Is Cardel an alternative to Acuity Scheduling or Wix?

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

Can I use Cardel with Acuity Scheduling or Wix?

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

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

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

How do I switch from Acuity Scheduling or Wix 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 SchedulingvsWix

Acuity Scheduling runs appointment businesses with intake forms, reminders, and payments. Wix builds any site with an app market, bookings, stores, chat, and email marketing.

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How Acuity Scheduling and Wix 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.

Wix can build almost anything. A free-form editor, hundreds of templates, an app market, Wix Stores, Wix Bookings, Wix Chat, email marketing, and a business inbox make it a full small-business toolkit, and the AI site builder gets you to a first draft fast. For a business that needs breadth and an app for everything, Wix is a safe bet.

Where they are different

Acuity Scheduling

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

Wix

Wix adds features through apps and plan upgrades.
Wix's inbox gathers chat and forms.
Wix is designed for any business.

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

Choose Wix when you need breadth: any layout, any app, any business type.

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What's on Acuity Scheduling and Wix

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Acuity Scheduling: Not included
Wix: Included

Audience and email

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

Messaging

Messaging Center
Acuity Scheduling: Not included
Wix: Included

Commerce

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

Team

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

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