Is Cardel an alternative to Squarespace or Teachable?

Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Squarespace or Teachable when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Squarespace and Teachable are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Squarespace or Teachable?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Squarespace and Teachable?

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

How do I switch from Squarespace or Teachable 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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SquarespacevsTeachable

Squarespace builds sites with commerce, scheduling, and email as add-ons. Teachable runs courses, coaching, and downloads with checkout and tax handled.

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How Squarespace and Teachable compare

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.

Teachable is a mature course platform. Curriculum, quizzes, certificates, coaching products, digital downloads, and a checkout that handles tax and payouts have carried a great many creators from first sale to real business. If teaching is your product, Teachable knows the job.

Where they are different

Squarespace

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

Teachable

Teachable is a school with a few site pages around it.
Teachable coaching relies on a Calendly link.
Teachable emails students.

Choose Squarespace when design flexibility and a huge template library matter most and you are happy adding modules as you grow.

Choose Teachable when you sell courses or coaching and want the checkout, tax, and student experience handled.

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What's on Squarespace and Teachable

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Squarespace: Included
Teachable: Not included
Showcase pages
Squarespace: Included
Teachable: Included
Shop pages
Squarespace: Included
Teachable: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Squarespace: Included
Teachable: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Squarespace: Included
Teachable: Included
Marketing emails
Squarespace: Included
Teachable: Included
Campaign workflows
Squarespace: Included
Teachable: Not included

Commerce

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

Team

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

Feature comparison for Squarespace and Teachable
Feature	Squarespace	Teachable
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Brand kit	Included	Not included
Public content
Blog	Included	Not included
Showcase pages	Included	Included
Shop pages	Included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Included	Not included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
Per-admin permissions	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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