GoDaddy vs. Squarespace 2020

Find out which one is the best for your needs

Pricing
Starting price	$5.99 / month	$16.00 / month
Free domain	Yes	Yes

User Ratings
Reliability	3.1 / 10	5.2 / 10
Pricing	3.4 / 10	4.4 / 10
User Friendly	3.2 / 10	4.8 / 10
Support	2.8 / 10	4.8 / 10
Features	3.1 / 10	4.8 / 10

Summary
Michael Lavnduski Expert Hosting Writer & Tester GoDaddy and SquareSpace are two popular companies, both of which provide a lot of extra services beyond just hosting. When looking specifically at the hosting services, however, SquareSpace really doesn’t have too much to offer. They keep their hosting fairly basic since their main audience is people who don’t have much experience with hosting, so they likely won’t need anything too strong. This does limit the growth potential though. GoDaddy, on the other hand, has lots of different hosting options, which offers individuals and companies the flexibility they need, which is why they won this comparison. Winner! See plans and pricing www.squarespace.com

Summary

Michael Lavnduski

Expert Hosting Writer & Tester

GoDaddy and SquareSpace are two popular companies, both of which provide a lot of extra services beyond just hosting. When looking specifically at the hosting services, however, SquareSpace really doesn’t have too much to offer. They keep their hosting fairly basic since their main audience is people who don’t have much experience with hosting, so they likely won’t need anything too strong. This does limit the growth potential though. GoDaddy, on the other hand, has lots of different hosting options, which offers individuals and companies the flexibility they need, which is why they won this comparison.

Winner!

See plans and pricing www.squarespace.com

User Reviews
Latest positive review	Not sure what the prob... Jun. 30, 2020 Reliability 10 Pricing 8.0 User Friendly 8.0 Support 10 Features 10 I've used GD for a while now, and yep they maybe more expensive than others, the dash board may take longer than others to na... More vigate, however, whenever i've had a problem, their client services is second to none. Maybe their designed for the un technicaly minded like me. But never the less, i think they're great! Less
Latest negative review	Realistically it's 0/10 Oct. 19, 2020 Reliability 2.0 Pricing 8.0 User Friendly 8.0 Support 4.0 Features 2.0 I'm designing and building websites for a living and two out of my many clients are on GoDaddy web hosting - one on an entry ... More level subscription and the other one on a more upscale option. It is completely impossible to do any work on either of those sites - the server continuously drops out, the uptime is a joke, getting through to their support takes about 60min on average and when getting through all they do is recommend to pay for one of their Wordpress developers or to upgrade the plan. For one of my clients we did upgrade the plan for an additional AU$600 which did absolutely nothing to fix any of the issues. We've had ongoing problems with a cURL 28 error and any fix I had up my sleeve didn't work, then ended up paying for a Wordpress developer via GoDaddy who emailed back after 72 hours saying it's not related to Wordpress or the website itself but to the server (as I had told them many times). GoDaddy then promised to escalate - hadn't heard back after 8 days so called them again today, spent 2.5 hours on the phone to be told it's not a server issue but a Wordpress issue. Back to square one. This company is an absolute joke - a quick google search also showed that many other GoDaddy customers have the cURL 28 error and are being told to pay for a developer - what a scam. Stay away - my clients will be fighting for refunds and moving to different web hosts. Less	Lousy Service Jul. 6, 2018 Reliability 2.0 Pricing 2.0 User Friendly 2.0 Support 2.0 Features 2.0 Squarespace sent me a questionnaire that said it was no longer available as soon as I clicked the unsatisfied button so let m... More e create my own survey: Did the representative solve your problem? No Did the representative listen well enough to understand your problem? No Was the representative condescending? Yes Will you continue to use Squarespace services in the future? No a couple of months before my contract with Squarespace is up for renewal I will begin creating a site on an alternate platform. I am posting here because Squarespace is impossible to contact either by email or phone and redirects you to an annoying generic FAQ every time you try. Less

Server Locations
North America	Yes
Europe	No
Asia	Yes
Oceania	No
South America	No
Africa & Middle East	No

Shared Hosting Plans
Plan Name	Economy	PERSONAL
Space	100 GB	Unlimited
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Unlimited
Panel	cpanel	cpanel
Number of Sites	1	N/A
Features
Price	$5.99	$16.00

Plan Name	Deluxe	BUSINESS
Space	Unlimited	Unlimited
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Unlimited
Panel	cpanel	cpanel
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features
Price	$7.99	$26.00

Plan Name	Ultimate	–
Space	Unlimited	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Panel	cpanel	–
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features		–
Price	$12.99	–

Plan Name	Maximum	–
Space	Unlimited	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Panel	cpanel	–
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features		–
Price	$19.99	–

Plan Name	Launch Business Hosting	–
Space	120 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Panel	cpanel	–
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features		–
Price	$29.99	–

Plan Name	Enhance Business Hosting	–
Space	240 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Panel	cpanel	–
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features		–
Price	$39.99	–
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VPS Plans
Plan Name	Launch	–
Space	40 GB	–
CPU	1 core	–
RAM	2 GB	–
OS	Windows	–
Price	$24.99	–

Plan Name	Enhance	–
Space	60 GB	–
CPU	2 cores	–
RAM	4 GB	–
OS		–
Price	$34.99	–

Plan Name	Grow	–
Space	150 GB	–
CPU	3 cores	–
RAM	6 GB	–
OS		–
Price	$49.99	–

Plan Name	Expand	–
Space	200 GB	–
CPU	4 cores	–
RAM	8 GB	–
OS		–
Price	$59.99	–
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Dedicated Server Plans
Plan Name	Economy	–
Space	1000 GB	–
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	–
RAM	4 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	$79.99	–

Plan Name	Value	–
Space	1.5 TB	–
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	–
RAM	8 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	$119.99	–

Plan Name	Deluxe	–
Space	1.95 TB	–
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	–
RAM	16 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	$139.99	–

Plan Name	Ultimate	–
Space	1.95 TB	–
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	–
RAM	32 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	$149.99	–

Plan Name	Economy	–
Space	1000 GB	–
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	–
RAM	4 GB	–
OS	Windows	–
Price	$109.99	–

Plan Name	Value	–
Space	1.5 TB	–
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	–
RAM	8 GB	–
OS	Windows	–
Price	$149.99	–

Plan Name	Deluxe	–
Space	1.95 TB	–
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	–
RAM	16 GB	–
OS	Windows	–
Price	$169.99	–

Plan Name	Ultimate	–
Space	1.95 TB	–
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	–
RAM	32 GB	–
OS	Windows	–
Price	$179.99	–
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Cloud Hosting Plans
Plan Name	Launch	–
Space	60 GB	–
CPU	1 core	–
RAM	2 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Price	$29.99	–

Plan Name	Enhance	–
Space	90 GB	–
CPU	2 cores	–
RAM	4 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Price	$34.99	–

Plan Name	Grow	–
Space	120 GB	–
CPU	3 cores	–
RAM	6 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Price	$44.99	–

Plan Name	Expand	–
Space	150 GB	–
CPU	4 cores	–
RAM	8 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Price	$59.99	–
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SSL Plans
Plan Name	Standard SSL DV	–
Features	Best for blogs and social websites Validates domain ownership SHA-2 and 2048-bit encryption Protects unlimited servers Unlimited free reissues Unlimited 24/7 security support Boost Google search ranking Compatible with all major browsers Displays a Security Seal on your site 30-day money back guarantee	–
Warranty	$10,000.00	–
Price	$60.99	–

Plan Name	Deluxe SSL OV	–
Features	Best for businesses and organizations Validates domain ownership and organization SHA-2 and 2048-bit encryption Protects unlimited servers Unlimited free reissues Unlimited 24/7 security support Boost Google search ranking Compatible with all major browsers Displays a Security Seal on your site 30-day money back guarantee	–
Warranty	$250,000.00	–
Price	$90.99	–

Plan Name	Premium SSL EV	–
Features	Best for eCommerce websites Validates domain ownership and highest level of organization authentication SHA-2 and 2048-bit encryption Protects unlimited servers Unlimited free reissues Unlimited 24/7 security support Boost Google search ranking Compatible with all major browsers Displays a Security Seal on your site 30-day money back guarantee	–
Warranty	$1,000,000.00	–
Price	$187.99	–
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Features
Support Services
Live Chat	Yes	No
Phone Support	Yes	No
Email Support	Yes	No
Forum Support	Yes	No
Video guides	Yes	No
Knowledgebase	Yes	No

CMS Support
Wordpress	Yes	No
Managed Wordpress	Yes	No
Joomla	Yes	No
Drupal	Yes	No
Magento	Yes	No
Fantastico	No	No
Presta Shop	No	No
ZenCart	No	No

OS Support
Windows	Yes	No
Linux	Yes	No

Language Support
PHP	No	No
Java	No	No
Python	No	No
NodeJS	No	No
Django	No	No
Perl	No	No
Ruby on Rails	No	No

Database Support
MongoDB	No	No
MySQL	No	No
PostgreSQL	No	No

Payment Types Support
PayPal	Yes	No
Credit Card	Yes	No
MoneyBookers	No	No
Wire Transfer	No	No
Webmoney	No	No
Bitcoin	No	No

Bottom Line
Michael Lavnduski Expert Hosting Writer & Tester GoDaddy and SquareSpace are two popular companies, both of which provide a lot of extra services beyond just hosting. When looking specifically at the hosting services, however, SquareSpace really doesn’t have too much to offer. They keep their hosting fairly basic since their main audience is people who don’t have much experience with hosting, so they likely won’t need anything too strong. This does limit the growth potential though. GoDaddy, on the other hand, has lots of different hosting options, which offers individuals and companies the flexibility they need, which is why they won this comparison. Winner! See plans and pricing www.squarespace.com

Bottom Line

Michael Lavnduski

Expert Hosting Writer & Tester

Winner!

See plans and pricing www.squarespace.com

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