August Bandwidth, Storage and Pricing Updates
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 05:29PM | A. Casalena Now that we’ve refreshed Squarespace with V5, it’s time to refresh our pricing plans too. We’re doing two things:
1) Tonight, bandwidth and storage packages across the system are being raised significantly. Here’s the new breakdown:
- Basic — 1GB Storage, 75GB/mo Bandwidth (1,250% increase)
- Pro — 2GB Storage, 125GB/mo Bandwidth (1,562% increase)
- Advanced — 3GB Storage, 175GB/mo Bandwidth (1,458% increase)
- Business — 4GB Storage, 300GB/mo Bandwidth (2,000% increase)
- Community (formerly called TierII) — 5GB Storage, 400GB/mo Bandwidth (1,300% increase)
- Elite — 20GB Storage, 1TB/mo Bandwidth (500% increase)
The point of our bandwidth pricing is to be reasonable, not to actually place a limit on anyone. Squarespace is a premium service and you should feel quite free of these constraints. If you have an account with normal traffic, and you’re even close to these limits, write in and we’ll help you optimize your site to send less data. If that’s the case — your users will probably notice a massive speedup in your page loads.
If you have previously purchased a bandwidth upgrade from us, and need a refund — there’s no problem! Just write into support and we’ll handle that for you.
2) Our pricing, in light of version 5 as well as these bandwidth changes, is being raised slightly. New pricing follows. The new pricing will go into effect for accounts purchasing service AFTER August 15th 2008 at 11:49PM. As has always been, all old accounts will receive locked-in pricing. Here’s the pricing after the 15th:
- Basic — $8/mo
- Pro — $14/mo
- Advanced — $20/mo
- Business — $30/mo
- Community — $50/mo
- Elite — $200/mo
Note: Slightly adjusted since our original posting.
A. Casalena
The changes have been applied, and all bandwidth upgrades have been nullified across accounts, since essentially they’re not necessary anymore. Thanks guys! Let us know if there are any questions or if anything looks strange.
A. Casalena
We’re actually going to push the cutoff to Tuesday, August 19th at 11:59PM. We want to get an email out to everyone on a current trial so there’s adequate time and nobody is caught off guard. If you are still caught off guard, drop a line to support after the cutoff date (if your trial was created BEFORE the 19th).
