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

Can I use Cardel with Lemon Squeezy or ThriveCart?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Lemon Squeezy and ThriveCart?

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

How do I switch from Lemon Squeezy 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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Lemon SqueezyvsThriveCart

Lemon Squeezy is a merchant of record for software and digital goods with tax handled. ThriveCart is a lifetime-priced checkout with bumps, upsells, affiliates, and courses.

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How Lemon Squeezy and ThriveCart compare

Lemon Squeezy takes the hard parts of selling software off your plate. As merchant of record it handles global tax, fraud, and compliance, while you get hosted checkout, subscriptions, license keys, a storefront, customer email, affiliates, and a clean API. Developers and digital product makers choose it so they can ship instead of file returns.

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

Lemon Squeezy

Lemon Squeezy is the checkout behind your product.
Lemon Squeezy emails customers.
Lemon Squeezy has no inbox or bookings.

ThriveCart

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

Choose Lemon Squeezy when you sell software or digital goods globally and want tax and licensing handled.

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

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What's on Lemon Squeezy and ThriveCart

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Shop pages
Lemon Squeezy: Included
ThriveCart: Not included

Audience and email

Audience
Lemon Squeezy: Included
ThriveCart: Included
Marketing emails
Lemon Squeezy: Included
ThriveCart: Not included
Campaign workflows
Lemon Squeezy: Included
ThriveCart: Not included

Commerce

Shop payments
Lemon Squeezy: Included
ThriveCart: Included
Orders and fulfillment
Lemon Squeezy: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Team

Admin users
Lemon Squeezy: Included
ThriveCart: Included
AI Assistant
Lemon Squeezy: Not included
ThriveCart: Included

Feature comparison for Lemon Squeezy and ThriveCart
Feature	Lemon Squeezy	ThriveCart
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Shop pages	Included	Not included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Not included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Not included	Included

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