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

Can I use Cardel with Squarespace or Tertulia?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Squarespace and Tertulia?

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

How do I switch from Squarespace 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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SquarespacevsTertulia

Squarespace builds sites with commerce, scheduling, and email as add-ons. Tertulia builds an author website from an ISBN, with a list, events, and direct book sales.

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How Squarespace and Tertulia 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.

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

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 Squarespace and Tertulia

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Squarespace: Included
Tertulia: Included
Reader engagement
Squarespace: Included
Tertulia: Included
Showcase pages
Squarespace: Included
Tertulia: Included
Shop pages
Squarespace: Included
Tertulia: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Squarespace: Included
Tertulia: Included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Squarespace: Included
Tertulia: Not included

Feature comparison for Squarespace and Tertulia
Feature	Squarespace	Tertulia
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	Included
Reader engagement	Included	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	Not included

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