Bandweb vs. Squarespace
Squarespace for musicians - beautiful, but never current.
Squarespace makes some of the best-looking websites around. But a great-looking site that's out of date still costs you bookings, press, and fans. Bandweb solves the part Squarespace doesn't.
What Squarespace does well
Squarespace's design quality is genuinely excellent. The templates are polished, the editor produces great-looking results without much effort, and the overall aesthetic leans toward the professional end. If you care about how your site looks, Squarespace is one of the strongest choices in the general market.
It also has solid blogging, ecommerce, and SEO basics - a well-rounded general-purpose platform.
Where it falls short for musicians
Everything music requires extra work
Tour dates, music players, streaming integrations - none of these are native to Squarespace. You find workarounds: embedding Bandsintown calendars, adding Spotify players manually, linking to external stores.
Those workarounds hurt your SEO
Bandsintown embedded in a Squarespace page still belongs to Bandsintown's domain. Your tour dates don't build your search presence. Fans searching "[your name] tour" land on Bandsintown, not on you.
No path to automation
Squarespace has no concept of syncing from music platforms. New release means you update the site manually. Always. There's no integration that changes this.
Feature comparison
| Bandweb | Squarespace | |
|---|---|---|
| Platform sync | Auto - 20+ platforms | Not available |
| Music-native templates | Built-in | General purpose |
| EPK | Live, auto-updating | Manual page |
| Smart links | Auto-generated | Not available |
| Tour dates SEO | Your domain | Third-party widget |
| Design quality | Music-specific | Excellent (general) |
| Maintenance required | Near zero | Every release/show |
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