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

Can I use Cardel with Beehiiv or Squarespace?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Beehiiv and Squarespace?

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

How do I switch from Beehiiv 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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BeehiivvsSquarespace

Beehiiv is a growth engine for newsletters: referrals, ads, paid tiers, and automations. Squarespace builds sites with commerce, scheduling, and email as add-ons.

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How Beehiiv and Squarespace compare

Beehiiv treats a newsletter like a media business. Referral programs, Boosts and recommendations, an ad network, paid subscriptions, automations, segmentation, a website with SEO, and deep analytics are all pointed at one thing: growing and monetising a list. Operators who think in subscriber counts and CPMs love it.

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

Beehiiv

Beehiiv's site exists to convert subscribers.
Beehiiv monetises the list.
Beehiiv sends.

Squarespace

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

Choose Beehiiv when your newsletter is the business and growth loops and ad revenue are the plan.

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 Beehiiv and Squarespace

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

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

Reach and quality

SEO
Beehiiv: Included
Squarespace: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Beehiiv: Included
Squarespace: Included
Email templates and From addresses
Beehiiv: Included
Squarespace: Included
Marketing emails
Beehiiv: Included
Squarespace: Included
Campaign workflows
Beehiiv: Included
Squarespace: Included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Beehiiv: Included
Squarespace: Included
Per-admin permissions
Beehiiv: Included
Squarespace: Included
AI Assistant
Beehiiv: Included
Squarespace: Included

Feature comparison for Beehiiv and Squarespace
Feature	Beehiiv	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	Included	Included
Reader engagement	Included	Included
Shop pages	Not included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Email templates and From addresses	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Not included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Not 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 Beehiiv or Squarespace, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Beehiiv or Squarespace may add or remove features that are not shown here.