Is Cardel an alternative to ClickFunnels or MailerLite?

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

Can I use Cardel with ClickFunnels or MailerLite?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with ClickFunnels and MailerLite?

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

How do I switch from ClickFunnels or MailerLite 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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ClickFunnelsvsMailerLite

ClickFunnels is the funnel builder: pages, upsells, email, and courses built for launches. MailerLite is simple, affordable email with automations, sites, and paid newsletters.

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How ClickFunnels and MailerLite compare

ClickFunnels wrote the playbook on the sales funnel, and the 2.0 platform still does that job better than most: unlimited funnels on every plan, one-click upsells and order bumps, Smart Checkout, A/B tests, countdown timers, and templates built by people who sell for a living. Around the funnel it has grown a site and blog, courses, a store, email, automations, a CRM with pipelines, and MessageHub for conversations.

MailerLite is the friendly, affordable one. A clean editor, automations, segments, landing pages and simple websites, a blog, forms, paid newsletter subscriptions, digital product sales, and a generous free tier make it a favorite for creators and small teams who want email that just works without a big invoice.

Where they are different

ClickFunnels

ClickFunnels starts from the offer and works backward to the page.
Both give you an inbox.
ClickFunnels appointments begin on the Scale plan.

MailerLite

MailerLite's sites and blog exist to grow the list.
MailerLite sends.
MailerLite sells digital products and subscriptions.

Choose ClickFunnels when the offer is the business: you launch funnels, split-test them, stack upsells, sell courses and memberships, and want affiliates and SMS in the same account.

Choose MailerLite when you want affordable, simple email with automations and paid newsletters.

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What's on ClickFunnels and MailerLite

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
ClickFunnels: Included
MailerLite: Included
Custom domain
ClickFunnels: Included
MailerLite: Included
Theme and fonts
ClickFunnels: Included
MailerLite: Included

Public content

Blog
ClickFunnels: Included
MailerLite: Included
Shop pages
ClickFunnels: Included
MailerLite: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
ClickFunnels: Included
MailerLite: Included

Audience and email

Audience
ClickFunnels: Included
MailerLite: Included
Email on your domain
ClickFunnels: Included
MailerLite: Not included
Marketing emails
ClickFunnels: Included
MailerLite: Included
Campaign workflows
ClickFunnels: Included
MailerLite: Included

Messaging

Built-in chat
ClickFunnels: Included
MailerLite: Not included
Messaging Center
ClickFunnels: Included
MailerLite: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
ClickFunnels: Included
MailerLite: Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
ClickFunnels: Included
MailerLite: Not included

Team

Admin users
ClickFunnels: Included
MailerLite: Included
Per-admin permissions
ClickFunnels: Included
MailerLite: Included
AI Assistant
ClickFunnels: Included
MailerLite: Included

Feature comparison for ClickFunnels and MailerLite
Feature	ClickFunnels	MailerLite
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Included
Shop pages	Included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Email on your domain	Included	Not included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Included
Messaging
Built-in chat	Included	Not included
Messaging Center	Included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Included	Not included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
Per-admin permissions	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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