Is Cardel an alternative to Leadpages or Medium?

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

Can I use Cardel with Leadpages or Medium?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Leadpages and Medium?

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

How do I switch from Leadpages or Medium 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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LeadpagesvsMedium

Leadpages builds landing pages, pop-ups, and alert bars that convert, with A/B tests. Medium gives writers a built-in readership and Partner Program earnings without a site.

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How Leadpages and Medium 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.

Medium is where a good essay can find readers on its own. The editor is calm, publications curate, the algorithm and topics surface work to members, and the Partner Program pays writers from member reading time. You bring words; Medium brings the audience and the distribution.

Where they are different

Leadpages

Leadpages captures leads on a page.
Leadpages hands leads to your email tool.
Leadpages has no inbox or bookings.

Medium

Medium owns the reader relationship.
Medium is one publication format.
Medium claps and responses stay on Medium.

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

Choose Medium when you want readers and modest earnings without owning a site or a list.

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What's on Leadpages and Medium

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Leadpages: Included
Medium: Not included
Custom domain
Leadpages: Included
Medium: Not included
Theme and fonts
Leadpages: Included
Medium: Not included

Public content

Blog
Leadpages: Included
Medium: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Leadpages: Included
Medium: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Leadpages: Included
Medium: Not included

Commerce

Shop payments
Leadpages: Included
Medium: Not included

Team

Admin users
Leadpages: Included
Medium: Included

Feature comparison for Leadpages and Medium
Feature	Leadpages	Medium
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Not included
Theme and fonts	Included	Not included
Public content
Blog	Included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Not included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included

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