Is Cardel an alternative to Carrd or ThriveCart?

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

Can I use Cardel with Carrd or ThriveCart?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Carrd and ThriveCart?

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

How do I switch from Carrd or ThriveCart 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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CarrdvsThriveCart

Carrd builds a simple, responsive one-page site in minutes for very little money. ThriveCart is a lifetime-priced checkout with bumps, upsells, affiliates, and courses.

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How Carrd and ThriveCart 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.

ThriveCart is a cart that pays for itself once. A one-time price buys high-converting checkout pages, order bumps, one-click upsells, subscriptions, coupons, affiliate management, and a course platform through ThriveCart Learn. Digital sellers who hate monthly fees and love conversion rates have made it a cult favorite.

Where they are different

Choose Carrd when one good page is all you need.

Choose ThriveCart when checkout conversion, bumps, and affiliates matter and you want to pay once.

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What's on Carrd and ThriveCart

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Carrd: Included
ThriveCart: Not included
Custom domain
Carrd: Included
ThriveCart: Included
Theme and fonts
Carrd: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
Carrd: Not included
ThriveCart: Included

Team

AI Assistant
Carrd: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Feature comparison for Carrd and ThriveCart
Feature	Carrd	ThriveCart
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Not included	Included
Team
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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