Is Cardel an alternative to Crisp or Tertulia?

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 Tertulia when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Crisp and Tertulia are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Crisp or Tertulia?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Crisp and Tertulia?

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

How do I switch from Crisp or Tertulia 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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CrispvsTertulia

Crisp is a shared inbox and live chat for small teams with bots and a knowledge base. Tertulia builds an author website from an ISBN, with a list, events, and direct book sales.

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How Crisp and Tertulia 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.

Tertulia for Authors is a website built around the books. Enter an ISBN or ASIN and it imports the covers, descriptions, reviews, and buy links, then adds a blog, an events calendar, and a mailing list. Pro adds direct sales and newsletters. That is real strength. If the site should come from the catalog instead of a blank page, Tertulia is built for exactly that.

Where they are different

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

Choose Tertulia when the center of the work is the book catalog: imported pages, retailer links, events, a reader magnet, and direct ebook, audiobook, print, and merchandise sales with no Tertulia commission.

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What's on Crisp and Tertulia

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Crisp: Not included
Tertulia: Included

Audience and email

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

Messaging

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

Commerce

Shop payments
Crisp: Not included
Tertulia: Included

Team

Admin users
Crisp: Included
Tertulia: Not included

Feature comparison for Crisp and Tertulia
Feature	Crisp	Tertulia
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	Not included
Messaging
Built-in chat	Included	Not included
Messaging Center	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Not included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Not included

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