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

Can I use Cardel with Medium or Tertulia?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Medium and Tertulia?

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

How do I switch from Medium 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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MediumvsTertulia

Medium gives writers a built-in readership and Partner Program earnings without a site. Tertulia builds an author website from an ISBN, with a list, events, and direct book sales.

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How Medium and Tertulia 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.

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

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 Medium and Tertulia

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Medium: Not included
Tertulia: Included
Custom domain
Medium: Not included
Tertulia: Included
Theme and fonts
Medium: Not included
Tertulia: Included

Public content

Blog
Medium: Included
Tertulia: Included
Reader engagement
Medium: Included
Tertulia: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Medium: Included
Tertulia: Included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

Shop payments
Medium: Not included
Tertulia: Included

Team

Admin users
Medium: Included
Tertulia: Not included

Feature comparison for Medium and Tertulia
Feature	Medium	Tertulia
Site and brand
Workspace site	Not included	Included
Custom domain	Not included	Included
Theme and fonts	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
Team
Admin users	Included	Not included

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