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

Can I use Cardel with Kartra or Squarespace?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Kartra and Squarespace?

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

How do I switch from Kartra 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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KartravsSquarespace

Kartra joins checkout, email automation, memberships, and a helpdesk in one system. Squarespace builds sites with commerce, scheduling, and email as add-ons.

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How Kartra and Squarespace compare

Kartra is the operator's all-in-one. Checkouts with one-time, recurring, or installment pricing, email and SMS campaigns that react to what a lead does, membership portals for courses, calendars with paid bookings, a helpdesk with tickets and a wiki, and split tests on up to four page versions. If you run offers, sequences, and a member area as one machine and want the analytics to match, Kartra was built for exactly that.

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

Kartra

Kartra pages are campaign pages first.
Kartra has blog page templates and a WordPress push, not a blog engine.
Kartra's helpdesk takes tickets from a forwarded support address on Growth and up.

Squarespace

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

Choose Kartra when you sell through checkouts and sequences, deliver inside memberships, and want a helpdesk, affiliates, SMS, and split testing wired to the same lead record.

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 Kartra and Squarespace

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

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

Reach and quality

SEO
Kartra: Included
Squarespace: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Kartra: Included
Squarespace: Included
Email templates and From addresses
Kartra: Included
Squarespace: Included
Email on your domain
Kartra: Included
Squarespace: Not included
Marketing emails
Kartra: Included
Squarespace: Included
Campaign workflows
Kartra: Included
Squarespace: Included

Messaging

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

Commerce

Shop payments
Kartra: Included
Squarespace: Included
Orders and fulfillment
Kartra: Included
Squarespace: Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
Kartra: Included
Squarespace: Included

Team

Admin users
Kartra: Included
Squarespace: Included
Per-admin permissions
Kartra: Included
Squarespace: Included
AI Assistant
Kartra: Included
Squarespace: Included

Feature comparison for Kartra and Squarespace
Feature	Kartra	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	Not included	Included
Reader engagement	Not included	Included
Showcase pages	Included	Included
Shop pages	Included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Email templates and From addresses	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	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
Per-admin permissions	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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