Is Cardel an alternative to Cal.com or Linktree?

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 or Linktree when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Cal.com and Linktree are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Cal.com or Linktree?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Cal.com and Linktree?

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

How do I switch from Cal.com or Linktree 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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Cal.comvsLinktree

Cal.com is open-source scheduling with team routing, workflows, and payments you can self-host. Linktree turns one bio link into a page of links, a shop, and analytics for social traffic.

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How Cal.com and Linktree 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.

Linktree solved a real problem and still does it best. One link in your bio opens a tidy page of links, embeds, a shop, tip jar, and email capture, with analytics on every tap. Millions of creators rely on it because it takes two minutes and simply works.

Where they are different

Cal.com

Cal.com is a booking page and API.
Cal.com confirms by email.
Cal.com charges at booking.

Linktree

Linktree lives at linktr.ee/you.
Linktree captures emails and hands them on.
Linktree's shop is a storefront of links and products.

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

Choose Linktree when you need one link that routes social traffic and nothing more.

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What's on Cal.com and Linktree

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

Audience and email

Audience
Cal.com: Included
Linktree: Included

Commerce

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

Feature comparison for Cal.com and Linktree
Feature	Cal.com	Linktree
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Not included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Included	Not included

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