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

Can I use Cardel with Mailchimp or Squarespace?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Mailchimp and Squarespace?

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

How do I switch from Mailchimp 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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MailchimpvsSquarespace

Mailchimp is the small-business email standard with templates, automations, and reporting. Squarespace builds sites with commerce, scheduling, and email as add-ons.

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How Mailchimp and Squarespace compare

Mailchimp is the name most small businesses say first. Templates, a drag-and-drop editor, segmentation, customer journeys, A/B testing, reporting, forms and landing pages, and integrations with nearly everything make it a dependable marketing hub. The AI tools and Intuit's ecosystem keep it moving.

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

Mailchimp

Mailchimp pages capture leads.
Mailchimp sends.
Mailchimp has no shop or bookings.

Squarespace

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

Choose Mailchimp when you want a mature email marketing hub with integrations into everything else you use.

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 Mailchimp and Squarespace

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Mailchimp: Not included
Squarespace: Included
Shop pages
Mailchimp: Not included
Squarespace: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Mailchimp: Included
Squarespace: Included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

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

Feature comparison for Mailchimp and Squarespace
Feature	Mailchimp	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
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	Not included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Not 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 Mailchimp or Squarespace, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Mailchimp or Squarespace may add or remove features that are not shown here.