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

Can I use Cardel with Klaviyo or ThriveCart?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Klaviyo and ThriveCart?

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

How do I switch from Klaviyo 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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KlaviyovsThriveCart

Klaviyo is ecommerce marketing automation: email, SMS, and revenue attribution for stores. ThriveCart is a lifetime-priced checkout with bumps, upsells, affiliates, and courses.

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How Klaviyo and ThriveCart compare

Klaviyo is the marketing brain of many online stores. Deep integration with Shopify and other platforms, behavior-based flows, predictive segments, email plus SMS plus push, and reporting that ties every send to revenue make it the standard for brands that live on repeat purchases. It is powerful and it is priced for that power.

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

Klaviyo

Klaviyo needs a store to listen to.
Klaviyo sends.
Klaviyo optimizes revenue per send.

ThriveCart

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

Choose Klaviyo when you run an e-commerce brand and want email and SMS driven by store data.

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

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What's on Klaviyo and ThriveCart

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

Site and brand

Custom domain
Klaviyo: Not included
ThriveCart: Included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

Shop payments
Klaviyo: Not included
ThriveCart: Included

Team

Admin users
Klaviyo: Included
ThriveCart: Included
AI Assistant
Klaviyo: Included
ThriveCart: Included

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

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