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

Can I use Cardel with Framer or Squarespace?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Framer and Squarespace?

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

How do I switch from Framer 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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FramervsSquarespace

Framer lets designers ship animated marketing sites and a CMS from the canvas. Squarespace builds sites with commerce, scheduling, and email as add-ons.

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How Framer and Squarespace compare

Framer is the fastest way from design canvas to live site. Freeform layout, effects and animations, a CMS, localization, and a template community let designers publish marketing sites that look and move like products. If you think in Figma and want the site to feel that way, Framer is a joy.

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

Framer

Framer ends at publish.
Framer has no reader accounts.
Framer sells nothing natively.

Squarespace

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

Choose Framer when the site is a designed artifact and motion matters.

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 Framer and Squarespace

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Framer: Included
Squarespace: Included
Reader engagement
Framer: Not included
Squarespace: Included
Showcase pages
Framer: Included
Squarespace: Included
Shop pages
Framer: Not included
Squarespace: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Framer: Included
Squarespace: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Framer: Not included
Squarespace: Included
Marketing emails
Framer: Not included
Squarespace: Included
Campaign workflows
Framer: Not included
Squarespace: Included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Framer: Included
Squarespace: Included
AI Assistant
Framer: Included
Squarespace: Included

Feature comparison for Framer and Squarespace
Feature	Framer	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	Included	Included
Reader engagement	Not included	Included
Showcase pages	Included	Included
Shop pages	Not included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Not included	Included
Marketing emails	Not included	Included
Campaign workflows	Not included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Not included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Not 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 Framer or Squarespace, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Framer or Squarespace may add or remove features that are not shown here.