The template is the ceiling
Your brand and layouts have outgrown what the template and its blocks can express.
Outgrown Squarespace? Here’s where to go.
Squarespace is a great way to launch. Companies leave when the site needs to do more than a template allows: custom design, deeper SEO control, or real integrations.
Should you move off Squarespace?
If you want more design freedom but still want marketing to own the site, move to Framer. If you need custom functionality, complex content, or tight performance control, move to Astro with a visual CMS.
If the site is small, the template still fits your brand, and it does what you need, Squarespace is a sensible place to stay.
Signs it’s time to leave Squarespace.
SEO control feels limited
You want finer control over page structure, markup, and technical SEO than the platform gives you.
The site looks like a template
Prospects notice, and the site no longer matches how the company presents itself elsewhere.
Integrations are bolted on
CRM, marketing automation, and product data live in code injection and embeds.
Content needs structure
Case studies, resources, and team pages need real content models, not repeated page layouts.
Where Squarespace teams usually go.
Companies moving off Squarespace typically want either more design control with the same ease, or a platform that can grow with them.
| Option | Best for | Who edits content | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Framer | Marketing sites where the team wants to design and publish without a developer | Marketing, directly in a visual canvas | Not for application UI or content that feeds other channels |
| Astro with a visual CMS | Content-heavy or performance-critical sites with custom integrations | Marketing, in the CMS; developers own templates and components | New templates need a developer |
Option
Framer
- Best for
- Marketing sites where the team wants to design and publish without a developer
- Who edits content
- Marketing, directly in a visual canvas
- Watch out for
- Not for application UI or content that feeds other channels
Option
Astro with a visual CMS
- Best for
- Content-heavy or performance-critical sites with custom integrations
- Who edits content
- Marketing, in the CMS; developers own templates and components
- Watch out for
- New templates need a developer
Stay on Squarespace, or go?
Not every site needs to move. Here’s the honest version.
Leaving Squarespace makes sense when
- The brand has outgrown the template
- Marketing needs pages the blocks can’t build
- You need stronger technical SEO control
- Integrations rely on code injection
- The company is raising its bar on web presence
Staying on Squarespace is fine when
- The site is a handful of pages
- The template still fits the brand
- You rarely change the site
- E-commerce needs are simple and well served
- The site isn’t a meaningful source of pipeline
What comes with you.
Pages, blog posts, products, and images are exported and rebuilt, and every URL is redirected to its new home.
- Every page and CMS item, moved by script
- URLs, with a tested 301 redirect map
- Titles, descriptions, and structured data
- Forms, CRM, and marketing automation
- Analytics, tag manager, and consent setup
- Images and media, re-optimised
Leaving a different platform?
v0 to Production
Turn the polished interfaces you made in v0 into a real product, with data, auth, testing, and a design system under the screens you already like.
Read the guideLeaving Webflow
Leaving Webflow? Framer matches its CMS, loads faster, is easier for marketing to edit, and is often around half the enterprise cost. See when Astro fits better instead.
Read the guideLeaving Wix
Ready to move off Wix? Compare migrating to Framer or Astro for better performance, design control, and scalability, and see when staying makes sense.
Read the guide
Leaving Squarespace: common questions.
When should a company move off Squarespace?
When the site needs custom design, stronger SEO control, structured content, or real integrations that templates and code injection can’t provide cleanly.
What is the best Squarespace alternative for a growing company?
Framer for marketing-led sites that want more design freedom with easy publishing. Astro with a visual CMS for sites that need custom functionality or large amounts of structured content.
Is Framer harder to use than Squarespace?
Framer gives you far more design control, so there is more to learn, but day-to-day editing of copy, images, and CMS content is just as direct. We hand over a component library so new pages look right by default.
Will we lose Google rankings leaving Squarespace?
Not with a proper migration: every URL is mapped to a 301 redirect, metadata carries across, and search performance is monitored after launch.
Can you move our blog from Squarespace?
Yes. Posts, images, categories, and authors are exported and migrated into the new CMS, with redirects for every post URL.