Is Cardel an alternative to Flodesk or Teachable?

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

Can I use Cardel with Flodesk or Teachable?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Flodesk and Teachable?

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

How do I switch from Flodesk or Teachable 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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FlodeskvsTeachable

Flodesk is design-first email with unlimited sends and workflows, priced by list size. Teachable runs courses, coaching, and downloads with checkout and tax handled.

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How Flodesk and Teachable 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.

Teachable is a mature course platform. Curriculum, quizzes, certificates, coaching products, digital downloads, and a checkout that handles tax and payouts have carried a great many creators from first sale to real business. If teaching is your product, Teachable knows the job.

Where they are different

Flodesk

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

Teachable

Teachable is a school with a few site pages around it.
Teachable coaching relies on a Calendly link.
Teachable emails students.

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

Choose Teachable when you sell courses or coaching and want the checkout, tax, and student experience handled.

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What's on Flodesk and Teachable

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Shop pages
Flodesk: Not included
Teachable: Included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

Shop payments
Flodesk: Included
Teachable: Included

Team

Admin users
Flodesk: Included
Teachable: Included
AI Assistant
Flodesk: Included
Teachable: Included

Feature comparison for Flodesk and Teachable
Feature	Flodesk	Teachable
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Not included	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	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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