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

Can I use Cardel with Crisp or WordPress?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Crisp and WordPress?

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

How do I switch from Crisp 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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CrispvsWordPress

Crisp is a shared inbox and live chat for small teams with bots and a knowledge base. WordPress.com hosts the world's most used publishing software with themes, plugins, and commerce plans.

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How Crisp and WordPress compare

Crisp is a shared inbox that small teams can afford. Live chat, email, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram land in one place, with chatbots, a knowledge base, campaigns, a CRM, and MagicReply AI to speed answers. It is priced per workspace rather than per seat, which is rare and kind.

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

Crisp

Crisp bolts onto any site.
Crisp chats with anyone who lands.
Crisp campaigns are support-flavored.

WordPress

WordPress extends by plugin: a form plugin, a booking plugin, an email plugin, each with its own settings.
WordPress email is Jetpack newsletters or a plugin.
WordPress accessibility and SEO depend on your theme and plugins.

Choose Crisp when you need a multichannel support inbox with live chat and bots for a team.

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

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What's on Crisp and WordPress

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Crisp: Not included
WordPress: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Crisp: Included
WordPress: Included
Email on your domain
Crisp: Included
WordPress: Not included
Marketing emails
Crisp: Included
WordPress: Included
Campaign workflows
Crisp: Included
WordPress: Not included

Messaging

Built-in chat
Crisp: Included
WordPress: Not included
Messaging Center
Crisp: Included
WordPress: Not included

Commerce

Shop payments
Crisp: Not included
WordPress: Included

Team

Admin users
Crisp: Included
WordPress: Included
Per-admin permissions
Crisp: Included
WordPress: Included

Feature comparison for Crisp and WordPress
Feature	Crisp	WordPress
Site and brand
Workspace site	Not included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Email on your domain	Included	Not included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not included
Messaging
Built-in chat	Included	Not included
Messaging Center	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Not included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
Per-admin permissions	Included	Included

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