Is Cardel an alternative to Flodesk or Lemon Squeezy?

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

Can I use Cardel with Flodesk or Lemon Squeezy?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Flodesk and Lemon Squeezy?

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

How do I switch from Flodesk or Lemon Squeezy 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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FlodeskvsLemon Squeezy

Flodesk is design-first email with unlimited sends and workflows, priced by list size. Lemon Squeezy is a merchant of record for software and digital goods with tax handled.

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How Flodesk and Lemon Squeezy 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.

Lemon Squeezy takes the hard parts of selling software off your plate. As merchant of record it handles global tax, fraud, and compliance, while you get hosted checkout, subscriptions, license keys, a storefront, customer email, affiliates, and a clean API. Developers and digital product makers choose it so they can ship instead of file returns.

Where they are different

Flodesk

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

Lemon Squeezy

Lemon Squeezy is the checkout behind your product.
Lemon Squeezy emails customers.
Lemon Squeezy has no inbox or bookings.

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

Choose Lemon Squeezy when you sell software or digital goods globally and want tax and licensing handled.

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What's on Flodesk and Lemon Squeezy

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Shop pages
Flodesk: Not included
Lemon Squeezy: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Flodesk: Included
Lemon Squeezy: Included
Email templates and From addresses
Flodesk: Included
Lemon Squeezy: Included
Marketing emails
Flodesk: Included
Lemon Squeezy: Included
Campaign workflows
Flodesk: Included
Lemon Squeezy: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
Flodesk: Included
Lemon Squeezy: Included

Team

Admin users
Flodesk: Included
Lemon Squeezy: Included
AI Assistant
Flodesk: Included
Lemon Squeezy: Not included

Feature comparison for Flodesk and Lemon Squeezy
Feature	Flodesk	Lemon Squeezy
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
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Not included

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