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

Can I use Cardel with Carrd or Squarespace?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Carrd and Squarespace?

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

How do I switch from Carrd 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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CarrdvsSquarespace

Carrd builds a simple, responsive one-page site in minutes for very little money. Squarespace builds sites with commerce, scheduling, and email as add-ons.

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How Carrd and Squarespace compare

Carrd is intentionally small. One-page sites, responsive by default, with forms, embeds, and payment buttons on Pro, for a price that is low. When you need a landing page, a profile, or a coming-soon page today, Carrd could be the right tool.

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

Choose Carrd when one good page is all you need.

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 Carrd and Squarespace

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Carrd: Included
Squarespace: Included
Custom domain
Carrd: Included
Squarespace: Included
Editor Mode
Carrd: Included
Squarespace: Included
Theme and fonts
Carrd: Included
Squarespace: Included
Brand kit
Carrd: Not included
Squarespace: Included

Public content

Blog
Carrd: Not included
Squarespace: Included
Showcase pages
Carrd: Not included
Squarespace: Included
Shop pages
Carrd: Not included
Squarespace: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Carrd: Included
Squarespace: Included

Audience and email

Marketing emails
Carrd: Not included
Squarespace: Included

Commerce

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

Team

AI Assistant
Carrd: Included
Squarespace: Included

Feature comparison for Carrd and Squarespace
Feature	Carrd	Squarespace
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Editor Mode	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Brand kit	Not included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Showcase pages	Not included	Included
Shop pages	Not included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Marketing emails	Not included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Not included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Not included	Included
Team
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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