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

Can I use Cardel with Kartra or Teachable?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Kartra and Teachable?

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

How do I switch from Kartra 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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KartravsTeachable

Kartra joins checkout, email automation, memberships, and a helpdesk in one system. Teachable runs courses, coaching, and downloads with checkout and tax handled.

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How Kartra and Teachable 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.

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

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.

Teachable

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

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

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What's on Kartra and Teachable

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Showcase pages
Kartra: Included
Teachable: Included
Shop pages
Kartra: Included
Teachable: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Kartra: Included
Teachable: Included

Audience and email

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

Messaging

Messaging Center
Kartra: Included
Teachable: Not included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Kartra: Included
Teachable: Included
Per-admin permissions
Kartra: Included
Teachable: Included
AI Assistant
Kartra: Included
Teachable: Included

Feature comparison for Kartra and Teachable
Feature	Kartra	Teachable
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Showcase pages	Included	Included
Shop pages	Included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not included
Messaging
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	Included

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