SiteCurb vs Wix and Squarespace

Wix and Squarespace pricing: what year one costs

First-year total is the entry plan for twelve months plus setup and IDX fees where charged; the three-year total keeps the same plan for 36 months. Their higher tiers cost more; SiteCurb has one tier. Sources and dates are under the table.

Sources: Wix plans page (Light $17, Core $29, Business $39, Business Elite $159 a month for yearly subscriptions paid in full; no month-to-month prices shown), read 1 October 2026; Squarespace pricing page, US prices (Basic $19 a month billed yearly or $25 monthly; Core $29 or $39; Plus $49 or $65; Advanced $99 or $139), as of 29 September 2026; Wix Help Center, Request: IDX (MLS) Integration ("Currently, Wix does not support Internet Data Exchange (IDX) integration for real estate agents"), read 1 October 2026; Wix App Market, iHomefinder Real Estate (Premium for Agents $85.50 a month billed yearly, $95 monthly), read 1 October 2026; Squarespace Help Center, Adding an MLS search (an IDX service's code in a code block, on Core and higher plans; outside Squarespace's support), updated 29 July 2026, read 1 October 2026. SiteCurb: $39 a month on the pricing page, nothing else to add.

In cash, both entry plans cost less than SiteCurb: $264 a year less on Wix Light and $240 less on Squarespace Basic, both billed yearly. Neither total counts the hours you spend building the site. Your first SiteCurb plan starts with a 14-day free trial, and you build the whole site before a card ever comes out: you pay only to publish.

What an agent adds on Wix or Squarespace

Wix and Squarespace are general website builders, and good ones: you start from a template and can shape every page. Both have real estate templates, and their entry plans cost less than SiteCurb. What neither builds for you is the real estate part, so on either one you add it yourself.

• Your time to design. You pick a template, delete its sample pages, write every page and resize your own photos. Our step-by-step guide puts a first version at 12 to 20 hours, and every new listing is more work by hand.
• No broker-disclosure footer built in. State advertising rules generally want your brokerage's name on your site, and some want your license number too. On Wix or Squarespace you write that footer yourself and keep it right. Every SiteCurb template has one you fill in once.
• No real estate listings built in. Neither builder has a listing type of its own: each listing is a page, gallery or content item you lay out and keep current yourself, even when a template starts you off with samples. A SiteCurb listing is a form: photos, price, beds, baths and status, with its own inquiry form.
• IDX only through a third party, if you want it. Wix's help center says Wix does not support IDX and points to the iHomefinder app, $85.50 a month billed yearly. Squarespace's help center has you paste an IDX service's code into a code block, on Core ($29 a month billed yearly) or higher, and says that setup is outside its support. SiteCurb has no IDX at all, on purpose.

What you give up with SiteCurb

The honest list. None of these is hidden in a footnote, so you can decide with them in view.

• No IDX or MLS feed. SiteCurb shows your listings — you add them yourself, with your photos (auto-optimized) and your words. That is what makes the $39 possible: there is nothing to license, so there is nothing to mark up. If your site needs to search the entire MLS, this is the wrong product.
• No CRM. SiteCurb isn't one, so there are no pipelines, drips or lead scoring. Every inquiry emails you the moment it's sent and lands in your dashboard. Sending inquiries to Notion works today, and connections that send them into Pipedrive, Zoho CRM and ActiveCampaign are rolling out.
• No custom domain yet. Your site lives at yourname.sitecurb.com, with a TLS certificate, the moment you publish. Connecting a domain you already own is in testing now.
• No free-form design. You pick one of eleven templates and fill in fields: there is no drag-and-drop editor and no pages of your own beyond the template's.
• No shop, blog or online courses. Wix and Squarespace sell all three; SiteCurb is an agent website and nothing else.

See a SiteCurb site before you decide

Every template runs as a live demo you can open on your phone right now. These two are built for big listing photography:

Estate demo →Gallery demo →

All eleven are on the examples page. The fastest proof is your own: build your site free, preview it, and only pay if you publish it.

Who should stay with Wix or Squarespace

Fair is fair. Wix or Squarespace is the better choice if:

• You enjoy designing, and you want every page laid out your way rather than filling in a template's fields.
• Your site sells more than your real estate services: a shop, online courses or memberships. Wix and Squarespace do those; SiteCurb does not.
• You want your own domain today. Both include one free for the first year on yearly plans; connecting your own domain to SiteCurb is still in testing.
• Your Wix or Squarespace site already works: your broker disclosure is on it, your listings are current, and the build hours are behind you.
• Cash matters more than hours to you: Wix Light is $17 a month and Squarespace Basic $19, billed yearly, against SiteCurb's $39.

Switching in an afternoon

1. Claim your address. Sign up at SiteCurb and type your name — yourname.sitecurb.com is reserved on the spot. No card required to build.
2. Pick a template. Open the live demos on the examples page, choose one, set your colors and logo. You can switch later; your content moves with you.
3. Add your listings and your voice. Re-enter your active listings with your own photos, then fill in your tagline, why work with me, and a few client quotes.
4. Preview, then publish. Check the draft, flip it live. The 14-day free trial starts here; after that it is $39 a month.
5. Move your links and close the old account. Update your sign riders, cards, email signature and Instagram. Then cancel Wix or Squarespace when your current term allows — check your agreement for notice terms before you do.

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