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Simplero runs courses, coaching, email, CRM, and checkout from one login. Tertulia builds an author website from an ISBN, with a list, events, and direct book sales.

How Simplero and Tertulia compare

Simplero is built for coaches, course creators, and teachers who are tired of paying for a stack of tools that do not talk to each other. Courses with drip schedules, quizzes, and certificates, memberships and communities, email and a CRM that remembers every purchase and lesson, scheduling links, and a checkout with payment plans, upsells, and order bumps all share one contact record, and Simplero takes no transaction fee on sales. Its AI, Simplero Coach, can draft a course, a sales page, and the welcome sequence inside your account. For a coach whose business is a program people pay for and finish, Simplero covers the whole job.

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 Simplero when the business is a program: courses, coaching, or a membership people pay for and work through, sold with funnels and affiliates, with an AI that builds inside the account.

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 Simplero and Tertulia

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

Site and brand

  • Workspace site
    Simplero: Included
    Tertulia: Included
  • Custom domain
    Simplero: Included
    Tertulia: Included
  • Theme and fonts
    Simplero: Included
    Tertulia: Included

Public content

  • Blog
    Simplero: Included
    Tertulia: Included
  • Reader engagement
    Simplero: Included
    Tertulia: Included
  • Shop pages
    Simplero: Included
    Tertulia: Included

Reach and quality

  • SEO
    Simplero: Included
    Tertulia: Included

Audience and email

  • Audience
    Simplero: Included
    Tertulia: Included
  • Marketing emails
    Simplero: Included
    Tertulia: Included
  • Campaign workflows
    Simplero: Included
    Tertulia: Not included

Messaging

  • Built-in chat
    Simplero: Included
    Tertulia: Not included
  • Messaging Center
    Simplero: Included
    Tertulia: Not included

Commerce

  • Shop payments
    Simplero: Included
    Tertulia: Included
  • Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
    Simplero: Included
    Tertulia: Not included

Team

  • Admin users
    Simplero: Included
    Tertulia: Not included

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

Simplero vs Tertulia pricing

Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.

  • Simplero

    Current plans and prices

    See what Simplero charges on their pricing page.

  • Tertulia

    Current plans and prices

    See what Tertulia charges on their pricing page.

Cardel: An alternative to
Simplero and Tertulia

You don't pay until you publish.

Cardel provides a home for your craft. Share and sell your work, grow your audience, and bring your community together on a site of your own.

Common questions

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

  • Can I use Cardel with Simplero or Tertulia?

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

  • How much does Cardel cost compared with Simplero and Tertulia?

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

  • How do I switch from Simplero 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.