Squarespace GetRealtorWebsite
Squarespace or a managed agent website: a beautiful template, or a site built around your market.
Squarespace is known for polished, design-led templates that a hands-on agent can make look good quickly. The trade-off is structure: a real estate site that earns search traffic needs a page per area and a page per listing, kept current, which templates leave to you. A managed agent website starts from that structure and keeps it up for you.
What this comparison is really about
Good looks are the easy part
Agents often choose a design-led builder because the templates photograph beautifully, and for a luxury or boutique brand that matters. The harder question is what sits behind the look: whether every town you serve has a page, whether a sold listing stays visible, and whether anyone is publishing each week. We start from the look agents want and build the structure behind it.
Squarespace and GetRealtorWebsite, factor by factor
Twelve things that decide how an agent website performs and who carries the work. Where we describe Squarespace, we keep to what is generally true or what the provider states itself.
| Factor | Squarespace | GetRealtorWebsite |
|---|---|---|
| Speed and Core Web Vitals | Managed by the platform; depends on template, image sizes and added blocks. | 90+ Google PageSpeed on every page, guaranteed in the terms; we fix any page that drops below it because of our work. |
| SEO control | Built-in SEO fields you complete page by page. | Done for you: titles, descriptions, headings, canonicals and one page per area you serve. |
| Schema and JSON-LD | Some handled by the platform; custom markup needs extra work. | JSON-LD matched to each page (business, service, FAQ, breadcrumbs), added and maintained by us. |
| AEO and GEO readiness | Possible if you write answer-first content yourself. | Answer-first copy, visible FAQ blocks, an llms.txt file and consistent entity data on every site. |
| Hosting and security | Included in the subscription. | Cloudflare edge hosting with SSL, CDN, DDoS protection and unmetered bandwidth, inside the monthly fee. |
| Maintenance burden | Low technical upkeep; every content change is on you. | None for you. Updates, security and hosting are on our side. |
| Who does the work | You. | We build it, then make every change you request: 5 revisions a month, done within 2 to 5 working days. |
| Content and blog | A built-in blog; writing is on you. | Researched, cited articles every week on every plan (2 a week, 3 on The Portfolio). |
| Design quality | Polished templates, customizable within the editor. | A custom-coded, type-led design built around your name and your areas, checked on a phone before launch. |
| Accessibility and compliance pages | You add policies, disclosures and consent settings. | Privacy, terms and cookie pages, consent that gates scripts, an Equal Housing notice and an accessibility-minded build. |
| Cost model | A platform subscription plus your time. | One flat monthly fee from $137, plus a $797 build fee invoiced only after you approve the live site. |
| Lock-in and ownership | The site runs on the platform; moving means rebuilding. Your domain can stay yours. | Your domain is registered in your name. On exit we transfer it free and export your content within 14 days. |
When Squarespace is the better fit
Design matters most to you and you enjoy arranging pages yourself.
You want a small portfolio-style site and have no plans for area pages or weekly content.
You are happy to spend your own time on it and want a low monthly cost.
When a managed agent site wins
You want a design that is yours, not a template other agents also use, with the photography given room.
You want every area and listing to have its own page without building them.
You want new articles, posts and updates done for you each week.
Switching, or running both
Keeping the look, gaining the structure
If you like how your current site looks, tell us. We carry the feel into a custom design.
Share your current site and what you like about it during onboarding.
We design around your brand, then add area pages, listing pages and a proper sold section.
Your domain moves over and old addresses redirect.
From an agent who switched
“A land listing needs acreage, access and utilities up front, not bedrooms. The pages finally ask the questions my buyers actually ask.”
Illustrative sample review, not a statement from a real client. How we handle reviews
Our side, in full
Everything a managed site includes, by plan
Every feature, and the plan that carries it. The Territory and The Portfolio include everything in the plan before them.
| Feature | The Listing$137/ month | The Territory$297/ month + usage | The Portfolio$747/ month |
|---|---|---|---|
| The website | |||
| Pages built for an instant open | Included on The Listing | Included on The Territory | Included on The Portfolio |
| Listing pages that read like a real estate site, not a template | Included on The Listing | Included on The Territory | Included on The Portfolio |
| The legal and compliance pages a real estate site needs | Included on The Listing | Included on The Territory | Included on The Portfolio |
| Catching every lead | |||
| Inquiries routed straight into your CRM | Included on The Listing | Included on The Territory | Included on The Portfolio |
| The AI Engine: chat on your site | Not on The Listing | Included on The Territory | Included on The Portfolio |
| An AI receptionist for the calls you cannot take | Not on The Listing | Included on The Territory | Included on The Portfolio |
| AI replies on SMS, Facebook Messenger and Instagram DMs | Not on The Listing | Included on The Territory | Included on The Portfolio |
| Being found | |||
| A site structured around the areas you serve | Included on The Listing | Included on The Territory | Included on The Portfolio |
| A managed Google Business Profile | Not on The Listing | Not on The Territory | Included on The Portfolio |
| SEO, answer engines and AI assistants, built into every page | Included on The Listing | Included on The Territory | Included on The Portfolio |
| Content that keeps publishing | |||
| Researched articles, published every week | Included on The Listing | Included on The Territory | Included on The Portfolio |
| The Content Engine | Not on The Listing | Not on The Territory | Included on The Portfolio |
| Run for you | |||
| Hosting, security and speed, managed | Included on The Listing | Included on The Territory | Included on The Portfolio |
| A move from your current site that keeps what it earned | Included on The Listing | Included on The Territory | Included on The Portfolio |
| Revisions and a portal built for how you actually work | Included on The Listing | Included on The Territory | Included on The Portfolio |
| The terms | |||
| Researched articles a week | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Live in | 7 days | 10 days | 15 days |
| Revisions a month | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| One-time build fee, after launch | $797 | $797 | $797 |
AI usage on The Territory and The Portfolio is billed at what our provider charges us, with no markup. SMS carrier fees are passed through at cost. Every feature, explained
Questions about Squarespace and GetRealtorWebsite
Is Squarespace good for a luxury real estate agent?
Its templates can look excellent, which matters at a higher price point. What a template does not give you is structure: private listing pages, a page per area and a maintained sold record. We build those into a design made for your brand.
Can you make my site look as good as a Squarespace template?
We design every site custom, type-led and photo-first, and check it on a phone before launch. You see it in your colors on the demo before you commit.
Can you move my Squarespace site?
Yes, as a rebuild. We recreate the pages worth keeping, bring your listings over as pages, point your domain at the new site and redirect changed addresses.
Is Squarespace cheaper?
Usually, per month, because you do the work. Our plans from $137 a month include the build, hosting, domain, revisions and weekly articles.
Can listings be private on your sites?
Yes. A listing page can be unlisted, reachable only by a direct link you share, with a private inquiry form separate from the public contact form.
Do I need to know how to use a website editor?
No. You never log in to the site. You describe changes in your client portal and we make them.
Will you write the blog for me?
Yes. Every plan publishes researched, cited articles every week: 2 a week on The Listing and The Territory, 3 on The Portfolio.
What about social posts?
The Portfolio adds 3 social posts and 2 reels a week, plus a managed Google Business Profile.
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See the managed version, built for your areas.
A 30-minute walk-through of the site you would get, on your screen. Plans from $137 a month, the $797 build fee invoiced only after you approve the live site.