Is Cardel an alternative to Teachable or Zenpage?

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

Can I use Cardel with Teachable or Zenpage?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Teachable and Zenpage?

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

How do I switch from Teachable or Zenpage 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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TeachablevsZenpage

Teachable runs courses, coaching, and downloads with checkout and tax handled. Zenpage gives authors a free site that sells ebooks and signed copies with no commission.

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How Teachable and Zenpage 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.

Zenpage turns one Amazon link or ISBN into a finished author site. It finds the rest of your books with their covers and buy links, picks a template that suits your genre, and sets up search data, share previews, and a sitemap before you touch a setting. Ebooks, audiobooks, and signed print copies sell straight from the book page through your own Stripe account, files reach the buyer by email within seconds, and Zenpage takes no commission. Every reader confirms by email, a free first chapter can go out on signup, and the whole thing is free, built by one person who answers every message personally.

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.

Zenpage

Zenpage collects readers and hands them to Mailchimp, Kit, Beehiiv, Brevo, MailerLite, or Substack, and it does not send newsletters itself.
Zenpage sells files and print copies with no Zenpage fee and delivers downloads automatically.
Zenpage's contact page shows your email address and its blog has no comments.
Zenpage templates have fixed layouts and font pairings, with no custom pages.

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

Choose Zenpage when you want a free site that sells your ebooks and signed copies directly, and you already have an email service you like.

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What's on Teachable and Zenpage

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

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

Reach and quality

SEO
Teachable: Included
Zenpage: Included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

AI Assistant
Teachable: Included
Zenpage: Not included

Feature comparison for Teachable and Zenpage
Feature	Teachable	Zenpage
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	Not included
Shop pages	Included	Included
Reach and quality
SEO	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included
Team
AI Assistant	Included	Not included

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