Is Cardel an alternative to Framer or Mailchimp?

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

Can I use Cardel with Framer or Mailchimp?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Framer and Mailchimp?

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

How do I switch from Framer or Mailchimp 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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FramervsMailchimp

Framer lets designers ship animated marketing sites and a CMS from the canvas. Mailchimp is the small-business email standard with templates, automations, and reporting.

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How Framer and Mailchimp compare

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.

Mailchimp is the name most small businesses say first. Templates, a drag-and-drop editor, segmentation, customer journeys, A/B testing, reporting, forms and landing pages, and integrations with nearly everything make it a dependable marketing hub. The AI tools and Intuit's ecosystem keep it moving.

Where they are different

Framer

Framer ends at publish.
Framer has no reader accounts.
Framer sells nothing natively.

Mailchimp

Mailchimp pages capture leads.
Mailchimp sends.
Mailchimp has no shop or bookings.

Choose Framer when the site is a designed artifact and motion matters.

Choose Mailchimp when you want a mature email marketing hub with integrations into everything else you use.

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What's on Framer and Mailchimp

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Framer: Included
Mailchimp: Included
Custom domain
Framer: Included
Mailchimp: Included
Theme and fonts
Framer: Included
Mailchimp: Included

Public content

Blog
Framer: Included
Mailchimp: Not included

Reach and quality

SEO
Framer: Included
Mailchimp: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Framer: Not included
Mailchimp: Included
Marketing emails
Framer: Not included
Mailchimp: Included
Campaign workflows
Framer: Not included
Mailchimp: Included

Team

Admin users
Framer: Included
Mailchimp: Included
AI Assistant
Framer: Included
Mailchimp: Included

Feature comparison for Framer and Mailchimp
Feature	Framer	Mailchimp
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Not included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Not included	Included
Marketing emails	Not included	Included
Campaign workflows	Not included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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