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

Can I use Cardel with Crisp or Squarespace?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Crisp and Squarespace?

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

How do I switch from Crisp 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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CrispvsSquarespace

Crisp is a shared inbox and live chat for small teams with bots and a knowledge base. Squarespace builds sites with commerce, scheduling, and email as add-ons.

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How Crisp and Squarespace compare

Crisp is a shared inbox that small teams can afford. Live chat, email, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram land in one place, with chatbots, a knowledge base, campaigns, a CRM, and MagicReply AI to speed answers. It is priced per workspace rather than per seat, which is rare and kind.

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

Crisp

Crisp bolts onto any site.
Crisp chats with anyone who lands.
Crisp campaigns are support-flavored.

Squarespace

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

Choose Crisp when you need a multichannel support inbox with live chat and bots for a team.

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 Crisp and Squarespace

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Crisp: Not included
Squarespace: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Crisp: Included
Squarespace: Included
Email on your domain
Crisp: Included
Squarespace: Not included
Marketing emails
Crisp: Included
Squarespace: Included
Campaign workflows
Crisp: Included
Squarespace: Included

Messaging

Built-in chat
Crisp: Included
Squarespace: Not included
Messaging Center
Crisp: Included
Squarespace: Not included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Crisp: Included
Squarespace: Included
Per-admin permissions
Crisp: Included
Squarespace: Included

Feature comparison for Crisp and Squarespace
Feature	Crisp	Squarespace
Site and brand
Workspace site	Not included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Email on your domain	Included	Not included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Included
Messaging
Built-in chat	Included	Not included
Messaging Center	Included	Not 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

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