Shareable vs Carrd
Carrd is the go-to for simple single-page sites — a landing page, a profile, a link-in-bio — built in a clean visual editor and hosted for a few dollars a year. It’s genuinely good at that, and very cheap.
Shareable comes at the same one-page job from the other direction: you don’t build the page in an editor — your AI does — and Shareable hosts that HTML behind a link with access control, view analytics, and link controls Carrd doesn’t offer. If Claude or ChatGPT already made the page, you skip the editor entirely. Here’s the honest side-by-side.
| Shareable | Carrd | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | ||
| Visual drag-and-drop editor + templates | you bring the page, or let AI make it | its whole point |
| Publish AI-generated HTML directly (no rebuild) | rebuild it in the Carrd editor | |
| Publish straight from AI (Claude/ChatGPT/Gemini) via MCP | ||
| Access control — password, invited people, verified email | free | password on Pro; no invite list / verified-email |
| Know who viewed it + named viewers | counts, devices, places; named on email-gated | basic analytics on Pro |
| Link controls — expiration, view limit, view-only | Pro | |
| Built-in forms / email capture | embed a form service | built in |
| Multi-page (small site or deck) | bundles | mostly single-page |
| Custom domain | redirect; native soon | |
| Entry price | Free · Pro $9/mo | Free · Pro from ~$9/year |
Why Shareable
Skip the editor when AI made the page
Carrd’s value is its visual builder. But if Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini already generated the page, there’s nothing to rebuild — Shareable hosts that HTML directly, and your AI can even publish it for you over the MCP server.
Access control Carrd doesn’t have
Carrd Pro adds a single password. Shareable adds password, specific invited people, verified-email and domain-restricted access — plus link expiry, view limits, and view-only — all on one page.
Know who opened it
Carrd’s analytics are basic. Shareable shows view counts, devices, locations, named viewers on email-gated pages, and an email the moment it’s opened.
When Carrd is the better choice
Carrd is purpose-built for hand-crafting a polished one-pager — a clean visual editor, ready-made templates, built-in form handling, and its own hosting and domains, all for a few dollars a year. If you want to design the page yourself and don’t need gated access or named view analytics, Carrd is hard to beat on simplicity and price. Reach for Shareable when the page is already made (especially by AI) and you care about who can open it — and want to know who did.
FAQ
Is Shareable a Carrd alternative?
For a one-page site they overlap, but come at it differently. Carrd is a visual builder you design in; Shareable hosts a page you (or your AI) already made and adds access control, view analytics, and link controls Carrd doesn’t. Want to hand-build the page? Use Carrd. AI made it and you need a controlled link? Use Shareable.
Can I password-protect or track a one-page site?
On Shareable, yes — set a password or invite specific people, and see who opened it with view analytics. Carrd offers a password on Pro but no invite list, verified-email access, or named view tracking.
Do I have to rebuild my AI-generated page in an editor?
Not with Shareable — paste the HTML (or have your AI publish it over MCP) and it’s live behind a controlled link. Carrd would have you recreate it in its visual editor.
Share it with control — without Carrd’s limits
Paste the HTML or publish from your AI — get a link with access control, analytics, and a heads-up when it’s opened.