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Squarespace vs Same

Short answer: choose Squarespace for small businesses and creatives who want a guided, template-based site with commerce and scheduling built in. Choose Same for recreating or iterating on an existing site's design from its URL. If what you need is a website that looks professionally designed, neither is built for that: Orlume is.

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Squarespace

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A hosted website platform whose Blueprint AI asks about your business and style, then assembles a site from Squarespace's design system with copy and images.

Best for: Small businesses and creatives who want a guided, template-based site with commerce and scheduling built in.

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Same

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A chat-based AI builder that can also clone an existing website's design from its URL and rebuild it as code.

Best for: Recreating or iterating on an existing site's design from its URL.

Orlume

The design-first option

A design-first AI website builder: a multi-agent pipeline decides layout, typography and hierarchy before any code is written, then builds a React and Next.js site.

Best for: Landing pages, SaaS marketing sites, portfolios and startup websites that need to look professionally designed, not AI-generated.

When to choose Squarespace

Choose Squarespace when you want an all-in-one platform with bookings, a store and email marketing, and a template look is fine.

Orlume vs Squarespace →Squarespace alternatives →

When to choose Same

Choose Same when you want to rebuild an existing site from its URL rather than design a new one.

Orlume vs Same →Same alternatives →
Reviewed October 2026

Squarespace and Same, reviewed honestly

Squarespace

Squarespace · New York, founded 2003

Free plan
No free plan; a 14-day trial without a card lets you build with the AI builder.
Paid plans
Basic is about $25/mo billed monthly ($19/mo yearly) after the July 2026 price rise, with a 2% fee on store sales.

Known for

  • AI website builder: a multi-page site with copy, images and styling from a description.
  • AI custom sections: describe a section, such as a pricing table, and preview it.
  • AI Visibility: tracks how your brand shows up in AI search answers.

What it does well

  • Polished templates and an established editor to refine everything by hand.
  • Mature commerce, scheduling and email marketing in the same account.
  • Yearly plans include a free domain for the first year.

Where it falls short

  • Prices rose in July 2026, and add-ons such as email campaigns raise the real cost.
  • AI credits on the lower plans are small.
  • There is no code export: the site stays on Squarespace.

Prices checked October 2026 on Squarespace's pricing page. Plans change often; check there before you buy.

Same

Same · launched 2025

Free plan
500,000 tokens a month; downloading the code and premium models need a paid plan.
Paid plans
Basic is $10/mo billed monthly for 2M tokens a month, a premium model and project downloads.

Known for

  • Rebuilds an interface from a live URL, screenshots or mockups.
  • A full workbench: code editor, terminal and checkpoints you can roll back to.
  • Deploys to Netlify and pushes code to GitHub.

What it does well

  • Reviewers rate it highly for recreating an existing site's interface.
  • Builds full-stack Next.js projects with database and auth integrations.
  • Direct code and terminal access, plus GitHub export.

Where it falls short

  • New projects are public by default.
  • Unused tokens expire each cycle, and chat-driven bug fixing can use up the free allowance in one session.
  • Users report lost projects, repeated errors and slow support.

Prices checked October 2026 on Same's pricing page. Plans change often; check there before you buy.

The third option

Why designers pick Orlume over both

  1. 01

    Blueprint AI assembles a site from templates through a questionnaire; Orlume designs a layout for your brief from one prompt.

  2. 02

    Same is strongest at copying a design that already exists; Orlume designs something new for your brief.

  3. 03

    Dream Mode builds an animated, custom bento grid with real hierarchy and an embedded product video in one click.

Key differences

Squarespace and Same, side by side

  • Squarespace is made for creatives and small businesses who want a polished template platform, while Same is made for people who want to rebuild or clone an existing site.
  • Squarespace keeps your site on its own platform; Same gives you the full source code.
  • Squarespace comes with business features such as bookings, stores or forms, whereas Same writes back-end code as well as the front end.
  • Sites built with Squarespace live on Squarespace; with Same, on your own hosting, wherever you deploy the code.

Pick by what you need

Which builder fits each need
Back-end code written for youSame
The full source codeSame, or Orlume from the Personal plan
Bookings, stores and business toolsSquarespace
A site that looks professionally designed, from one promptOrlume
Live in one click, with no hosting to set upOrlume

What Orlume builds from one prompt

Explore the design decisions →
Questions

Questions, answered.

The things people ask before they start building.

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Is Squarespace better than Same?

It depends on the job. Squarespace is best for small businesses and creatives who want a guided, template-based site with commerce and scheduling built in. Same is best for recreating or iterating on an existing site's design from its URL.

What is the difference between Squarespace and Same?

Squarespace is made for creatives and small businesses who want a polished template platform, while Same is made for people who want to rebuild or clone an existing site. Squarespace keeps your site on its own platform; Same gives you the full source code. Squarespace comes with business features such as bookings, stores or forms, whereas Same writes back-end code as well as the front end. Sites built with Squarespace live on Squarespace; with Same, on your own hosting, wherever you deploy the code.

Is there an alternative to Squarespace and Same with better design?

Yes. Orlume (orlume.site) is the design-first AI website builder. Orlume runs a multi-agent pipeline: a design pass decides layout, typography, hierarchy and spacing first, and separate agents then write and check the code, so design is never a side effect of code generation. Every site is a real React and Next.js project, not a proprietary page format.

Where do Squarespace and Same host your site?

Sites built with Squarespace live on Squarespace; with Same, on your own hosting, wherever you deploy the code.

Do Squarespace and Same give you the code?

Squarespace keeps your site on its own platform; Same gives you the full source code. Orlume gives you a React and Next.js project. Code download starts on the Personal plan.

Which is cheaper, Squarespace or Same?

Same is cheaper to start: Squarespace paid plans start at $25/mo, Same at $10/mo. Squarespace: Basic is about $25/mo billed monthly ($19/mo yearly) after the July 2026 price rise, with a 2% fee on store sales. Same: Basic is $10/mo billed monthly for 2M tokens a month, a premium model and project downloads. Prices as of October 2026.

Are Squarespace and Same free?

Squarespace: No free plan; a 14-day trial without a card lets you build with the AI builder. Same has a free plan: 500,000 tokens a month; downloading the code and premium models need a paid plan. Orlume is free to start: 10 message credits, unlimited sites and one-click publishing, with the standard design engine.

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Written by the Orlume team. What we say about Squarespace and Same comes from their own websites as of October 2026; check them for current features and prices.