Is Cardel an alternative to Carrd or Help Scout?

Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Carrd or Help Scout when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Carrd and Help Scout are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Carrd or Help Scout?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Carrd and Help Scout?

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

How do I switch from Carrd or Help Scout 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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CarrdvsHelp Scout

Carrd builds a simple, responsive one-page site in minutes for very little money. Help Scout is a human-feeling help desk: shared inbox, Docs, Beacon chat, and AI drafts.

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How Carrd and Help Scout compare

Carrd is intentionally small. One-page sites, responsive by default, with forms, embeds, and payment buttons on Pro, for a price that is low. When you need a landing page, a profile, or a coming-soon page today, Carrd could be the right tool.

Help Scout is support that feels like email from a person. A shared inbox with assignments and saved replies, Docs for a knowledge base, Beacon for chat and self-service, customer profiles, workflows, reports, and AI drafts and summaries help small teams deliver warm, organized support. Nothing about it feels like a ticket number.

Where they are different

Choose Carrd when one good page is all you need.

Choose Help Scout when a small team needs a warm, organized help desk with a knowledge base.

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What's on Carrd and Help Scout

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Carrd: Included
Help Scout: Not included

Messaging

Built-in chat
Carrd: Not included
Help Scout: Included
Messaging Center
Carrd: Not included
Help Scout: Included

Team

AI Assistant
Carrd: Included
Help Scout: Included

Feature comparison for Carrd and Help Scout
Feature	Carrd	Help Scout
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Messaging
Built-in chat	Not included	Included
Messaging Center	Not included	Included
Team
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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