Is Cardel an alternative to Beacons or Zenpage?

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

Can I use Cardel with Beacons or Zenpage?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Beacons and Zenpage?

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

How do I switch from Beacons or Zenpage 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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BeaconsvsZenpage

Beacons is a creator toolkit: link in bio, store, email marketing, and invoicing in one. Zenpage gives authors a free site that sells ebooks and signed copies with no commission.

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How Beacons and Zenpage 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.

Zenpage turns one Amazon link or ISBN into a finished author site. It finds the rest of your books with their covers and buy links, picks a template that suits your genre, and sets up search data, share previews, and a sitemap before you touch a setting. Ebooks, audiobooks, and signed print copies sell straight from the book page through your own Stripe account, files reach the buyer by email within seconds, and Zenpage takes no commission. Every reader confirms by email, a free first chapter can go out on signup, and the whole thing is free, built by one person who answers every message personally.

Where they are different

Beacons

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

Zenpage

Zenpage collects readers and hands them to Mailchimp, Kit, Beehiiv, Brevo, MailerLite, or Substack, and it does not send newsletters itself.
Zenpage sells files and print copies with no Zenpage fee and delivers downloads automatically.
Zenpage's contact page shows your email address and its blog has no comments.
Zenpage templates have fixed layouts and font pairings, with no custom pages.

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

Choose Zenpage when you want a free site that sells your ebooks and signed copies directly, and you already have an email service you like.

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What's on Beacons and Zenpage

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Beacons: Included
Zenpage: Included
Custom domain
Beacons: Included
Zenpage: Included
Editor Mode
Beacons: Included
Zenpage: Not included
Theme and fonts
Beacons: Included
Zenpage: Included

Public content

Blog
Beacons: Not included
Zenpage: Included
Shop pages
Beacons: Included
Zenpage: Included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

AI Assistant
Beacons: Included
Zenpage: Not included

Feature comparison for Beacons and Zenpage
Feature	Beacons	Zenpage
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Editor Mode	Included	Not included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
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
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Included	Not included
Team
AI Assistant	Included	Not included

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