Is Cardel an alternative to Kartra or Zenpage?

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

Can I use Cardel with Kartra or Zenpage?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Kartra and Zenpage?

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

How do I switch from Kartra or Zenpage 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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KartravsZenpage

Kartra joins checkout, email automation, memberships, and a helpdesk in one system. Zenpage gives authors a free site that sells ebooks and signed copies with no commission.

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How Kartra and Zenpage 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.

Zenpage turns one Amazon link or ISBN into a finished author site. It finds the rest of your books with their covers and buy links, picks a template that suits your genre, and sets up search data, share previews, and a sitemap before you touch a setting. Ebooks, audiobooks, and signed print copies sell straight from the book page through your own Stripe account, files reach the buyer by email within seconds, and Zenpage takes no commission. Every reader confirms by email, a free first chapter can go out on signup, and the whole thing is free, built by one person who answers every message personally.

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.

Zenpage

Zenpage collects readers and hands them to Mailchimp, Kit, Beehiiv, Brevo, MailerLite, or Substack, and it does not send newsletters itself.
Zenpage sells files and print copies with no Zenpage fee and delivers downloads automatically.
Zenpage's contact page shows your email address and its blog has no comments.
Zenpage templates have fixed layouts and font pairings, with no custom pages.

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 Zenpage when you want a free site that sells your ebooks and signed copies directly, and you already have an email service you like.

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What's on Kartra and Zenpage

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Kartra: Included
Zenpage: Included
Custom domain
Kartra: Included
Zenpage: Included
Editor Mode
Kartra: Included
Zenpage: Not included
Theme and fonts
Kartra: Included
Zenpage: Included

Public content

Blog
Kartra: Not included
Zenpage: Included
Showcase pages
Kartra: Included
Zenpage: Not included
Shop pages
Kartra: Included
Zenpage: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Kartra: Included
Zenpage: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Kartra: Included
Zenpage: Included
Email on your domain
Kartra: Included
Zenpage: Not included
Marketing emails
Kartra: Included
Zenpage: Not included
Campaign workflows
Kartra: Included
Zenpage: Not included

Messaging

Messaging Center
Kartra: Included
Zenpage: Not included

Commerce

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

Team

AI Assistant
Kartra: Included
Zenpage: Not included

Feature comparison for Kartra and Zenpage
Feature	Kartra	Zenpage
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Editor Mode	Included	Not included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Showcase pages	Included	Not included
Shop pages	Included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Email on your domain	Included	Not 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
AI Assistant	Included	Not included

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