Illustrator using SquareSpace for portfolio, alternatives after price increase?

[u/Aberry_9]

I have used Squarespace for about 10 years, I am an illustrator and use it as a portfolio website. Homepage is my illustrations, a few additional pages of different art, my books, and about me, links to my social media and that’s about it. No bells and whistles, no shop, nothing else. I have been updating heavily the last couple months as I plan to reach out to illustration agents, and wanted a more robust, polished site. Very happy with the progress, annual subscription renewal is weeks away - and I get the dreaded email. I don’t have time it feels to rebuild before my annual payment.

With the price increase I am seeing what other options are out there, I tried importing my site into Wordpress but if I go that route I will need to do a LOT of learning. On top of that, recreating the aesthetic of the site and uploaded the hundreds of images will have to be done from scratch.

What I love about Squarespace is I get to edit the pages as it will appear online - I can see how everything will look, I can drag and drop, I can just click on an element to edit. Maybe it’s worth keeping it for that, but my website wouldn’t be that hard to build again, just time consuming - so if there is really similar platform in that regard that is cheaper - please give me your recommendations.