Is Cardel an alternative to Acuity Scheduling or ThriveCart?

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

Can I use Cardel with Acuity Scheduling or ThriveCart?

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

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

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

How do I switch from Acuity Scheduling or ThriveCart 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 SchedulingvsThriveCart

Acuity Scheduling runs appointment businesses with intake forms, reminders, and payments. ThriveCart is a lifetime-priced checkout with bumps, upsells, affiliates, and courses.

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How Acuity Scheduling and ThriveCart 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.

ThriveCart is a cart that pays for itself once. A one-time price buys high-converting checkout pages, order bumps, one-click upsells, subscriptions, coupons, affiliate management, and a course platform through ThriveCart Learn. Digital sellers who hate monthly fees and love conversion rates have made it a cult favorite.

Where they are different

Acuity Scheduling

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

ThriveCart

ThriveCart is the cart, not the site.
ThriveCart hands buyers to your email tool.
ThriveCart has no inbox or bookings.

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

Choose ThriveCart when checkout conversion, bumps, and affiliates matter and you want to pay once.

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What's on Acuity Scheduling and ThriveCart

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

Site and brand

Custom domain
Acuity Scheduling: Included
ThriveCart: Included
Theme and fonts
Acuity Scheduling: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Acuity Scheduling: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Acuity Scheduling: Included
ThriveCart: Included
AI Assistant
Acuity Scheduling: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Feature comparison for Acuity Scheduling and ThriveCart
Feature	Acuity Scheduling	ThriveCart
Site and brand
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Included	Not included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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