Platform Comparison

Exhibit vs Squarespace

Exhibit leads
64.0
Exhibit
WINNER

Score Summary

Avg AI Readability
73.5 76.7
Avg Security
16.7 56.5
Avg Efficiency
77.3 50.2
Avg Total Score
64.0 56.3
Avg Structure
80.8 73.4
Avg Load Complexity
86.3 42.0
Avg Lighthouse
62.8 32.6
Best Site Score
70.0 71.1
Worst Site Score
59.7 36.6
Exhibit Squarespace

Performance by Industry

Average total score for each platform within shared industries.

Industry Exhibit Squarespace
Architecture — —
Content Creation — —
Corporate-personal — —
Design — —
Film & Video — —
Photography — —

Comparison Insights

Overall Verdict

Exhibit holds a modest 7.7-point lead over Squarespace. The difference is real but not decisive.

Dimension Edge

Exhibit leads in: Efficiency, Structure, Load Complexity, Lighthouse. Squarespace leads in: AI Readability, Security. Exhibit has a broader performance advantage across dimensions.

Opportunities for improvement
  • Exhibit could target AI Readability, Security to close the gap.
  • Squarespace could target Efficiency, Structure, Load Complexity, Lighthouse to improve.

Industry-by-Industry Results

The platforms split industry wins evenly across 6 shared verticals - the overall score gap may be driven by a few outlier sites rather than a consistent pattern.

Sample Size Consideration

Squarespace has 110.8× more audited sites than Exhibit. Larger samples surface more variation and may pull averages toward the mean, so this comparison should be read with that in mind.