Is Cardel an alternative to Flodesk or ThriveCart?

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

Can I use Cardel with Flodesk or ThriveCart?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Flodesk and ThriveCart?

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

How do I switch from Flodesk or ThriveCart 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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FlodeskvsThriveCart

Flodesk is design-first email with unlimited sends and workflows, priced by list size. ThriveCart is a lifetime-priced checkout with bumps, upsells, affiliates, and courses.

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How Flodesk and ThriveCart 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.

ThriveCart is a cart that pays for itself once. A one-time price buys high-converting checkout pages, order bumps, one-click upsells, subscriptions, coupons, affiliate management, and a course platform through ThriveCart Learn. Digital sellers who hate monthly fees and love conversion rates have made it a cult favorite.

Where they are different

Flodesk

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

ThriveCart

ThriveCart is the cart, not the site.
ThriveCart hands buyers to your email tool.
ThriveCart has no inbox or bookings.

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

Choose ThriveCart when checkout conversion, bumps, and affiliates matter and you want to pay once.

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What's on Flodesk and ThriveCart

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

Site and brand

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

Audience and email

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

Commerce

Shop payments
Flodesk: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Team

Admin users
Flodesk: Included
ThriveCart: Included
AI Assistant
Flodesk: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Feature comparison for Flodesk and ThriveCart
Feature	Flodesk	ThriveCart
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Not included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Not 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 ThriveCart, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Flodesk or ThriveCart may add or remove features that are not shown here.