Squarespace: Run your business

Squarespace is an all-in-one platform designed to help individuals and businesses build and manage their online presence. It provides tools for website creation, e-commerce, marketing, and analytics, enabling users to launch websites, online stores, blogs, and portfolios.

Squarespace is a website builder that allows users to create various types of websites, including blogs and portfolios, which aligns with the content publishing aspect of Medium. It offers a rich text editor for content creation, analytics for tracking site performance (similar to reader engagement metrics), email campaign tools, and mobile app access. While it doesn't have a direct 'recommendation engine' like Medium, its search and discovery features serve a similar purpose for content discoverability. The monetization model is primarily e-commerce and memberships for gated content, which differs from Medium's specific member reading time revenue sharing, but still involves content monetization. It lacks explicit community feedback tools like claps/highlights and a dedicated algorithmic distribution engine for articles.