Is Cardel an alternative to Kartra 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 Kartra or Patreon when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Kartra and Patreon are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Kartra or Patreon?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Kartra and Patreon?

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

How do I switch from Kartra 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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KartravsPatreon

Kartra joins checkout, email automation, memberships, and a helpdesk in one system. Patreon lets fans fund you monthly for members-only posts, chats, and shop items.

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How Kartra and Patreon compare

Kartra is the operator's all-in-one. Checkouts with one-time, recurring, or installment pricing, email and SMS campaigns that react to what a lead does, membership portals for courses, calendars with paid bookings, a helpdesk with tickets and a wiki, and split tests on up to four page versions. If you run offers, sequences, and a member area as one machine and want the analytics to match, Kartra was 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

Kartra

Kartra pages are campaign pages first.
Kartra has blog page templates and a WordPress push, not a blog engine.
Kartra's helpdesk takes tickets from a forwarded support address on Growth and up.

Patreon

Patreon lives at patreon.com/yourname and gates most content.
Patreon takes a percentage of membership revenue.
Patreon messages patrons in-app.

Choose Kartra when you sell through checkouts and sequences, deliver inside memberships, and want a helpdesk, affiliates, SMS, and split testing wired to the same lead record.

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

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What's on Kartra and Patreon

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Shop pages
Kartra: Included
Patreon: Included

Audience and email

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

Messaging

Built-in chat
Kartra: Included
Patreon: Included
Messaging Center
Kartra: Included
Patreon: Not included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Kartra: Included
Patreon: Included
Per-admin permissions
Kartra: Included
Patreon: Included
AI Assistant
Kartra: Included
Patreon: Not included

Feature comparison for Kartra and Patreon
Feature	Kartra	Patreon
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Not included
Public content
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
Messaging Center	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Included	Not included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
Per-admin permissions	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Not included

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