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

Can I use Cardel with Framer or Tertulia?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Framer and Tertulia?

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

How do I switch from Framer 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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FramervsTertulia

Framer lets designers ship animated marketing sites and a CMS from the canvas. Tertulia builds an author website from an ISBN, with a list, events, and direct book sales.

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How Framer and Tertulia 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.

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

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 Framer and Tertulia

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Framer: Included
Tertulia: Included
Custom domain
Framer: Included
Tertulia: Included
Theme and fonts
Framer: Included
Tertulia: Included

Public content

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

Reach and quality

SEO
Framer: Included
Tertulia: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Framer: Not included
Tertulia: Included
Marketing emails
Framer: Not included
Tertulia: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
Framer: Not included
Tertulia: Included
Orders and fulfillment
Framer: Not included
Tertulia: Included

Team

Admin users
Framer: Included
Tertulia: Not included

Feature comparison for Framer and Tertulia
Feature	Framer	Tertulia
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	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
Commerce
Shop payments	Not included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Not included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Not included

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