Is Cardel an alternative to Stan Store 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 Stan Store or Substack when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Stan Store and Substack are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Stan Store or Substack?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Stan Store and Substack?

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

How do I switch from Stan Store 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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Stan StorevsSubstack

Stan Store is a link-in-bio store for courses, downloads, calls, and memberships. Substack is the simplest way to write a newsletter, grow it through its network, and get paid.

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How Stan Store and Substack compare

Stan Store makes selling from your bio link almost effortless. Digital downloads, courses, coaching calls with booking, memberships, and lead magnets sit on one mobile-first page with checkout, plus email marketing and funnels on the higher plan. For a creator selling to social followers on their phone, it removes nearly every step.

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

Stan Store

Stan is a page at stan.store/you.
Stan emails from its platform.
Stan books calls with payment.

Substack

Substack is a network you publish into.
Substack takes a percentage of paid subscriptions.
Substack chat and comments live in its app.

Choose Stan Store when you sell downloads, courses, and calls to a social audience and want one link that does it all.

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

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What's on Stan Store and Substack

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Stan Store: Not included
Substack: Included
Shop pages
Stan Store: Included
Substack: Not included

Reach and quality

SEO
Stan Store: Not included
Substack: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Stan Store: Included
Substack: Included
Marketing emails
Stan Store: Included
Substack: Included
Campaign workflows
Stan Store: Included
Substack: Not included

Messaging

Built-in chat
Stan Store: Not included
Substack: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
Stan Store: Included
Substack: Not included
Orders and fulfillment
Stan Store: Included
Substack: Not included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
Stan Store: Included
Substack: Not included

Team

AI Assistant
Stan Store: Included
Substack: Not included

Feature comparison for Stan Store and Substack
Feature	Stan Store	Substack
Site and brand
Workspace site	Not included	Included
Custom domain	Not included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Shop pages	Included	Not included
Reach and quality
SEO	Not included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not included
Messaging
Built-in chat	Not included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Not included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Not included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Included	Not included
Team
AI Assistant	Included	Not included

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