Is Cardel an alternative to Memberful or Patreon?

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

Can I use Cardel with Memberful or Patreon?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Memberful and Patreon?

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

How do I switch from Memberful or Patreon 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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MemberfulvsPatreon

Memberful adds paid memberships, gated content, and newsletters to a site you run. Patreon lets fans fund you monthly for members-only posts, chats, and shop items.

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How Memberful and Patreon compare

Memberful is a clean way to charge for membership. Stripe billing, plans and gifts, gated WordPress content, Discord and podcast access, member newsletters, and now a landing-page and newsletter builder on your own domain. Publishers who want a paywall without rebuilding their whole site have trusted it for years.

Patreon turned fans into patrons. Membership tiers, members-only posts, community chats, a shop for one-off items, and native podcast and video delivery give creators steady income from the people who care most. It is the default word for creator memberships, and the tools have grown up with it.

Where they are different

Memberful

Memberful assumes you have a site.
Memberful bills recurring plans.
Memberful sends member newsletters.

Patreon

Patreon lives at patreon.com/yourname and gates most content.
Patreon takes a percentage of membership revenue.
Patreon messages patrons in-app.

Choose Memberful when you want a paywall and member billing on a WordPress or custom site you already run.

Choose Patreon when recurring fan support with tiers and members-only perks is the model.

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What's on Memberful and Patreon

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Memberful: Included
Patreon: Not included
Custom domain
Memberful: Included
Patreon: Not included

Audience and email

Audience
Memberful: Included
Patreon: Included
Marketing emails
Memberful: Included
Patreon: Included
Campaign workflows
Memberful: Included
Patreon: Not included

Commerce

Shop payments
Memberful: Included
Patreon: Included

Team

Admin users
Memberful: Included
Patreon: Included

Feature comparison for Memberful and Patreon
Feature	Memberful	Patreon
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Not included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included

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