Is Cardel an alternative to Ghost or Memberstack?

Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Ghost or Memberstack when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Ghost and Memberstack are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Ghost or Memberstack?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Ghost and Memberstack?

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

How do I switch from Ghost or Memberstack 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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GhostvsMemberstack

Ghost is open-source publishing with a fast site, newsletters, and fee-free paid subscriptions. Memberstack adds logins, gated content, and Stripe subscriptions to no-code sites.

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How Ghost and Memberstack compare

Ghost is what serious independent publishing looks like. A fast, beautifully themed site, newsletters sent from your own domain, paid memberships with zero platform fees, comments, and a clean editor, all open source and portable. Ghost(Pro) hosting removes the ops, and the whole thing respects the writer and the reader.

Memberstack gives no-code sites real members. Signup and login, gated pages, member profiles, Stripe plans and one-time payments, and a clean API drop into Webflow and other builders in an afternoon. For a designer turning a site into a members-only product, it is the least painful route.

Where they are different

Ghost

Ghost monetises by membership.
Ghost sends email and stops.
Ghost is publishing-first.

Memberstack

Memberstack needs a site to attach to.
Memberstack bills plans.
Memberstack stores members and can email them.

Choose Ghost when writing is the business and you want paid subscriptions with no platform cut, on open-source software.

Choose Memberstack when you already build in Webflow and need members and subscriptions on it.

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What's on Ghost and Memberstack

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Ghost: Included
Memberstack: Not included
Custom domain
Ghost: Included
Memberstack: Not included

Public content

Blog
Ghost: Included
Memberstack: Not included

Audience and email

Audience
Ghost: Included
Memberstack: Included
Marketing emails
Ghost: Included
Memberstack: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
Ghost: Not included
Memberstack: Included

Team

Admin users
Ghost: Included
Memberstack: Included
AI Assistant
Ghost: Not included
Memberstack: Included

Feature comparison for Ghost and Memberstack
Feature	Ghost	Memberstack
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Not included
Public content
Blog	Included	Not included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Not included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Not included	Included

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