Is Cardel an alternative to Beacons or Medium?

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

Can I use Cardel with Beacons or Medium?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Beacons and Medium?

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

How do I switch from Beacons or Medium 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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BeaconsvsMedium

Beacons is a creator toolkit: link in bio, store, email marketing, and invoicing in one. Medium gives writers a built-in readership and Partner Program earnings without a site.

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How Beacons and Medium 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.

Medium is where a good essay can find readers on its own. The editor is calm, publications curate, the algorithm and topics surface work to members, and the Partner Program pays writers from member reading time. You bring words; Medium brings the audience and the distribution.

Where they are different

Beacons

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

Medium

Medium owns the reader relationship.
Medium is one publication format.
Medium claps and responses stay on Medium.

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

Choose Medium when you want readers and modest earnings without owning a site or a list.

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What's on Beacons and Medium

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Beacons: Included
Medium: Not included
Custom domain
Beacons: Included
Medium: Not included
Theme and fonts
Beacons: Included
Medium: Not included

Public content

Blog
Beacons: Not included
Medium: Included
Reader engagement
Beacons: Not included
Medium: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Beacons: Included
Medium: Not included
Marketing emails
Beacons: Included
Medium: Not included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Beacons: Included
Medium: Included
Per-admin permissions
Beacons: Not included
Medium: Included

Feature comparison for Beacons and Medium
Feature	Beacons	Medium
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Not included
Theme and fonts	Included	Not included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Reader engagement	Not included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Not included
Marketing emails	Included	Not 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

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