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

Can I use Cardel with Teachable or ThriveCart?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Teachable and ThriveCart?

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

How do I switch from Teachable 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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TeachablevsThriveCart

Teachable runs courses, coaching, and downloads with checkout and tax handled. ThriveCart is a lifetime-priced checkout with bumps, upsells, affiliates, and courses.

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How Teachable and ThriveCart 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.

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

Teachable

Teachable is a school with a few site pages around it.
Teachable coaching relies on a Calendly link.
Teachable emails students.

ThriveCart

ThriveCart is the cart, not the site.
ThriveCart hands buyers to your email tool.
ThriveCart has no inbox or bookings.

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

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

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What's on Teachable and ThriveCart

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Shop pages
Teachable: Included
ThriveCart: Not included

Audience and email

Audience
Teachable: Included
ThriveCart: Included
Marketing emails
Teachable: Included
ThriveCart: Not included

Commerce

Shop payments
Teachable: Included
ThriveCart: Included
Orders and fulfillment
Teachable: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Team

Admin users
Teachable: Included
ThriveCart: Included
AI Assistant
Teachable: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Feature comparison for Teachable and ThriveCart
Feature	Teachable	ThriveCart
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Shop pages	Included	Not included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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