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

Can I use Cardel with Flodesk or Squarespace?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Flodesk and Squarespace?

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

How do I switch from Flodesk 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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FlodeskvsSquarespace

Flodesk is design-first email with unlimited sends and workflows, priced by list size. Squarespace builds sites with commerce, scheduling, and email as add-ons.

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How Flodesk and Squarespace compare

Flodesk made email marketing pretty and easy to stay in. Gorgeous templates, an editor designers enjoy, workflows, forms and link-in-bio pages, and unlimited sends on every paid plan. Pricing now scales with active subscribers; anyone on the old unlimited plan keeps it. Flodesk Checkout adds simple sales pages. Small brands with taste pick it and stay.

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

Flodesk

Flodesk pages capture leads.
Flodesk sends.
Flodesk Checkout sells a product page.

Squarespace

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

Choose Flodesk when email design is the job and you want unlimited sends on a list-sized plan.

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 Flodesk and Squarespace

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Flodesk: Included
Squarespace: Included
Custom domain
Flodesk: Not included
Squarespace: Included
Theme and fonts
Flodesk: Included
Squarespace: Included
Brand kit
Flodesk: Not included
Squarespace: Included

Public content

Blog
Flodesk: Not included
Squarespace: Included
Shop pages
Flodesk: Not included
Squarespace: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Flodesk: Included
Squarespace: Included
Email templates and From addresses
Flodesk: Included
Squarespace: Included
Marketing emails
Flodesk: Included
Squarespace: Included
Campaign workflows
Flodesk: Included
Squarespace: Included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Flodesk: Included
Squarespace: Included
AI Assistant
Flodesk: Included
Squarespace: Included

Feature comparison for Flodesk and Squarespace
Feature	Flodesk	Squarespace
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Not included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Brand kit	Not included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Shop pages	Not included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Email templates and From addresses	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Not included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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