Squarespace vs Cargo — Platform Benchmark

56.3

Squarespace

443 sites

WINNER

45.3

Cargo

28 sites

Score Summary

Avg AI Readability

76.7 43.3

Avg Security

56.5 16.7

Avg Efficiency

50.2 55.6

Avg Total Score

56.3 45.3

Avg Structure

73.4 31.8

Avg Load Complexity

42.0 81.6

Avg Lighthouse

32.6 53.1

Best Site Score

71.1 55.1

Worst Site Score

36.6 30.7

Squarespace Cargo

Performance by Industry

Average total score for each platform within shared industries.

Industry	Squarespace	Cargo
Architecture	58.2 18 sites	51.6 3 sites
Content Creation	55.8 3 sites	—
Corporate-personal	57.2 30 sites	42.5 3 sites
Design	57.7 7 sites	44.4 1 sites
Film & Video	57.9 5 sites	51.9 1 sites
Photography	56.0 380 sites	44.4 20 sites

Comparison Insights

Overall Verdict

Squarespace meaningfully outperforms Cargo by 11 points on average. This reflects a consistent quality gap across their sites.

Dimension Edge

Squarespace leads in: AI Readability, Security, Structure. Cargo 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.
Cargo could target AI Readability, Security, Structure to improve.

Industry-by-Industry Results

Squarespace wins in 5 of 6 shared industries, suggesting its advantage is consistent rather than driven by a single vertical.

Sample Size Consideration

Squarespace has 15.8× more audited sites than Cargo. Larger samples surface more variation and may pull averages toward the mean, so this comparison should be read with that in mind.