Squarespace is usually chosen for the look, and that part still holds up. The reasons Indian owners search for an alternative are almost all administrative. Many Indian accounts are billed in US dollars at roughly ₹1,350 a month and up when billed yearly as of October 2026, which means a foreign-currency charge on the card, no GST invoice to claim input credit against, and a price that moves with the exchange rate. A Goa homestay or a Bengaluru studio ends up paying a premium for a brochure site; see what a website should cost in India for a rupee benchmark.
Payments are the next gap. Squarespace checkout is built around Stripe and PayPal, so UPI and cash on delivery, which most Indian customers expect, need third-party routes or a separate payment-link tool such as the ones in our UPI payments guide. Support runs on a global schedule rather than Indian hours, and the templates, lovely as they are, have limited support for Devanagari or Tamil typography.
The list below keeps design quality as a filter and ranks on Indian billing, payments and support. Neweb sits second: it bills in rupees with a GST invoice and handles Google Business and SEO, but it is not a design canvas, so if the visual identity is the whole pitch, Wix, Webflow or Framer will serve you better.