Is Cardel an alternative to ThriveCart or Wix?

Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace ThriveCart or Wix when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where ThriveCart and Wix are marked.

Can I use Cardel with ThriveCart or Wix?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with ThriveCart and Wix?

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

How do I switch from ThriveCart or Wix 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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ThriveCartvsWix

ThriveCart is a lifetime-priced checkout with bumps, upsells, affiliates, and courses. Wix builds any site with an app market, bookings, stores, chat, and email marketing.

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How ThriveCart and Wix compare

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.

Wix can build almost anything. A free-form editor, hundreds of templates, an app market, Wix Stores, Wix Bookings, Wix Chat, email marketing, and a business inbox make it a full small-business toolkit, and the AI site builder gets you to a first draft fast. For a business that needs breadth and an app for everything, Wix is a safe bet.

Where they are different

ThriveCart

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

Wix

Wix adds features through apps and plan upgrades.
Wix's inbox gathers chat and forms.
Wix is designed for any business.

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

Choose Wix when you need breadth: any layout, any app, any business type.

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What's on ThriveCart and Wix

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
ThriveCart: Not included
Wix: Included
Shop pages
ThriveCart: Not included
Wix: Included

Audience and email

Audience
ThriveCart: Included
Wix: Included
Marketing emails
ThriveCart: Not included
Wix: Included
Campaign workflows
ThriveCart: Not included
Wix: Included

Messaging

Messaging Center
ThriveCart: Not included
Wix: Included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
ThriveCart: Included
Wix: Included
AI Assistant
ThriveCart: Included
Wix: Included

Feature comparison for ThriveCart and Wix
Feature	ThriveCart	Wix
Site and brand
Workspace site	Not included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Shop pages	Not included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Not included	Included
Campaign workflows	Not included	Included
Messaging
Messaging Center	Not included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Not included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Included
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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