Is Cardel an alternative to Beacons or Klaviyo?

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

Can I use Cardel with Beacons or Klaviyo?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Beacons and Klaviyo?

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

How do I switch from Beacons or Klaviyo 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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BeaconsvsKlaviyo

Beacons is a creator toolkit: link in bio, store, email marketing, and invoicing in one. Klaviyo is ecommerce marketing automation: email, SMS, and revenue attribution for stores.

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How Beacons and Klaviyo 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.

Klaviyo is the marketing brain of many online stores. Deep integration with Shopify and other platforms, behavior-based flows, predictive segments, email plus SMS plus push, and reporting that ties every send to revenue make it the standard for brands that live on repeat purchases. It is powerful and it is priced for that power.

Where they are different

Beacons

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

Klaviyo

Klaviyo needs a store to listen to.
Klaviyo sends.
Klaviyo optimizes revenue per send.

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

Choose Klaviyo when you run an e-commerce brand and want email and SMS driven by store data.

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What's on Beacons and Klaviyo

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Beacons: Included
Klaviyo: Not included
Custom domain
Beacons: Included
Klaviyo: Not included

Public content

Shop pages
Beacons: Included
Klaviyo: Not included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

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

Feature comparison for Beacons and Klaviyo
Feature	Beacons	Klaviyo
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Not included
Public content
Shop pages	Included	Not included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Not 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 Klaviyo, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Beacons or Klaviyo may add or remove features that are not shown here.