Is Cardel an alternative to Beehiiv or Shopify?

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

Can I use Cardel with Beehiiv or Shopify?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Beehiiv and Shopify?

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

How do I switch from Beehiiv or Shopify 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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BeehiivvsShopify

Beehiiv is a growth engine for newsletters: referrals, ads, paid tiers, and automations. Shopify is the commerce platform: storefront, checkout, inventory, POS, email, and inbox.

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How Beehiiv and Shopify 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.

Shopify is what you use when the store is the business. World-class checkout, inventory and shipping, taxes, POS, thousands of apps, Shopify Email, Shopify Inbox, and a theme store make it the standard for merchants of every size. It scales from one product to a warehouse without changing platforms.

Where they are different

Beehiiv

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

Shopify

Shopify's blog and pages serve the store.
Shopify Inbox handles chat.
Shopify doesn't manage scheduling natively.

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

Choose Shopify when you sell products at volume and need inventory, shipping, tax, and apps.

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What's on Beehiiv and Shopify

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

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

Reach and quality

SEO
Beehiiv: Included
Shopify: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Beehiiv: Included
Shopify: Included
Email templates and From addresses
Beehiiv: Included
Shopify: Included
AI Email Template Builder
Beehiiv: Included
Shopify: Included
Marketing emails
Beehiiv: Included
Shopify: Included
Campaign workflows
Beehiiv: Included
Shopify: Included

Messaging

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

Commerce

Shop payments
Beehiiv: Not included
Shopify: Included

Team

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

Feature comparison for Beehiiv and Shopify
Feature	Beehiiv	Shopify
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	Included
Reader engagement	Included	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
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Included
Messaging
Messaging Center	Not included	Included
AI Suggest	Included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	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 Shopify, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Beehiiv or Shopify may add or remove features that are not shown here.