Is Cardel an alternative to Flodesk or Outseta?

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

Can I use Cardel with Flodesk or Outseta?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Flodesk and Outseta?

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

How do I switch from Flodesk or Outseta 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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FlodeskvsOutseta

Flodesk is design-first email with unlimited sends and workflows, priced by list size. Outseta handles membership billing, logins, CRM, email, and support in one tool.

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How Flodesk and Outseta 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.

Outseta is the quiet workhorse behind many paid memberships and small SaaS products. Subscription billing, authentication and gated content, a CRM, email marketing, and a support desk come together so a founder can add a paying membership to any site they already have. It is well designed, honest, and built by people who use it.

Where they are different

Flodesk

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

Outseta

Outseta attaches to a site you build elsewhere.
Outseta bills subscriptions.
Outseta's support desk handles tickets.

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

Choose Outseta when you sell a subscription and need billing, logins, CRM, and support in one place behind your own site.

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What's on Flodesk and Outseta

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Flodesk: Included
Outseta: Not included

Audience and email

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

Messaging

Messaging Center
Flodesk: Not included
Outseta: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
Flodesk: Included
Outseta: Included

Team

Admin users
Flodesk: Included
Outseta: Included
AI Assistant
Flodesk: Included
Outseta: Not included

Feature comparison for Flodesk and Outseta
Feature	Flodesk	Outseta
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not 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
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Not included

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