Is Cardel an alternative to Tertulia or WordPress?

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

Can I use Cardel with Tertulia or WordPress?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Tertulia and WordPress?

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

How do I switch from Tertulia or WordPress 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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TertuliavsWordPress

Tertulia builds an author website from an ISBN, with a list, events, and direct book sales. WordPress.com hosts the world's most used publishing software with themes, plugins, and commerce plans.

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How Tertulia and WordPress compare

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.

WordPress powers a huge share of the web for good reason. This page compares WordPress.com hosted plans. You get the block editor, thousands of themes, comments and likes, Jetpack newsletters, and on higher plans the full plugin ecosystem and WooCommerce. Nothing else offers this much freedom to extend, and your content is exportable and yours.

Where they are different

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 WordPress when you want maximum control, plugins for anything, and the option to self-host.

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What's on Tertulia and WordPress

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

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

Reach and quality

SEO
Tertulia: Included
WordPress: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Tertulia: Included
WordPress: Included
Marketing emails
Tertulia: Included
WordPress: Included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Tertulia: Not included
WordPress: Included

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

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