Is Cardel an alternative to Simplero or ThriveCart?

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

Can I use Cardel with Simplero or ThriveCart?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Simplero and ThriveCart?

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

How do I switch from Simplero or ThriveCart 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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SimplerovsThriveCart

Simplero runs courses, coaching, email, CRM, and checkout from one login. ThriveCart is a lifetime-priced checkout with bumps, upsells, affiliates, and courses.

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How Simplero and ThriveCart compare

Simplero is built for coaches, course creators, and teachers who are tired of paying for a stack of tools that do not talk to each other. Courses with drip schedules, quizzes, and certificates, memberships and communities, email and a CRM that remembers every purchase and lesson, scheduling links, and a checkout with payment plans, upsells, and order bumps all share one contact record, and Simplero takes no transaction fee on sales. Its AI, Simplero Coach, can draft a course, a sales page, and the welcome sequence inside your account. For a coach whose business is a program people pay for and finish, Simplero covers the whole job.

ThriveCart is a cart that pays for itself once. A one-time price buys high-converting checkout pages, order bumps, one-click upsells, subscriptions, coupons, affiliate management, and a course platform through ThriveCart Learn. Digital sellers who hate monthly fees and love conversion rates have made it a cult favorite.

Where they are different

Choose Simplero when the business is a program: courses, coaching, or a membership people pay for and work through, sold with funnels and affiliates, with an AI that builds inside the account.

Choose ThriveCart when checkout conversion, bumps, and affiliates matter and you want to pay once.

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What's on Simplero and ThriveCart

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Simplero: Included
ThriveCart: Not included
Custom domain
Simplero: Included
ThriveCart: Included
Theme and fonts
Simplero: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Public content

Blog
Simplero: Included
ThriveCart: Not included
Shop pages
Simplero: Included
ThriveCart: Not included

Audience and email

Audience
Simplero: Included
ThriveCart: Included
Marketing emails
Simplero: Included
ThriveCart: Not included
Campaign workflows
Simplero: Included
ThriveCart: Not included

Messaging

Messaging Center
Simplero: Included
ThriveCart: Not included

Commerce

Shop payments
Simplero: Included
ThriveCart: Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
Simplero: Included
ThriveCart: Not included

Team

Admin users
Simplero: Included
ThriveCart: Included
AI Assistant
Simplero: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Feature comparison for Simplero and ThriveCart
Feature	Simplero	ThriveCart
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Included	Not included
Shop pages	Included	Not included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Not included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not included
Messaging
Messaging Center	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Included	Not included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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