Is Cardel an alternative to Beacons 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 Beacons or Squarespace when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Beacons and Squarespace are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Beacons or Squarespace?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Beacons and Squarespace?

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

How do I switch from Beacons 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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BeaconsvsSquarespace

Beacons is a creator toolkit: link in bio, store, email marketing, and invoicing in one. Squarespace builds sites with commerce, scheduling, and email as add-ons.

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How Beacons and Squarespace compare

Beacons is more than a link page. A link-in-bio, digital product store, email marketing, media kit, brand-deal invoicing, and AI tools give a creator a mini back office without leaving the app. For someone monetizing social attention with sponsors and downloads, it is a clever, generous bundle.

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

Beacons

Beacons is a profile with tools.
Beacons emails from its platform.
Beacons sells downloads and links.

Squarespace

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

Choose Beacons when you are monetizing a social audience with sponsors, downloads, and a bio link.

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 Beacons and Squarespace

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Beacons: Included
Squarespace: Included
Custom domain
Beacons: Included
Squarespace: Included
Editor Mode
Beacons: Included
Squarespace: Included
Theme and fonts
Beacons: Included
Squarespace: Included
Brand kit
Beacons: Included
Squarespace: Included

Public content

Blog
Beacons: Not included
Squarespace: Included
Reader engagement
Beacons: Not included
Squarespace: Included
Shop pages
Beacons: Included
Squarespace: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Beacons: Included
Squarespace: Included
Marketing emails
Beacons: Included
Squarespace: Included
Campaign workflows
Beacons: Included
Squarespace: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
Beacons: Included
Squarespace: Included
Orders and fulfillment
Beacons: Included
Squarespace: Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
Beacons: Included
Squarespace: Included

Team

Admin users
Beacons: Included
Squarespace: Included
Per-admin permissions
Beacons: Not included
Squarespace: Included
AI Assistant
Beacons: Included
Squarespace: Included

Feature comparison for Beacons and Squarespace
Feature	Beacons	Squarespace
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Editor Mode	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Brand kit	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Reader engagement	Not included	Included
Shop pages	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
Per-admin permissions	Not included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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