Is Cardel an alternative to Beacons or Gumroad?

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

Can I use Cardel with Beacons or Gumroad?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Beacons and Gumroad?

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

How do I switch from Beacons or Gumroad 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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BeaconsvsGumroad

Beacons is a creator toolkit: link in bio, store, email marketing, and invoicing in one. Gumroad sells digital products, memberships, and files with no setup and no monthly fee.

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How Beacons and Gumroad 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.

Gumroad is selling without ceremony. Upload a file, set a price, share a link, and Gumroad handles checkout, delivery, VAT, memberships, pay-what-you-want, discount codes, and customer emails, taking a cut only when you sell. For creators who want to sell today and not think about infrastructure, it remains the easy answer.

Where they are different

Beacons

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

Gumroad

Gumroad is a storefront with a profile.
Gumroad emails customers about products.
Gumroad has no inbox or bookings.

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

Choose Gumroad when you sell downloads or memberships and want zero setup and no monthly fee.

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What's on Beacons and Gumroad

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Shop pages
Beacons: Included
Gumroad: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Beacons: Included
Gumroad: Included
Marketing emails
Beacons: Included
Gumroad: Included
Campaign workflows
Beacons: Included
Gumroad: Included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Beacons: Included
Gumroad: Included
AI Assistant
Beacons: Included
Gumroad: Included

Feature comparison for Beacons and Gumroad
Feature	Beacons	Gumroad
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	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
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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