Is Cardel an alternative to Medium or Webflow?

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

Can I use Cardel with Medium or Webflow?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Medium and Webflow?

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

How do I switch from Medium or Webflow 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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MediumvsWebflow

Medium gives writers a built-in readership and Partner Program earnings without a site. Webflow gives designers production-grade control, a CMS, and ecommerce without code.

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How Medium and Webflow 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.

Webflow is where designers build real websites without writing code. Pixel-level layout, a proper CMS with collections, interactions and animations, ecommerce, localization, and clean hosting make it the choice of marketing teams and agencies who need control and speed. What you can express in Webflow is remarkable.

Where they are different

Medium

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

Webflow

Webflow stops at the site.
Webflow readers cannot comment or like natively.
Webflow ecommerce is a full store plan.

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

Choose Webflow when you need design control, a CMS, and a site that a team will build and maintain.

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What's on Medium and Webflow

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Medium: Included
Webflow: Included
Reader engagement
Medium: Included
Webflow: Not included

Reach and quality

SEO
Medium: Included
Webflow: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
Medium: Not included
Webflow: Included

Team

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

Feature comparison for Medium and Webflow
Feature	Medium	Webflow
Site and brand
Workspace site	Not included	Included
Custom domain	Not included	Included
Theme and fonts	Not included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Included
Reader engagement	Included	Not included
Reach and quality
SEO	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 Webflow, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Medium or Webflow may add or remove features that are not shown here.