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

Can I use Cardel with Outseta or Squarespace?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Outseta and Squarespace?

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

How do I switch from Outseta 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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OutsetavsSquarespace

Outseta handles membership billing, logins, CRM, email, and support in one tool. Squarespace builds sites with commerce, scheduling, and email as add-ons.

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How Outseta and Squarespace compare

Outseta is the quiet workhorse behind many paid memberships and small SaaS products. Subscription billing, authentication and gated content, a CRM, email marketing, and a support desk come together so a founder can add a paying membership to any site they already have. It is well designed, honest, and built by people who use it.

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

Outseta

Outseta attaches to a site you build elsewhere.
Outseta bills subscriptions.
Outseta's support desk handles tickets.

Squarespace

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

Choose Outseta when you sell a subscription and need billing, logins, CRM, and support in one place behind your own site.

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 Outseta and Squarespace

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Outseta: Not included
Squarespace: Included
Custom domain
Outseta: Not included
Squarespace: Included

Public content

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

Audience and email

Audience
Outseta: Included
Squarespace: Included
Email templates and From addresses
Outseta: Included
Squarespace: Included
Email on your domain
Outseta: Included
Squarespace: Not included
Marketing emails
Outseta: Included
Squarespace: Included
Campaign workflows
Outseta: Included
Squarespace: Included

Messaging

Built-in chat
Outseta: Included
Squarespace: Not included
Messaging Center
Outseta: Included
Squarespace: Not included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Outseta: Included
Squarespace: Included
Per-admin permissions
Outseta: Included
Squarespace: Included
AI Assistant
Outseta: Not included
Squarespace: Included

Feature comparison for Outseta and Squarespace
Feature	Outseta	Squarespace
Site and brand
Workspace site	Not included	Included
Custom domain	Not included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Shop pages	Not included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Email templates and From addresses	Included	Included
Email on your domain	Included	Not included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Included
Messaging
Built-in chat	Included	Not included
Messaging Center	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	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	Not included	Included

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