Is Cardel an alternative to MailerLite or Stan Store?

Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace MailerLite or Stan Store when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where MailerLite and Stan Store are marked.

Can I use Cardel with MailerLite or Stan Store?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with MailerLite and Stan Store?

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

How do I switch from MailerLite or Stan Store 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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MailerLitevsStan Store

MailerLite is simple, affordable email with automations, sites, and paid newsletters. Stan Store is a link-in-bio store for courses, downloads, calls, and memberships.

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How MailerLite and Stan Store compare

MailerLite is the friendly, affordable one. A clean editor, automations, segments, landing pages and simple websites, a blog, forms, paid newsletter subscriptions, digital product sales, and a generous free tier make it a favorite for creators and small teams who want email that just works without a big invoice.

Stan Store makes selling from your bio link almost effortless. Digital downloads, courses, coaching calls with booking, memberships, and lead magnets sit on one mobile-first page with checkout, plus email marketing and funnels on the higher plan. For a creator selling to social followers on their phone, it removes nearly every step.

Where they are different

MailerLite

MailerLite's sites and blog exist to grow the list.
MailerLite sends.
MailerLite sells digital products and subscriptions.

Stan Store

Stan is a page at stan.store/you.
Stan emails from its platform.
Stan books calls with payment.

Choose MailerLite when you want affordable, simple email with automations and paid newsletters.

Choose Stan Store when you sell downloads, courses, and calls to a social audience and want one link that does it all.

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What's on MailerLite and Stan Store

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
MailerLite: Included
Stan Store: Not included
Custom domain
MailerLite: Included
Stan Store: Not included
Theme and fonts
MailerLite: Included
Stan Store: Included

Public content

Blog
MailerLite: Included
Stan Store: Not included
Shop pages
MailerLite: Included
Stan Store: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
MailerLite: Included
Stan Store: Not included

Audience and email

Audience
MailerLite: Included
Stan Store: Included
Marketing emails
MailerLite: Included
Stan Store: Included
Campaign workflows
MailerLite: Included
Stan Store: Included

Messaging

Messaging Center
MailerLite: Included
Stan Store: Not included

Commerce

Shop payments
MailerLite: Included
Stan Store: Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
MailerLite: Not included
Stan Store: Included

Team

AI Assistant
MailerLite: Included
Stan Store: Included

Feature comparison for MailerLite and Stan Store
Feature	MailerLite	Stan Store
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Not included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Not included
Shop pages	Included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Not included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Included
Messaging
Messaging Center	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Not included	Included
Team
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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