Is Cardel an alternative to Framer or WordPress?

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

Can I use Cardel with Framer or WordPress?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Framer and WordPress?

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

How do I switch from Framer or WordPress 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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Framer lets designers ship animated marketing sites and a CMS from the canvas. WordPress.com hosts the world's most used publishing software with themes, plugins, and commerce plans.

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How Framer and WordPress 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.

WordPress powers a huge share of the web for good reason. This page compares WordPress.com hosted plans. You get the block editor, thousands of themes, comments and likes, Jetpack newsletters, and on higher plans the full plugin ecosystem and WooCommerce. Nothing else offers this much freedom to extend, and your content is exportable and yours.

Where they are different

Framer

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

WordPress

WordPress extends by plugin: a form plugin, a booking plugin, an email plugin, each with its own settings.
WordPress email is Jetpack newsletters or a plugin.
WordPress accessibility and SEO depend on your theme and plugins.

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

Choose WordPress when you want maximum control, plugins for anything, and the option to self-host.

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What's on Framer and WordPress

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

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

Reach and quality

SEO
Framer: Included
WordPress: Included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Framer: Included
WordPress: Included
AI Assistant
Framer: Included
WordPress: Included

Feature comparison for Framer and WordPress
Feature	Framer	WordPress
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
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 WordPress, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Framer or WordPress may add or remove features that are not shown here.