Is Cardel an alternative to Acuity Scheduling or Framer?

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

Can I use Cardel with Acuity Scheduling or Framer?

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

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

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

How do I switch from Acuity Scheduling or Framer 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 SchedulingvsFramer

Acuity Scheduling runs appointment businesses with intake forms, reminders, and payments. Framer lets designers ship animated marketing sites and a CMS from the canvas.

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How Acuity Scheduling and Framer 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.

Framer is the fastest way from design canvas to live site. Freeform layout, effects and animations, a CMS, localization, and a template community let designers publish marketing sites that look and move like products. If you think in Figma and want the site to feel that way, Framer is a joy.

Where they are different

Acuity Scheduling

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

Framer

Framer ends at publish.
Framer has no reader accounts.
Framer sells nothing natively.

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

Choose Framer when the site is a designed artifact and motion matters.

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What's on Acuity Scheduling and Framer

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Acuity Scheduling: Not included
Framer: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Framer: Not included

Commerce

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

Team

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

Feature comparison for Acuity Scheduling and Framer
Feature	Acuity Scheduling	Framer
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	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Not 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 Framer, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Acuity Scheduling or Framer may add or remove features that are not shown here.