Is Cardel an alternative to Beehiiv or Medium?

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

Can I use Cardel with Beehiiv or Medium?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Beehiiv and Medium?

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

How do I switch from Beehiiv or Medium 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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BeehiivvsMedium

Beehiiv is a growth engine for newsletters: referrals, ads, paid tiers, and automations. Medium gives writers a built-in readership and Partner Program earnings without a site.

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How Beehiiv and Medium 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.

Medium is where a good essay can find readers on its own. The editor is calm, publications curate, the algorithm and topics surface work to members, and the Partner Program pays writers from member reading time. You bring words; Medium brings the audience and the distribution.

Where they are different

Beehiiv

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

Medium

Medium owns the reader relationship.
Medium is one publication format.
Medium claps and responses stay on Medium.

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

Choose Medium when you want readers and modest earnings without owning a site or a list.

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What's on Beehiiv and Medium

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Beehiiv: Included
Medium: Not included
Custom domain
Beehiiv: Included
Medium: Not included
Theme and fonts
Beehiiv: Included
Medium: Not included

Public content

Blog
Beehiiv: Included
Medium: Included
Reader engagement
Beehiiv: Included
Medium: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Beehiiv: Included
Medium: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Beehiiv: Included
Medium: Not included
Marketing emails
Beehiiv: Included
Medium: Not included

Team

Admin users
Beehiiv: Included
Medium: Included
Per-admin permissions
Beehiiv: Included
Medium: Included

Feature comparison for Beehiiv and Medium
Feature	Beehiiv	Medium
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Not included
Theme and fonts	Included	Not included
Public content
Blog	Included	Included
Reader engagement	Included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Not included
Marketing emails	Included	Not included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
Per-admin permissions	Included	Included

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