Veloxa Build AI Website Builder vs Squarespace
Squarespace is a website builder with AI tools built in, including Blueprint, which asks a few questions and sets up a multi-page starter site. Veloxa Build builds a website or web app from a chat. Here they are side by side on price, AI limits, hosting, domains and code, with Squarespace's figures taken from Squarespace's own pages and dated, including where Squarespace is the better pick.
Veloxa Build and Squarespace, feature by feature
Veloxa Build Free and Pro next to Squarespace Basic, Core, Plus and Advanced. Squarespace prices are its US prices, in US dollars.
| Feature | Veloxa Build | Squarespace |
|---|---|---|
| Price per month | Free: $0. Pro: $25 a month, or $250 a year. | No free plan; a 14-day free trial. Basic: $25, Core: $39, Plus: $65, Advanced: $139 a month, or $19, $29, $49 and $99 a month paid annually. |
| How you build | Describe it in a chat. Change it by chatting, or click an element in the live preview and say what should change. | A website editor with AI tools. Blueprint asks a few questions about what you are building and sets up a site with starter content and imagery; other AI tools write and rewrite text, SEO descriptions and alt text. |
| Included AI | Free: $1 of AI usage a month (up to $0.25 a day). Pro: $20 a month. Priced at published per-token rates, with the cost of every message shown. | AI credits for tools such as AI Visibility and Image Studio: 10 one-time on Basic, 20, 40 and 120 a month on Core, Plus and Advanced. Text AI and the Clarkson chat editor do not use credits. Credit packs can be bought. |
| Unused AI allowance | No. The AI usage allowance starts fresh each month. | Subscription credits do not roll over. Purchased credit packs roll over and expire a year after purchase. |
| Hosting and publishing | Included on every plan, with HTTPS, at an address like yourname.veloxa.site. Hosting never uses AI usage, and sites stay online when it runs out. | Included, with no caps on bandwidth or storage. Every site has a built-in address like yoursiteid.squarespace.com. |
| Custom domains | 5 on Pro, with HTTPS. | Every plan. Plans bought for an annual term include one year of free domain registration. |
| Builder branding removed | Removed on paid plans. | The “Made with Squarespace” text at the bottom of a site is optional and can be removed. |
| Code export and ownership | Download your project as plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript on every plan, including Free. No GitHub sync. | No full export. Some content (layout pages, one blog, text and image blocks) exports as a WordPress .xml file; style settings and custom CSS do not. Code injection on Core and up. |
| Backend and business tools | Built-in user sign-in, file storage and a key-value database for the apps it builds. No SQL database and no payments integration. | Selling products, courses, memberships and invoices on every plan, with a 2% transaction fee on Basic and none from Core up, plus card processing fees. Form blocks on every plan. |
| Team members | Free: 1 person. Pro: unlimited members, no seat fees. | Basic: one contributor besides the owner. Core, Plus and Advanced: unlimited contributors. |
| Undo and history | Version history; restore any earlier version. | No revision history: deleted pages and blog posts can be restored for 30 days, but edits cannot be undone once you leave the editor. |
Price per month
- Veloxa Build
- Free: $0. Pro: $25 a month, or $250 a year.
- Squarespace
- No free plan; a 14-day free trial. Basic: $25, Core: $39, Plus: $65, Advanced: $139 a month, or $19, $29, $49 and $99 a month paid annually.
How you build
- Veloxa Build
- Describe it in a chat. Change it by chatting, or click an element in the live preview and say what should change.
- Squarespace
- A website editor with AI tools. Blueprint asks a few questions about what you are building and sets up a site with starter content and imagery; other AI tools write and rewrite text, SEO descriptions and alt text.
Included AI
- Veloxa Build
- Free: $1 of AI usage a month (up to $0.25 a day). Pro: $20 a month. Priced at published per-token rates, with the cost of every message shown.
- Squarespace
- AI credits for tools such as AI Visibility and Image Studio: 10 one-time on Basic, 20, 40 and 120 a month on Core, Plus and Advanced. Text AI and the Clarkson chat editor do not use credits. Credit packs can be bought.
Unused AI allowance
- Veloxa Build
- No. The AI usage allowance starts fresh each month.
- Squarespace
- Subscription credits do not roll over. Purchased credit packs roll over and expire a year after purchase.
Hosting and publishing
- Veloxa Build
- Included on every plan, with HTTPS, at an address like yourname.veloxa.site. Hosting never uses AI usage, and sites stay online when it runs out.
- Squarespace
- Included, with no caps on bandwidth or storage. Every site has a built-in address like yoursiteid.squarespace.com.
Custom domains
- Veloxa Build
- 5 on Pro, with HTTPS.
- Squarespace
- Every plan. Plans bought for an annual term include one year of free domain registration.
Builder branding removed
- Veloxa Build
- Removed on paid plans.
- Squarespace
- The “Made with Squarespace” text at the bottom of a site is optional and can be removed.
Code export and ownership
- Veloxa Build
- Download your project as plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript on every plan, including Free. No GitHub sync.
- Squarespace
- No full export. Some content (layout pages, one blog, text and image blocks) exports as a WordPress .xml file; style settings and custom CSS do not. Code injection on Core and up.
Backend and business tools
- Veloxa Build
- Built-in user sign-in, file storage and a key-value database for the apps it builds. No SQL database and no payments integration.
- Squarespace
- Selling products, courses, memberships and invoices on every plan, with a 2% transaction fee on Basic and none from Core up, plus card processing fees. Form blocks on every plan.
Team members
- Veloxa Build
- Free: 1 person. Pro: unlimited members, no seat fees.
- Squarespace
- Basic: one contributor besides the owner. Core, Plus and Advanced: unlimited contributors.
Undo and history
- Veloxa Build
- Version history; restore any earlier version.
- Squarespace
- No revision history: deleted pages and blog posts can be restored for 30 days, but edits cannot be undone once you leave the editor.
Squarespace facts checked on against their own pages: www.squarespace.com/pricing; www.squarespace.com/blog/blueprint-ai-website-builder; support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/16282290976013-Using-Squarespace-AI; support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/46668956855053-Use-AI-credits-for-Squarespace-AI-tools; support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206541717-Built-in-domains; support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205815988-Removing-Made-with-Squarespace-from-your-site; support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206566687-Exporting-your-site; support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205814028-Importing-and-exporting-content; support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205815908-Using-code-injection; support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/29215717722637-Selling-on-the-Basic-Core-Plus-and-Advanced-plans; support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206537287-Invite-a-contributor; support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205826038-Restoring-deleted-pages-and-blog-posts; support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206543417-Troubleshooting-lost-content.
Prices and features change often. Veloxa Build figures come from our own plans. Tell us if something is out of date.
Who should pick which
Pick Veloxa Build if
- You want a free plan that publishes a public site, not a trial.
- You want to describe a site in a chat and keep changing it the same way, or build a small web app with user sign-in and stored data.
- You want to download your whole site's code, on every plan including Free.
- You want a version history you can restore from.
- You also run servers, or plan to: a VeloxaHost VPS from $4/month is billed to the same VeloxaHost account.
Pick Squarespace if
- You sell online: products, courses, memberships and invoices are built in, and Veloxa Build has no payments integration.
- You need a custom domain today, or want one free for the first year on an annual plan.
- You want a polished template and an editor you control by hand, with AI tools to help with the words.
Switching from Squarespace
Veloxa Build has no importer for Squarespace sites, so switching means rebuilding your site in Veloxa Build, using the Squarespace site as the reference.
How to move
- Collect what you want to keep from Squarespace: page text, images, your logo and screenshots of each page. Some content also exports as a WordPress .xml file, and products and contacts as CSV files.
- Start a project in Veloxa Build, attach those files to your first message and describe the site. The AI can look at the images and screenshots you attach and read text files and PDFs.
- Refine it by chatting, or by clicking an element in the live preview and saying what should change.
- Publish to an address like yourname.veloxa.site, and keep the Squarespace site live until you are ready to move.
What does not carry over
- Nothing moves automatically: there is no Squarespace importer.
- Squarespace's store, courses and memberships have no counterpart built into Veloxa Build, and there is no payments integration.
- Point your domain at the new site once it is published.
Veloxa Build vs Squarespace: questions
Is Squarespace an AI website builder?
Squarespace is a website builder with AI tools built in: Blueprint asks a few questions and sets up a starter site, and other tools write text and descriptions. Veloxa Build is built around the AI: you describe the site or app in a chat and change it the same way.
Which costs less?
Veloxa Build has a free plan that publishes a site, and Pro is $25 a month with $20 of AI usage. Squarespace has a 14-day trial, then plans from $25 a month, or $19 a month paid annually.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes on both: Squarespace on every plan, Veloxa Build with 5 on Pro.
Can I take my site with me?
From Veloxa Build, yes: download the project as plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript on every plan, including Free. Squarespace exports some content as a WordPress .xml file; style settings, custom CSS and several page types do not export.
Which is better for an online store?
Squarespace. Selling is built in on every plan, with no transaction fee from Core up, and Veloxa Build has no payments integration.
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