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

Can I use Cardel with Teachable or Tertulia?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Teachable and Tertulia?

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

How do I switch from Teachable 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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TeachablevsTertulia

Teachable runs courses, coaching, and downloads with checkout and tax handled. Tertulia builds an author website from an ISBN, with a list, events, and direct book sales.

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How Teachable and Tertulia compare

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.

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

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 Teachable and Tertulia

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Teachable: Included
Tertulia: Included
Custom domain
Teachable: Included
Tertulia: Included
Theme and fonts
Teachable: Included
Tertulia: Included

Public content

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

Reach and quality

SEO
Teachable: Included
Tertulia: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Teachable: Included
Tertulia: Included
Marketing emails
Teachable: Included
Tertulia: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
Teachable: Included
Tertulia: Included
Orders and fulfillment
Teachable: Included
Tertulia: Included

Team

Admin users
Teachable: Included
Tertulia: Not included

Feature comparison for Teachable and Tertulia
Feature	Teachable	Tertulia
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not 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
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Not included

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