Flodesk made email marketing pretty and easy to stay in. Gorgeous templates, an editor designers enjoy, workflows, forms and link-in-bio pages, and unlimited sends on every paid plan. Pricing now scales with active subscribers; anyone on the old unlimited plan keeps it. Flodesk Checkout adds simple sales pages. Small brands with taste pick it and stay.
Cardel provides a home for your craft. Share and sell your work, grow your audience, and bring your community together on a site of your own. Cardel is not an email design tool; templates are practical rather than editorial.
Flodesk pages capture leads. Cardel's site is the home: blog, Showcase, Shop, Videos, Schedule, with SEO and reader comments.
Flodesk sends. Cardel keeps sending and receiving together, so replies, reader chat, and forms reach one Messaging Center on your domain.
Flodesk Checkout sells a product page. Cardel's Shop sells items with orders, and scheduling books time with calendar sync.
Choose Flodesk when email design is the job and you want unlimited sends on a list-sized plan.
Choose Cardel when you would rather have one home for site, list, shop or bookings, and inbox than the prettiest send.
You are the Forgemaster. Cardel is your forge. What you build is yours.
Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Flodesk when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list below shows where the two overlap and where they part.
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Flodesk for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
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Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.
Cardel
Build at no cost, then choose Starter, Pro, or Business when your site goes live.
Flodesk
See what Flodesk charges on their pricing page.
Forge your community
Looking for a Flodesk alternative? Bring your work to a site of your own.
See how Cardel compares with other products.
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Business when your site goes live. Flodesk sets its own prices, so check their pricing page below for current plans.
Start with Get Started, set up your site, and bring your work over at your own pace. You do not have to move everything on day one.
* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Cardel or Flodesk, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Cardel or Flodesk may add or remove features that are not shown here.
