Is Cardel an alternative to Flodesk or Medium?

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

Can I use Cardel with Flodesk or Medium?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Flodesk and Medium?

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

How do I switch from Flodesk or Medium 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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FlodeskvsMedium

Flodesk is design-first email with unlimited sends and workflows, priced by list size. Medium gives writers a built-in readership and Partner Program earnings without a site.

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How Flodesk and Medium 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.

Medium is where a good essay can find readers on its own. The editor is calm, publications curate, the algorithm and topics surface work to members, and the Partner Program pays writers from member reading time. You bring words; Medium brings the audience and the distribution.

Where they are different

Flodesk

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

Medium

Medium owns the reader relationship.
Medium is one publication format.
Medium claps and responses stay on Medium.

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

Choose Medium when you want readers and modest earnings without owning a site or a list.

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What's on Flodesk and Medium

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Flodesk: Included
Medium: Not included
Theme and fonts
Flodesk: Included
Medium: Not included

Public content

Blog
Flodesk: Not included
Medium: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Flodesk: Included
Medium: Not included
Marketing emails
Flodesk: Included
Medium: Not included

Commerce

Shop payments
Flodesk: Included
Medium: Not included

Team

Admin users
Flodesk: Included
Medium: Included

Feature comparison for Flodesk and Medium
Feature	Flodesk	Medium
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Theme and fonts	Included	Not included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Not included
Marketing emails	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Not included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included

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