Is Cardel an alternative to ClickFunnels or Shopify?

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

Can I use Cardel with ClickFunnels or Shopify?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with ClickFunnels and Shopify?

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

How do I switch from ClickFunnels or Shopify 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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ClickFunnelsvsShopify

ClickFunnels is the funnel builder: pages, upsells, email, and courses built for launches. Shopify is the commerce platform: storefront, checkout, inventory, POS, email, and inbox.

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How ClickFunnels and Shopify 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.

Shopify is what you use when the store is the business. World-class checkout, inventory and shipping, taxes, POS, thousands of apps, Shopify Email, Shopify Inbox, and a theme store make it the standard for merchants of every size. It scales from one product to a warehouse without changing platforms.

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.

Shopify

Shopify's blog and pages serve the store.
Shopify Inbox handles chat.
Shopify doesn't manage scheduling natively.

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 Shopify when you sell products at volume and need inventory, shipping, tax, and apps.

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What's on ClickFunnels and Shopify

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
ClickFunnels: Included
Shopify: Included
Custom domain
ClickFunnels: Included
Shopify: Included
Editor Mode
ClickFunnels: Included
Shopify: Included
Theme and fonts
ClickFunnels: Included
Shopify: Included

Public content

Blog
ClickFunnels: Included
Shopify: Included
Reader engagement
ClickFunnels: Not included
Shopify: Included
Showcase pages
ClickFunnels: Included
Shopify: Included
Shop pages
ClickFunnels: Included
Shopify: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
ClickFunnels: Included
Shopify: Included

Audience and email

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

Messaging

Built-in chat
ClickFunnels: Included
Shopify: Included
Messaging Center
ClickFunnels: Included
Shopify: Included
AI Suggest
ClickFunnels: Not included
Shopify: Included

Commerce

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

Team

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

Feature comparison for ClickFunnels and Shopify
Feature	ClickFunnels	Shopify
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Editor Mode	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Included
Reader engagement	Not included	Included
Showcase pages	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	Included
Messaging Center	Included	Included
AI Suggest	Not included	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	Included

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