Is Cardel an alternative to Carrd or Substack?

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

Can I use Cardel with Carrd or Substack?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Carrd and Substack?

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

How do I switch from Carrd or Substack 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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CarrdvsSubstack

Carrd builds a simple, responsive one-page site in minutes for very little money. Substack is the simplest way to write a newsletter, grow it through its network, and get paid.

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How Carrd and Substack 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.

Substack made paid newsletters normal. You write, it sends, and readers can subscribe or pay in one click. The network effects are real: recommendations, Notes, the app, and discovery bring new readers you did not have to find. There is no monthly fee, and for a writer who wants to write rather than run software, that is a gift.

Where they are different

Choose Carrd when one good page is all you need.

Choose Substack when you want to write, get paid, and be discovered with the least possible setup.

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What's on Carrd and Substack

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Carrd: Included
Substack: Included
Custom domain
Carrd: Included
Substack: Included
Theme and fonts
Carrd: Included
Substack: Included

Public content

Blog
Carrd: Not included
Substack: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Carrd: Included
Substack: Included

Audience and email

Marketing emails
Carrd: Not included
Substack: Included

Messaging

Built-in chat
Carrd: Not included
Substack: Included

Team

AI Assistant
Carrd: Included
Substack: Not included

Feature comparison for Carrd and Substack
Feature	Carrd	Substack
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Marketing emails	Not included	Included
Messaging
Built-in chat	Not included	Included
Team
AI Assistant	Included	Not included

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