Is Cardel an alternative to Acuity Scheduling or Podia?

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

Can I use Cardel with Acuity Scheduling or Podia?

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

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

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

How do I switch from Acuity Scheduling or Podia 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 SchedulingvsPodia

Acuity Scheduling runs appointment businesses with intake forms, reminders, and payments. Podia sells courses, downloads, coaching, and webinars from one simple site with email.

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How Acuity Scheduling and Podia 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.

Podia is the all-in-one that stays friendly. Courses with drip and quizzes, digital downloads delivered the second someone pays, coaching products, events, a community with paid plans, a website with a real blog, and Podia Email with broadcasts and campaigns, all under one login and one bill. Sales tax across 230 jurisdictions, 20 plus currencies, coupons, bundles, and payment plans come standard, and Shaker and Earthquaker drop the transaction fee to zero. For a creator selling digital products, Podia removes a lot of glue.

Where they are different

Acuity Scheduling

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

Podia

Podia's coaching product takes payment and then hands booking to Calendly, SavvyCal, Acuity, or YouCanBookMe.
Podia Email sends from Podia and includes 100 to 1,000 subscribers by plan.
Podia's chat inbox gathers chat.
Podia gives one assistant on Shaker with full access.

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

Choose Podia when courses, downloads, and paid memberships are what you sell and you want checkout, tax, and delivery handled for you.

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What's on Acuity Scheduling and Podia

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Acuity Scheduling: Not included
Podia: Included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Podia: Included

Feature comparison for Acuity Scheduling and Podia
Feature	Acuity Scheduling	Podia
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
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

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