Is Cardel an alternative to Gumroad or Medium?

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

Can I use Cardel with Gumroad or Medium?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Gumroad and Medium?

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

How do I switch from Gumroad or Medium 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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GumroadvsMedium

Gumroad sells digital products, memberships, and files with no setup and no monthly fee. Medium gives writers a built-in readership and Partner Program earnings without a site.

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How Gumroad and Medium 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.

Medium is where a good essay can find readers on its own. The editor is calm, publications curate, the algorithm and topics surface work to members, and the Partner Program pays writers from member reading time. You bring words; Medium brings the audience and the distribution.

Where they are different

Gumroad

Gumroad is a storefront with a profile.
Gumroad emails customers about products.
Gumroad has no inbox or bookings.

Medium

Medium owns the reader relationship.
Medium is one publication format.
Medium claps and responses stay on Medium.

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

Choose Medium when you want readers and modest earnings without owning a site or a list.

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What's on Gumroad and Medium

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Gumroad: Included
Medium: Not included
Custom domain
Gumroad: Included
Medium: Not included
Theme and fonts
Gumroad: Included
Medium: Not included

Public content

Blog
Gumroad: Not included
Medium: Included
Reader engagement
Gumroad: Not included
Medium: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Gumroad: Included
Medium: Not included
Marketing emails
Gumroad: Included
Medium: Not included

Commerce

Shop payments
Gumroad: Included
Medium: Not included

Team

Admin users
Gumroad: Included
Medium: Included

Feature comparison for Gumroad and Medium
Feature	Gumroad	Medium
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Not included
Theme and fonts	Included	Not included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Reader engagement	Not included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Not included
Marketing emails	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Not included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included

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