Is Cardel an alternative to Acuity Scheduling or Patreon?

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

Can I use Cardel with Acuity Scheduling or Patreon?

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

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

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

How do I switch from Acuity Scheduling or Patreon 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 SchedulingvsPatreon

Acuity Scheduling runs appointment businesses with intake forms, reminders, and payments. Patreon lets fans fund you monthly for members-only posts, chats, and shop items.

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How Acuity Scheduling and Patreon 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.

Patreon turned fans into patrons. Membership tiers, members-only posts, community chats, a shop for one-off items, and native podcast and video delivery give creators steady income from the people who care most. It is the default word for creator memberships, and the tools have grown up with it.

Where they are different

Acuity Scheduling

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

Patreon

Patreon lives at patreon.com/yourname and gates most content.
Patreon takes a percentage of membership revenue.
Patreon messages patrons in-app.

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

Choose Patreon when recurring fan support with tiers and members-only perks is the model.

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What's on Acuity Scheduling and Patreon

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

Site and brand

Custom domain
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Patreon: Not included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Patreon: Included
Per-admin permissions
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Patreon: Included
AI Assistant
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Patreon: Not included

Feature comparison for Acuity Scheduling and Patreon
Feature	Acuity Scheduling	Patreon
Site and brand
Custom domain	Included	Not 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
Per-admin permissions	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Not included

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