Is Cardel an alternative to Ghost or Teachable?

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

Can I use Cardel with Ghost or Teachable?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Ghost and Teachable?

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

How do I switch from Ghost or Teachable 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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GhostvsTeachable

Ghost is open-source publishing with a fast site, newsletters, and fee-free paid subscriptions. Teachable runs courses, coaching, and downloads with checkout and tax handled.

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How Ghost and Teachable 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.

Teachable is a mature course platform. Curriculum, quizzes, certificates, coaching products, digital downloads, and a checkout that handles tax and payouts have carried a great many creators from first sale to real business. If teaching is your product, Teachable knows the job.

Where they are different

Ghost

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

Teachable

Teachable is a school with a few site pages around it.
Teachable coaching relies on a Calendly link.
Teachable emails students.

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

Choose Teachable when you sell courses or coaching and want the checkout, tax, and student experience handled.

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What's on Ghost and Teachable

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Ghost: Included
Teachable: Included
Custom domain
Ghost: Included
Teachable: Included
Theme and fonts
Ghost: Included
Teachable: Included

Public content

Blog
Ghost: Included
Teachable: Not included
Showcase pages
Ghost: Included
Teachable: Included
Shop pages
Ghost: Not included
Teachable: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Ghost: Included
Teachable: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Ghost: Included
Teachable: Included
Marketing emails
Ghost: Included
Teachable: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
Ghost: Not included
Teachable: Included
Orders and fulfillment
Ghost: Not included
Teachable: Included

Team

Admin users
Ghost: Included
Teachable: Included
Per-admin permissions
Ghost: Included
Teachable: Included
AI Assistant
Ghost: Not included
Teachable: Included

Feature comparison for Ghost and Teachable
Feature	Ghost	Teachable
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Not included
Showcase pages	Included	Included
Shop pages	Not included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Not included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Not included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
Per-admin permissions	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Not included	Included

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