Is Cardel an alternative to Gumroad or Kajabi?

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

Can I use Cardel with Gumroad or Kajabi?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Gumroad and Kajabi?

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

How do I switch from Gumroad or Kajabi 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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GumroadvsKajabi

Gumroad sells digital products, memberships, and files with no setup and no monthly fee. Kajabi runs courses, funnels, and memberships from one vendor.

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How Gumroad and Kajabi compare

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.

Kajabi is a proven all-in-one for experts who sell courses, coaching, and memberships, then market them with funnels and email from one vendor. That is real strength. If the product is a program people log in to and work through inside Kajabi, it is built for exactly that.

Where they are different

Choose Gumroad when you sell downloads or memberships and want zero setup and no monthly fee.

Choose Kajabi when the center of the business is courses, a sales pipeline, and memberships that live inside Kajabi.

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What's on Gumroad and Kajabi

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Gumroad: Included
Kajabi: Included
Custom domain
Gumroad: Included
Kajabi: Included
Theme and fonts
Gumroad: Included
Kajabi: Included

Public content

Blog
Gumroad: Not included
Kajabi: Included
Shop pages
Gumroad: Included
Kajabi: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Gumroad: Included
Kajabi: Included
Marketing emails
Gumroad: Included
Kajabi: Included
Campaign workflows
Gumroad: Included
Kajabi: Included

Messaging

Built-in chat
Gumroad: Not included
Kajabi: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
Gumroad: Included
Kajabi: Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
Gumroad: Not included
Kajabi: Included

Team

Admin users
Gumroad: Included
Kajabi: Included
AI Assistant
Gumroad: Included
Kajabi: Included

Feature comparison for Gumroad and Kajabi
Feature	Gumroad	Kajabi
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Shop pages	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Included
Messaging
Built-in chat	Not included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Not included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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