Is Cardel an alternative to Gumroad or Squarespace?

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

Can I use Cardel with Gumroad or Squarespace?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Gumroad and Squarespace?

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

How do I switch from Gumroad or Squarespace 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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GumroadvsSquarespace

Gumroad sells digital products, memberships, and files with no setup and no monthly fee. Squarespace builds sites with commerce, scheduling, and email as add-ons.

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How Gumroad and Squarespace 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.

Squarespace makes sites that look finished. Award-winning templates, a fluid editor, commerce, scheduling through Acuity, email campaigns, and member areas mean a designer or small business can build almost anything in one account. It is polished, dependable, and deservedly popular with people who care how things look.

Where they are different

Gumroad

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

Squarespace

Squarespace sells pieces separately: commerce tiers, scheduling seats, email campaign plans.
Squarespace email is outbound.
Squarespace has comments on the blog.

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

Choose Squarespace when design flexibility and a huge template library matter most and you are happy adding modules as you grow.

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What's on Gumroad and Squarespace

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Gumroad: Not included
Squarespace: Included
Reader engagement
Gumroad: Not included
Squarespace: Included
Shop pages
Gumroad: Included
Squarespace: Included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Gumroad: Included
Squarespace: Included
AI Assistant
Gumroad: Included
Squarespace: Included

Feature comparison for Gumroad and Squarespace
Feature	Gumroad	Squarespace
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Reader engagement	Not included	Included
Shop pages	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	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 Squarespace, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Gumroad or Squarespace may add or remove features that are not shown here.