Is Cardel an alternative to Flodesk or GoHighLevel?

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

Can I use Cardel with Flodesk or GoHighLevel?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Flodesk and GoHighLevel?

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

How do I switch from Flodesk or GoHighLevel 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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FlodeskvsGoHighLevel

Flodesk is design-first email with unlimited sends and workflows, priced by list size. GoHighLevel is an agency system: CRM, calendars, SMS and email, funnels, and white-label.

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How Flodesk and GoHighLevel compare

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.

GoHighLevel is the operating system agencies build a business on. Unlimited contacts and users on every plan, sub-accounts you can resell under your own brand, a CRM with pipelines, unified Conversations across SMS, email, calls, WhatsApp, and social DMs, booking calendars that sync with Google and Outlook, workflow automation, reputation management, and Voice and Conversation AI. If you run marketing for local businesses, or want to sell software to them, HighLevel is the deepest toolbox in the category.

Where they are different

Flodesk

Flodesk pages capture leads.
Flodesk sends.
Flodesk Checkout sells a product page.

GoHighLevel

HighLevel is built to run many businesses from one login, with usage-based charges for texts, calls, emails, and AI.
Both put inbound email into an inbox.
HighLevel Blogs publish SEO-ready posts.

Choose Flodesk when email design is the job and you want unlimited sends on a list-sized plan.

Choose GoHighLevel when you serve clients or local businesses and need CRM, SMS, calling, reviews, funnels, and sub-accounts that you can rebill or white label.

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What's on Flodesk and GoHighLevel

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Flodesk: Included
GoHighLevel: Included
Custom domain
Flodesk: Not included
GoHighLevel: Included
Theme and fonts
Flodesk: Included
GoHighLevel: Included
Brand kit
Flodesk: Not included
GoHighLevel: Included

Public content

Blog
Flodesk: Not included
GoHighLevel: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Flodesk: Included
GoHighLevel: Included
Email on your domain
Flodesk: Not included
GoHighLevel: Included
Marketing emails
Flodesk: Included
GoHighLevel: Included
Campaign workflows
Flodesk: Included
GoHighLevel: Included

Messaging

Messaging Center
Flodesk: Not included
GoHighLevel: Included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Flodesk: Included
GoHighLevel: Included
AI Assistant
Flodesk: Included
GoHighLevel: Included

Feature comparison for Flodesk and GoHighLevel
Feature	Flodesk	GoHighLevel
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Not included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Brand kit	Not included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Email on your domain	Not included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Included
Messaging
Messaging Center	Not included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Not included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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