Is Cardel an alternative to Framer or Simplero?

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

Can I use Cardel with Framer or Simplero?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Framer and Simplero?

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

How do I switch from Framer or Simplero 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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FramervsSimplero

Framer lets designers ship animated marketing sites and a CMS from the canvas. Simplero runs courses, coaching, email, CRM, and checkout from one login.

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How Framer and Simplero 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.

Simplero is built for coaches, course creators, and teachers who are tired of paying for a stack of tools that do not talk to each other. Courses with drip schedules, quizzes, and certificates, memberships and communities, email and a CRM that remembers every purchase and lesson, scheduling links, and a checkout with payment plans, upsells, and order bumps all share one contact record, and Simplero takes no transaction fee on sales. Its AI, Simplero Coach, can draft a course, a sales page, and the welcome sequence inside your account. For a coach whose business is a program people pay for and finish, Simplero covers the whole job.

Where they are different

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

Choose Simplero when the business is a program: courses, coaching, or a membership people pay for and work through, sold with funnels and affiliates, with an AI that builds inside the account.

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What's on Framer and Simplero

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Framer: Included
Simplero: Included
Reader engagement
Framer: Not included
Simplero: Included
Shop pages
Framer: Not included
Simplero: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Framer: Included
Simplero: Included

Audience and email

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

Messaging

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

Commerce

Shop payments
Framer: Not included
Simplero: Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
Framer: Not included
Simplero: Included

Team

Admin users
Framer: Included
Simplero: Included
AI Assistant
Framer: Included
Simplero: Included

Feature comparison for Framer and Simplero
Feature	Framer	Simplero
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
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
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Not included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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