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CRFT Studio versus Squarespace
Compare	CRFT Studio	Squarespace
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Funded marketing teams	Photographers and creative portfolios
Who it's not for	Small businesses needing a simple brochure site . overkill	Anyone needing deep customization or plugins . use WordPress
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.^³	Mature platform with strong infrastructure, but 2024 domain hijacks exposed weak security defaults during domain migration.¹⁴
Support quality	No user reviews or support evidence found	Insufficient evidence in sources reviewed
Public sentiment	No independent user reviews of CRFT Studio surfaced in the sources reviewed; only its own marketing copy and a directory listing.^⁴	Users love the design and ease for portfolios and small business sites, but increasingly complain about price hikes, design limitations, and backend issues.^⁵
Biggest gotcha	No fixed scopes means scope can expand; you keep paying the monthly fee until you stop it.^²	Repeated price hikes reported up to 48%; users pay more without new features.

Pick CRFT Studio when

Funded marketing teams
Conversion-focused site redesigns
Buyers comfortable with subscription pricing

When CRFT Studio is not a fit

Small businesses needing a simple brochure site . overkill
Anyone wanting self-serve software; this is a service, not a tool
Teams wanting fixed-price, fixed-scope projects
Security-sensitive buyers requiring public security documentation

Pick Squarespace when

Photographers and creative portfolios
Small businesses wanting a polished site, no code
Freelancers building client sites

When Squarespace is not a fit

Anyone needing deep customization or plugins . use WordPress
Price-sensitive buyers; hikes keep coming
Teams building custom web apps
Enterprises needing full infrastructure control

Sources

CRFT Studio homepagecrft.studio
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CRFT Studio pricing pagecrft.studio
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CRFT Studio security page (none found)crft.studio
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CRFT Studio on DesignRushdesignrush.com
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Squarespace Reviews | Trustpilottrustpilot.com
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Squarespace Review 2026: Honest 5-Year Testwebsite-builders.cybernews.com
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Squarespace Review - Tooltestertooltester.com
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Squarespace Reviews | G2g2.com
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Squarespace Reviews | Capterracapterra.com
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Reddit: Squarespace: would you recommend it?reddit.com
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Reddit: Do not use Squarespacereddit.com
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TechRadar: Users aren't happy with recent price hikestechradar.com
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Krebs on Security: Weak Security Defaults Enabled Squarespace Domain Hijackskrebsonsecurity.com
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SecurityWeek: Hackers Exploit Flaw in Squarespace Migration to Hijack Domainssecurityweek.com
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Squarespace Pricing Plans & Featuressquarespace.com
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Squarespace Raises $300 Million at $10 Billion Valuationnewsroom.squarespace.com
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