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

Can I use Cardel with Medium or Squarespace?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Medium and Squarespace?

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

How do I switch from Medium 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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MediumvsSquarespace

Medium gives writers a built-in readership and Partner Program earnings without a site. Squarespace builds sites with commerce, scheduling, and email as add-ons.

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How Medium and Squarespace compare

Medium is where a good essay can find readers on its own. The editor is calm, publications curate, the algorithm and topics surface work to members, and the Partner Program pays writers from member reading time. You bring words; Medium brings the audience and the distribution.

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

Medium

Medium owns the reader relationship.
Medium is one publication format.
Medium claps and responses stay on Medium.

Squarespace

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

Choose Medium when you want readers and modest earnings without owning a site or a list.

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 Medium and Squarespace

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Medium: Not included
Squarespace: Included
Custom domain
Medium: Not included
Squarespace: Included
Theme and fonts
Medium: Not included
Squarespace: Included
AI Theme Suggest
Medium: Not included
Squarespace: Included

Public content

Blog
Medium: Included
Squarespace: Included
Reader engagement
Medium: Included
Squarespace: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Medium: Included
Squarespace: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Medium: Not included
Squarespace: Included
Marketing emails
Medium: Not included
Squarespace: Included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Medium: Included
Squarespace: Included
Per-admin permissions
Medium: Included
Squarespace: Included

Feature comparison for Medium and Squarespace
Feature	Medium	Squarespace
Site and brand
Workspace site	Not included	Included
Custom domain	Not included	Included
Theme and fonts	Not included	Included
AI Theme Suggest	Not included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Included
Reader engagement	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
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Not included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
Per-admin permissions	Included	Included

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