Is Cardel an alternative to Flodesk or Substack?

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

Can I use Cardel with Flodesk or Substack?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Flodesk and Substack?

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

How do I switch from Flodesk or Substack 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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FlodeskvsSubstack

Flodesk is design-first email with unlimited sends and workflows, priced by list size. Substack is the simplest way to write a newsletter, grow it through its network, and get paid.

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How Flodesk and Substack 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.

Substack made paid newsletters normal. You write, it sends, and readers can subscribe or pay in one click. The network effects are real: recommendations, Notes, the app, and discovery bring new readers you did not have to find. There is no monthly fee, and for a writer who wants to write rather than run software, that is a gift.

Where they are different

Flodesk

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

Substack

Substack is a network you publish into.
Substack takes a percentage of paid subscriptions.
Substack chat and comments live in its app.

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

Choose Substack when you want to write, get paid, and be discovered with the least possible setup.

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What's on Flodesk and Substack

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Flodesk: Not included
Substack: Included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

Shop payments
Flodesk: Included
Substack: Not included

Team

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

Feature comparison for Flodesk and Substack
Feature	Flodesk	Substack
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Not included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Not included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Not included

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