Carrd alternatives for sites that have outgrown a single page
Carrd is built for one-page sites and prices them by the year, which is why it stays popular. People start looking at Carrd alternatives for two reasons: the site now needs real separate pages, or they'd like the words and layout drafted for them instead of assembled by hand. If neither applies, Carrd is probably still the right tool.
What Carrd is designed to do
Carrd's home page describes it as a way to build simple, fully responsive one-page sites, with up to three sites free and a "Made with Carrd" footer on free sites. Its Pro plans, as of 24 October 2026, are billed yearly: Pro Lite at $9 a year for three sites without custom domains or forms, Pro Standard at $19 a year for ten sites with custom domains, forms and embeds, and Pro Plus at $49 a year for 25 sites with advanced forms. There are larger tiers of each for more sites.
For a link-in-bio page, a personal card or a product teaser, that's hard to argue with. The limits show up when a site grows.
Where people outgrow it
The first limit is structural. Carrd's guide to using sections explains that sections split a site into named parts that visitors can switch between, to "simulate the effect of having multiple pages on a one-page site". That works well for a menu or a short portfolio. It's less suited to a business that wants a services page, an about page and a pricing page each with its own address, title and description for search.
The second is effort. Carrd gives you elements, columns and styles, and you write and arrange everything. That's the appeal for some people and the reason others leave: when the blank canvas is the bottleneck, a tool that drafts the copy and layout from a description changes the job.
Before you move: what Carrd lets you take
- The code. Carrd's download guide says Pro Plus and higher plans can download a zip of the site's unminified HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Forms and other features that depend on Carrd stop working in the download, and it can't be uploaded back.
- Form destinations. Note where each form sends its entries (an email, a sheet, a mailing list), so the new site can send to the same place.
- Redirects and meta tags. Carrd's site settings let you set redirects, titles, descriptions and share images; copy them so your links and previews survive the move.
- Embeds and widgets. List every embedded video, calendar, checkout or custom code block, and decide how the new site will handle each one.
- The domain. Note your DNS records before you repoint them.
Our Carrd migration workflow sets out the order to do this in.
Three alternatives, and staying put
| Option | Good for | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|
| Framer | Designers who want a canvas with real pages; its pricing page lists 30 pages and two CMS collections on Basic | You still design every page yourself, and the free plan is meant for non-commercial use |
| Squarespace | Multi-page sites with a store or memberships in one subscription; plans are on its pricing page | Costs considerably more than a Carrd plan, and a Basic plan adds a fee on store sales |
| Anticode | Multi-page business sites drafted from a description, with copy and layout written for you | No embeds, password protection or yearly-priced plan like Carrd's |
| Carrd with sections | Staying put: a longer one-page site split into sections | Sections imitate pages; they don't replace them |
Where Anticode fits
Anticode is for the second reason people leave: you'd rather say what the site is for than place every element. You describe the business to the Architect, it asks up to three questions where the answer changes the build, and it shows a plan before building. A site can have separate Work, Services, About, Pricing, FAQ, Book and Contact pages as well as the home page, which is the step a growing Carrd site usually needs. See multi-page sites.
Each build uses one of seven design systems, and the Critic runs nineteen design checks before you see it, so the result follows a deliberate type and colour system rather than defaults. The contact and newsletter forms save submissions and can pass them on to Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion, Mailchimp, Kit, Slack and others, which helps if you're moving form entries from Carrd. You can export any project as a single self-contained HTML file whenever you like.
What Carrd does that Anticode doesn't
- Embeds and custom code. Carrd's building guides cover widgets, iframes and custom code. Anticode's published pages carry no scripts and can't embed anything; they link out instead.
- Password protection. Carrd's site settings include it; every Anticode site is public at its address.
- Fixed form fields. Anticode's contact form asks for a name, email and message, and the newsletter form for an email. Other fields need a custom form tied to a site function (up to 30 plain-text fields) or an app build, and no form takes file uploads.
- English only. The builder and the pages it makes are in English.
- Price. Anticode's plans are on /pricing; for one simple page, Carrd's yearly plans will usually cost less.
When Carrd is still the better choice
If your site is one page and you enjoy arranging it, stay. A link-in-bio page, a holding page for a domain or a single event page is exactly what Carrd is designed for, and its yearly plans are cheap for that. Sections can stretch a Carrd site further than you'd expect before separate pages matter. Move when you need real pages, or when writing and laying out the site has become the part you keep putting off. For a direct comparison, see Anticode vs Carrd.
Questions people ask
Can Carrd make a multi-page website?
Not in the usual sense. Carrd's documentation says sections simulate multiple pages on a one-page site. Each section can be linked to, but the site stays one page.
Can I download my Carrd site?
On Pro Plus or higher, yes: Carrd provides a zip of the HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Forms and other Carrd-dependent features won't work in the downloaded copy.
Which sites like Carrd write the content for you?
AI builders such as Anticode draft the copy and layout from a description. Carrd itself leaves the writing and arranging to you.
Sources
- Carrd, checked
- Carrd Pro plans, checked
- Carrd docs: Using sections, checked
- Carrd docs: Downloading a site, checked
- Carrd docs: Sites, checked
- Carrd docs: Building, checked
- Framer pricing, checked
- Squarespace pricing, checked