Is Cardel an alternative to Beehiiv or Flodesk?

Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Beehiiv or Flodesk when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Beehiiv and Flodesk are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Beehiiv or Flodesk?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Beehiiv and Flodesk?

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

How do I switch from Beehiiv or Flodesk 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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BeehiivvsFlodesk

Beehiiv is a growth engine for newsletters: referrals, ads, paid tiers, and automations. Flodesk is design-first email with unlimited sends and workflows, priced by list size.

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How Beehiiv and Flodesk compare

Beehiiv treats a newsletter like a media business. Referral programs, Boosts and recommendations, an ad network, paid subscriptions, automations, segmentation, a website with SEO, and deep analytics are all pointed at one thing: growing and monetising a list. Operators who think in subscriber counts and CPMs love it.

Flodesk made email marketing pretty and easy to stay in. Gorgeous templates, an editor designers enjoy, workflows, forms and link-in-bio pages, and unlimited sends on every paid plan. Pricing now scales with active subscribers; anyone on the old unlimited plan keeps it. Flodesk Checkout adds simple sales pages. Small brands with taste pick it and stay.

Where they are different

Beehiiv

Beehiiv's site exists to convert subscribers.
Beehiiv monetises the list.
Beehiiv sends.

Flodesk

Flodesk pages capture leads.
Flodesk sends.
Flodesk Checkout sells a product page.

Choose Beehiiv when your newsletter is the business and growth loops and ad revenue are the plan.

Choose Flodesk when email design is the job and you want unlimited sends on a list-sized plan.

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What's on Beehiiv and Flodesk

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Beehiiv: Included
Flodesk: Included
Custom domain
Beehiiv: Included
Flodesk: Not included
Theme and fonts
Beehiiv: Included
Flodesk: Included
Brand kit
Beehiiv: Included
Flodesk: Not included

Public content

Blog
Beehiiv: Included
Flodesk: Not included

Audience and email

Audience
Beehiiv: Included
Flodesk: Included
Email templates and From addresses
Beehiiv: Included
Flodesk: Included
Marketing emails
Beehiiv: Included
Flodesk: Included
Campaign workflows
Beehiiv: Included
Flodesk: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
Beehiiv: Not included
Flodesk: Included

Team

Admin users
Beehiiv: Included
Flodesk: Included
AI Assistant
Beehiiv: Included
Flodesk: Included

Feature comparison for Beehiiv and Flodesk
Feature	Beehiiv	Flodesk
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Not included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Brand kit	Included	Not included
Public content
Blog	Included	Not included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Email templates and From addresses	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Not included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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