Squarespace

Where it stands

Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works

Read automatically from Squarespace's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured

• Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 57 ms.
• Security3.5 / 52 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, x-content-type-options).
• Privacy5 / 5No third-party tracking services found on the page.
• Transparency3 / 5No privacy policy linked; links a pricing page.

Not enough discussion yet: 4 classified comments from 2 threads. We need at least 12 from 2 threads.

• Positive

  “Going from their financials, Squarespace makes no money: Revenues of $281.1 million for Q1 with Net Income of $0.1 million so it can be rounded to $0. They have debt of $556.9 million so yes, for the founder being able…”

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• Positive

  “> There's just too much incentive to jack up prices to service the debt taken to acquire Squarespace, and cut costs on customer support and building new features. So what's the best ownership structure”

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• Critical

  “Squarespace, very different company, though they do compete to an extent. I’ve seen a lot of changes from Square, though half of them were bad.”

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