Squarespace vs Adobe Portfolio — Platform Benchmark

56.2

Squarespace

436 sites

WINNER

50.9

Adobe Portfolio

25 sites

Score Summary

Avg AI Readability

76.7 54.6

Avg Security

56.5 34.6

Avg Efficiency

50.2 55.7

Avg Total Score

56.2 50.9

Avg Structure

73.6 39.6

Avg Load Complexity

41.9 81.8

Avg Lighthouse

32.6 43.8

Best Site Score

71.1 64.9

Worst Site Score

36.6 36.0

Squarespace Adobe Portfolio

Performance by Industry

Average total score for each platform within shared industries.

Industry	Squarespace	Adobe Portfolio
Architecture	58.2 18 sites	50.6 4 sites
Content Creation	55.8 3 sites	—
Corporate-personal	56.9 29 sites	48.8 3 sites
Design	57.7 7 sites	56.3 1 sites
Film & Video	57.1 4 sites	—
Photography	56.1 375 sites	51.0 17 sites

Comparison Insights

Overall Verdict

Squarespace holds a modest 5.3-point lead over Adobe Portfolio. The difference is real but not decisive.

Dimension Edge

Squarespace leads in: AI Readability, Security, Structure. Adobe Portfolio leads in: Efficiency, Load Complexity, Lighthouse. Each platform has distinct strengths in different dimensions.

Opportunities for improvement

Squarespace could target Efficiency, Load Complexity, Lighthouse to close the gap.
Adobe Portfolio could target AI Readability, Security, Structure to improve.

Industry-by-Industry Results

Squarespace wins in 4 of 6 shared industries, suggesting its advantage is consistent rather than driven by a single vertical.

Sample Size Consideration

Squarespace has 17.4× more audited sites than Adobe Portfolio. Larger samples surface more variation and may pull averages toward the mean, so this comparison should be read with that in mind.