Is Cardel an alternative to Acuity Scheduling or Kit?

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

Can I use Cardel with Acuity Scheduling or Kit?

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

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

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

How do I switch from Acuity Scheduling or Kit 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 SchedulingvsKit

Acuity Scheduling runs appointment businesses with intake forms, reminders, and payments. Kit, formerly ConvertKit, is creator email: forms, automations, paid newsletters, and a network.

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How Acuity Scheduling and Kit 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.

Kit, formerly ConvertKit, is email marketing made for creators. Forms and landing pages, tags and segments, visual automations, sequences, a Creator Network for recommendations, paid newsletters, and Kit Commerce for digital products give a creator everything the list needs, with a free plan to start. It is thoughtful and built by people who know creators.

Where they are different

Acuity Scheduling

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

Kit

Kit's landing pages are lead capture.
Kit sends from its infrastructure.
Kit Commerce sells digital products.

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

Choose Kit when the list is the business and you want the deepest creator-focused email tooling.

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What's on Acuity Scheduling and Kit

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

Site and brand

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

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

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

Feature comparison for Acuity Scheduling and Kit
Feature	Acuity Scheduling	Kit
Site and brand
Workspace site	Not included	Included
Custom domain	Included	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 Kit, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Acuity Scheduling or Kit may add or remove features that are not shown here.