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LearnWorlds is a full academy with interactive video, assessments, and memberships. Cardel is your site, audience, shop, bookings, and inbox on one domain.
How Cardel and LearnWorlds compare
LearnWorlds is for people building an academy, not just a course. Interactive videos, assessments, certificates, SCORM, memberships, a capable site builder with a blog, and a branded app option give training businesses room to grow, and the AI assistant speeds up course production. It is thorough in the way serious educators need.
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 an LMS and does not host lessons, learners, or certificates.
Where they are different
LearnWorlds builds pages to enrol learners. Cardel builds a public site for your whole craft, with reader comments, video catalog, Showcase, and Shop.
LearnWorlds emails learners from the academy, with extra send volume as an add-on. Cardel includes an audience list, campaign workflows, and email on your own domain.
LearnWorlds has no bookings or shared inbox. Cardel books time with calendar sync and answers everyone in one Messaging Center.
Choose LearnWorlds when you run an academy and need interactive learning, assessments, and compliance features.
Choose Cardel when you want your site, audience, shop or bookings, and inbox together on your domain, and courses are not what you sell.
You are the Forgemaster. Cardel is your forge. What you build is yours.
Common questions
Is Cardel a LearnWorlds 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 LearnWorlds 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 LearnWorlds together?
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep LearnWorlds for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
How much does Cardel cost compared to LearnWorlds?
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. LearnWorlds sets its own prices, so check their pricing page below for current plans.
How do I switch from LearnWorlds 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 LearnWorlds
A check means that capability is available. LearnWorlds is marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.
Site and brand
- Workspace siteCardel: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
- Custom domainUse your own domain with HTTPS. Cardel includes the DNS records for the site and for sending and receiving email.Use your own domain with HTTPS. Cardel includes the DNS records for the site and for sending and receiving email.Cardel: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
- Theme and fontsCardel: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
- Brand kitCardel: IncludedLearnWorlds: Not included
Public content
- BlogCardel: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
- Showcase pagesCardel: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
- Shop pagesCardel: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
Reach and quality
- SEOCardel: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
Audience and email
- AudienceGroups, tags, and import so you can organize contacts and bring in an existing list.Groups, tags, and import so you can organize contacts and bring in an existing list.Cardel: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
- Email on your domainSend and receive from your custom domain, not a shared Cardel address.Send and receive from your custom domain, not a shared Cardel address.Cardel: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
- Marketing emailsCardel: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
- Campaign workflowsCardel: IncludedLearnWorlds: Not included
Messaging
- Messaging CenterCardel: IncludedLearnWorlds: Not included
Commerce
- Shop paymentsSell on your Shop pages with Stripe. Cardel takes a 0.5% application fee on those card sales. Stripe's own processing fees still apply, and you keep the rest.Sell on your Shop pages with Stripe. Cardel takes a 0.5% application fee on those card sales. Stripe's own processing fees still apply, and you keep the rest.Cardel: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
- Orders and fulfillmentCardel: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
- Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.Cardel: IncludedLearnWorlds: Not included
Team
- Admin usersCardel: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
- Per-admin permissionsCardel: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
- AI AssistantCardel: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
Other
- Interactive videos and assessmentsCardel: Not includedLearnWorlds: Included
- User membershipsCardel: Not includedLearnWorlds: Included
- SCORM and compliance trainingCardel: Not includedLearnWorlds: Included
- Branded mobile appCardel: Not includedLearnWorlds: Included
* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Cardel or LearnWorlds, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Cardel or LearnWorlds may add or remove features that are not shown here.
Cardel vs LearnWorlds 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.
LearnWorlds
Current plans and prices
See what LearnWorlds charges on their pricing page.
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