Is Cardel an alternative to Beacons or Linktree?

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

Can I use Cardel with Beacons or Linktree?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Beacons and Linktree?

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

How do I switch from Beacons or Linktree 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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BeaconsvsLinktree

Beacons is a creator toolkit: link in bio, store, email marketing, and invoicing in one. Linktree turns one bio link into a page of links, a shop, and analytics for social traffic.

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How Beacons and Linktree 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.

Linktree solved a real problem and still does it best. One link in your bio opens a tidy page of links, embeds, a shop, tip jar, and email capture, with analytics on every tap. Millions of creators rely on it because it takes two minutes and simply works.

Where they are different

Beacons

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

Linktree

Linktree lives at linktr.ee/you.
Linktree captures emails and hands them on.
Linktree's shop is a storefront of links and products.

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

Choose Linktree when you need one link that routes social traffic and nothing more.

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What's on Beacons and Linktree

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Beacons: Included
Linktree: Not included
Custom domain
Beacons: Included
Linktree: Not included
Theme and fonts
Beacons: Included
Linktree: Included
Brand kit
Beacons: Included
Linktree: Not included

Public content

Shop pages
Beacons: Included
Linktree: Included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

AI Assistant
Beacons: Included
Linktree: Included

Feature comparison for Beacons and Linktree
Feature	Beacons	Linktree
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Not included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Brand kit	Included	Not included
Public content
Shop pages	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Not included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Included	Not included
Team
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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