Is Cardel an alternative to Medium or Teachable?

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

Can I use Cardel with Medium or Teachable?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Medium and Teachable?

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

How do I switch from Medium or Teachable 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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MediumvsTeachable

Medium gives writers a built-in readership and Partner Program earnings without a site. Teachable runs courses, coaching, and downloads with checkout and tax handled.

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How Medium and Teachable compare

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.

Teachable is a mature course platform. Curriculum, quizzes, certificates, coaching products, digital downloads, and a checkout that handles tax and payouts have carried a great many creators from first sale to real business. If teaching is your product, Teachable knows the job.

Where they are different

Medium

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

Teachable

Teachable is a school with a few site pages around it.
Teachable coaching relies on a Calendly link.
Teachable emails students.

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

Choose Teachable when you sell courses or coaching and want the checkout, tax, and student experience handled.

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What's on Medium and Teachable

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Medium: Included
Teachable: Not included

Reach and quality

SEO
Medium: Included
Teachable: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Medium: Not included
Teachable: Included
Marketing emails
Medium: Not included
Teachable: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
Medium: Not included
Teachable: Included

Team

Admin users
Medium: Included
Teachable: Included
Per-admin permissions
Medium: Included
Teachable: Included

Feature comparison for Medium and Teachable
Feature	Medium	Teachable
Site and brand
Workspace site	Not included	Included
Custom domain	Not included	Included
Theme and fonts	Not included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Not included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Not included	Included
Marketing emails	Not included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Not included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
Per-admin permissions	Included	Included

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