Is Cardel an alternative to Flodesk or Stan Store?

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

Can I use Cardel with Flodesk or Stan Store?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Flodesk and Stan Store?

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

How do I switch from Flodesk or Stan Store 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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FlodeskvsStan Store

Flodesk is design-first email with unlimited sends and workflows, priced by list size. Stan Store is a link-in-bio store for courses, downloads, calls, and memberships.

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How Flodesk and Stan Store 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.

Stan Store makes selling from your bio link almost effortless. Digital downloads, courses, coaching calls with booking, memberships, and lead magnets sit on one mobile-first page with checkout, plus email marketing and funnels on the higher plan. For a creator selling to social followers on their phone, it removes nearly every step.

Where they are different

Flodesk

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

Stan Store

Stan is a page at stan.store/you.
Stan emails from its platform.
Stan books calls with payment.

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

Choose Stan Store when you sell downloads, courses, and calls to a social audience and want one link that does it all.

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What's on Flodesk and Stan Store

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Flodesk: Included
Stan Store: Not included
Theme and fonts
Flodesk: Included
Stan Store: Included

Public content

Shop pages
Flodesk: Not included
Stan Store: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Flodesk: Included
Stan Store: Included
Marketing emails
Flodesk: Included
Stan Store: Included
Campaign workflows
Flodesk: Included
Stan Store: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
Flodesk: Included
Stan Store: Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
Flodesk: Not included
Stan Store: Included

Team

AI Assistant
Flodesk: Included
Stan Store: Included

Feature comparison for Flodesk and Stan Store
Feature	Flodesk	Stan Store
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Shop pages	Not included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Not included	Included
Team
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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