Is Cardel an alternative to Ghost 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 Ghost or Zenpage when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Ghost and Zenpage are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Ghost or Zenpage?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Ghost and Zenpage?

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

How do I switch from Ghost 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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GhostvsZenpage

Ghost is open-source publishing with a fast site, newsletters, and fee-free paid subscriptions. Zenpage gives authors a free site that sells ebooks and signed copies with no commission.

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How Ghost and Zenpage 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.

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

Ghost

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

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

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 Ghost and Zenpage

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Ghost: Included
Zenpage: Included
Reader engagement
Ghost: Included
Zenpage: Not included
Showcase pages
Ghost: Included
Zenpage: Not included
Shop pages
Ghost: Not included
Zenpage: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Ghost: Included
Zenpage: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Ghost: Included
Zenpage: Included
Email on your domain
Ghost: Included
Zenpage: Not included
Marketing emails
Ghost: Included
Zenpage: Not included

Commerce

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

Feature comparison for Ghost and Zenpage
Feature	Ghost	Zenpage
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Included
Reader engagement	Included	Not included
Showcase pages	Included	Not included
Shop pages	Not included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Email on your domain	Included	Not included
Marketing emails	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Not included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Not included	Included

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

Ghost vs Zenpage pricing

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Current plans and prices
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Cardel: An alternative to
Ghost and Zenpage

You don't pay until you publish.

Cardel provides a home for your craft. Share and sell your work, grow your audience, and bring your community together on a site of your own.

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Common questions

Is Cardel an alternative to Ghost 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 Ghost or Zenpage when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Ghost and Zenpage are marked.
Can I use Cardel with Ghost or Zenpage?
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Ghost or Zenpage for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
How much does Cardel cost compared with Ghost and Zenpage?
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Ghost and Zenpage set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.
How do I switch from Ghost 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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