Is Cardel an alternative to Acuity Scheduling or Klaviyo?

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

Can I use Cardel with Acuity Scheduling or Klaviyo?

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

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

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

How do I switch from Acuity Scheduling or Klaviyo 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 SchedulingvsKlaviyo

Acuity Scheduling runs appointment businesses with intake forms, reminders, and payments. Klaviyo is ecommerce marketing automation: email, SMS, and revenue attribution for stores.

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How Acuity Scheduling and Klaviyo 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.

Klaviyo is the marketing brain of many online stores. Deep integration with Shopify and other platforms, behavior-based flows, predictive segments, email plus SMS plus push, and reporting that ties every send to revenue make it the standard for brands that live on repeat purchases. It is powerful and it is priced for that power.

Where they are different

Acuity Scheduling

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

Klaviyo

Klaviyo needs a store to listen to.
Klaviyo sends.
Klaviyo optimizes revenue per send.

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

Choose Klaviyo when you run an e-commerce brand and want email and SMS driven by store data.

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What's on Acuity Scheduling and Klaviyo

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

Site and brand

Custom domain
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Klaviyo: Not included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

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

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