Is Cardel an alternative to Teachable or WordPress?

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 WordPress when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Teachable and WordPress are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Teachable or WordPress?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Teachable and WordPress?

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

How do I switch from Teachable or WordPress 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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TeachablevsWordPress

Teachable runs courses, coaching, and downloads with checkout and tax handled. WordPress.com hosts the world's most used publishing software with themes, plugins, and commerce plans.

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How Teachable and WordPress 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.

WordPress powers a huge share of the web for good reason. This page compares WordPress.com hosted plans. You get the block editor, thousands of themes, comments and likes, Jetpack newsletters, and on higher plans the full plugin ecosystem and WooCommerce. Nothing else offers this much freedom to extend, and your content is exportable and yours.

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.

WordPress

WordPress extends by plugin: a form plugin, a booking plugin, an email plugin, each with its own settings.
WordPress email is Jetpack newsletters or a plugin.
WordPress accessibility and SEO depend on your theme and plugins.

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

Choose WordPress when you want maximum control, plugins for anything, and the option to self-host.

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What's on Teachable and WordPress

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Teachable: Included
WordPress: Included
Custom domain
Teachable: Included
WordPress: Included
Theme and fonts
Teachable: Included
WordPress: Included

Public content

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

Reach and quality

SEO
Teachable: Included
WordPress: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Teachable: Included
WordPress: Included
Marketing emails
Teachable: Included
WordPress: Included

Commerce

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

Team

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

Feature comparison for Teachable and WordPress
Feature	Teachable	WordPress
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	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
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
Per-admin permissions	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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