Is Cardel an alternative to Squarespace or Wix?

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 Wix when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Squarespace and Wix are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Squarespace or Wix?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Squarespace and Wix?

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

How do I switch from Squarespace or Wix 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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SquarespacevsWix

Squarespace builds sites with commerce, scheduling, and email as add-ons. Wix builds any site with an app market, bookings, stores, chat, and email marketing.

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How Squarespace and Wix 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.

Wix can build almost anything. A free-form editor, hundreds of templates, an app market, Wix Stores, Wix Bookings, Wix Chat, email marketing, and a business inbox make it a full small-business toolkit, and the AI site builder gets you to a first draft fast. For a business that needs breadth and an app for everything, Wix is a safe bet.

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.

Wix

Wix adds features through apps and plan upgrades.
Wix's inbox gathers chat and forms.
Wix is designed for any business.

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

Choose Wix when you need breadth: any layout, any app, any business type.

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What's on Squarespace and Wix

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Squarespace: Included
Wix: Included
Custom domain
Squarespace: Included
Wix: Included
Editor Mode
Squarespace: Included
Wix: Included
Theme and fonts
Squarespace: Included
Wix: Included
AI Theme Suggest
Squarespace: Included
Wix: Included

Public content

Blog
Squarespace: Included
Wix: Included
Reader engagement
Squarespace: Included
Wix: Included
Video catalog
Squarespace: Included
Wix: Included
Showcase pages
Squarespace: Included
Wix: Included
Shop pages
Squarespace: Included
Wix: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Squarespace: Included
Wix: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Squarespace: Included
Wix: Included
Email templates and From addresses
Squarespace: Included
Wix: Included
Marketing emails
Squarespace: Included
Wix: Included
Campaign workflows
Squarespace: Included
Wix: Included

Messaging

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

Commerce

Shop payments
Squarespace: Included
Wix: Included
Orders and fulfillment
Squarespace: Included
Wix: Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
Squarespace: Included
Wix: Included

Team

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

Feature comparison for Squarespace and Wix
Feature	Squarespace	Wix
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Editor Mode	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
AI Theme Suggest	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Included
Reader engagement	Included	Included
Video catalog	Included	Included
Showcase pages	Included	Included
Shop pages	Included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Email templates and From addresses	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Included
Messaging
Built-in chat	Not included	Included
Messaging Center	Not included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Included	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 Wix, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Squarespace or Wix may add or remove features that are not shown here.