Is Cardel an alternative to Patreon 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 Patreon or Stan Store when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Patreon and Stan Store are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Patreon or Stan Store?

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

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

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

How do I switch from Patreon 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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PatreonvsStan Store

Patreon lets fans fund you monthly for members-only posts, chats, and shop items. Stan Store is a link-in-bio store for courses, downloads, calls, and memberships.

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How Patreon and Stan Store compare

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.

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

Patreon

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

Stan Store

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

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

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 Patreon and Stan Store

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

Public content

Shop pages
Patreon: Included
Stan Store: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Patreon: Included
Stan Store: Included
Marketing emails
Patreon: Included
Stan Store: Included
Campaign workflows
Patreon: Not included
Stan Store: Included

Messaging

Built-in chat
Patreon: Included
Stan Store: Not included

Commerce

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

Team

AI Assistant
Patreon: Not included
Stan Store: Included

Feature comparison for Patreon and Stan Store
Feature	Patreon	Stan Store
Public content
Shop pages	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Not included	Included
Messaging
Built-in chat	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Not included	Included
Team
AI Assistant	Not included	Included

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