-market-share/
Hi there. I honestly don't think that an iPad or a phone is the most efficient way to use a website builder. I would suggest you to actually use a desktop. For example, placing elements and changing options can be tedious without a mouse.
@@tooltester Hi, I've just started using Wix but I'm struggling with the mobile version. Earlier any changes I made on my desktop version were reflecting on mobile, but that isn't happening anymore. I've to manually make the changes for the mobile version which as you can imagine is very painful :| Just wanted to know more about the mobile version for both Wix and Squarespace..any insight will be helpful. Thanks in advance :)
@@okonkwo5 Squarespace's templates are responsive. This means the adapt automatically. This can be good, but when there's something that you want to change, it won't be possible (order, spacing, etc.). Therefore, I find Wix more flexible than Squarespace.
you are overlooking one crucial aspect: wix templates are not responsive! so you need to edit for web and mobile separately. Wix templates overall look less professional than squarespace when it comes to design.
Hi Stanley, thanks for your feedback. We focused on the main differences, and it would be difficult to pick a winner for the designs and templates, both are great. It's certainly true that the mobile version of Wix is not responsive and may involve a bit of extra-work, but it's also more flexible as you can adapt the mobile page to your needs. IMO both approaches have pros and cons. About the design, it's a personal call. One could say that Squarespace's templates look a bit better, but honestly I think Wix's are great too and they have hundreds of them.
That's a good question. We haven't done an in-depth comparison so I don't have actual data. But my general impression is that both tools need to improve this. You could check the speed of a couple of their demos sites to see for yourself.
@@tooltester I made a post template that has a table of contents and navigation links. so it automatically shows up on every post. But yoast is still giving me red marks, is this common?
@@ariela_ it's normal to still get red marks when you first upload a post, as the template itself won't automatically fix content issues. So we'd recommend going through Yoast's analysis to see what you can fix. If you're still getting those red marks after you've fixed everything you can, it's best to get in touch with Yoast support. I hope that answered your question!
Wix is the only one that let's you have a free account. But neither will let you connect your own domain name for free, sorry. More about free website builders here: www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/best-free-website-builders/
Hi Alice. A couple of months ago Squarespace improved their SEO options (e.g. now page titles for every content) and now they are as good as Wix's. Find more information about this in this article: www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/best-website-builder-for-seo/
@@tooltester That's the problem with comparisons: they're usually seen as market/code research to improve on the competition, so it's hard to track who's on top from one moment to the next. The only thing that has me wary about Squarespace is the loss of data when cancelling payments, at least according to this video. They may have changed that.
Hi Joana. Thanks for sharing your feedback with us! Personally, I agree with what you say, Wix is for me more flexible, but Squarespace sites can look slick too.
Wix or Squarespace 👉 www.tooltester.com/en/blog/wix-vs-squarespace/?
The motion graphics in this video is quite good - really made the video more entertaining and engaging!
Thanks for your kind words. Lucas (our video producer) will be happy to get this feedback.
Agreed! My Retention was consistent
Top notch
Hey thanks. I put ‘love’ into my video production.
From Lukas x
Just the fact that Wix allows me to customize everything. To literally put anything anywhere on the site without being restricted to dedicated modules or whatever. And it has a working Undo feature (Weebly frustrated the heck out of me with that). It is far superior.
Hi Doug, thanks for your feedback. Sure, the pixel freedom is one of Wix's strong points for many. But some people prefer a more structured approach like Weebly's - but I see your point :-)
One weakness of Wix that isnt mentioned is its responsiveness across devices. Ive found that on some mobile/ tablet devices it doesnt scale nicely
Hi Akeem. Thanks for sharing your feedback. With Wix you'll get a mobile editor to make sure that your website display well on smaller screens. If you've already tried this, could you please send an example of the site that doesn't scale well and let us know what devices you tried on? Thanks
akeem yessss thats why i refuse to use wix. I love squares pace since its so responsive and fits so well on any device
Told you it was an ad!
@CheekyNi It’s my opinion 🤷🏻♀️ i don’t find it great on mobile and that’s that
Sadly this came across as an ad for wix, which makes me think there is much more to the story. The categories seem biased to wix, and it was clear from the beginning who the winner would be.
Hi David! Thank you for your feedback. We really tried to focus on the most common categories that users ask us on a daily base. Both can be tested for free. Feel free to share your experience with Wix and Squarespace in our comments. :-)
Thanks for responding. I don't have any experience with either and I don't have a horse in the race. I'm just a guy that wants a web site. It's just been hard to find information that feels thorough and unbiased. There is useful information in this video; I just wish that it would have felt more balanced.
I'd have to agree with David, the give away is how you hear the 'disappointed tone' when they start describing anything Squarespace can do. I'd say the majority of reviews comparing these two put Squarespace on top
@@jonnyk-uk662 Thx for your great feedback guys! We really try to keep it more neutral in the next videos. Both have their pros and cons. None of them is perfect!
@@user-bp3ou2dq2q Thanks for your feedback! It's true that some people may prefer the rougher type of video but then again other people also seem to like what we do given the overall positive feedback.
I was THIS close to going with square space because of friends recommending it but so glad i found this vid, now I see wix really suits my minimal needs AND with less cost/commitment. what a relief. Great content!
They have a 50% off sale right now too
Hi Sora. I am glad our video helped you decide.
Thank you for this video, it really helped me to decide which one is better to use for my website. I am surprised you don’t have more subscribers because your tips and information is very useful which is why I have subscribed and clicked the bell.
I am glad the video helped, and thanks for your kind words :-)
This video was really well thought out, edited and informative. You guys deserve more than 10k subs IMO
Thanks!
Wix for the win! Everyone told me to use Squarespace, but I hated it. I spent days trying to make personalized website and just couldn’t get it how I wanted. With Wix, I got it in one day. Thanks for the awesome video!!!
That's great to hear that you found the right website builder for your project! :-)
Thank you! I’m working on building a website for a school project, and was wondering which one to pick. Thank you again
This was so very helpful! Thank you, exactly the advice I was looking for
you didnt mention e-commerce squarespace is better, you didnt mention wix is non responsive and css can break and menu items and buttons totally disappear on various platforms, for me team squarespace all day long .. it works.
Hi there, thanks for sharing your feedback. Comparing the ecommerce modules of both providers would be a looooong video, perhaps we'll create one at some point.
It's true that Wix isn't responsive, but you can create your own mobile version for smartphones, this is actually more flexible (and more work). About the UX issues in various platforms, I haven't personally experienced them, so could you give us an example or elaborate on this issues please :-)
When you say non responsive what do you guys mean
I am using Wix for the last 6 years and is planning to move to Squarespace.
Full responsive design is too important today for BOLD STATEMENT.
Wix provides its answer in Feb 2020 as EditorX, but is too new without much templates.
If responsive designs are a must for you, then Squarespace is a better alternative. however, with Wix you do have a mobile version of your site you can edit. Find more about Squarespace here: www.websitetooltester.com/en/reviews/squarespace-review/
Great video. Really explains what you need to know from a true analysis perspective.
Thanks Kimberly, happy you found it useful.
It's the clearest, most explanatory I've seen in a long time. Thanks a lot!
Nice to hear that, thank you!
I found this video very reassuring thanks! I was considering moving to Squarespace but I guess I'll stick with Wix.
Hi Thomas. I am glad to read that you found the video useful. If may I ask, why were you considering moving?
@@tooltester Thanks for asking! Wix certainty isn't perfect, and a lot of pro photographers are using and endorsing Squarespace at the moment. My main problem is, at least for now, I'm not seeing many of my images from my website appear in Google images search. I worry that the Wix Pro Gallery, as awesome as it is for the design of the website, actually makes it hard for Google to find the images.
I see... Actually Wix changes your email file name when the images are uploaded into their platform. In short, if your image name was big-tree.png, they'll change it to something cryptic like 09a0ab7~mv2.png. As you can imagine this isn't perfect for SEO, but adding the alternative text (alt) to all your images should help ranking in Google images. More about Wix's SEO here: www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/wix-seo/
@@tooltester indeed. I do always add the titles, or alt text but not seeing much results. Would be good to see some sort of test for this. Thanks for your insight!
Loved how concise and direct this video is. I've been torn over these two options and have gone through a lot of comparison vids, and this definitely helped the most.
Hi there. Thanks a lot for your kind feedback! :) We're happy this video was helpful to you.
No comparison of e-commerce use, up grading or switching templates, the cost of different monthly plans and there differences between plans or domain name cost. To mention just a few differences they have.
Hi Andrew! Thank you for your feedback! It's not that we didn't want to talk about it but we try to focus on their essential differences in our videos. Adding more info would make the video much longer and maybe also a little bit boring. Therefore, if you want to know more about it, we highly recommend reading our in-depth comparison. There we tackle these topics with more information. :-) www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/wix-vs-squarespace/
Squarespace Personal plan doesn't support code injection last time I checked. So keep that in mind because this is quite limiting. You have to buy the "business" package for it to be available.
Yes, that's right! Squarespace doesn't allow access to their source code with the personal plan, as you said, you'll need a Business package. For more information on plans' differences you can check our guide: www.websitetooltester.com/en/reviews/squarespace-review/pricing/
having a grid may be in some situations more restricting to use, but what else would you want?
Pretty much all of the professionally made websites actually use a grid system.
Hi there. You can also have a grid showing with Wix to help you with the layout. The difference is that with Squarespace the elements stick to a grid and sometimes you can't place them exactly where you want. Wix gives you total freedom. But for some cases (e.g. not a good eye for design), the Squarespace approach can be easier.
Thank you for these information. I was on the fence and this pretty much sums it up.
I'd rather have a stable site than one with tons of features that breaks all the time. Squarespace is a winner for me. I wonder what Wix's client retention rate is. Probably lower than Squarespace.
Hi Chris. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. Personally, I've never seen any Wix feature breaking on me, could you please give us an example of that? I do think both Wix and Squarespace are solid solutions suitable for many projects.
Much thanks for the info and the interesting way you put this content together. Signing up for Wix now!! :)
Great! Good luck for your website and if you have any question, please let us know!
I really tried my best to use Squarespace because my friend used it to create her website and I loved hers. However, I could not figure it out as easily as I figured out WIX. In the end, I went with Wix and I'm really happy with it.
Hi there. Let me say first that Squarespace is a great and solid tool. However, I find it also a bit more difficult to get around than Wix. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Am more than amazed by the cheers over new points. Cool
Thanks alot I'm going to start a business and this helped me chose the better website to make my website
Yes square space is aesthetically pleasing but Wix is thorough and less cumbersome
This video was really helpful, thank you!
Design, video effects, explanations are really good.
what about the catch of wanting to leave any of those platforms? can you easily do it? or just do it? or you are chain forever?
Hi Cesar. The migration will be manual for both platforms. Generally speaking, moving from one platform to another one is always a big job, no matter what platform you use. Therefore, I'd advise you to have copies of your content in your computer (e.g. MS Word or Google Docs).
great comparative analysis!!!!!!!!!!! thank so much. It is very helpul for me since I know nothing of websites and I need to choose one for myself!
Hi Gaston. Thanks a lot for your nice feedback! :) We're happy the video has been of good help to you. Kind regards
This is a fantastic comparison video. Keep it up.
But y’all should compare Wix to Wordpress. Both Wix and Squarespace are akin to a walled garden. For those not worried about investing a little bit more time, I would’ve chosen wordpress as it beats both in pricing, seo, flexibility, plugins and widget options, and (with tweaking) page speed.
Hi there. Yes, comparing them to WordPress is a good point. In fact, we have a video about Wix vs WordPress, find it here: ruclips.net/video/z_XaTeO-zMk/видео.html
I'm looking into a website for a blog and this was helpful! Tough choice with deciding on the best for blogging options..
Hi Elizabeth. I would say that Squarespace is the better option, when it comes to blogging, e.g. due to more features and bigger flexibility regarding the layouts. However, it's a bit more difficult to use than Wix. You may find some more useful tips on how to start a successful blog here: www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/how-to-start-a-successful-blog/
@@tooltester Thank you for the info! I'll definitely take a read through. Much appreciated :)
Excellent. Clear and to the point. Thank you.
What about quality of templates? Or even number of templates. Thanks for the review.
Hi David. Well, the quality of a design is something personal, but generally speaking both Wix and Squarespace offer good templates. In terms of number of templates, again, both have many options to pick from, but Wix has more. More about the Wix templates: www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/wix-templates/ and more about the Squarespace templates: www.websitetooltester.com/en/reviews/squarespace-review/
I do love wix but what i don't like is the limited storage while swuarespace has unlimited bandwidth and storage and wix has limited storage:c
Hi there. Yes, storage can be an issue with Wix if you are looking to host larger websites, you are right!
Why isn't page being tested as a category?
I do like the Wix free option. Which would be great for webpage for a single event like a party or concert. Then when it’s done you can delete it and have paid nothing.
True… you could even hire a cheap domain and redirect it to the free version if you want.. the only downside is that it will say “made by WIX” with WIX ads
Re: Wix support -- I had an issue late at night, I went to "help," and got a live person to call me back on the phone within minutes, and walk me through the issue
Hey Tod. I am glad that you were able to solve the issue so quick. Thanks for sharing your feedback.
Hi, WebsiteToolTester, Robert, I like your videos because they give a clear view of which website will be the best choice for me. Can you please make a video on if I should choose Etsy or Shopify? And also on Etsy and Wix? Pleaseee, thanks.
Hi! We'll certainly consider it. Appreciate the suggestion!
@@tooltester Thanksss! :)
For starting a hair business do you think wix is good..or maybe even weebly or are they two different levels?
Hi Emma. I think Wix is a solid solution for a hair salon (I imagine this is what you meant). They have an app (Wix Bookings) that will let your customers book appointments online. More information: www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/wix-bookings/
Very good explanation. Got a lot of information regarding wix and squarespace.
now i know where i can make my website. thank you.
This video is okay but it's not very fair. Squarespace does let you customize SEO for blogs and metadata in galleries beyond just alt text. If you notice at 2:24, you can see up top above the blog post title a button for content, options, location and social. Under options you can customize your title and you can add your descriptions, optimize for SEO and more, you just have to know how to play around with it. I will concede on some design features wix allows for more freedom. But unless you're an experienced web designer or UX designer this could do you more harm than good. Additionally wix doesn't auto-format for mobile, which is a huge risk for your business since most people search and reach first impression through mobile devices anyway. Wix apps are good, better than Squarespace, but Squarespace does have extensions (or apps if you will) that you can connect to your site, it's a newer feature but they have it. Here's the final summary: Wix is great if you know what you're doing, what to plug in, and how to maximize it's potential, but Squarespace gives you the opportunity to maximize your own potential even with little knowledge of how to use. I recommend taking the 14 day trial of Squarespace and the free wix site and see which you like more. If you're not a professional marketer, SEO manager or web designer - take your time and focus on the details instead of the flash.
Hi Jose-Noel. Thanks for your comment! I think most of what you're saying about Wix and Squarespace makes sense. Regarding Squarespace's SEO, I think our video is a bit outdated (we will fix this with our next video update). Back then, Squarespace would only let you customize some of the SEO options (e.g. the SEO title was the same as the regular post title), but they have fixed this. You can find a more updated post on Squarespace's SEO here: www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/squarespace-seo/.
@@tooltester Awesome Reply ! Great Channel! That's some professionalism and expertise right there! Thanks for reaching out!
Thank you for clarifying! You're time savers!
REALLY CLEARLY COMPARED AND EXPLAINED - THANKS
Tbh i dont mind slow support service, even it's useful for e-commerce website, but yeah.
Thank you your time OP
Thanks for your feedback! Just in case you are interested, we did a support test for a lot of providers. Find the results here: www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/website-builder-support/
Brilliant review
Awesome, Great video. Thanks for the upload.
so in buying a domain which is better,wix orsquarespace
very helpful thankyou
perfectly answered my question!!
It was fun and informative!!!!!!
Thank you 🙏🏽
I vote wix because it gives a free domain and they design stunning logo examples.Also i vote for wix because i used a logo they made for my YT channel logo.
Thanks! I have to say, you get the same domain deal with Squarespace (free domain for 1 year with yearly contracts). They also have a logo maker. But if Wix and its tools work for you, that's great to hear!
@@tooltesterNice content! we encourage you to make more videos!
Thank you !!
You can check again in next video? I saw that 2 programs add new features. If you can reupload new video about this theme.
Hey! Which features do you mean?
Hello, thanks again. I liked it very much.
thanks for the video, this was really helpful!
Thanks for the kind words, happy to hear you found our video helpful.
Thanks for clearing up. M buying Wix !
Great Video... Very concise and views nicely put across.... Compliments....& yes Subscribed 🙂
Thank you, very much !
Very helpful!
I am from the UK . Thank you for a great information. I am setting up a wix website. I have a domain name from another host. However the host is not on wix host list. Wix will not allow me to add this domain. I have to be honest, wix is a nightmare to contact for advice. there no phone number or email contact on the web site. There is only answer and question page. Please can you help me . If i cannot add my domain to wix there I will have to cancel my account.
Hi there. Yes, you should be able to connect (or transfer) your domain name to Wix. It's not difficult. Since this is something a lot of users ask, we prepared a detailed guide about Wix and domain names: www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/wix-domain-and-email/
Thanks this definitely helps
Dis agree about support. I have used both. WIX was better. You could talk to them on the phone. SS only live chat.
Hi Laura, thanks for sharing your feedback about their support teams with us!
Thanks for this insight, I have been working to find a really great way to build my stire up agains and I was betting on Wix with the odds and I won! Thanks WTT
Looking forward to hearing about your experience with Wix!
thanks
This was great! Thanks so much!
great video, helped me a lot!
You can tell just from the tone of his voice that he's biased toward Wix. Even in parts that Squarespace wins the point, the tone of his voice when he talks about Wix isn't as "negative" as it is when Wix wins the point and he talks about Squarespace.
Thanks for your feedback! I don't think that's the case but if you prefer Squarespace that's completely fine! This comparison is based on features and we found Wix to be a bit stronger. Of course, Squarespace is also a very good website builder that has a lot of strong points.
@@tooltester I don't have a preference. The tones I speak of could be subconscious. It happens.
@@xSLWRTHNUx Fair enough :) Just let me know what website builder you are going for in the end!
Thank you so much
Really is this a comparison video or a commercial for Wix?
Hi Mohan, definitely not a commercial. Are you disagreeing with anything we say in the video?
Good Info- thank you!
Thanks very informative
Jesus how long did it take to make this video for you guy?
We hope you liked it. :-)
This video made break into some crazy dance moves when the cool beat came up! Anyone else?? 😂
Hahaha! :D That's great! :)
Hi there, great video very helpful,, my question is I need a website where I can put affiliate links, not selling anything just the links, is Wix good for that and I'm honestly a total noob to all this so would I be able to build a website myself on Wix? Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated
Hi Chris! Affiliate links work like any other link. You can add them to your texts, images and buttons. Feel free to try it out in their free plan. You'll find more info in our review: www.websitetooltester.com/en/reviews/wix-review/
Can Squarespace accommodate say 1000 different sellers on the one website, each with their own profile?
Hi Mark, oh no, that wouldn't work. Squarespace's online store is meant to be run by one seller. You should probably look into Shopify instead, they seem to have some marketplace apps.
What software does big companies use to build their websites
Is it Adobe dreamweaver?
Hi Mohamed, a lot of pretty big companies use WordPress these days. But if you are talking about really big companies (Airbnb, Amazon etc.), they use custom-made websites.
@@tooltester thank you for the information
do both companies provide the ability to have a store with your website with something like PayPal ?
Yes, both stores offer PayPal, credit card and other payment options as checkout. You can compare their features in our side-by-side comparison. www.websitetooltester.com/en/shopify-vs-wix-ecommerce-vs-squarespace-ecommerce/
video about blogger please
Hi Sheharyar. Producing our video reviews is always quite a bit of work and as there are many providers on the market, we unfortunately can't consider all of them. Also, users' interest in Blogger has been declining over the last years, statistics say: www.tooltester.com/en/blog/cms-market-share/
I tried Wix, but I couldn’t get it to login on my iPad so it failed me before I even got to use it
Hi there. I honestly don't think that an iPad or a phone is the most efficient way to use a website builder. I would suggest you to actually use a desktop. For example, placing elements and changing options can be tedious without a mouse.
@@tooltester Hi, I've just started using Wix but I'm struggling with the mobile version. Earlier any changes I made on my desktop version were reflecting on mobile, but that isn't happening anymore. I've to manually make the changes for the mobile version which as you can imagine is very painful :| Just wanted to know more about the mobile version for both Wix and Squarespace..any insight will be helpful. Thanks in advance :)
@@okonkwo5 Squarespace's templates are responsive. This means the adapt automatically. This can be good, but when there's something that you want to change, it won't be possible (order, spacing, etc.). Therefore, I find Wix more flexible than Squarespace.
@@tooltester Thanks for the quick response, this is very helpful :)
Wix all the way!
Thank youuu!🤗
you are overlooking one crucial aspect: wix templates are not responsive! so you need to edit for web and mobile separately. Wix templates overall look less professional than squarespace when it comes to design.
Hi Stanley, thanks for your feedback. We focused on the main differences, and it would be difficult to pick a winner for the designs and templates, both are great.
It's certainly true that the mobile version of Wix is not responsive and may involve a bit of extra-work, but it's also more flexible as you can adapt the mobile page to your needs. IMO both approaches have pros and cons.
About the design, it's a personal call. One could say that Squarespace's templates look a bit better, but honestly I think Wix's are great too and they have hundreds of them.
So helpful. Thanks
Glad to hear that :-)
What about load speed?
That's a good question. We haven't done an in-depth comparison so I don't have actual data. But my general impression is that both tools need to improve this. You could check the speed of a couple of their demos sites to see for yourself.
load speed absolutely go to square space. I tried both. Square Space has faster loading speed and more stable.
Do you guys have videos on yoast vs rank math?
Unfortunately we don't, but we have a lot of experience using Yoast so if you have any questions, feel free to ask!
@@tooltester I made a post template that has a table of contents and navigation links. so it automatically shows up on every post. But yoast is still giving me red marks, is this common?
@@ariela_ it's normal to still get red marks when you first upload a post, as the template itself won't automatically fix content issues. So we'd recommend going through Yoast's analysis to see what you can fix. If you're still getting those red marks after you've fixed everything you can, it's best to get in touch with Yoast support. I hope that answered your question!
Perfect
Which one is free and is easy let’s you have a free domain
Wix is the only one that let's you have a free account. But neither will let you connect your own domain name for free, sorry. More about free website builders here: www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/best-free-website-builders/
WIX 👍🏾👌🏽
The SEO information for squarespace is inaccurate. This seems like a heavily bias video.
Hi Alice. A couple of months ago Squarespace improved their SEO options (e.g. now page titles for every content) and now they are as good as Wix's. Find more information about this in this article: www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/best-website-builder-for-seo/
@@tooltester That's the problem with comparisons: they're usually seen as market/code research to improve on the competition, so it's hard to track who's on top from one moment to the next. The only thing that has me wary about Squarespace is the loss of data when cancelling payments, at least according to this video. They may have changed that.
This is a great example of sponsored content.
It's not sponsored.
Nice video!
Thanks!
I like squarespace more only because of the Oscar the grouch ad 😂
Fair enough 😂
life saver!
Honestly WIX is the best in terms of lfexibility. Squarespace can be a nightmare though it looks cleane rI would say
Hi Joana. Thanks for sharing your feedback with us! Personally, I agree with what you say, Wix is for me more flexible, but Squarespace sites can look slick too.
this shit was so helpful congrats you have a subscriber
I liked the video when it was at 499 and know you have half 1,000 on it!
Wix create not responsive web, but square space is
Yes, that's correct. But Wix does offer a mobile-version. Of course, a fully responsive website is better.