# Carrd vs Squarespace Price for a Personal Site

> Carrd vs Squarespace on price for a personal or portfolio site in 2026: yearly costs, what each includes, and when a $20 a year maker page is enough.

By Dane Dolph. Published 2026-10-02, updated 2026-10-19 on the makerhandle blog. Tags: Comparisons, Custom domains.

Carrd and Squarespace are both popular for personal and portfolio sites, but they are priced in completely different worlds. Here is the honest comparison for one person who wants a page on their own domain.

Prices are from public pricing pages and 2026 guides, in US dollars. They change and vary by region, so check before you buy.

## The yearly cost

**Carrd**

- Free: Carrd subdomain, with branding
- Pro Lite: $9 a year
- Pro Standard: $19 a year, the tier that adds custom domains, forms and embeds
- Pro Plus: $49 a year

**Squarespace**

- Basic: $19 a month billed annually ($25 month to month), roughly $228 a year
- Core: about $23 a month billed annually
- Higher tiers for commerce

For a personal site on your own domain, that is roughly **$19 a year on Carrd** versus **about $228 a year on Squarespace**, plus the domain on both.

## What the difference buys

Squarespace is a full website platform: many pages, a blog, polished templates, commerce, scheduling and marketing tools, plus support. If you need a real site, it is good value.

Carrd builds **one-page** sites. You design the layout from a template, and it is wonderfully cheap and fast. It is not trying to be a full CMS.

For a personal page, Carrd is usually enough. For a business site with a blog or shop, Squarespace earns its price.

## Where makerhandle fits

makerhandle is narrower than either: a ready-made page for people who make things. You do not design anything. You add projects with a status, screenshot and optional verified revenue, and pick one of seven templates.

- **Free**: five projects at makerhandle.com/yourname
- **Pro**: $20 a year, with your custom domain and SSL, unlimited projects, every template, a year of cookie-free analytics and no badge

It costs about the same as Carrd Pro Standard. The difference is the job: Carrd gives you a blank page to design; makerhandle gives you a finished maker page with revenue, statuses and analytics built in. See [makerhandle vs Carrd](https://makerhandle.com/compare/carrd).

## Quick guide

- Want a full site with a blog or shop: **Squarespace**.
- Want to design a one-page site cheaply: **Carrd**.
- Want a page that shows your projects and proof, finished in minutes: **makerhandle**.

All three can sit on your own domain. For the details on that, read [how to host a personal website for $20 a year](https://makerhandle.com/blog/host-personal-website-for-20-a-year) and [makerhandle vs Squarespace Bio Sites](https://makerhandle.com/compare/squarespace-bio-sites).

## Sources

- [Carrd: Pro plans and prices](https://carrd.com/pro)
- [Squarespace: pricing](https://www.squarespace.com/pricing)

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Source: https://makerhandle.com/blog/carrd-vs-squarespace-price
makerhandle: makerhandle is a link in bio for makers and founders: every project with its status and revenue verified from Stripe, Paddle and more.