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.
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. It is not an ISBN importer or an in-person card reader.
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.
Choose Cardel when you are looking to publish, sell, and hear from readers in one place: a public site on your domain, reader comments and a community, a newsletter that sends from your own address, campaign workflows, shop and booking pages, and email or chat replies that land in one Messaging Center.
You are the Forgemaster. Cardel is your forge. What you build is yours.
Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Tertulia when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list below shows where the two overlap and where they part.
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Tertulia for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
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A check means that capability is available. Tertulia is marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.
Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.
Cardel
Build at no cost, then choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live.
Tertulia
See what Tertulia charges on their pricing page.
Forge your community
Looking for a Tertulia alternative? Bring your work to a site of your own.
See how Cardel compares with other products.
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Tertulia sets its own prices, so check their pricing page below for current plans.
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.
* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Cardel or Tertulia, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Cardel or Tertulia may add or remove features that are not shown here.
