Is Cardel an alternative to Acuity Scheduling or Squarespace?

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

Can I use Cardel with Acuity Scheduling or Squarespace?

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

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

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

How do I switch from Acuity Scheduling or Squarespace 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 SchedulingvsSquarespace

Acuity Scheduling runs appointment businesses with intake forms, reminders, and payments. Squarespace builds sites with commerce, scheduling, and email as add-ons.

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How Acuity Scheduling and Squarespace 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.

Squarespace makes sites that look finished. Award-winning templates, a fluid editor, commerce, scheduling through Acuity, email campaigns, and member areas mean a designer or small business can build almost anything in one account. It is polished, dependable, and deservedly popular with people who care how things look.

Where they are different

Acuity Scheduling

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

Squarespace

Squarespace sells pieces separately: commerce tiers, scheduling seats, email campaign plans.
Squarespace email is outbound.
Squarespace has comments on the blog.

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

Choose Squarespace when design flexibility and a huge template library matter most and you are happy adding modules as you grow.

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What's on Acuity Scheduling and Squarespace

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Acuity Scheduling: Not included
Squarespace: Included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

Shop payments
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Squarespace: Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
Acuity Scheduling: Included
Squarespace: Included

Team

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

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