Is Cardel an alternative to Acuity Scheduling or Flodesk?

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 Flodesk when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Acuity Scheduling and Flodesk are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Acuity Scheduling or Flodesk?

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

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

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

How do I switch from Acuity Scheduling or Flodesk 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 SchedulingvsFlodesk

Acuity Scheduling runs appointment businesses with intake forms, reminders, and payments. Flodesk is design-first email with unlimited sends and workflows, priced by list size.

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How Acuity Scheduling and Flodesk 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.

Flodesk made email marketing pretty and easy to stay in. Gorgeous templates, an editor designers enjoy, workflows, forms and link-in-bio pages, and unlimited sends on every paid plan. Pricing now scales with active subscribers; anyone on the old unlimited plan keeps it. Flodesk Checkout adds simple sales pages. Small brands with taste pick it and stay.

Where they are different

Acuity Scheduling

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

Flodesk

Flodesk pages capture leads.
Flodesk sends.
Flodesk Checkout sells a product page.

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

Choose Flodesk when email design is the job and you want unlimited sends on a list-sized plan.

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What's on Acuity Scheduling and Flodesk

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

Site and brand

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

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Flodesk: Included
AI Assistant
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Flodesk: Included

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

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