Is Cardel an alternative to ClickFunnels or Patreon?

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

Can I use Cardel with ClickFunnels or Patreon?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with ClickFunnels and Patreon?

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

How do I switch from ClickFunnels or Patreon 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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ClickFunnelsvsPatreon

ClickFunnels is the funnel builder: pages, upsells, email, and courses built for launches. Patreon lets fans fund you monthly for members-only posts, chats, and shop items.

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How ClickFunnels and Patreon 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.

Patreon turned fans into patrons. Membership tiers, members-only posts, community chats, a shop for one-off items, and native podcast and video delivery give creators steady income from the people who care most. It is the default word for creator memberships, and the tools have grown up with it.

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.

Patreon

Patreon lives at patreon.com/yourname and gates most content.
Patreon takes a percentage of membership revenue.
Patreon messages patrons in-app.

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 Patreon when recurring fan support with tiers and members-only perks is the model.

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What's on ClickFunnels and Patreon

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
ClickFunnels: Included
Patreon: Not included
Custom domain
ClickFunnels: Included
Patreon: Not included

Public content

Blog
ClickFunnels: Included
Patreon: Not included
Shop pages
ClickFunnels: Included
Patreon: Included

Audience and email

Audience
ClickFunnels: Included
Patreon: Included
Marketing emails
ClickFunnels: Included
Patreon: Included
Campaign workflows
ClickFunnels: Included
Patreon: Not included

Messaging

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

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
ClickFunnels: Included
Patreon: Included
Per-admin permissions
ClickFunnels: Included
Patreon: Included
AI Assistant
ClickFunnels: Included
Patreon: Not included

Feature comparison for ClickFunnels and Patreon
Feature	ClickFunnels	Patreon
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Not included
Public content
Blog	Included	Not included
Shop pages	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not included
Messaging
Built-in chat	Included	Included
Messaging Center	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	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	Not included

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