Is Cardel an alternative to GoHighLevel or Kartra?

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

Can I use Cardel with GoHighLevel or Kartra?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with GoHighLevel and Kartra?

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

How do I switch from GoHighLevel or Kartra 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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GoHighLevelvsKartra

GoHighLevel is an agency system: CRM, calendars, SMS and email, funnels, and white-label. Kartra joins checkout, email automation, memberships, and a helpdesk in one system.

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How GoHighLevel and Kartra compare

GoHighLevel is the operating system agencies build a business on. Unlimited contacts and users on every plan, sub-accounts you can resell under your own brand, a CRM with pipelines, unified Conversations across SMS, email, calls, WhatsApp, and social DMs, booking calendars that sync with Google and Outlook, workflow automation, reputation management, and Voice and Conversation AI. If you run marketing for local businesses, or want to sell software to them, HighLevel is the deepest toolbox in the category.

Kartra is the operator's all-in-one. Checkouts with one-time, recurring, or installment pricing, email and SMS campaigns that react to what a lead does, membership portals for courses, calendars with paid bookings, a helpdesk with tickets and a wiki, and split tests on up to four page versions. If you run offers, sequences, and a member area as one machine and want the analytics to match, Kartra was built for exactly that.

Where they are different

GoHighLevel

HighLevel is built to run many businesses from one login, with usage-based charges for texts, calls, emails, and AI.
Both put inbound email into an inbox.
HighLevel Blogs publish SEO-ready posts.

Kartra

Kartra pages are campaign pages first.
Kartra has blog page templates and a WordPress push, not a blog engine.
Kartra's helpdesk takes tickets from a forwarded support address on Growth and up.

Choose GoHighLevel when you serve clients or local businesses and need CRM, SMS, calling, reviews, funnels, and sub-accounts that you can rebill or white label.

Choose Kartra when you sell through checkouts and sequences, deliver inside memberships, and want a helpdesk, affiliates, SMS, and split testing wired to the same lead record.

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What's on GoHighLevel and Kartra

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
GoHighLevel: Included
Kartra: Included
Custom domain
GoHighLevel: Included
Kartra: Included
Theme and fonts
GoHighLevel: Included
Kartra: Included
Brand kit
GoHighLevel: Included
Kartra: Not included

Public content

Blog
GoHighLevel: Included
Kartra: Not included
Showcase pages
GoHighLevel: Not included
Kartra: Included
Shop pages
GoHighLevel: Not included
Kartra: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
GoHighLevel: Included
Kartra: Included

Audience and email

Audience
GoHighLevel: Included
Kartra: Included
Email on your domain
GoHighLevel: Included
Kartra: Included
Marketing emails
GoHighLevel: Included
Kartra: Included
Campaign workflows
GoHighLevel: Included
Kartra: Included

Messaging

Built-in chat
GoHighLevel: Included
Kartra: Included
Messaging Center
GoHighLevel: Included
Kartra: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
GoHighLevel: Included
Kartra: Included
Orders and fulfillment
GoHighLevel: Not included
Kartra: Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
GoHighLevel: Included
Kartra: Included

Team

Admin users
GoHighLevel: Included
Kartra: Included
Per-admin permissions
GoHighLevel: Included
Kartra: Included
AI Assistant
GoHighLevel: Included
Kartra: Included

Feature comparison for GoHighLevel and Kartra
Feature	GoHighLevel	Kartra
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Brand kit	Included	Not included
Public content
Blog	Included	Not included
Showcase pages	Not included	Included
Shop pages	Not included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Email on your domain	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Included
Messaging
Built-in chat	Included	Included
Messaging Center	Included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Not included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
Per-admin permissions	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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