Is Cardel an alternative to Patreon or Zenpage?

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

Can I use Cardel with Patreon or Zenpage?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Patreon and Zenpage?

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

How do I switch from Patreon or Zenpage 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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PatreonvsZenpage

Patreon lets fans fund you monthly for members-only posts, chats, and shop items. Zenpage gives authors a free site that sells ebooks and signed copies with no commission.

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How Patreon and Zenpage 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.

Zenpage turns one Amazon link or ISBN into a finished author site. It finds the rest of your books with their covers and buy links, picks a template that suits your genre, and sets up search data, share previews, and a sitemap before you touch a setting. Ebooks, audiobooks, and signed print copies sell straight from the book page through your own Stripe account, files reach the buyer by email within seconds, and Zenpage takes no commission. Every reader confirms by email, a free first chapter can go out on signup, and the whole thing is free, built by one person who answers every message personally.

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.

Zenpage

Zenpage collects readers and hands them to Mailchimp, Kit, Beehiiv, Brevo, MailerLite, or Substack, and it does not send newsletters itself.
Zenpage sells files and print copies with no Zenpage fee and delivers downloads automatically.
Zenpage's contact page shows your email address and its blog has no comments.
Zenpage templates have fixed layouts and font pairings, with no custom pages.

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

Choose Zenpage when you want a free site that sells your ebooks and signed copies directly, and you already have an email service you like.

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What's on Patreon and Zenpage

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Patreon: Not included
Zenpage: Included
Shop pages
Patreon: Included
Zenpage: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Patreon: Included
Zenpage: Included
Marketing emails
Patreon: Included
Zenpage: Not included

Commerce

Shop payments
Patreon: Included
Zenpage: Included
Orders and fulfillment
Patreon: Included
Zenpage: Included

Feature comparison for Patreon and Zenpage
Feature	Patreon	Zenpage
Site and brand
Workspace site	Not included	Included
Custom domain	Not included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Shop pages	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included

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