Is Cardel an alternative to Beehiiv or Zenpage?

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

Can I use Cardel with Beehiiv or Zenpage?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Beehiiv and Zenpage?

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

How do I switch from Beehiiv or Zenpage 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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BeehiivvsZenpage

Beehiiv is a growth engine for newsletters: referrals, ads, paid tiers, and automations. Zenpage gives authors a free site that sells ebooks and signed copies with no commission.

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How Beehiiv and Zenpage 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.

Zenpage turns one Amazon link or ISBN into a finished author site. It finds the rest of your books with their covers and buy links, picks a template that suits your genre, and sets up search data, share previews, and a sitemap before you touch a setting. Ebooks, audiobooks, and signed print copies sell straight from the book page through your own Stripe account, files reach the buyer by email within seconds, and Zenpage takes no commission. Every reader confirms by email, a free first chapter can go out on signup, and the whole thing is free, built by one person who answers every message personally.

Where they are different

Beehiiv

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

Zenpage

Zenpage collects readers and hands them to Mailchimp, Kit, Beehiiv, Brevo, MailerLite, or Substack, and it does not send newsletters itself.
Zenpage sells files and print copies with no Zenpage fee and delivers downloads automatically.
Zenpage's contact page shows your email address and its blog has no comments.
Zenpage templates have fixed layouts and font pairings, with no custom pages.

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

Choose Zenpage when you want a free site that sells your ebooks and signed copies directly, and you already have an email service you like.

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What's on Beehiiv and Zenpage

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Beehiiv: Included
Zenpage: Included
Custom domain
Beehiiv: Included
Zenpage: Included
Editor Mode
Beehiiv: Included
Zenpage: Not included
Theme and fonts
Beehiiv: Included
Zenpage: Included

Public content

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

Reach and quality

SEO
Beehiiv: Included
Zenpage: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Beehiiv: Included
Zenpage: Included
Marketing emails
Beehiiv: Included
Zenpage: Not included
Campaign workflows
Beehiiv: Included
Zenpage: Not included

Commerce

Shop payments
Beehiiv: Not included
Zenpage: Included

Team

AI Assistant
Beehiiv: Included
Zenpage: Not included

Feature comparison for Beehiiv and Zenpage
Feature	Beehiiv	Zenpage
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Editor Mode	Included	Not included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Included
Reader engagement	Included	Not included
Shop pages	Not included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Not included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Not included	Included
Team
AI Assistant	Included	Not included

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