Is Cardel an alternative to Framer or Zenpage?

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

Can I use Cardel with Framer or Zenpage?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Framer and Zenpage?

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

How do I switch from Framer or Zenpage 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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FramervsZenpage

Framer lets designers ship animated marketing sites and a CMS from the canvas. Zenpage gives authors a free site that sells ebooks and signed copies with no commission.

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How Framer and Zenpage 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.

Zenpage turns one Amazon link or ISBN into a finished author site. It finds the rest of your books with their covers and buy links, picks a template that suits your genre, and sets up search data, share previews, and a sitemap before you touch a setting. Ebooks, audiobooks, and signed print copies sell straight from the book page through your own Stripe account, files reach the buyer by email within seconds, and Zenpage takes no commission. Every reader confirms by email, a free first chapter can go out on signup, and the whole thing is free, built by one person who answers every message personally.

Where they are different

Framer

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

Zenpage

Zenpage collects readers and hands them to Mailchimp, Kit, Beehiiv, Brevo, MailerLite, or Substack, and it does not send newsletters itself.
Zenpage sells files and print copies with no Zenpage fee and delivers downloads automatically.
Zenpage's contact page shows your email address and its blog has no comments.
Zenpage templates have fixed layouts and font pairings, with no custom pages.

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

Choose Zenpage when you want a free site that sells your ebooks and signed copies directly, and you already have an email service you like.

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What's on Framer and Zenpage

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Framer: Included
Zenpage: Included
Custom domain
Framer: Included
Zenpage: Included
Editor Mode
Framer: Included
Zenpage: Not included
Theme and fonts
Framer: Included
Zenpage: Included

Public content

Blog
Framer: Included
Zenpage: Included
Showcase pages
Framer: Included
Zenpage: Not included
Shop pages
Framer: Not included
Zenpage: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Framer: Included
Zenpage: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Framer: Not included
Zenpage: Included

Commerce

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

Team

AI Assistant
Framer: Included
Zenpage: Not included

Feature comparison for Framer and Zenpage
Feature	Framer	Zenpage
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Editor Mode	Included	Not included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Included
Showcase pages	Included	Not included
Shop pages	Not included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Not included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Not included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Not included	Included
Team
AI Assistant	Included	Not included

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