How Much Do Squarespace Templates Cost?
Squarespace's own templates cost nothing — around 200 are included with every subscription. Third-party premium templates typically cost $50 to $300 as a one-off, with the wider market running from about $47 to $595. Squareko's 24 templates are a flat $249. No template price includes the Squarespace subscription, which is separate and mandatory.
That is the whole answer. The detail below is for the parts that catch people out.
The three prices, side by side
Are Squarespace's own templates free?
Yes, entirely. Squarespace publishes around 200 templates and every one is included with any paid plan at no extra cost. You choose one at signup, and because all Squarespace 7.1 sites share the same feature set, the template you pick does not affect what your site can do.
There is no upgrade tier of official templates, no premium Squarespace-made template store, and no charge for switching designs later. If someone is selling you a "Squarespace template", they are a third party, not Squarespace.
How much do third-party premium Squarespace templates cost?
The typical band is $50 to $300, paid once. Across the shops we track, the full observed range runs from about $47 at the entry level to $595 for designer-focused templates with extended licences. The densest cluster is $200–$300.
What tends to move the price:
Prices in this market move frequently and several shops discount often enough that list prices are close to notional. Check the shop's own page on the day you buy. Our comparison of premium Squarespace template shops lists current ranges for twenty of them.
How much is a Squareko template?
$249, flat, for all 24 templates. There is no sale price, no tiered version and no variant pricing. Each template runs 9 to 15 real pages with a Style Guide page and a 404 page, and delivery is a Squarespace contributor invitation rather than a file download.
Two things are priced separately and it is worth being explicit about both. Installation onto an existing live site is a paid add-on, because it is manual rebuilding work — our Squarespace template installation service explains what that involves. And customisation is not included in the $249; the price covers the design and use of the template only.
Included in the $249: 60 days of email support, a 5-day course, a private community and video tutorials.
Does the template price include the Squarespace subscription?
No. Not at Squareko, not anywhere. A template is a design and a page structure; the subscription is the hosting, the software and the domain connection, and it is required regardless of which template you use.
On annual billing, Squarespace plans in 2026 run roughly:
Monthly billing costs meaningfully more — budget roughly 30% above the annual rate. Verify current figures on Squarespace's pricing page before you commit, because Squarespace changes them.
One offset worth asking for: Squarespace Circle partners can pass on a 20% discount on your first year. Squareko does, and so do most established template shops. On a Business-tier plan that is a real reduction against the template price.
Do you pay for a Squarespace template once or every month?
Once. Premium Squarespace templates are one-off purchases, not subscriptions. The recurring cost on a Squarespace site is the plan, plus a domain at roughly $20–$40 a year — usually free for the first year on an annual plan.
Can you use one Squarespace template on two websites?
Usually not. Most premium Squarespace template licences are single-site, which means a second site needs a second purchase. A small number of shops sell unlimited-use or extended licences aimed at designers building for multiple clients, and those sit at the top of the price range for exactly that reason.
If you are buying for client work, read the licence scope before the design. It is the clause that decides whether the template is usable at all.
Are premium Squarespace templates refundable?
Almost never. Digital products in this market are typically non-refundable, and Squareko is no exception — templates cannot be returned, exchanged or refunded under any circumstances. That is the category standard rather than an outlier, and it is why the live demo should be treated as the entire purchase decision. Our seven tests to run on a demo take about twenty minutes.
What else costs money?
The template is rarely the largest number in a website budget. The three lines people forget:
Photography. Demo images are licensed to the template shop, not to you, and must all be replaced before launch. This is the most commonly underestimated cost in the whole category, and it applies to free templates just as much as premium ones.
Copywriting. A template gives you a structure and placeholder text. Filling it well is the part that takes weeks.
Customisation help. Optional, and often the highest-return spend on the list — but not included in any template price.
Full figures and how to budget a whole build are in our Squarespace template price guide.
How does that compare with hiring a designer?
A template is the cheap end of a spectrum, not a category of its own. A $249 template plus your own time sits well below a bespoke Squarespace build, which in 2026 commonly runs from the low thousands upward depending on page count, copy and functionality.
The honest framing: a template buys you someone else's structural decisions, and a custom build buys you decisions made about your business specifically. If your site is standard for your industry, the template is usually the better value. If your business does something the template's page structure cannot express, it is not. Our guide to custom Squarespace templates covers where that line falls.
The short version
Free if you use Squarespace's own; $50 to $300 for most third-party premium templates; $249 for a Squareko template; and a Squarespace subscription from $19/mo on top of any of them. One-off, non-refundable, usually single-site.
If the $249 tier is where you have landed and what you want is a full page architecture rather than a homepage, our premium Squarespace templates are 9 to 15 built pages delivered by contributor invitation, with installation available onto an existing site and 60 days of support afterwards. If your site is four pages and you are comfortable in Site Styles, a free Squarespace template genuinely is the right answer, and the money is better spent on photography.
FAQ
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Squarespace's own templates are, and there are around 200 of them included with every paid plan. Third-party premium templates from independent shops are not — those cost $50 to $300 as a one-off. Neither kind includes the Squarespace subscription, which is charged separately.
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Typically $50 to $300, with the wider market running from about $47 to $595. The densest cluster sits at $200 to $300. Squareko's 24 templates are a flat $249. Prices move often and several shops discount regularly, so check the shop's own page on the day you buy.
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No. Every template price, from every shop, excludes the Squarespace subscription. Plans run roughly $19 to $99 a month on annual billing in 2026, with monthly billing around 30% higher. Squarespace Circle partners can usually pass on 20% off your first year.
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Once. Premium Squarespace templates are one-off purchases, not subscriptions. The recurring costs on a Squarespace site are the plan itself and a domain at roughly $20 to $40 a year, which is often free for the first year on an annual plan.
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Usually not — most licences are single-site, so a second website needs a second purchase. A few shops sell unlimited-use or extended licences aimed at designers building for multiple clients, and those sit at the top of the price range. Check the licence scope before buying.
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Almost never. Digital products in this category are typically non-refundable, and several shops including Squareko state that templates cannot be returned, exchanged or refunded under any circumstances. Treat the live demo as the entire purchase decision and test it properly before paying.
Author Bio
I'm Walid Hasan, a Certified Squarespace Expert and Squarespace Circle Platinum Partner with over 12 years of hands-on experience designing and optimizing high-performing websites. Over the years, I've had the privilege of building more than 2,000 Squarespace websites for clients around the world, always focusing on clean design, strong user experience, and conversion-driven results.
