LocalBiz vs Squarespace
Squarespace gives you a beautiful hosted site to fill in. LocalBiz writes the local pages and blog posts, and puts the code in your own GitHub.
The short answer
Choose Squarespace if looks sell your business, you want hosting included, and you're happy to write your own pages. Its templates are the most polished of any builder here. Choose LocalBiz if you need a page for every service and every area you cover, a blog that keeps publishing, and rank tracking for each keyword. On Squarespace, city pages are built by hand.
The trade-off is setup. LocalBiz doesn't host your site: you connect your own GitHub and Vercel accounts when you start. Squarespace has no setup step like that.
Side by side
| LocalBiz | Squarespace | |
|---|---|---|
| Builds your website | Yes. AI-built, code in your own GitHub | Yes. Templates, plus an AI design tool (Blueprint) |
| Hosting | On your own Vercel account, which you connect. A paid Vercel plan may be needed | Included, unlimited bandwidth |
| Service and city pages | Written for you (2 credits), then added to the site (5) | No. You build them by hand |
| Blog posts | Written and scheduled, 5 credits each | Strong built-in blog. AI can draft posts, using AI credits |
| AI allowance | Credits from 100 a month, shared across all your businesses | 10 credits once on Basic; 20 to 120 a month on higher plans |
| Google rank tracking | Regular results, top 30 on mobile, every keyword in every area, monthly | No |
| Design control | Edit by chat. Small text edits are free | Polished templates and a visual editor |
| Take your site elsewhere | Yes. The code is in your GitHub | Partly. Page text and blog posts export; design doesn't |
| Starts at | $25/mo, month to month | $25/mo, or $19/mo billed yearly |
| Free trial | No | 14 days, no card |
Sources: Squarespace pricing, Whito: AI website builder exit test. Checked October 12, 2026.
What Squarespace does well
- The best-looking templates of any builder in this group, and the design stays consistent.
- Hosting is included, with unlimited bandwidth on every plan.
- A strong blog, plus email campaigns and Acuity scheduling in the same family of tools.
- Basic local schema for you. Fill in your business details and it adds LocalBusiness markup on its own.
- A 14-day trial with no card. Yearly plans also include a free domain for the first year.
Where LocalBiz is different
- It writes the local pages. Squarespace gives you a beautiful page to fill. LocalBiz writes a page for every service and every area you serve.
- The blog keeps going. Posts are written, scheduled and published on their own. Adding them to your site is free.
- Your site is yours. The whole site's code lives in your GitHub, not just the text.
- It tracks where you rank. Every keyword in every area, on regular Google results, in any country.
Which one to choose
- your work sells on looks: a salon, studio or venue
- you want to design the pages yourself
- you want hosting included with no setup
- you want to try it free before you pay
- you serve several areas and need a page for each
- you want a blog that keeps publishing without you
- you want to own your site's code
- you run more than one business
Pricing compared
Starter: 100 credits a month, unlimited businesses. Plans go up to $250 for 1,000 credits. Month to month.
Basic plan, billed monthly, or $19 a month billed yearly. Core is $39 ($29 yearly), Plus $65 ($49) and Advanced $139 ($99). Yearly plans include a free domain for one year.
Note: LocalBiz sites run on your own Vercel account. Vercel's free plan is for non-commercial use, so a business site may need Vercel's paid plan.
Using both, or switching
- Keep your Squarespace site live while you set up LocalBiz.
- Connect your own GitHub and Vercel accounts, then build the homepage and blog.
- Let LocalBiz write your service and city pages, and add them to the site.
- Point your domain at the new site. Squarespace exports page text and blog posts, so you can keep a copy.
Questions
Can LocalBiz replace Squarespace?
For a local service business that needs pages for each area, often yes. But LocalBiz has no contact form yet and no drag-and-drop design. If design is what sells you, Squarespace does more.
Which is cheaper?
Squarespace Basic is $25 a month, or $19 billed yearly, with hosting included. LocalBiz starts at $25 a month, and you host on your own Vercel account, which may need a paid plan for a business site. If you run several businesses, LocalBiz's one credit pool covers them all.
Can Squarespace make city pages?
Yes, by hand. You copy a page and rewrite it for each area. LocalBiz writes each one for you.
Is there a free trial?
Squarespace has a 14-day free trial with no card. LocalBiz has no trial; plans are month to month, billed in USD by card.
Other comparisons
Squarespace details were checked on October 12, 2026 from Squarespace's own pages. LocalBiz is not affiliated with Squarespace. Squarespace is a trademark of its owner. Spot an error? Email safraz@localbiz.ai.