Gumroad is selling without ceremony. Upload a file, set a price, share a link, and Gumroad handles checkout, delivery, VAT, memberships, pay-what-you-want, discount codes, and customer emails, taking a cut only when you sell. For creators who want to sell today and not think about infrastructure, it remains the easy answer.
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. Cardel does not deliver digital files, handle tax as merchant of record, or run memberships; the Shop sells items you fulfill.
Gumroad is a storefront with a profile. Cardel is a full site: blog, Showcase, Shop, Videos, Schedule, with reader comments and SEO.
Gumroad emails customers about products. Cardel runs a full audience list with campaign workflows and email on your own domain.
Gumroad has no inbox or bookings. Cardel has a Messaging Center and scheduling with calendar sync.
Choose Gumroad when you sell downloads or memberships and want zero setup and no monthly fee.
Choose Cardel when you want your site, audience, shop or bookings, and inbox on one domain and you fulfill what you sell.
You are the Forgemaster. Cardel is your forge. What you build is yours.
Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Gumroad when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list below shows where the two overlap and where they part.
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Gumroad for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
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A check means that capability is available. Gumroad is marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.
Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.
Cardel
Build at no cost, then choose Starter, Pro, or Business when your site goes live.
Gumroad
See what Gumroad charges on their pricing page.
Forge your community
Looking for a Gumroad alternative? Bring your work to a site of your own.
See how Cardel compares with other products.
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Business when your site goes live. Gumroad sets its own prices, so check their pricing page below for current plans.
Start with Get Started, set up your site, and bring your work over at your own pace. You do not have to move everything on day one.
* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Cardel or Gumroad, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Cardel or Gumroad may add or remove features that are not shown here.
