Is Cardel an alternative to Kajabi or Patreon?

Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Kajabi or Patreon when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Kajabi and Patreon are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Kajabi or Patreon?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Kajabi and Patreon?

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

How do I switch from Kajabi or Patreon 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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KajabivsPatreon

Kajabi runs courses, funnels, and memberships from one vendor. Patreon lets fans fund you monthly for members-only posts, chats, and shop items.

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How Kajabi and Patreon compare

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.

Patreon turned fans into patrons. Membership tiers, members-only posts, community chats, a shop for one-off items, and native podcast and video delivery give creators steady income from the people who care most. It is the default word for creator memberships, and the tools have grown up with it.

Where they are different

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

Choose Patreon when recurring fan support with tiers and members-only perks is the model.

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What's on Kajabi and Patreon

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Kajabi: Included
Patreon: Not included
Custom domain
Kajabi: Included
Patreon: Not included

Public content

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

Audience and email

Audience
Kajabi: Included
Patreon: Included
Marketing emails
Kajabi: Included
Patreon: Included
Campaign workflows
Kajabi: Included
Patreon: Not included

Messaging

Built-in chat
Kajabi: Included
Patreon: Included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Kajabi: Included
Patreon: Included
AI Assistant
Kajabi: Included
Patreon: Not included

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

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