Is Cardel an alternative to Shopify or Webflow?

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

Can I use Cardel with Shopify or Webflow?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Shopify and Webflow?

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

How do I switch from Shopify or Webflow 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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ShopifyvsWebflow

Shopify is the commerce platform: storefront, checkout, inventory, POS, email, and inbox. Webflow gives designers production-grade control, a CMS, and ecommerce without code.

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How Shopify and Webflow 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.

Webflow is where designers build real websites without writing code. Pixel-level layout, a proper CMS with collections, interactions and animations, ecommerce, localization, and clean hosting make it the choice of marketing teams and agencies who need control and speed. What you can express in Webflow is remarkable.

Where they are different

Shopify

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

Webflow

Webflow stops at the site.
Webflow readers cannot comment or like natively.
Webflow ecommerce is a full store plan.

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

Choose Webflow when you need design control, a CMS, and a site that a team will build and maintain.

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What's on Shopify and Webflow

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Shopify: Included
Webflow: Included
Custom domain
Shopify: Included
Webflow: Included
Editor Mode
Shopify: Included
Webflow: Included
Theme and fonts
Shopify: Included
Webflow: Included

Public content

Blog
Shopify: Included
Webflow: Included
Reader engagement
Shopify: Included
Webflow: Not included
Showcase pages
Shopify: Included
Webflow: Included
Shop pages
Shopify: Included
Webflow: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Shopify: Included
Webflow: Included

Audience and email

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

Messaging

Built-in chat
Shopify: Included
Webflow: Not included
Messaging Center
Shopify: Included
Webflow: Not included

Commerce

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

Team

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

Feature comparison for Shopify and Webflow
Feature	Shopify	Webflow
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Editor Mode	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Included
Reader engagement	Included	Not included
Showcase pages	Included	Included
Shop pages	Included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Not included
Marketing emails	Included	Not included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not included
Messaging
Built-in chat	Included	Not included
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 Webflow, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Shopify or Webflow may add or remove features that are not shown here.