Is Cardel an alternative to Gumroad or Teachable?

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

Can I use Cardel with Gumroad or Teachable?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Gumroad and Teachable?

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

How do I switch from Gumroad or Teachable 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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GumroadvsTeachable

Gumroad sells digital products, memberships, and files with no setup and no monthly fee. Teachable runs courses, coaching, and downloads with checkout and tax handled.

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How Gumroad and Teachable 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.

Teachable is a mature course platform. Curriculum, quizzes, certificates, coaching products, digital downloads, and a checkout that handles tax and payouts have carried a great many creators from first sale to real business. If teaching is your product, Teachable knows the job.

Where they are different

Gumroad

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

Teachable

Teachable is a school with a few site pages around it.
Teachable coaching relies on a Calendly link.
Teachable emails students.

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

Choose Teachable when you sell courses or coaching and want the checkout, tax, and student experience handled.

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What's on Gumroad and Teachable

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Shop pages
Gumroad: Included
Teachable: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Gumroad: Included
Teachable: Included
Marketing emails
Gumroad: Included
Teachable: Included
Campaign workflows
Gumroad: Included
Teachable: Not included

Commerce

Shop payments
Gumroad: Included
Teachable: Included
Orders and fulfillment
Gumroad: Included
Teachable: Included

Team

Admin users
Gumroad: Included
Teachable: Included
AI Assistant
Gumroad: Included
Teachable: Included

Feature comparison for Gumroad and Teachable
Feature	Gumroad	Teachable
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Shop pages	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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