Is Cardel a Teachable alternative?

Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Teachable when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list below shows where the two overlap and where they part.

Can I use Cardel and Teachable together?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared to Teachable?

You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Teachable sets its own prices, so check their pricing page below for current plans.

How do I switch from Teachable to Cardel?

Choose Start for Free, 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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CardelvsTeachable

Teachable runs courses, coaching, and downloads with checkout and tax handled. Cardel runs your site, audience, shop, bookings, and inbox on one domain.

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How Cardel and Teachable compare

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.

Cardel provides a home for your craft. Share and sell your work, grow your audience, and bring your community together on a site of your own. Cardel is not an LMS and does not host lessons, quizzes, or student accounts.

Where they are different

Teachable is a school with a few site pages around it. Cardel is a full site with blog, Showcase, Shop, video catalog, and reader engagement, with SEO and accessibility built in.
Teachable coaching relies on a Calendly link. Cardel books time natively with Google and Outlook sync.
Teachable emails students. Cardel gives you a real audience list, campaign workflows, email on your own domain, and a Messaging Center.

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

Choose Cardel when you want your site, audience, shop or bookings, and inbox on one domain, and hosted courses are not the product.

You are the Forgemaster. Cardel is your forge. What you build is yours.

Common questions

Is Cardel a Teachable alternative?
Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Teachable when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list below shows where the two overlap and where they part.
Can I use Cardel and Teachable together?
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Teachable for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
How much does Cardel cost compared to Teachable?
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Teachable sets its own prices, so check their pricing page below for current plans.
How do I switch from Teachable to Cardel?
Choose Start for Free, 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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What's on Cardel and Teachable

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Cardel: Included
Teachable: Included
Custom domain
Cardel: Included
Teachable: Included
Theme and fonts
Cardel: Included
Teachable: Included
Brand kit
Cardel: Included
Teachable: Not included

Public content

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

Reach and quality

SEO
Cardel: Included
Teachable: Included

Audience and email

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

Messaging

Messaging Center
Cardel: Included
Teachable: Not included

Commerce

Shop payments
Cardel: Included
Teachable: Included
Orders and fulfillment
Cardel: Included
Teachable: Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
Cardel: Included
Teachable: Not included

Team

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

Other

Built-in chat
Cardel: Included
Teachable: Not included
Courses, quizzes, and certificates
Cardel: Not included
Teachable: Included
Coaching and milestones
Cardel: Not included
Teachable: Included
Digital downloads
Cardel: Not included
Teachable: Included
iOS and Android apps
Cardel: Not included
Teachable: Included
Coupons
Cardel: Not included
Teachable: Included

Feature comparison for Cardel and Teachable
Feature	Cardel	Teachable
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Brand kit	Included	Not 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
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Included	Not included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
Per-admin permissions	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included
Other
Built-in chat	Included	Not included
Courses, quizzes, and certificates	Not included	Included
Coaching and milestones	Not included	Included
Digital downloads	Not included	Included
iOS and Android apps	Not included	Included
Coupons	Not included	Included

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

Cardel vs Teachable pricing

Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.

Cardel
You don't pay until you publish
Build at no cost, then choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live.
See Cardel pricing
Teachable
Current plans and prices
See what Teachable charges on their pricing page.
See Teachable pricing

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