Is Cardel an alternative to Acuity Scheduling or Leadpages?

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

Can I use Cardel with Acuity Scheduling or Leadpages?

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

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

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

How do I switch from Acuity Scheduling or Leadpages 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 SchedulingvsLeadpages

Acuity Scheduling runs appointment businesses with intake forms, reminders, and payments. Leadpages builds landing pages, pop-ups, and alert bars that convert, with A/B tests.

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How Acuity Scheduling and Leadpages 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.

Leadpages does landing pages very well. Conversion-tested templates, pop-ups, alert bars, A/B testing, lead notifications, and Stripe checkouts help a marketer launch a campaign page in an afternoon and know how it is performing. It stays focused, and that focus is why people keep it.

Where they are different

Acuity Scheduling

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

Leadpages

Leadpages captures leads on a page.
Leadpages hands leads to your email tool.
Leadpages has no inbox or bookings.

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

Choose Leadpages when your job is campaign pages and lead capture feeding another stack.

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What's on Acuity Scheduling and Leadpages

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Acuity Scheduling: Not included
Leadpages: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Leadpages: Included

Commerce

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

Team

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

Feature comparison for Acuity Scheduling and Leadpages
Feature	Acuity Scheduling	Leadpages
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
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 Leadpages, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Acuity Scheduling or Leadpages may add or remove features that are not shown here.