Is Cardel an alternative to Acuity Scheduling or Beehiiv?

Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Acuity Scheduling or Beehiiv when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Acuity Scheduling and Beehiiv are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Acuity Scheduling or Beehiiv?

Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Acuity Scheduling or Beehiiv for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.

How much does Cardel cost compared with Acuity Scheduling and Beehiiv?

You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Acuity Scheduling and Beehiiv set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.

How do I switch from Acuity Scheduling or Beehiiv to Cardel?

Start with Build Your Site, set up your home, and bring your work over at your own pace. You do not have to move everything on day one.

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Acuity SchedulingvsBeehiiv

Acuity Scheduling runs appointment businesses with intake forms, reminders, and payments. Beehiiv is a growth engine for newsletters: referrals, ads, paid tiers, and automations.

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How Acuity Scheduling and Beehiiv compare

Acuity Scheduling is built for businesses that live by the appointment. Client self-booking, calendar sync, intake forms, automated reminders, packages and memberships, gift certificates, payments at booking, and multiple staff calendars keep a salon, clinic, or coach running. It is part of Squarespace and works with or without a Squarespace site.

Beehiiv treats a newsletter like a media business. Referral programs, Boosts and recommendations, an ad network, paid subscriptions, automations, segmentation, a website with SEO, and deep analytics are all pointed at one thing: growing and monetising a list. Operators who think in subscriber counts and CPMs love it.

Where they are different

Acuity Scheduling

Acuity is the appointment system.
Acuity keeps a client list with notes.
Acuity sends confirmations.

Beehiiv

Beehiiv's site exists to convert subscribers.
Beehiiv monetises the list.
Beehiiv sends.

Choose Acuity Scheduling when appointments are the business and you need reminders, intake, packages, and staff calendars.

Choose Beehiiv when your newsletter is the business and growth loops and ad revenue are the plan.

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What's on Acuity Scheduling and Beehiiv

A check means that capability is available. Acuity Scheduling and Beehiiv are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.

Site and brand

Workspace site
Acuity Scheduling: Not included
Beehiiv: Included
Custom domain
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Beehiiv: Included
Theme and fonts
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Beehiiv: Included

Public content

Blog
Acuity Scheduling: Not included
Beehiiv: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Beehiiv: Included
Marketing emails
Acuity Scheduling: Not included
Beehiiv: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Beehiiv: Not included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Beehiiv: Not included

Team

Admin users
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Beehiiv: Included
Per-admin permissions
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Beehiiv: Included
AI Assistant
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Beehiiv: Included

Feature comparison for Acuity Scheduling and Beehiiv
Feature	Acuity Scheduling	Beehiiv
Site and brand
Workspace site	Not included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Not included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Not included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Included	Not included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
Per-admin permissions	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Acuity Scheduling or Beehiiv, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Acuity Scheduling or Beehiiv may add or remove features that are not shown here.