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

Can I use Cardel with Kit or ThriveCart?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Kit and ThriveCart?

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

How do I switch from Kit 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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KitvsThriveCart

Kit, formerly ConvertKit, is creator email: forms, automations, paid newsletters, and a network. ThriveCart is a lifetime-priced checkout with bumps, upsells, affiliates, and courses.

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How Kit and ThriveCart compare

Kit, formerly ConvertKit, is email marketing made for creators. Forms and landing pages, tags and segments, visual automations, sequences, a Creator Network for recommendations, paid newsletters, and Kit Commerce for digital products give a creator everything the list needs, with a free plan to start. It is thoughtful and built by people who know creators.

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

Kit

Kit's landing pages are lead capture.
Kit sends from its infrastructure.
Kit Commerce sells digital products.

ThriveCart

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

Choose Kit when the list is the business and you want the deepest creator-focused email tooling.

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

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What's on Kit and ThriveCart

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

Site and brand

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

Audience and email

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

Commerce

Shop payments
Kit: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Team

Admin users
Kit: Included
ThriveCart: Included
AI Assistant
Kit: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Feature comparison for Kit and ThriveCart
Feature	Kit	ThriveCart
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Not included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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