Is Cardel an alternative to Beacons or WordPress?

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

Can I use Cardel with Beacons or WordPress?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Beacons and WordPress?

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

How do I switch from Beacons or WordPress 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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BeaconsvsWordPress

Beacons is a creator toolkit: link in bio, store, email marketing, and invoicing in one. WordPress.com hosts the world's most used publishing software with themes, plugins, and commerce plans.

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How Beacons and WordPress 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.

WordPress powers a huge share of the web for good reason. This page compares WordPress.com hosted plans. You get the block editor, thousands of themes, comments and likes, Jetpack newsletters, and on higher plans the full plugin ecosystem and WooCommerce. Nothing else offers this much freedom to extend, and your content is exportable and yours.

Where they are different

Beacons

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

WordPress

WordPress extends by plugin: a form plugin, a booking plugin, an email plugin, each with its own settings.
WordPress email is Jetpack newsletters or a plugin.
WordPress accessibility and SEO depend on your theme and plugins.

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

Choose WordPress when you want maximum control, plugins for anything, and the option to self-host.

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What's on Beacons and WordPress

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Beacons: Included
WordPress: Included
Custom domain
Beacons: Included
WordPress: Included
Editor Mode
Beacons: Included
WordPress: Included
Theme and fonts
Beacons: Included
WordPress: Included

Public content

Blog
Beacons: Not included
WordPress: Included
Reader engagement
Beacons: Not included
WordPress: Included
Shop pages
Beacons: Included
WordPress: Included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

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

Feature comparison for Beacons and WordPress
Feature	Beacons	WordPress
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Editor Mode	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Reader engagement	Not included	Included
Shop pages	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	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
Per-admin permissions	Not included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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