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Leadpages builds landing pages, pop-ups, and alert bars that convert, with A/B tests. Cardel is your site, audience, emails, shop, bookings, and inbox on one domain.

How Cardel and Leadpages compare

Leadpages does landing pages very well. Conversion-tested templates, pop-ups, alert bars, A/B testing, lead notifications, and Stripe checkouts help a marketer launch a campaign page in an afternoon and know how it is performing. It stays focused, and that focus is why people keep it.

Cardel provides a home for your craft. Share and sell your work, grow your audience, and bring your community together on a site of your own. Cardel is not a landing-page tool and has no pop-ups, A/B tests, or lead-gen widgets.


Where they are different

  • Leadpages captures leads on a page. Cardel grows an audience on a site, with blog, Showcase, Shop, video catalog, and reader comments.

  • Leadpages hands leads to your email tool. Cardel keeps the audience list, campaign workflows, and email on your own domain in the same place.

  • Leadpages has no inbox or bookings. Cardel gives you a Messaging Center for replies and a booking page with calendar sync.

Choose Leadpages when your job is campaign pages and lead capture feeding another stack.

Choose Cardel when you want your site, audience, shop or bookings, and inbox on one domain, not a page that feeds other tools.

You are the Forgemaster. Cardel is your forge. What you build is yours.


Common questions

  • Is Cardel a Leadpages alternative?

    Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Leadpages when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list below shows where the two overlap and where they part.

  • Can I use Cardel and Leadpages together?

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

  • How much does Cardel cost compared to Leadpages?

    You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Leadpages sets its own prices, so check their pricing page below for current plans.

  • How do I switch from Leadpages to Cardel?

    Choose Start for Free, 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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What's on Cardel and Leadpages

A check means that capability is available. Leadpages is marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.

Site and brand

  • Workspace site
    Cardel: Included
    Leadpages: Included
  • Custom domain
    Cardel: Included
    Leadpages: Included
  • Theme and fonts
    Cardel: Included
    Leadpages: Included
  • Brand kit
    Cardel: Included
    Leadpages: Included

Public content

  • Blog
    Cardel: Included
    Leadpages: Included
  • Showcase pages
    Cardel: Included
    Leadpages: Included
  • Shop pages
    Cardel: Included
    Leadpages: Included

Reach and quality

  • SEO
    Cardel: Included
    Leadpages: Included

Audience and email

  • Audience
    Cardel: Included
    Leadpages: Included
  • Marketing emails
    Cardel: Included
    Leadpages: Not included
  • Campaign workflows
    Cardel: Included
    Leadpages: Not included

Messaging

  • Messaging Center
    Cardel: Included
    Leadpages: Not included

Commerce

  • Shop payments
    Cardel: Included
    Leadpages: Included
  • Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
    Cardel: Included
    Leadpages: Not included

Team

  • Admin users
    Cardel: Included
    Leadpages: Included
  • AI Assistant
    Cardel: Included
    Leadpages: Included

Other

  • Lead magnet delivery
    Cardel: Not included
    Leadpages: Included
  • AI image generation
    Cardel: Not included
    Leadpages: Included
  • Pop-ups and alert bars
    Cardel: Not included
    Leadpages: Included
  • A/B testing
    Cardel: Not included
    Leadpages: Included

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

Cardel vs Leadpages pricing

Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.

  • Cardel

    You don't pay until you publish

    Build at no cost, then choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live.

  • Leadpages

    Current plans and prices

    See what Leadpages charges on their pricing page.

Forge your community

Choose Cardel

Looking for a Leadpages alternative? Bring your work to a site of your own.