Is Cardel an alternative to Framer or ThriveCart?

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

Can I use Cardel with Framer or ThriveCart?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Framer and ThriveCart?

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

How do I switch from Framer or ThriveCart 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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FramervsThriveCart

Framer lets designers ship animated marketing sites and a CMS from the canvas. ThriveCart is a lifetime-priced checkout with bumps, upsells, affiliates, and courses.

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How Framer and ThriveCart 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.

ThriveCart is a cart that pays for itself once. A one-time price buys high-converting checkout pages, order bumps, one-click upsells, subscriptions, coupons, affiliate management, and a course platform through ThriveCart Learn. Digital sellers who hate monthly fees and love conversion rates have made it a cult favorite.

Where they are different

Framer

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

ThriveCart

ThriveCart is the cart, not the site.
ThriveCart hands buyers to your email tool.
ThriveCart has no inbox or bookings.

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

Choose ThriveCart when checkout conversion, bumps, and affiliates matter and you want to pay once.

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What's on Framer and ThriveCart

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Framer: Included
ThriveCart: Not included
Custom domain
Framer: Included
ThriveCart: Included
Theme and fonts
Framer: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Public content

Blog
Framer: Included
ThriveCart: Not included

Audience and email

Audience
Framer: Not included
ThriveCart: Included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Framer: Included
ThriveCart: Included
AI Assistant
Framer: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Feature comparison for Framer and ThriveCart
Feature	Framer	ThriveCart
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Not included
Audience and email
Audience	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 ThriveCart, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Framer or ThriveCart may add or remove features that are not shown here.