Is Cardel an alternative to Flodesk or Patreon?

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

Can I use Cardel with Flodesk or Patreon?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Flodesk and Patreon?

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

How do I switch from Flodesk or Patreon 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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FlodeskvsPatreon

Flodesk is design-first email with unlimited sends and workflows, priced by list size. Patreon lets fans fund you monthly for members-only posts, chats, and shop items.

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How Flodesk and Patreon 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.

Patreon turned fans into patrons. Membership tiers, members-only posts, community chats, a shop for one-off items, and native podcast and video delivery give creators steady income from the people who care most. It is the default word for creator memberships, and the tools have grown up with it.

Where they are different

Flodesk

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

Patreon

Patreon lives at patreon.com/yourname and gates most content.
Patreon takes a percentage of membership revenue.
Patreon messages patrons in-app.

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

Choose Patreon when recurring fan support with tiers and members-only perks is the model.

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What's on Flodesk and Patreon

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Flodesk: Included
Patreon: Not included

Public content

Shop pages
Flodesk: Not included
Patreon: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Flodesk: Included
Patreon: Included
Marketing emails
Flodesk: Included
Patreon: Included
Campaign workflows
Flodesk: Included
Patreon: Not included

Commerce

Shop payments
Flodesk: Included
Patreon: Included

Team

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

Feature comparison for Flodesk and Patreon
Feature	Flodesk	Patreon
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Public content
Shop pages	Not included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not 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 Patreon, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Flodesk or Patreon may add or remove features that are not shown here.