Is Cardel an alternative to Framer or Shopify?

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

Can I use Cardel with Framer or Shopify?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Framer and Shopify?

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

How do I switch from Framer or Shopify 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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FramervsShopify

Framer lets designers ship animated marketing sites and a CMS from the canvas. Shopify is the commerce platform: storefront, checkout, inventory, POS, email, and inbox.

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How Framer and Shopify 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.

Shopify is what you use when the store is the business. World-class checkout, inventory and shipping, taxes, POS, thousands of apps, Shopify Email, Shopify Inbox, and a theme store make it the standard for merchants of every size. It scales from one product to a warehouse without changing platforms.

Where they are different

Framer

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

Shopify

Shopify's blog and pages serve the store.
Shopify Inbox handles chat.
Shopify doesn't manage scheduling natively.

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

Choose Shopify when you sell products at volume and need inventory, shipping, tax, and apps.

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What's on Framer and Shopify

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Framer: Included
Shopify: Included
Custom domain
Framer: Included
Shopify: Included
Editor Mode
Framer: Included
Shopify: Included
Theme and fonts
Framer: Included
Shopify: Included

Public content

Blog
Framer: Included
Shopify: Included
Reader engagement
Framer: Not included
Shopify: Included
Showcase pages
Framer: Included
Shopify: Included
Shop pages
Framer: Not included
Shopify: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Framer: Included
Shopify: Included

Audience and email

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

Messaging

Built-in chat
Framer: Not included
Shopify: Included
Messaging Center
Framer: Not included
Shopify: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
Framer: Not included
Shopify: Included
Orders and fulfillment
Framer: Not included
Shopify: Included

Team

Admin users
Framer: Included
Shopify: Included
AI Assistant
Framer: Included
Shopify: Included

Feature comparison for Framer and Shopify
Feature	Framer	Shopify
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Editor Mode	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Included
Reader engagement	Not included	Included
Showcase pages	Included	Included
Shop pages	Not included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Not included	Included
Marketing emails	Not included	Included
Campaign workflows	Not included	Included
Messaging
Built-in chat	Not included	Included
Messaging Center	Not included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Not included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Not included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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