Framer is the fastest way from design canvas to live site. Freeform layout, effects and animations, a CMS, localization, and a template community let designers publish marketing sites that look and move like products. If you think in Figma and want the site to feel that way, Framer is a joy.
Cardel provides a home for your craft. Share and sell your work, grow your audience, and bring your community together on a site of your own. Cardel is not a design canvas; it is a themed site with the business tools built in.
Framer ends at publish. Cardel continues: audience list, email on your domain, campaign workflows, Shop, scheduling, reader chat, and a Messaging Center.
Framer has no reader accounts. Cardel readers comment, like, and chat.
Framer sells nothing natively. Cardel's Shop takes Stripe payments on your site.
Choose Framer when the site is a designed artifact and motion matters.
Choose Cardel when you want a site plus audience, shop or bookings, and inbox in one home on your domain.
You are the Forgemaster. Cardel is your forge. What you build is yours.
Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Framer when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list below shows where the two overlap and where they part.
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Framer for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Business when your site goes live. Framer sets its own prices, so check their pricing page below for current plans.
Start with Get Started, set up your site, and bring your work over at your own pace. You do not have to move everything on day one.
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A check means that capability is available. Framer is marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.
* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Cardel or Framer, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Cardel or Framer may add or remove features that are not shown here.
Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.
Cardel
Build at no cost, then choose Starter, Pro, or Business when your site goes live.
Framer
See what Framer charges on their pricing page.
Forge your community
Looking for a Framer alternative? Bring your work to a site of your own.
See how Cardel compares with other products.
