Is Cardel an alternative to Circle 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 Circle or Zenpage when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Circle and Zenpage are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Circle or Zenpage?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Circle and Zenpage?

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

How do I switch from Circle 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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CirclevsZenpage

Circle runs member communities with spaces, events, courses, and paywalls. Zenpage gives authors a free site that sells ebooks and signed copies with no commission.

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How Circle and Zenpage compare

Circle is where serious community hosts go when the community is the business. Spaces for discussion and chat, courses and events in the same place, paid memberships with branded checkout, gamification, workflows, Circle AI, and on Circle Plus your own branded iOS and Android apps. It has grown into an all-in-one for membership businesses, and the Website Builder and Email Hub mean many hosts no longer need a second tool for the front door. If your members log in every week to talk to each other, Circle is built for exactly that.

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

Circle

Circle's pages are the front door to a members-only space.
Circle's Email Hub is an add-on priced per contact on top of the plan.
Circle's DMs live between members inside the community.
Circle has courses, live streams, paid tiers for users, and gamification.

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 Circle when a paid, private community with courses and events is the product, and you want members in a branded app.

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 Circle and Zenpage

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Circle: Not included
Zenpage: Included
Reader engagement
Circle: Included
Zenpage: Not included
Showcase pages
Circle: Included
Zenpage: Not included
Shop pages
Circle: Not included
Zenpage: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Circle: Included
Zenpage: Included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

Shop payments
Circle: Included
Zenpage: Included

Team

AI Assistant
Circle: Included
Zenpage: Not included

Feature comparison for Circle and Zenpage
Feature	Circle	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	Not included	Included
Reader engagement	Included	Not included
Showcase pages	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	Included	Included
Team
AI Assistant	Included	Not included

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