Carrd — A browser-based builder for simple, responsive one-page sites — landing pages, bios, portfolios — free for 3 sites, with paid Pro tiers from $9/year.
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Best for: solo creators, freelancers, and small projects that need one polished page without paying for a full website builder
Pricing: Free for 3 basic sites; Pro Lite from $9/year, Pro Standard from $19/year (custom domains, forms), Pro Plus from $49/year (password protection, downloads), with higher site-count variants up to $999/year.
- Carrd's free tier includes 3 sites without a custom domain or forms.
- Carrd Pro Lite starts at $9/year for 3 sites with custom URLs and no branding.
- Carrd Pro Standard starts at $19/year for 10 sites and adds custom domains and forms.
- Carrd holds a 4.6/5 rating from 28 reviews on Capterra and 4.8/5 from 24 reviews on Product Hunt.
- Carrd only supports single-page sites; it has no blog, multi-page navigation, or e-commerce.
Limitations: Single-page only — no blogs, multi-page navigation, or e-commerce.; Custom domains require Pro Standard or higher, not available on the base Pro Lite tier.; No built-in CMS, so content-heavy sites outgrow it quickly.
Top alternatives: Squarespace, Linktree, Webflow, Notion, Wix — full list
What is Carrd?
Carrd is a website builder scoped specifically to simple, single-page sites: landing pages, link-in-bio pages, personal profiles, and portfolios. It's built and maintained by an independent developer rather than a venture-backed company. Sites are built with a block-based editor (text, images, forms, embeds) rather than a full page-layout canvas, and every site is responsive by default. The free tier covers 3 sites with Carrd's own subdomain; Pro tiers unlock custom domains, forms, widgets, Google Analytics integration, and password protection, priced by both feature tier (Lite, Standard, Plus) and the number of sites you need (3 up to 1,000). Carrd doesn't do multi-page sites, blogs, or e-commerce — it's intentionally a single-purpose tool, which is why it's cheaper and faster to learn than general-purpose builders like Squarespace or Wix, but not a fit for anyone who needs more than one page.
Carrd is a website builder focused on simple, single-page sites: landing pages, link-in-bio pages, portfolios, and personal profiles, built by an independent developer (AJ) rather than a venture-backed company. The free tier includes 3 sites without custom domains or forms; Pro Lite starts at $9/year (3 sites, custom URLs, no branding, larger media uploads), Pro Standard at $19/year adds custom domains and forms, and Pro Plus at $49/year adds password protection, site downloads, and redirects, with each tier offering higher site-count variants up to 1,000 sites for $599-$999/year. There is no drag-and-drop e-commerce, blog, or multi-page site support by design; Carrd is deliberately scoped to one-page sites and stays out of the full website-builder feature race that Squarespace or Wix compete in. Carrd holds a 4.6/5 rating from 28 reviews on Capterra and 4.8/5 from 24 reviews on Product Hunt, with reviewers consistently citing its price and simplicity as the draw and its single-page limitation as the trade-off.
Standout feature: Pricing and site limits scale independently along two axes — feature tier (Lite/Standard/Plus) and number of sites (3 to 1,000) — so a single freelancer building 25 client landing pages pays a predictable flat rate instead of per-site fees.
Biggest weakness: Carrd only builds single-page sites — no blog, no multi-page navigation, no e-commerce — so any project that grows past one page needs a full migration to a different platform.
Pros
- Extremely low price relative to full website builders: Pro Lite starts at $9/year.
- Site-count-based pricing lets freelancers manage many client sites under one predictable bill.
- Fast to learn: block-based editor with no page-layout complexity to master.
- Every site is responsive by default with no separate mobile design step.
Cons
- Single-page only — no blogs, multi-page navigation, or e-commerce, ever.
- Custom domains require the Pro Standard tier or higher, not available on Pro Lite.
- Design flexibility is limited to Carrd's own block system, not a free-form canvas.
- No built-in CMS, so content-heavy sites outgrow it quickly.
Carrd pricing
Free tier · paid from $9/yr · verified from the vendor's pricing page
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 sites on a Carrd subdomain; no custom domain, no forms. |
| Pro Lite | $9/yr | 3 sites: premium URLs, no Carrd branding, larger media uploads (16MB images/GIFs, 64MB video), unlimited elements, premium templates. Higher site-count variants: 10 sites $14/year, 25 sites $29/year. |
| Pro Standard | $19/yr | 10 sites: adds custom domain support, forms, widgets, embeds, analytics, meta tags, local fonts. Higher site-count variants run from $39/year (25 sites) up to $599/year (1,000 sites). |
| Pro Plus | $49/yr | 25 sites: adds advanced forms, password protection, site downloads, redirects, variables, site files, canonical URLs. Higher site-count variants run from $89/year (50 sites) up to $999/year (1,000 sites). |
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