Alternative to Squarespace: Hyax
Squarespace builds beautiful websites. But creators need more than a website. Hyax gives you a site, email marketing, courses, community, help desk, and AI, purpose-built for content businesses.
Pricing at a glance
Squarespace Business is $33/mo on monthly billing. But email campaigns are a separate add-on ($7+/mo), courses are an add-on, and commerce features require upgrading to Commerce plans ($36–$65/mo). Hyax is $29/mo with everything included.
Hyax email cost (optional)
Assumes ~40,000 sends/mo (4 sends to your full list per month). Pick one, /pricing for Resend vs plan caps.
Squarespace: Business plan, monthly billing ($33/mo). Does not include email campaigns add-on, courses add-on, or Commerce plan upgrade. Verify on squarespace.com.
Hyax:Starter plan ($29/mo). Monthly billing, flat pricing, unlimited contacts, 0% platform fees. Does not include raw Resend charges when you use your own API key for unlimited sending. See pricing for email limits and plan caps.
Showing the Starter subscription only ($29/mo). About 40,000 sends/mo is above Starter's included platform sending, so this comparison does not include the email cost of that workload.
Squarespace vs Hyax: Feature comparison
| Feature | Hyax | Squarespace |
|---|---|---|
| Content & Publishing | ||
| Blog / Website | Included | Included |
| AI Writing Assistant | Included | Partial |
| Brand-trained AI | Included | Not included |
| Custom Domain | Included | Included |
| SEO Optimization | Included | Included |
| Lighthouse 85+ Score | Included | Partial |
| Email Marketing | ||
| Email Newsletters | Included | Add-on ($7+/mo) |
| Email Automations | Included | Basic only |
| Behavioral Segmentation | Included | Partial |
| A/B Testing | Included | Not included |
| Email Sequences | Included | Not included |
| Unlimited Sends | Included | Plan limits |
| Monetization | ||
| Digital Products | Included | Commerce plans |
| Paid Subscriptions | Included | Commerce plans |
| Courses | Included | Courses add-on |
| 0% Platform Fees | Included | 3% on Business |
| Community / Memberships | Included | Not included |
| Platform & Tools | ||
| Analytics Dashboard | Included | Included |
| API Access | Included | Not included |
| Link in Bio | Included | Partial |
| Help Desk / Knowledge Base | Included | Not included |
| Visual Workflow Builder | Included | Not included |
| Live Chat Widget | Included | Not included |
| Pricing Model | ||
| Flat Pricing | Included | Included |
| Unlimited Subscribers | Included | Plan limits |
| No Transaction Fees | Included | Commerce plans only |
Why switch from Squarespace to Hyax
Built for content businesses
Squarespace is a generic website builder. Hyax is purpose-built for creators, with email, courses, community, help desk, and AI writing all native.
No transaction fees
Squarespace Business charges 3% on transactions. You need Commerce Basic ($36/mo) or Advanced ($65/mo) for 0%. Hyax is always 0%.
Full email marketing included
Squarespace email is a paid add-on starting at $7/mo with limited sends. Hyax includes a full ESP with automations, sequences, segmentation, and AI.
Ready to switch from Squarespace?
Import your content and subscribers. Start building on Hyax today.