Is Cardel an alternative to Shopify or Teachable?

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

Can I use Cardel with Shopify or Teachable?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Shopify and Teachable?

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

How do I switch from Shopify or Teachable 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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ShopifyvsTeachable

Shopify is the commerce platform: storefront, checkout, inventory, POS, email, and inbox. Teachable runs courses, coaching, and downloads with checkout and tax handled.

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How Shopify and Teachable compare

Shopify is what you use when the store is the business. World-class checkout, inventory and shipping, taxes, POS, thousands of apps, Shopify Email, Shopify Inbox, and a theme store make it the standard for merchants of every size. It scales from one product to a warehouse without changing platforms.

Teachable is a mature course platform. Curriculum, quizzes, certificates, coaching products, digital downloads, and a checkout that handles tax and payouts have carried a great many creators from first sale to real business. If teaching is your product, Teachable knows the job.

Where they are different

Shopify

Shopify's blog and pages serve the store.
Shopify Inbox handles chat.
Shopify doesn't manage scheduling natively.

Teachable

Teachable is a school with a few site pages around it.
Teachable coaching relies on a Calendly link.
Teachable emails students.

Choose Shopify when you sell products at volume and need inventory, shipping, tax, and apps.

Choose Teachable when you sell courses or coaching and want the checkout, tax, and student experience handled.

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What's on Shopify and Teachable

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Shopify: Included
Teachable: Included
Custom domain
Shopify: Included
Teachable: Included
Theme and fonts
Shopify: Included
Teachable: Included

Public content

Blog
Shopify: Included
Teachable: Not included
Showcase pages
Shopify: Included
Teachable: Included
Shop pages
Shopify: Included
Teachable: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Shopify: Included
Teachable: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Shopify: Included
Teachable: Included
Marketing emails
Shopify: Included
Teachable: Included
Campaign workflows
Shopify: Included
Teachable: Not included

Messaging

Messaging Center
Shopify: Included
Teachable: Not included

Commerce

Shop payments
Shopify: Included
Teachable: Included
Orders and fulfillment
Shopify: Included
Teachable: Included

Team

Admin users
Shopify: Included
Teachable: Included
Per-admin permissions
Shopify: Included
Teachable: Included
AI Assistant
Shopify: Included
Teachable: Included

Feature comparison for Shopify and Teachable
Feature	Shopify	Teachable
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Not included
Showcase pages	Included	Included
Shop pages	Included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not included
Messaging
Messaging Center	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
Per-admin permissions	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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