Is Cardel an alternative to Flodesk or Mailchimp?

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

Can I use Cardel with Flodesk or Mailchimp?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Flodesk and Mailchimp?

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

How do I switch from Flodesk or Mailchimp 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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FlodeskvsMailchimp

Flodesk is design-first email with unlimited sends and workflows, priced by list size. Mailchimp is the small-business email standard with templates, automations, and reporting.

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How Flodesk and Mailchimp 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.

Mailchimp is the name most small businesses say first. Templates, a drag-and-drop editor, segmentation, customer journeys, A/B testing, reporting, forms and landing pages, and integrations with nearly everything make it a dependable marketing hub. The AI tools and Intuit's ecosystem keep it moving.

Where they are different

Flodesk

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

Mailchimp

Mailchimp pages capture leads.
Mailchimp sends.
Mailchimp has no shop or bookings.

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

Choose Mailchimp when you want a mature email marketing hub with integrations into everything else you use.

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What's on Flodesk and Mailchimp

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

Site and brand

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

Audience and email

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

Commerce

Shop payments
Flodesk: Included
Mailchimp: Not included

Team

Admin users
Flodesk: Included
Mailchimp: Included
AI Assistant
Flodesk: Included
Mailchimp: Included

Feature comparison for Flodesk and Mailchimp
Feature	Flodesk	Mailchimp
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Not included	Included
Theme and fonts	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	Not included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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