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Fresh vs Squarespace

Security & risk comparison · Updated October 2026

How does Fresh compare to Squarespace on security, AI-readiness, and total cost of ownership? We scored both across 7 dimensions using NVD/NIST CVE data, GitHub metrics, and our census of the Tranco top 100,000.

Key finding

Fresh scores 51/100 overall versus Squarespace's 49/100. Fresh has 0 total CVEs compared to Squarespace's 0. (Source: WebPulse framework scoring, NIST NVD and CISA KEV, updated October 2026)

Who actually runs Fresh and Squarespace

Share of sites with an identified platform, from WebPulse's scan of the Tranco top 100,000 and our Common Crawl census.

WhereFreshSquarespace
Top 1,000 0.0% (0) 1.9% (4)
Top 10,000 0.0% (0) 0.7% (17)
Top 100,000 0.0% (6) 0.6% (156)
Wider web0.0%0.5%

Highest-ranked sites on Fresh

  1. ton.com.br#18,866
  2. stone.com.br#22,999
  3. newtail.com.br#27,801
  4. pagar.me#45,017
  5. miess.com.br#80,158

Highest-ranked sites on Squarespace

  1. googledomains.com#58
  2. squarespace.com#548
  3. mailchimp.com#736
  4. mailchi.mp#958
  5. statcounter.com#1,011

Detected from each homepage's HTML, headers and cookies in September 2026. Methodology

51
Fresh
Emerging · JAVASCRIPT
vs
49
Squarespace
Modern · JAVA
Dimension-by-dimension breakdown
security Tie
50
50
Fresh
Squarespace
performance Tie
65
65
Fresh
Squarespace
ecosystem Tie
50
50
Fresh
Squarespace
ai readiness Fresh
40
30
Fresh
Squarespace
developer experience Tie
50
50
Fresh
Squarespace
market trajectory Tie
50
50
Fresh
Squarespace
cost of ownership Tie
55
55
Fresh
Squarespace
Security details
Metric Fresh Squarespace
Total CVEs 0 0
Critical CVEs 0 0
Exploited (KEV) 0 0
CVEs last year 0 0
Avg CVSS 0 0
Security score 50/100 50/100
Caution
Fresh

Fresh scores 51/100. Evaluate modern alternatives for better security and AI-readiness.

Caution
Squarespace

Squarespace scores 50/100. Evaluate modern alternatives for better security and AI-readiness.

Quick facts
Fresh
Category: Fullstack
Language: JAVASCRIPT
First release: 2022
Generation: Emerging
Trend: Stable
Squarespace
Category: Website_builder
Language: JAVA
First release: 2004
Generation: Modern
Trend: Declining
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Data sourced from NVD/NIST CVE database, GitHub API, and WebPulse framework scanner. Scores calculated using a 7-dimension model covering security, performance, ecosystem health, AI-readiness, developer experience, market trajectory, and cost of ownership. Updated October 2026.