Is Cardel a Cal.com alternative?

Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Cal.com when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list below shows where the two overlap and where they part.

Can I use Cardel and Cal.com together?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared to Cal.com?

You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Cal.com sets its own prices, so check their pricing page below for current plans.

How do I switch from Cal.com to Cardel?

Choose Start for Free, 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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CardelvsCal.com

Cal.com is open-source scheduling with team routing, workflows, and payments you can self-host. Cardel is your site, audience, shop, bookings, and inbox in one.

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How Cardel and Cal.com compare

Cal.com is scheduling infrastructure you can own. Open source and self-hostable, with calendar sync across Google, Outlook, and iCloud, event types, round-robin and collective team booking, routing forms, workflows for reminders, payments at booking, and an API and embeds developers actually like. Individuals get a generous free plan.

Cardel provides a home for your craft. Share and sell your work, grow your audience, and bring your community together on a site of your own. Cardel scheduling is one person's calendar: no team routing, reminders, or payment at booking.

Where they are different

Cal.com is a booking page and API. Cardel's booking page sits on a site with blog, Showcase, Shop, Videos, and reader comments.
Cal.com confirms by email. Cardel keeps the invitee in your audience, emails from your own domain, and answers in a Messaging Center.
Cal.com charges at booking. Cardel sells items through the Shop and books time without payment.

Choose Cal.com when scheduling is the whole need, especially for teams or developers who want control.

Choose Cardel when a booking page should live inside your site, audience, shop, and inbox on one domain.

You are the Forgemaster. Cardel is your forge. What you build is yours.

Common questions

Is Cardel a Cal.com alternative?
Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Cal.com when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list below shows where the two overlap and where they part.
Can I use Cardel and Cal.com together?
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Cal.com for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
How much does Cardel cost compared to Cal.com?
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Cal.com sets its own prices, so check their pricing page below for current plans.
How do I switch from Cal.com to Cardel?
Choose Start for Free, 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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What's on Cardel and Cal.com

A check means that capability is available. Cal.com is marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.

Site and brand

Workspace site
Cardel: Included
Cal.com: Not included
Custom domain
Cardel: Included
Cal.com: Not included

Public content

Blog
Cardel: Included
Cal.com: Not included

Audience and email

Audience
Cardel: Included
Cal.com: Included
Marketing emails
Cardel: Included
Cal.com: Not included

Messaging

Messaging Center
Cardel: Included
Cal.com: Not included

Commerce

Shop payments
Cardel: Included
Cal.com: Not included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
Cardel: Included
Cal.com: Included

Team

Admin users
Cardel: Included
Cal.com: Included
Per-admin permissions
Cardel: Included
Cal.com: Included

Other

Google Calendar integration
Cardel: Included
Cal.com: Included
Outlook Calendar integration
Cardel: Included
Cal.com: Included
iCloud Calendar integration
Cardel: Not included
Cal.com: Included
Open source
Cardel: Not included
Cal.com: Included
Self-host
Cardel: Not included
Cal.com: Included
Round-robin scheduling
Cardel: Not included
Cal.com: Included
API, webhooks, and embeds
Cardel: Not included
Cal.com: Included

Feature comparison for Cardel and Cal.com
Feature	Cardel	Cal.com
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Not included
Public content
Blog	Included	Not included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Not included
Messaging
Messaging Center	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Not included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
Per-admin permissions	Included	Included
Other
Google Calendar integration	Included	Included
Outlook Calendar integration	Included	Included
iCloud Calendar integration	Not included	Included
Open source	Not included	Included
Self-host	Not included	Included
Round-robin scheduling	Not included	Included
API, webhooks, and embeds	Not included	Included

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

Cardel vs Cal.com pricing

Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.

Cardel
You don't pay until you publish
Build at no cost, then choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live.
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Cal.com
Current plans and prices
See what Cal.com charges on their pricing page.
See Cal.com pricing

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