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

Can I use Cardel with Kartra or Tertulia?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Kartra and Tertulia?

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

How do I switch from Kartra 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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KartravsTertulia

Kartra joins checkout, email automation, memberships, and a helpdesk in one system. Tertulia builds an author website from an ISBN, with a list, events, and direct book sales.

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How Kartra and Tertulia 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.

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 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 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 Kartra and Tertulia

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

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

Reach and quality

SEO
Kartra: Included
Tertulia: Included

Audience and email

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

Messaging

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

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Kartra: Included
Tertulia: Not included

Feature comparison for Kartra and Tertulia
Feature	Kartra	Tertulia
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	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 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	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Included	Not included
Team
Admin users	Included	Not included

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