Squarespace hands you a beautiful template. Akus writes what goes into it — and keeps marketing the business after launch.
Try Akus free for 7 days →| Akus | Squarespace | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | $50/month, everything included | $16–$49/month, e-commerce plans cost more |
| Who writes the content | Akus, from your business description | You |
| Template design quality | Clean, purpose-built templates | Widely regarded as best-in-class |
| Time to a finished site | 60 seconds | Hours to days, depending on content |
| Ongoing social posts & emails | Generated for you, unlimited | Not included — separate tools needed |
| Google reviews & SEO tracking | Built in — real reviews, rank tracking, schema | Basic SEO tools only, no review automation |
| Best for | Business owners who want marketing to run itself | Visual businesses that want full design control |
If you're a photographer, designer, or anyone whose work is genuinely visual, Squarespace's templates are hard to beat — that's a fair advantage and we won't pretend otherwise. It's a design tool first.
But most local businesses don't need a portfolio site — they need a website that converts, plus everything that keeps happening after launch: new content, review responses, blog posts that keep the site relevant to Google. Squarespace stops at the template. Akus starts there and keeps going.
7 days free, no credit card. Answer a few questions, watch your website get written and published in under a minute.
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