Is Cardel an alternative to Framer or Substack?

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

Can I use Cardel with Framer or Substack?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Framer and Substack?

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

How do I switch from Framer or Substack 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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FramervsSubstack

Framer lets designers ship animated marketing sites and a CMS from the canvas. Substack is the simplest way to write a newsletter, grow it through its network, and get paid.

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How Framer and Substack 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.

Substack made paid newsletters normal. You write, it sends, and readers can subscribe or pay in one click. The network effects are real: recommendations, Notes, the app, and discovery bring new readers you did not have to find. There is no monthly fee, and for a writer who wants to write rather than run software, that is a gift.

Where they are different

Framer

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

Substack

Substack is a network you publish into.
Substack takes a percentage of paid subscriptions.
Substack chat and comments live in its app.

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

Choose Substack when you want to write, get paid, and be discovered with the least possible setup.

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What's on Framer and Substack

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Framer: Included
Substack: Included
Reader engagement
Framer: Not included
Substack: Included
Showcase pages
Framer: Included
Substack: Not included

Reach and quality

SEO
Framer: Included
Substack: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Framer: Not included
Substack: Included
Marketing emails
Framer: Not included
Substack: Included

Messaging

Built-in chat
Framer: Not included
Substack: Included

Team

Admin users
Framer: Included
Substack: Included
AI Assistant
Framer: Included
Substack: Not included

Feature comparison for Framer and Substack
Feature	Framer	Substack
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Included
Reader engagement	Not included	Included
Showcase pages	Included	Not included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Not included	Included
Marketing emails	Not included	Included
Messaging
Built-in chat	Not included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Not included

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