Is Cardel an alternative to Beacons or Fourthwall?

Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Beacons or Fourthwall when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Beacons and Fourthwall are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Beacons or Fourthwall?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Beacons and Fourthwall?

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

How do I switch from Beacons or Fourthwall 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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BeaconsvsFourthwall

Beacons is a creator toolkit: link in bio, store, email marketing, and invoicing in one. Fourthwall runs merch with print on demand, memberships, and a branded site for creators.

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How Beacons and Fourthwall compare

Beacons is more than a link page. A link-in-bio, digital product store, email marketing, media kit, brand-deal invoicing, and AI tools give a creator a mini back office without leaving the app. For someone monetizing social attention with sponsors and downloads, it is a clever, generous bundle.

Fourthwall is the merchandise table a creator always wanted. A branded site with a shop, print-on-demand products with production and shipping handled, digital products, memberships, and integrations with YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok, all with no monthly fee and payouts that make sense. If your audience wants a hoodie with your logo on it, Fourthwall does the rest.

Where they are different

Beacons

Beacons is a profile with tools.
Beacons emails from its platform.
Beacons sells downloads and links.

Fourthwall

Fourthwall's site is a store.
Fourthwall emails supporters about drops.
Fourthwall has no inbox or bookings.

Choose Beacons when you are monetizing a social audience with sponsors, downloads, and a bio link.

Choose Fourthwall when merchandise and memberships for a video audience are the plan and you want fulfillment handled.

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What's on Beacons and Fourthwall

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Beacons: Included
Fourthwall: Included
Custom domain
Beacons: Included
Fourthwall: Included
Theme and fonts
Beacons: Included
Fourthwall: Included

Public content

Shop pages
Beacons: Included
Fourthwall: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Beacons: Included
Fourthwall: Included
Marketing emails
Beacons: Included
Fourthwall: Included
Campaign workflows
Beacons: Included
Fourthwall: Not included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Beacons: Included
Fourthwall: Included
Per-admin permissions
Beacons: Not included
Fourthwall: Included
AI Assistant
Beacons: Included
Fourthwall: Included

Feature comparison for Beacons and Fourthwall
Feature	Beacons	Fourthwall
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Shop pages	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	Included
Per-admin permissions	Not included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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