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BeehiivvsStan Store

Beehiiv is a growth engine for newsletters: referrals, ads, paid tiers, and automations. Stan Store is a link-in-bio store for courses, downloads, calls, and memberships.

How Beehiiv and Stan Store 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.

Stan Store makes selling from your bio link almost effortless. Digital downloads, courses, coaching calls with booking, memberships, and lead magnets sit on one mobile-first page with checkout, plus email marketing and funnels on the higher plan. For a creator selling to social followers on their phone, it removes nearly every step.

Where they are different

Beehiiv

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

Stan Store

  • Stan is a page at stan.store/you.
  • Stan emails from its platform.
  • Stan books calls with payment.

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

Choose Stan Store when you sell downloads, courses, and calls to a social audience and want one link that does it all.

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What's on Beehiiv and Stan Store

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

Site and brand

  • Workspace site
    Beehiiv: Included
    Stan Store: Not included
  • Custom domain
    Beehiiv: Included
    Stan Store: Not included
  • Theme and fonts
    Beehiiv: Included
    Stan Store: Included

Public content

  • Blog
    Beehiiv: Included
    Stan Store: Not included
  • Shop pages
    Beehiiv: Not included
    Stan Store: Included

Reach and quality

  • SEO
    Beehiiv: Included
    Stan Store: Not included

Audience and email

  • Audience
    Beehiiv: Included
    Stan Store: Included
  • Marketing emails
    Beehiiv: Included
    Stan Store: Included
  • Campaign workflows
    Beehiiv: Included
    Stan Store: Included

Commerce

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

Team

  • AI Assistant
    Beehiiv: Included
    Stan Store: Included

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

Beehiiv vs Stan Store pricing

Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.

Cardel: An alternative to
Beehiiv and Stan Store

You don't pay until you publish.

Cardel provides a home for your craft. Share and sell your work, grow your audience, and bring your community together on a site of your own.

Common questions

  • Is Cardel an alternative to Beehiiv or Stan Store?

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

  • Can I use Cardel with Beehiiv or Stan Store?

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

  • How much does Cardel cost compared with Beehiiv and Stan Store?

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

  • How do I switch from Beehiiv or Stan Store 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.