Is Cardel an alternative to Beehiiv or Kartra?

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

Can I use Cardel with Beehiiv or Kartra?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Beehiiv and Kartra?

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

How do I switch from Beehiiv or Kartra 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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BeehiivvsKartra

Beehiiv is a growth engine for newsletters: referrals, ads, paid tiers, and automations. Kartra joins checkout, email automation, memberships, and a helpdesk in one system.

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How Beehiiv and Kartra 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.

Kartra is the operator's all-in-one. Checkouts with one-time, recurring, or installment pricing, email and SMS campaigns that react to what a lead does, membership portals for courses, calendars with paid bookings, a helpdesk with tickets and a wiki, and split tests on up to four page versions. If you run offers, sequences, and a member area as one machine and want the analytics to match, Kartra was built for exactly that.

Where they are different

Beehiiv

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

Kartra

Kartra pages are campaign pages first.
Kartra has blog page templates and a WordPress push, not a blog engine.
Kartra's helpdesk takes tickets from a forwarded support address on Growth and up.

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

Choose Kartra when you sell through checkouts and sequences, deliver inside memberships, and want a helpdesk, affiliates, SMS, and split testing wired to the same lead record.

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What's on Beehiiv and Kartra

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Beehiiv: Included
Kartra: Included
Custom domain
Beehiiv: Included
Kartra: Included
Editor Mode
Beehiiv: Included
Kartra: Included
Theme and fonts
Beehiiv: Included
Kartra: Included
Brand kit
Beehiiv: Included
Kartra: Not included

Public content

Blog
Beehiiv: Included
Kartra: Not included
Reader engagement
Beehiiv: Included
Kartra: Not included
Shop pages
Beehiiv: Not included
Kartra: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Beehiiv: Included
Kartra: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Beehiiv: Included
Kartra: Included
Email templates and From addresses
Beehiiv: Included
Kartra: Included
AI Email Template Builder
Beehiiv: Included
Kartra: Included
Email on your domain
Beehiiv: Not included
Kartra: Included
Marketing emails
Beehiiv: Included
Kartra: Included
Campaign workflows
Beehiiv: Included
Kartra: Included

Messaging

Messaging Center
Beehiiv: Not included
Kartra: Included
AI Suggest
Beehiiv: Included
Kartra: Not included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Beehiiv: Included
Kartra: Included
Per-admin permissions
Beehiiv: Included
Kartra: Included
AI Assistant
Beehiiv: Included
Kartra: Included

Feature comparison for Beehiiv and Kartra
Feature	Beehiiv	Kartra
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Editor Mode	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Brand kit	Included	Not included
Public content
Blog	Included	Not included
Reader engagement	Included	Not included
Shop pages	Not included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Email templates and From addresses	Included	Included
AI Email Template Builder	Included	Included
Email on your domain	Not included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Included
Messaging
Messaging Center	Not included	Included
AI Suggest	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Not included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Not included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
Per-admin permissions	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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