Squarespace vs Webflow — Platform Benchmark

56.3

Squarespace

443 sites

WINNER

54.4

Webflow

19 sites

Score Summary

Avg AI Readability

76.7 57.5

Avg Security

56.5 50.9

Avg Efficiency

50.2 54.7

Avg Total Score

56.3 54.4

Avg Structure

73.4 64.5

Avg Load Complexity

42.0 50.2

Avg Lighthouse

32.6 48.9

Best Site Score

71.1 66.4

Worst Site Score

36.6 31.6

Squarespace Webflow

Performance by Industry

Average total score for each platform within shared industries.

Industry	Squarespace	Webflow
Architecture	58.2 18 sites	65.2 1 sites
Content Creation	55.8 3 sites	51.3 3 sites
Corporate-personal	57.2 30 sites	63.1 2 sites
Design	57.7 7 sites	56.6 2 sites
Film & Video	57.9 5 sites	—
Photography	56.0 380 sites	52.3 11 sites

Comparison Insights

Overall Verdict

Both platforms perform at a very similar level - the 1.9-point gap is within the margin of normal variation.

Dimension Edge

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

Industry-by-Industry Results

Squarespace wins in 3 of 6 shared industries, suggesting its advantage is consistent rather than driven by a single vertical.

Sample Size Consideration

Squarespace has 23.3× more audited sites than Webflow. Larger samples surface more variation and may pull averages toward the mean, so this comparison should be read with that in mind.