Menu
WHTop → ≠ Web Hosting Comparison → Homestead 🆚 SquareSpace

Homestead 🆚 Square Space - Apr, 2024

We offer the most comprehensive side-by-side comparison from the whole web hosting market, counting lots of signals and stats for each provider. We do our best to keep technical information accurate and up to date, so you can have best comparison experience.

Homestead (homestead.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2019.
Square Space (squarespace.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2016.

Example of working searches for search field: GoDaddy, godaddy.com, Go daddy or even daddy

versus versus

Change   

  brands

homestead.com logo
Profile completion status:
Things done
✓ Company descriptions is fine
✓ Company address location is complete
✓ Company phone/fax is added
✓ Company Twitter and Facebook accounts are added
✓ "About page" URL or "Contact page" URLs are added
✓ Forum, Blog/Announcements, Knowledgebase or FAQ URLs are added
✓ Products (plans) are added, but some are not updated from over 2 years
Note: Add a promotion or coupon

100%



👉 Total Reviews: 48
🙌 Average Rating: 2.6 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 10
👎 Bad Reviews: 38
👈 Official Responses: 0 2.6 / 10

48 user reviews		squarespace.com logo
Profile completion status:
Things done
✓ Company descriptions is fine
✓ Company address location is complete
✓ Company phone/fax is added
✓ Company Twitter and Facebook accounts are added
✓ "About page" URL or "Contact page" URLs are added
✓ Forum, Blog/Announcements, Knowledgebase or FAQ URLs are added
✓ Products (plans) are added, but some are not updated from over 2 years
✓ Promotions are added, but some are not updated from over 2 years

100%



👉 Total Reviews: 11
🙌 Average Rating: 4.5 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 4
👎 Bad Reviews: 7
👈 Official Responses: 0 4.5 / 10VISIT WEBSITE

11 user reviews
 Homestead
10 Corporate Drive
Burlington, MA 01803
US

homestead.com is inactive, but is redirected to web.comPart of Newfold Digital
homestead.com
Square Space
225 Varick Street 12th Floor
Monkton, NY 10014
US

squarespace.com
📧 Emailsupport@h...customercare@s...
☎ Phone(602) 267-3600+1 14106044044, Fax: +1 410 332 0947
Ranks🏆 Alexa Rating 50,753▲19,653 (lower is better)
📈 Domains 14,682▼-78 (higher is better)
Alexa Rank in US 11,527
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 91/79🔗 Links 17,404,417		🏆 Alexa Rating 466▲77 (lower is better)
📈 Domains 517,101▲1783 (higher is better)
Alexa Rank in US 164
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 80/71🔗 Links 567,391
Languages en-US en-US fr-FR de-DE it-IT pt-PT es-ES
📄 InfoFounded in 1996, Homestead is considered by many to be a top provider in terms of web building, marketing or web hosting. They have concluded partnerships with technology companies like Verizon and Google to help them design their products and services mainly produced for small businesses.

All the website building plans include user-friendly software, hundreds of customizable templates, royalty free images, as well as website statistics. They claim that there is no need for coding knowledge [...] Read full review		Founded in 2003, Squarespace offer website building services and boasts to have hosted millions of websites on their platform. Their website is available in several languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.

All website building plans one free domain name, SSL for security (configured with 2048-bit keys and SHA-2 signatures, also including the green secure lock icon), SEO features, templates (over 60 designs that are also customizable and made for various types of [...] Read full review
📡 Established1996March, 2003
🏁 Site speedAverage, load time 2.3 seconds 38% sites are slower
SEO Links count 47,343		Average, load time 2.4 seconds 38% sites are slower
SEO Links count 118,570
📣 Social Media
📣 Social Media
🔃 User Shares
https://twitter.com/hswebsites
Started from: October, 2012
  • Tweets: 1,234
  • Followers: 555
  • Friends: 105
  • Last activity:
squarespace.com Iconsquarespace
Started from: April, 2008
  • Tweets: 28,017
  • Followers: 144,447
  • Friends: 7
  • Last activity:
https://www.facebook.com/HomesteadWebsites/
  • Likes:
  • People talking about them:
  • Last activity:

squarespace.com IconSquarespace
  • Likes:
  • People talking about them:
  • Last activity:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/homestead-technologies/
  • Followers: 173
  • Entity type: Privately Held
  • Employee Count: 51-200
  • Industry: Internet
Squarespace
  • Followers: 8,404
  • Entity type: Privately Held
  • Founded: 2004
  • Employee Count: 201-500
  • Industry: Internet
http://www.homestead.com/blog
  • Blog Posts: 47
  • Blog added on: Mar, 2014
  • Language: en
  • Last written post:

Square Space Blog
  • Blog Posts: 170
  • Software Site-Server v6.0.0-21ce2549a0bcf2cda1dbca8046ba16ba966108d8-1 (http://www.squarespace.com)
  • Blog added on: Feb, 2012
  • Language: en-US
  • Last written post:

🔧 Website Builder - 3/4
💡 Plan NameStarterPersonal
💰 Price$ 7.99/mo.$ 12.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space25 GBunlimited
📶 Data Transfer5 GBunmetered
🔌 Hosted domains  
🆓 Free Domain01
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]
🌏 Server LocationUnited StatesUnited States
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Easy-to-use SiteBuilder software Included
Hundreds of customizable templates Included
1.1 million royalty free images Included
30-day Free Trial Included

Number of Pages 5
Number of Sites 1

Domains & Email
Personalized Domain Names Add-on
Email Addresses Add-on

Customer [...]		INFO (mouse over)$12 per month billed annually or $16 month to month plus applicable taxes.

Mobile-Optimized Website

Website Metrics

Free Custom Domain

SSL Security Included

24/7 Customer Support

Limited to 2 Contributors
📅 Date PlanNov 2020Jul 2020
💡 Plan NameBusinessBusiness
💰 Price$ 22.99/mo.$ 18.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space5 GBunlimited
📶 Data Transfer100 GBunmetered
🔌 Hosted domains  
🆓 Free Domain01
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]
🌏 Server LocationUnited StatesUnited States
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Website, domain name and email !

Easy-to-use SiteBuilder software Included
Hundreds of customizable templates Included
1.1 million royalty free images Included
30-day Free Trial Included

Number of Pages 100
Number of Sites 3

Domains & Email
Personalized Domain Names 1
Email [...]		INFO (mouse over)$18 per month billed annually or $26 month to month plus applicable taxes.

Mobile-Optimized Website

Advanced Website Metrics

Free Custom Domain

SSL Security Included

24/7 Customer Support

Unlimited Contributors

Professional email from Google

$100 Google Ads Credit

Promotional [...]
📅 Date PlanNov 2020Jul 2020
💡 Plan NameBusiness PlusBasic Commerce
💰 Price$ 62.99/mo.$ 26.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space10 GBunlimited
📶 Data Transfer500 GBunmetered
🔌 Hosted domains  
🆓 Free Domain01
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]
🌏 Server LocationUnited StatesUnited States
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Website, domain name and web listings !

Easy-to-use SiteBuilder software Included
Hundreds of customizable templates Included
1.1 million royalty free images Included
30-day Free Trial Included

Number of Pages Unlimited
Number of Sites Unlimited

Domains & Email
Personalized Domain [...]		INFO (mouse over)26$ per month billed annually or $30 month to month plus applicable taxes.

Everything you need to get your business off the ground.

All features from the Business Plan

Sell Unlimited Products

No Transaction Fees

Mobile-Optimized Website and Checkout

Free Custom Domain

SSL Security [...]
📅 Date PlanNov 2020Jul 2020
💡 Plan Name-Advanced Commerce
💰 Price-$ 40.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space-unlimited
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain-1
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)$40 per month billed annually or $46 month to month plus applicable taxes.

Advanced features as your business grows.

All Features from the Business Plan

Sell Unlimited Products

No Transaction Fees

Mobile-Optimized Website and Checkout

Free Custom Domain

SSL Security Included

24/7 [...]
📅 Date Plan-Jul 2020
🔧 Domains - 0/1
💡 Plan Name-.com
💰 Price-on request
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Your domain is just the start. When your big idea is ready for the world, a striking website or powerful online store is just one click away.

Create an online store
Propel your business into a recognized brand with our powerful eCommerce platform.

Create your own website
From bold single pages [...]
📅 Date Plan-Jul 2020
💻 Supported Operating Systems
      📤 List of products
      • Website Builder
      • Website Builder
      • Domains
      ✍️ Support Options
      • Email
      • Help Desk
      • Phone / Toll-Free
      • Forum
      • Live Chat
      • Available 24/7
      • 0 WHTop support responses
      • Email
      • Help Desk
      • Phone / Toll-Free
      • Forum
      • Available 24/7
      • 0 WHTop support responses
      💰 Payment Options
      • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
      • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
      👪 Last positive / negative customers review
       
      Rob (dzine@e...)
      on 📆 May 07, 2013
      has served me well with multiple sites for years. I have the gold plan and get great cs when I [...]
      😁 I have several websites that I have hosted with homestead and I am on the gold plan. Have always received great customer service, never over charged and the services seem to be fair.I have been a homestead customer now for over 5 years. One thing [...]

      -anonymous- (scoranda@m...)
      on 📆 Jan 22, 2024
      😠 Stay away from Homestead.com and Web.com! When they worked on their servers, I lost access to my business account and emails! This was terrible and made me lose business.

      Alan (-no email-)
      on 📆 Jun 16, 2011
      Squarespace is fantastic.
      😁 I'm a designer who uses Squarespace daily, an in-fact Squarespace is THE ONLY CMS I'VE USED for over a year now. In the past year, I've helped over 30 clients ranging from start-ups, and 'mom & pops' to large multi-national corporations. With [...]

      -anonymous- (-no email-)
      on 📆 Mar 04, 2013
      😠 squarespace stole my domain and now even though I am using a different host when people type in my domain in their browser address bar it goes to a squarespace error message.

      📉 Compare to similar brands
       Homestead versus
      • bluehost.com logo
        Blue Host
        100%

        👉 Total Reviews: 98
        🙌 Average Rating: 5.6 / 10
        👍 Good Reviews: 58
        👎 Bad Reviews: 40
        👈 Official Responses: 17
        🏆 Alexa Rating 849▲415
        📈 Domains 2,350,457▲1162
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 90/91🔗 Links 639,019,648

      • justhost.com logo
        Just Host
        100%

        👉 Total Reviews: 262
        🙌 Average Rating: 5.1 / 10
        👍 Good Reviews: 124
        👎 Bad Reviews: 138
        👈 Official Responses: 8
        🏆 Alexa Rating 17,357▲4,645
        📈 Domains 183,538▼-631
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 61/77🔗 Links 37,915,760

      • netfirms.com logo
        Netfirms
        100%

        👉 Total Reviews: 48
        🙌 Average Rating: 2.4 / 10
        👍 Good Reviews: 9
        👎 Bad Reviews: 39
        👈 Official Responses: 4
        🏆 Alexa Rating 46,881▲10,395
        📈 Domains 195,282▼-311
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 48/57🔗 Links 256,625

      • mydomain.com logo
        MyDomain
        100%

        👉 Total Reviews: 48
        🙌 Average Rating: 1.4 / 10
        👍 Good Reviews: 1
        👎 Bad Reviews: 47
        👈 Official Responses: 0
        🏆 Alexa Rating 91,338▲16,198
        📈 Domains 125,266▼-217
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 80/63🔗 Links 184,852

      • icdsoft.com logo
        ICDSoft
        100%

        👉 Total Reviews: 37
        🙌 Average Rating: 10 / 10
        👍 Good Reviews: 37
        👎 Bad Reviews: 0
        👈 Official Responses: 0
        🏆 Alexa Rating 135,848▲20,251
        📈 Domains 3,902▼-12
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 39/54🔗 Links 56,957

      • dotster.com logo
        Dotster
        86%

        👉 Total Reviews: 40
        🙌 Average Rating: 2 / 10
        👍 Good Reviews: 5
        👎 Bad Reviews: 35
        👈 Official Responses: 0
        🏆 Alexa Rating 141,438▲79,974
        📈 Domains 149,518▲28
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 68/57🔗 Links 127,079

      • luxsci.com logo
        LuxSci
        100%

        👉 Total Reviews: 7
        🙌 Average Rating: 4.1 / 10
        👍 Good Reviews: 2
        👎 Bad Reviews: 5
        👈 Official Responses: 0
        🏆 Alexa Rating 147,606▼-30,381
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 55/50🔗 Links 37,597

      • encirca.com logo
        Encirca
        71%

        👉 Total Reviews: 4
        🙌 Average Rating: 1 / 10
        👍 Good Reviews: 0
        👎 Bad Reviews: 4
        👈 Official Responses: 0
        🏆 Alexa Rating 511,193▲188,238
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 24/57🔗 Links 270,261

      • quotecolo.com logo
        Quote Colo
        57%


        🏆 Alexa Rating 871,458▲309,547
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 32/41🔗 Links 3,731

      • hosttechno.com logo
        Host Techno
        100%

        👉 Total Reviews: 102
        🙌 Average Rating: 10 / 10
        👍 Good Reviews: 102
        👎 Bad Reviews: 0
        👈 Official Responses: 0
        🏆 Alexa Rating 1,650,403▼-889,851
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 8/30🔗 Links 991

      		Square Space versus
      • banahosting.com logo
        Bana Hosting
        71%

        👉 Total Reviews: 16
        🙌 Average Rating: 7.4 / 10
        👍 Good Reviews: 11
        👎 Bad Reviews: 5
        👈 Official Responses: 1
        🏆 Alexa Rating 19,091▲15,126
        📈 Domains 40,025▲121
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 42/51🔗 Links 82,559

      • kamatera.com logo
        Kamatera
        86%

        👉 Total Reviews: 1
        🙌 Average Rating: 10 / 10
        👍 Good Reviews: 1
        👎 Bad Reviews: 0
        👈 Official Responses: 0
        🏆 Alexa Rating 19,557▲2,913
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 32/47🔗 Links 10,750

      • neolo.com logo
        Neolo
        86%

        👉 Total Reviews: 3
        🙌 Average Rating: 7 / 10
        👍 Good Reviews: 2
        👎 Bad Reviews: 1
        👈 Official Responses: 0
        🏆 Alexa Rating 110,914▲51,299
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 47/51🔗 Links 153,952

      • webhostingbuzz.com logo
        Webhosting Buzz
        100%

        👉 Total Reviews: 23
        🙌 Average Rating: 6.4 / 10
        👍 Good Reviews: 14
        👎 Bad Reviews: 9
        👈 Official Responses: 0
        🏆 Alexa Rating 204,910▼-30,022
        📈 Domains 2,933▼-13
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 47/46🔗 Links 61,896

      • hostpoco.com logo
        Host Poco
        100%

        👉 Total Reviews: 60
        🙌 Average Rating: 9.2 / 10
        👍 Good Reviews: 58
        👎 Bad Reviews: 2
        👈 Official Responses: 0
        🏆 Alexa Rating 208,614▲43,208
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 15/46🔗 Links 75,888

      • vpsie.com logo
        VPSie
        100%


        🏆 Alexa Rating 268,652▼-214,675
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 25/44🔗 Links 6,634

      • colocrossing.com logo
        Colo Crossing
        100%

        👉 Total Reviews: 9
        🙌 Average Rating: 2.8 / 10
        👍 Good Reviews: 2
        👎 Bad Reviews: 7
        👈 Official Responses: 0
        🏆 Alexa Rating 270,760▲31,978
        📈 Domains 25,351▼-113
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 35/49🔗 Links 99,542

      • serverroom.net logo
        Server Room.net
        100%

        👉 Total Reviews: 8
        🙌 Average Rating: 2.4 / 10
        👍 Good Reviews: 1
        👎 Bad Reviews: 7
        👈 Official Responses: 0
        🏆 Alexa Rating 375,148▲36,700
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 31/41🔗 Links 25,002

      • hostblast.net logo
        Host Blast
        100%

        👉 Total Reviews: 228
        🙌 Average Rating: 7.3 / 10
        👍 Good Reviews: 166
        👎 Bad Reviews: 62
        👈 Official Responses: 2
        🏆 Alexa Rating 376,007▼-211,596
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 22/45🔗 Links 41,415

      • massivegrid.com logo
        Massive GRID
        100%


        🏆 Alexa Rating 411,423▼-14,402
        🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 25/40🔗 Links 7,197