Is Cardel an alternative to Acuity Scheduling or Mailchimp?

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

Can I use Cardel with Acuity Scheduling or Mailchimp?

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

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

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

How do I switch from Acuity Scheduling or Mailchimp 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 SchedulingvsMailchimp

Acuity Scheduling runs appointment businesses with intake forms, reminders, and payments. Mailchimp is the small-business email standard with templates, automations, and reporting.

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How Acuity Scheduling and Mailchimp 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.

Mailchimp is the name most small businesses say first. Templates, a drag-and-drop editor, segmentation, customer journeys, A/B testing, reporting, forms and landing pages, and integrations with nearly everything make it a dependable marketing hub. The AI tools and Intuit's ecosystem keep it moving.

Where they are different

Acuity Scheduling

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

Mailchimp

Mailchimp pages capture leads.
Mailchimp sends.
Mailchimp has no shop or bookings.

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

Choose Mailchimp when you want a mature email marketing hub with integrations into everything else you use.

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What's on Acuity Scheduling and Mailchimp

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

Site and brand

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

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

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

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