Is Cardel an alternative to Skool or Substack?

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

Can I use Cardel with Skool or Substack?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Skool and Substack?

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

How do I switch from Skool or Substack 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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SkoolvsSubstack

Skool is a focused on a community, courses, and events. Substack is the simplest way to write a newsletter, grow it through its network, and get paid.

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How Skool and Substack compare

Skool does one thing with unusual discipline: a paid community with a feed, a classroom, a calendar, and gamification that keeps members coming back. The pricing is plain, the app is quick, and Discovery can send you members you did not have to find yourself. If your work is a group people join and show up to every week, Skool is shaped for that.

Substack made paid newsletters normal. You write, it sends, and readers can subscribe or pay in one click. The network effects are real: recommendations, Notes, the app, and discovery bring new readers you did not have to find. There is no monthly fee, and for a writer who wants to write rather than run software, that is a gift.

Where they are different

Choose Skool when the membership is the product, and a feed, courses, and leaderboards are how you deliver it.

Choose Substack when you want to write, get paid, and be discovered with the least possible setup.

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What's on Skool and Substack

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Skool: Not included
Substack: Included
Custom domain
Skool: Not included
Substack: Included
Theme and fonts
Skool: Not included
Substack: Included

Public content

Blog
Skool: Not included
Substack: Included
Reader engagement
Skool: Included
Substack: Included

Reach and quality

SEO
Skool: Not included
Substack: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Skool: Not included
Substack: Included
Marketing emails
Skool: Included
Substack: Included

Messaging

Built-in chat
Skool: Included
Substack: Included

Team

Admin users
Skool: Included
Substack: Included
Per-admin permissions
Skool: Included
Substack: Included

Feature comparison for Skool and Substack
Feature	Skool	Substack
Site and brand
Workspace site	Not included	Included
Custom domain	Not included	Included
Theme and fonts	Not included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Reader engagement	Included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Not included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Not included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Messaging
Built-in chat	Included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
Per-admin permissions	Included	Included

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