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Mighty Networks bundles community, courses, events, and memberships in one network. Cardel puts site, blog, audience, shop, and inbox on your own domain.

How Cardel and Mighty Networks compare

Mighty Networks is built around one idea: people join for the content and stay for each other. Spaces that mix feed, chat, events, and courses, paid memberships charged in hundreds of currencies, native iOS and Android apps for every member, livestreaming, gamification, and Mighty Co-Host AI that drafts your landing page and brand from a single question. If you want to sell a $48 a month membership and keep members active on their phones, Mighty is designed for that job and has the numbers to show for it.

Cardel provides a home for your craft. Share and sell your work, grow your audience, and bring your community together on a site of your own. Cardel is not a membership platform, does not run courses or paid plans, and has no mobile app. The community Cardel serves is your public readership: people who find your site in search, comment and subscribe, buy from your Shop, book time, and reach you in one inbox.


Where they are different

  • Mighty's website is a landing page in front of a members-only Network, indexable on Scale and up. Cardel's site is entirely public: blog, Showcase, Shop, Schedule, and video pages that search engines read on day one.

  • Mighty reaches members with notifications and a Message All Members announcement and hands newsletters to Kit. Cardel sends marketing email and campaigns from your own domain and receives replies into the Messaging Center.

  • Mighty sells memberships, courses, and bundles through plans. Cardel sells items and bookings through Stripe on your Shop page, with no paywalled content anywhere.

  • Mighty has chat between members; Cardel has chat between readers and you.

Choose Mighty Networks when a paid membership with courses, events, and a native app is the business, and member-to-member activity is the value you sell.

Choose Cardel when you want to publish, sell, take bookings, and talk to your audience from one public site on your own domain, with the newsletter and inbox built in. If you run both, Cardel is the storefront and Mighty is the clubhouse.

You are the Forgemaster. Cardel is your forge. What you build is yours.


Common questions

  • Is Cardel a Mighty Networks alternative?

    Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Mighty Networks when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list below shows where the two overlap and where they part.

  • Can I use Cardel and Mighty Networks together?

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

  • How much does Cardel cost compared to Mighty Networks?

    You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Mighty Networks sets its own prices, so check their pricing page below for current plans.

  • How do I switch from Mighty Networks to Cardel?

    Choose Start for Free, 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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What's on Cardel and Mighty Networks

A check means that capability is available. Mighty Networks is marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.

Site and brand

  • Workspace site
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Included
  • Custom domain
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Included
  • Theme and fonts
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Included
  • Brand kit
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Not included
  • AI Theme Suggest
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Included

Public content

  • Blog
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Not included
  • Reader engagement
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Not included
  • Video catalog
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Not included
  • Showcase pages
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Included
  • Shop pages
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Not included

Reach and quality

  • SEO
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Included

Audience and email

  • Audience
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Included
  • Email on your domain
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Not included
  • Marketing emails
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Not included
  • Bulk email workflows
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Included
  • Campaign workflows
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Not included

Messaging

  • Built-in chat
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Included
  • Messaging Center
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Not included

Commerce

  • Shop payments
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Included
  • Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Not included

Team

  • Admin users
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Included
  • Per-admin permissions
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Included
  • AI Assistant
    Cardel: Included
    Mighty Networks: Included

Other

  • Paid user membership
    Cardel: Not included
    Mighty Networks: Included
  • Livestreaming
    Cardel: Not included
    Mighty Networks: Included
  • Native video hosting
    Cardel: Not included
    Mighty Networks: Included
  • Gamification
    Cardel: Not included
    Mighty Networks: Included
  • Promotional banners
    Cardel: Not included
    Mighty Networks: Included

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

Cardel vs Mighty Networks pricing

Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.

  • Cardel

    You don't pay until you publish

    Build at no cost, then choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live.

  • Mighty Networks

    Current plans and prices

    See what Mighty Networks charges on their pricing page.

Forge your community

Choose Cardel

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