Is Cardel an alternative to Beacons or ThriveCart?

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

Can I use Cardel with Beacons or ThriveCart?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Beacons and ThriveCart?

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

How do I switch from Beacons or ThriveCart 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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BeaconsvsThriveCart

Beacons is a creator toolkit: link in bio, store, email marketing, and invoicing in one. ThriveCart is a lifetime-priced checkout with bumps, upsells, affiliates, and courses.

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How Beacons and ThriveCart 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.

ThriveCart is a cart that pays for itself once. A one-time price buys high-converting checkout pages, order bumps, one-click upsells, subscriptions, coupons, affiliate management, and a course platform through ThriveCart Learn. Digital sellers who hate monthly fees and love conversion rates have made it a cult favorite.

Where they are different

Beacons

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

ThriveCart

ThriveCart is the cart, not the site.
ThriveCart hands buyers to your email tool.
ThriveCart has no inbox or bookings.

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

Choose ThriveCart when checkout conversion, bumps, and affiliates matter and you want to pay once.

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What's on Beacons and ThriveCart

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Shop pages
Beacons: Included
ThriveCart: Not included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Beacons: Included
ThriveCart: Included
AI Assistant
Beacons: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Feature comparison for Beacons and ThriveCart
Feature	Beacons	ThriveCart
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not 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	Not included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not 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 ThriveCart, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Beacons or ThriveCart may add or remove features that are not shown here.