Wix and Squarespace are good tools, and every one of their plans costs less than Foundry24. The difference is who builds the site, writes it, keeps it current, and looks after the email and the Google listing. With a website builder, that’s you. With Foundry24, it isn’t.
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Wix | Squarespace | Foundry24 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $17, $29, $39, or $159 on annual billing | $19, $29, $49, or $99 on annual billing | $299, $599, or $999, billed monthly |
| Contract | Lowest prices need a year paid up front | Lowest prices need a year paid up front | None, cancel anytime |
| Who builds the site | You | You | Foundry24, in a few weeks |
| Who writes it | You | You | Foundry24, with you |
| Changes | You make them | You make them | You email, it gets changed |
| Email at your domain | Bought and set up separately | A free first year on Core and up, then separate | Included and managed |
| Google Business Profile | You | You | Set up on every plan, managed on Growth and Pro |
| Online store | On Core and up | On every plan | Payments through Stripe, not a full store |
| If you leave | The site stays on Wix | The site stays on Squarespace | Domain, content, and data go with you, and the site after 12 months |
Wix and Squarespace prices are US prices for annual billing, checked on wix.com/plans and squarespace.com/pricing on November 1, 2026. Paying month to month costs more on both. Foundry24 prices are on the plans page.
A service business on Squarespace Core pays $29 a month, plus about $7 a month for a Google Workspace address once the free first year ends. Call it $36. Foundry24 Starter is $299 with the email included, so the difference is about $263 a month.
That $263 buys the hours you would otherwise spend on the site. At $35 an hour, the default in the homepage calculator, it’s about seven and a half hours a month: writing pages, fixing the hours after a holiday, updating the Google listing, answering the reviews. If the site takes you less time than that, a builder is the better deal. If it takes more, or if it never gets done, it isn’t. The calculator runs the same math with your own numbers.
No. Wix starts at $17 a month and Squarespace at $19 a month on annual billing, and even Squarespace’s top plan is $99. Foundry24 starts at $299 a month. The extra pays for the work: the build, the writing, changes when you ask, email, and the Google listing.
No. Wix and Squarespace both handle the technical basics. Local rankings come mostly from what’s on the site, an accurate Google Business Profile, and reviews. On Growth and Pro, Foundry24 does that work every month. With a builder, you do it or it doesn’t get done.
No. Foundry24 builds each site itself and hosts it. Your domain, content, and data are always yours, and the site itself is yours after 12 months on the plan.
Yes. Foundry24 builds the new site, your domain and email move over, and you cancel the old plan once the new site is live. The first call covers what moves and what gets rewritten.
The one you would actually buy. A service business that books appointments or takes quotes rarely needs the store features in the top plans, so Squarespace Core at $29 or Wix Core at $29 is the fair comparison.
You’ll leave knowing what to automate first and what it would cost, or that you don’t need any of this yet, which is also a fine answer.