Website builders
Cliux vs Squarespace
Pick Cliux if you want a freeform canvas rather than stacked sections, an agency console for client sites and 0% commission on what you sell. Pick Squarespace if you want commerce, invoicing and memberships on the entry plan, a free first-year domain and support around the clock.
In Squarespace’s own words: “A website makes it real”
Side by side
What each product offers
Every figure in the right-hand column links to the page it was read on and the day it was read. Cliux figures are read from the product's own catalogue.
| Feature | Cliux | Squarespace |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest paid plan | $192 a year per published site, billed yearly; building and previewing is free | Basic: USD 19 (annual total 228 USD, read from the pricing page's own schema.org offers), USD 25 billed monthly (US)[1] |
| Free plan | Free to build and preview with a password-protected share link. A site is free to build and preview; publishing it is $192 a year on the Website plan, and selling starts on Business at $348 a year. An agency buys each client site's plan at its workspace discount; Pro and Scale add seats and white label. | No free plan; every site starts as a 14-day trial and is private until a plan is bought[1] |
| Fees on your sales | 0% platform commission on any sale your site makes; payments go to your own Stripe, PayPal, Square, Mollie or Adyen account and that provider's processing fee applies | A Squarespace transaction fee by plan (online store 2% on Basic, 0% above; digital content 7% / 5% / 1% / 0%) plus the payment processor's rate[1] |
| Editor model | Freeform canvas: drag anything anywhere, pixel placement, with a separately tunable phone layout | Stacked page sections; inside a Fluid Engine section, blocks sit on a grid and can overlap[2] |
| Sites per plan | One site plan per published site, from $192 a year; agencies buy them at their workspace discount (Starter: free, 2 seats; Pro $588 a year for 10 seats, white label and 20% off every site plan; Scale $1,788 a year for unlimited seats, white label and 30% off every site plan) | One site per subscription; each site is its own plan[1] |
| Team seats and client access | Agency console: owners and admins reach every client site; a site role reaches only the sites it is granted; custom roles from 9 permission keys. One account can belong to several agencies with a role in each, and an agency can invite people who already use Cliux | 2 contributors on Basic, unlimited from Core, with roles such as administrator, store manager, website editor[1] |
| Selling online | Online Store: physical and digital products, card or bank transfer, shipping zones, stock, discount codes; no product variants | Fully integrated ecommerce on all four plans, unlimited products[1] |
| Blog | Blog with categories, tags, authors, comments and scheduling | Built-in blog on all plans[3] |
| Forms | Forms with a submissions inbox, spam filtering, email alerts and webhooks | Form blocks on all plans[1] |
| Custom code | Page code panel in the editor: your own JavaScript, addressing elements by name, in a sandbox; no server-side code | CSS editor, code blocks and embed blocks on all plans; code injection and JavaScript in code blocks from Core[4] |
| Custom domain | Connect a domain you already own: two DNS records (@ and www) pointing at Cliux, certificate issued for you; every site also keeps a Cliux address | Connect a domain you own or buy one; a free custom domain for one year on annual billing[1] |
| AI site generation | None | Blueprint AI builds a multi-page starting point[5] |
| Starting points | 11 design themes x 8 site types, then change anything | Designer templates; a total count was not found on official pages[6] |
| Code export | None | No HTML export; a WordPress-format content export is offered[7] |
| Support | 24/7 email support and weekday live chat on all plans; no phone[1] | |
| Bookings | Bookings with staff, availability, packages, reminders and online payment | Acuity Scheduling, a separate subscription, embedded with scheduling blocks[8] |
| Memberships and paid subscriptions | Members area with gated pages and paid subscriptions | Courses, memberships and paywalled content on all plans (digital content fee applies)[9] |
| White label | Your logo on client documents and dashboards on the Pro and Scale workspace plans; colours and favicon are not applied | not found on official pages[10] |
Where they lead
Where Squarespace is stronger
Ecommerce, invoicing, courses and memberships on every plan, including the entry plan[1]
A free custom domain for the first year on annual billing, and 24/7 support on every plan[1]
Fluid Engine lets blocks be placed anywhere on a section grid, with a separate mobile arrangement[2]
Blueprint AI generates a multi-page starting point[5]
Where we differ
Where Cliux is different
Freeform canvas: drag anything anywhere, pixel placement, with a separately tunable phone layout
0% platform commission on any sale your site makes; payments go to your own Stripe, PayPal, Square, Mollie or Adyen account and that provider's processing fee applies
Starter: free, 2 seats; Pro $588 a year for 10 seats, white label and 20% off every site plan; Scale $1,788 a year for unlimited seats, white label and 30% off every site plan
Agency console: owners and admins reach every client site; a site role reaches only the sites it is granted; custom roles from 9 permission keys. One account can belong to several agencies with a role in each, and an agency can invite people who already use Cliux
11 built-in apps on every published site: Blog, Online Store, Bookings, Events, Restaurant, Community, Donations, Members Area, Paid Subscriptions, Forms, Smart Chat; taking payments starts on Business, recurring payments on Business Plus
Proposals, contracts and invoices in the agency console, paid into your own Stripe, PayPal, Square, Mollie or Adyen account
Moving over
How a move from Squarespace works
There is no import tool. This is what a switch involves, step by step.
There is no import tool. Squarespace can export your blog and pages as a WordPress-format file, but Cliux does not read it; open the old site beside a new Cliux site and rebuild each page on the canvas, copying text and images across.
Publish on your free Cliux address, share the password-protected preview with whoever signs off, and keep the old site live until you are happy.
Point your own domain at Cliux: two DNS records, and the certificate is issued for you; the Cliux address keeps working beside it.
Frequently asked questions
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No. Cliux takes 0% of any sale on every plan; only Stripe's processing fee applies. Squarespace charges a 2% online store transaction fee on Basic and 0% from Core, plus separate fees on digital content by plan.
A site is free to build and preview; publishing it is $192 a year on the Website plan, and selling starts on Business at $348 a year. An agency buys each client site's plan at its workspace discount; Pro and Scale add seats and white label. Squarespace has no free plan and starts every site as a 14-day trial.
Yes. Cliux is a freeform canvas: elements keep the pixel position and size you give them, with a separately tunable phone layout. Squarespace builds pages from stacked sections; inside a Fluid Engine section, blocks can be placed on a grid.
No. You start from one of the design themes crossed with a site type and change anything on the canvas. Squarespace offers Blueprint AI.
Connect a domain you already own: two DNS records (@ and www) pointing at Cliux, certificate issued for you; every site also keeps a Cliux address. Squarespace connects or sells domains and includes a free first-year domain on annual billing.
Get started
Build it on the canvas, then decide.
Building and previewing costs nothing. Publishing on your own domain is $192 a year on the Website plan, and selling starts on Business.
Sources (10) and editor’s note, checked on 2026-09-18
- [1]squarespace.com › pricing
- [2]support.squarespace.com › articles › 206543987-Moving-blocks-in-Fluid-Engine
- [3]squarespace.com › websites › create-a-blog
- [4]support.squarespace.com › articles › 205815928
- [5]squarespace.com › websites › ai-website-builder
- [6]squarespace.com › templates
- [7]support.squarespace.com › articles › 206566687
- [8]support.squarespace.com › articles › 206545577-Scheduling-blocks
- [9]support.squarespace.com › articles › 4404628246669-Pricing-plan-details
- [10]squarespace.com › circle
Editor’s note: the facts on this page were checked on 2026-09-18 against Squarespace’s own pages; prices and plans change, and the other product’s site is the authority on itself. Not read on official pages: The visible price table is client-rendered; prices come from the page's own schema.org offers and may differ by region; Total template and extension counts (not published). Squarespace is a trademark of its owner; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Squarespace. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.