As fast as Carrd, but a real site.
Carrd is great for a single page in five minutes. For several pages, a store or stats, Vivlab takes over without losing that simplicity.
CarrdThe comparison in detail
Vivlab vs Carrd, line by line
The criteria that really matter when you want to launch and sell online, with no blind spots. Carrd has its strengths, and we point those out too.
| Criterion | All included, no code | Carrd One-page sites |
|---|---|---|
| Costs & commissions | ||
| Commission on sales | ✓0%. You keep 100% of every sale. | ✓0% Carrd commission. |
| Starting price | ✓Fixed prices, announced upfront: store, analytics and SEO included from the start. | ✓Very low flat pricing, from a few dollars a year. |
| Transaction / payment fees | ✓No Vivlab fees. Payments through Stripe (card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Klarna, SEPA): only their fees apply. | ✓No Carrd fees; payments via Stripe or Gumroad embeds. |
| Extra costs | ✓Everything is included: e-commerce, analytics, translation, SEO and blog, with no apps or add-ons to buy. | ~Forms, custom domain and payments need a Pro plan. |
| Setup & technical | ||
| No-code building | ✓Visual block editor or AI page generation: mobile and desktop preview, publishing history. | ✓Simple editor, no code. |
| Hosting, HTTPS & backups | ✓Hosting and backups included; SSL certificate (HTTPS) generated and renewed automatically. | ✓Hosting and HTTPS included. |
| Maintenance & updates | ✓Automatic. You have nothing to update. | ✓Managed platform. |
| E-commerce store | ✓Included: physical and digital products, events and subscriptions, with variants, cross-sells and Click & Collect or Mondial Relay pickup. | ✕No real store, just payment buttons. |
| Day to day | ||
| Multilingual | ✓AI translation of all your content (pages, products, blog, emails), with a dedicated URL per language. | ✕No multilingual management. |
| Analytics | ✓Sales, average basket, conversion rate, sources and countries, no cookie banner, GDPR-compliant. | ✕No built-in statistics. |
| Search ranking (SEO) | ✓Fast pages, sitemap and robots.txt generated automatically, social previews for every page. | ~SEO limited by the one-page format. |
| Support in French | ✓Real people supporting you in French: tracked support requests, email and video tutorials. | ✕Support in English only. |
| Data hosting & GDPR | ✓French editor, data hosted in the EU. | ~US company, data hosted outside the EU. |
Vivlab or Carrd, made clear
Carrd is really cheap, so why pick Vivlab?
Carrd is unbeatable for a single page. But with no store, no multilingual and no built-in stats, you reach its limits fast. Vivlab brings all of that together in clear plans.
Can you sell with Carrd?
Only through payment buttons wired to Stripe or Gumroad, with no catalog management. Vivlab includes a real store: products, variants, shipping and sales tracking.
Is Vivlab as simple as Carrd?
Yes. The visual block editor lets you publish without code, and AI page generation gives you a first version in minutes.
Does Carrd handle French and GDPR?
Carrd is a US platform, in English, hosted outside the EU. Vivlab is a French editor, with support in French and data hosted in the EU.
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