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

Can I use Cardel with Kartra or ThriveCart?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Kartra and ThriveCart?

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

How do I switch from Kartra 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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KartravsThriveCart

Kartra joins checkout, email automation, memberships, and a helpdesk in one system. ThriveCart is a lifetime-priced checkout with bumps, upsells, affiliates, and courses.

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How Kartra and ThriveCart 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.

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

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.

ThriveCart

ThriveCart is the cart, not the site.
ThriveCart hands buyers to your email tool.
ThriveCart has no inbox or bookings.

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

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What's on Kartra and ThriveCart

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Shop pages
Kartra: Included
ThriveCart: Not included

Audience and email

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

Messaging

Messaging Center
Kartra: Included
ThriveCart: Not included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Kartra: Included
ThriveCart: Included
AI Assistant
Kartra: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Feature comparison for Kartra and ThriveCart
Feature	Kartra	ThriveCart
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Shop pages	Included	Not included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Not 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
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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