Is Cardel an alternative to Beacons or Mailchimp?

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

Can I use Cardel with Beacons or Mailchimp?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Beacons and Mailchimp?

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

How do I switch from Beacons or Mailchimp 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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BeaconsvsMailchimp

Beacons is a creator toolkit: link in bio, store, email marketing, and invoicing in one. Mailchimp is the small-business email standard with templates, automations, and reporting.

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How Beacons and Mailchimp 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.

Mailchimp is the name most small businesses say first. Templates, a drag-and-drop editor, segmentation, customer journeys, A/B testing, reporting, forms and landing pages, and integrations with nearly everything make it a dependable marketing hub. The AI tools and Intuit's ecosystem keep it moving.

Where they are different

Beacons

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

Mailchimp

Mailchimp pages capture leads.
Mailchimp sends.
Mailchimp has no shop or bookings.

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

Choose Mailchimp when you want a mature email marketing hub with integrations into everything else you use.

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What's on Beacons and Mailchimp

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Shop pages
Beacons: Included
Mailchimp: Not included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

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

Feature comparison for Beacons and Mailchimp
Feature	Beacons	Mailchimp
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Brand kit	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 Mailchimp, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Beacons or Mailchimp may add or remove features that are not shown here.