LinnStudio vs Squarespace.
Squarespace is known for polished templates, from £12 a month. It suits people with a good eye and the time to fill a template themselves. If you’d rather have a site designed and written around your business, and looked after for you, here’s how they compare.
How Squarespace works, and what it costs.
Squarespace is a website builder known for polished templates. The layout comes with the template you choose; the words, the SEO settings and every change after launch are yours. Every plan includes hosting and a domain free for the first year, but unlike Webflow it can’t export your design: its export takes some of your content, as a file for WordPress.
- £12–£29 a month, Basic to Plus, billed yearly
- 2% of shop sales on Basic, on top of card fees
- £79 a month for Advanced, its top plan
Squarespace or LinnStudio? The facts, side by side.
| Do it yourself | Done for you | |
|---|---|---|
| Squarespace | LinnStudio | |
| Cost | £12–£29 a month Basic to Plus, billed yearly | £59–£129 a month No build fee |
| Design | A polished template, filled in by you Other sites use it too | Custom and premium Designed around your customers |
| Time you put in | 10–50 hours to a first version | Under 2 hours One call, then your Content Kit |
| Who writes the copy | You | We write every page From one call, so it sounds like you |
| PageSpeed guarantee | None | 95+ mobile score For as long as you’re with us |
| SEO and AI search optimisation | Basic settings, you do the rest | Set up for you Structured data, speed and clear answers |
| Changes after launch | You do them | Unlimited, done for you Free, and done within 48 hours |
| Taking your site with you | Only some content As a WordPress file, without the design | Yes, after 12 payments Your domain and content are always yours |
| Support | Help centre and chat | Direct and personal From the people who built it |
How the numbers were worked out
UK prices, checked in September 2026. Most dollar prices are converted at about $1.26 to the pound.
- Squarespace
- Basic £12, Core £17, Plus £29 and Advanced £79 a month, billed yearly (£16, £24, £36 and £89 month to month). Basic adds a 2% fee on shop sales. Squarespace’s export is an .xml file for WordPress with pages, one blog, and text and image blocks; styles, shop and portfolio pages stay behind.
- LinnStudio
- £59 or £129 a month, with no build fee. No minimum term. The price includes hosting, security, backups and unlimited changes done for you.
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Why LinnStudio over Squarespace? Three good reasons.
A beautiful template is still a template.
Squarespace’s templates look good, and other businesses use the same ones. We design your site around your customers, and what you need them to do next.
The words are the hard part.
A template hands you a layout, but the headings, service pages and calls to action are still yours to write. We write every page from what you tell us on one call, so it sounds like you.
Leaving is only partly possible.
Squarespace exports only some content, as a file for WordPress: not your design or styles, and not your shop or portfolio pages. Your site is yours after 12 monthly payments, files and all.
When Squarespace is the better choice
- You have a good eye, and you enjoy writing and arranging the pages yourself.
- You mainly need a portfolio or a small shop, and you’re happy to keep it up to date.
Switching from Squarespace is simple. We move it for you.
We move your content from Squarespace for free. You can keep your domain and email, even if your domain is registered with Squarespace: it stays where it is, we connect it to your new site, and your email carries on as normal.
- Free, whoever built your site
- Your old site stays live until the new one is ready
- Your domain stays in your name, never ours: keep it where it is, or we move it to an easier provider
- Your email carries on as normal
- Old page addresses redirected, so Google can follow
Good questions, straight answers.
Something we haven’t covered? Email hello@linnstudio.co.uk and we’ll get back to you within two working days.
Isn’t this more than Squarespace?
Yes, and it’s a different thing. Squarespace gives you the tools and leaves the work to you. We design, write and build your site, then keep improving it: the changes you ask for are done for you, simple ones in minutes, bigger ones within 48 hours. You’re paying for a finished website and a team that looks after it, not a template you have to fill in.
Can I keep my domain and email?
Yes, wherever they’re registered, including Squarespace. The one rule is that your domain is in your name, never ours. It can stay where it is: we connect it to your new site, and your email carries on as normal. Or, if you’d like it with an easier provider, we transfer it for you, to Cloudflare for example.
I already have a website. Can you move it?
Yes, free. We move your content from wherever it’s built now, such as Wix, Squarespace or WordPress, and your domain can stay where it is.
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