Is Cardel an alternative to Kajabi or ThriveCart?

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

Can I use Cardel with Kajabi or ThriveCart?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Kajabi and ThriveCart?

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

How do I switch from Kajabi or ThriveCart 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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KajabivsThriveCart

Kajabi runs courses, funnels, and memberships from one vendor. ThriveCart is a lifetime-priced checkout with bumps, upsells, affiliates, and courses.

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How Kajabi and ThriveCart 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.

ThriveCart is a cart that pays for itself once. A one-time price buys high-converting checkout pages, order bumps, one-click upsells, subscriptions, coupons, affiliate management, and a course platform through ThriveCart Learn. Digital sellers who hate monthly fees and love conversion rates have made it a cult favorite.

Where they are different

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

Choose ThriveCart when checkout conversion, bumps, and affiliates matter and you want to pay once.

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What's on Kajabi and ThriveCart

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Kajabi: Included
ThriveCart: Not included
Custom domain
Kajabi: Included
ThriveCart: Included
Theme and fonts
Kajabi: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Public content

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

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Kajabi: Included
ThriveCart: Included
AI Assistant
Kajabi: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Feature comparison for Kajabi and ThriveCart
Feature	Kajabi	ThriveCart
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Not included
Shop pages	Included	Not included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Not included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not 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	Included

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