Is Cardel an alternative to Flodesk or Kartra?

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

Can I use Cardel with Flodesk or Kartra?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Flodesk and Kartra?

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

How do I switch from Flodesk or Kartra 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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FlodeskvsKartra

Flodesk is design-first email with unlimited sends and workflows, priced by list size. Kartra joins checkout, email automation, memberships, and a helpdesk in one system.

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How Flodesk and Kartra 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.

Kartra is the operator's all-in-one. Checkouts with one-time, recurring, or installment pricing, email and SMS campaigns that react to what a lead does, membership portals for courses, calendars with paid bookings, a helpdesk with tickets and a wiki, and split tests on up to four page versions. If you run offers, sequences, and a member area as one machine and want the analytics to match, Kartra was built for exactly that.

Where they are different

Flodesk

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

Kartra

Kartra pages are campaign pages first.
Kartra has blog page templates and a WordPress push, not a blog engine.
Kartra's helpdesk takes tickets from a forwarded support address on Growth and up.

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

Choose Kartra when you sell through checkouts and sequences, deliver inside memberships, and want a helpdesk, affiliates, SMS, and split testing wired to the same lead record.

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What's on Flodesk and Kartra

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Flodesk: Included
Kartra: Included
Custom domain
Flodesk: Not included
Kartra: Included
Theme and fonts
Flodesk: Included
Kartra: Included

Public content

Shop pages
Flodesk: Not included
Kartra: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Flodesk: Included
Kartra: Included
Email templates and From addresses
Flodesk: Included
Kartra: Included
Email on your domain
Flodesk: Not included
Kartra: Included
Marketing emails
Flodesk: Included
Kartra: Included
Campaign workflows
Flodesk: Included
Kartra: Included

Messaging

Messaging Center
Flodesk: Not included
Kartra: Included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Flodesk: Included
Kartra: Included
AI Assistant
Flodesk: Included
Kartra: Included

Feature comparison for Flodesk and Kartra
Feature	Flodesk	Kartra
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Not included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Shop pages	Not included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Email templates and From addresses	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 Kartra, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Flodesk or Kartra may add or remove features that are not shown here.