Is Cardel an alternative to Acuity Scheduling or Medium?

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

Can I use Cardel with Acuity Scheduling or Medium?

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

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

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

How do I switch from Acuity Scheduling or Medium 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 SchedulingvsMedium

Acuity Scheduling runs appointment businesses with intake forms, reminders, and payments. Medium gives writers a built-in readership and Partner Program earnings without a site.

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How Acuity Scheduling and Medium 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.

Medium is where a good essay can find readers on its own. The editor is calm, publications curate, the algorithm and topics surface work to members, and the Partner Program pays writers from member reading time. You bring words; Medium brings the audience and the distribution.

Where they are different

Acuity Scheduling

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

Medium

Medium owns the reader relationship.
Medium is one publication format.
Medium claps and responses stay on Medium.

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

Choose Medium when you want readers and modest earnings without owning a site or a list.

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What's on Acuity Scheduling and Medium

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

Site and brand

Custom domain
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Medium: Not included
Theme and fonts
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Medium: Not included

Public content

Blog
Acuity Scheduling: Not included
Medium: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Medium: Not included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Medium: Included
Per-admin permissions
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Medium: Included

Feature comparison for Acuity Scheduling and Medium
Feature	Acuity Scheduling	Medium
Site and brand
Custom domain	Included	Not included
Theme and fonts	Included	Not 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
Per-admin permissions	Included	Included

* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Acuity Scheduling or Medium, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Acuity Scheduling or Medium may add or remove features that are not shown here.