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

Can I use Cardel with Kit or Squarespace?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Kit and Squarespace?

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

How do I switch from Kit 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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KitvsSquarespace

Kit, formerly ConvertKit, is creator email: forms, automations, paid newsletters, and a network. Squarespace builds sites with commerce, scheduling, and email as add-ons.

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How Kit and Squarespace compare

Kit, formerly ConvertKit, is email marketing made for creators. Forms and landing pages, tags and segments, visual automations, sequences, a Creator Network for recommendations, paid newsletters, and Kit Commerce for digital products give a creator everything the list needs, with a free plan to start. It is thoughtful and built by people who know creators.

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

Kit

Kit's landing pages are lead capture.
Kit sends from its infrastructure.
Kit Commerce sells digital products.

Squarespace

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

Choose Kit when the list is the business and you want the deepest creator-focused email tooling.

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 Kit and Squarespace

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

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

Reach and quality

SEO
Kit: Included
Squarespace: Included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Kit: Included
Squarespace: Included
AI Assistant
Kit: Included
Squarespace: Included

Feature comparison for Kit and Squarespace
Feature	Kit	Squarespace
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	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	Not included	Included
Shop pages	Not included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	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 Kit or Squarespace, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Kit or Squarespace may add or remove features that are not shown here.