Is Cardel an alternative to Carrd or WordPress?

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

Can I use Cardel with Carrd or WordPress?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Carrd and WordPress?

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

How do I switch from Carrd or WordPress 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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CarrdvsWordPress

Carrd builds a simple, responsive one-page site in minutes for very little money. WordPress.com hosts the world's most used publishing software with themes, plugins, and commerce plans.

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How Carrd and WordPress 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.

WordPress powers a huge share of the web for good reason. This page compares WordPress.com hosted plans. You get the block editor, thousands of themes, comments and likes, Jetpack newsletters, and on higher plans the full plugin ecosystem and WooCommerce. Nothing else offers this much freedom to extend, and your content is exportable and yours.

Where they are different

Choose Carrd when one good page is all you need.

Choose WordPress when you want maximum control, plugins for anything, and the option to self-host.

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What's on Carrd and WordPress

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Carrd: Included
WordPress: Included
Custom domain
Carrd: Included
WordPress: Included
Editor Mode
Carrd: Included
WordPress: Included
Theme and fonts
Carrd: Included
WordPress: Included

Public content

Blog
Carrd: Not included
WordPress: Included
Showcase pages
Carrd: Not included
WordPress: Included
Shop pages
Carrd: Not included
WordPress: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Carrd: Included
WordPress: Included

Audience and email

Marketing emails
Carrd: Not included
WordPress: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
Carrd: Not included
WordPress: Included

Team

AI Assistant
Carrd: Included
WordPress: Included

Feature comparison for Carrd and WordPress
Feature	Carrd	WordPress
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Editor Mode	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Showcase pages	Not included	Included
Shop pages	Not included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Marketing emails	Not included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Not included	Included
Team
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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