Weglot vs Language Switch for Squarespace: which one do you need?
People ask me this a lot, usually as "do I need Weglot or Language Switch?" The honest answer is that they solve different problems, and for some sites the right choice is Weglot. I sell Language Switch, so weigh my opinion accordingly, but I'll show my work.
Weglot is a translation service. It reads your site, machine-translates it, and shows the translated version in the languages you choose. Language Switch is a navigation plugin. It translates nothing. It links together pages you already have in each language, and keeps the menu, footer and header button in sync with whichever language the visitor is on.
So the real question isn't "which is better?" It's "who is going to write the other languages?"
How Weglot works on Squarespace 7.1
Squarespace connects to Weglot from Settings, Site Languages. From Weglot's own guide and pricing page (checked October 2026):
You connect your site, pick your languages, and Weglot produces a machine-translated version (DeepL, Google Translate or Microsoft) without you building any pages.
You can edit any translation by hand, or order professional translations from their dashboard.
It translates page text, menus, products and checkout, and adds translated metadata and hreflang tags.
Weglot's Squarespace setup puts each language on its own subdomain (for example fr.yoursite.com), which means adding a DNS record per language.
It's a subscription, priced by how many words you translate and how many languages you add.
Their prices are listed in euros with a dollar estimate, so check weglot.com/pricing for today's numbers. At the time of writing: a free plan (2,000 words, 1 language); Starter at about $17 a month (10,000 words, 1 language); Business at about $32 a month (50,000 words, 3 languages); and Pro at about $87 a month (200,000 words, 5 languages). Paid plans start with a 14-day free trial, and translated URL slugs need Pro or higher.
How Language Switch works
Each language is its own real set of pages at its own address: /en/, /es/, /fr/. You or a translator write them. Language Switch adds a language menu to your site's own navigation (desktop and mobile), hides the other languages' menu items, and swaps the footer and header button.
One payment: $47 for one site, $87 for unlimited sites. No per-word fees and no monthly fee.
The script is hosted, so fixes reach your site without you reinstalling anything.
Because the pages are real Squarespace pages, you control every word, page title, URL and meta description.
It does not translate anything. If you want machine translation, it's the wrong tool.
The differences that matter
Who writes the other languages? Weglot: machine translation first, then you edit. Language Switch: you or a translator, from scratch.
What does it cost over time? Weglot is a subscription that grows with your word count and languages. Language Switch is one payment. Weglot Starter alone is about $510 over three years for a single translated language, against $47 once. That's only a fair comparison if you're happy to write or buy the translations yourself, and that is the real cost on my side of the table.
Control over wording and SEO. Weglot: translations are editable, but they live in Weglot's dashboard. Language Switch: every page is a normal Squarespace page with its own title, slug and description, so you can name a Spanish page /es/inicio without a plan upgrade.
URLs. Weglot on Squarespace: a subdomain per language. Language Switch: a folder per language on your own domain, using two-letter codes (/fr/, /es/, /ro/).
Content that changes a lot. Weglot picks up new blog posts and products and translates them automatically. With Language Switch, someone has to create the new page in each language.
Which should you pick?
Choose Weglot if you have a large or fast-changing site (a shop, a busy blog), nobody on hand to translate, and you want a translated site in an afternoon. The subscription buys you not having to write.
Choose Language Switch if you or a translator will write the pages, you care about the exact wording on the pages that matter (home, services, pricing), you'd rather pay once than monthly, or you build multilingual sites for clients and want one license that covers all of them.
Can you use both?
They aren't designed to work together, and two language switchers on one site would fight each other. I haven't tested it and I wouldn't. Pick one per site.
Try before you commit
Weglot has a 14-day free trial and a small free plan, so you can see how its machine translation reads for your content. Language Switch has a 7-day refund, a live demo, and a setup guide you can read before you buy. Either way, start with your most important pages and see how they feel in the other language.
