Free carrd Alternatives 2025
What is carrd?
Carrd.co is a user-friendly website builder designed for creating simple, responsive one-page websites. Launched as a side project, Carrd has gained popularity for its ease of use and minimalist approach to web design. Carrd is particularly popular among freelancers, artists, and small businesses looking to establish a quick online presence without the need for complex functionality.
Limitations
While it excels at creating simple, elegant websites, it's important to note that there are also limitations.
No multi-page
Single page is enough for a lot of cases. However, if you start with one page then your traffic grows, and you need to add more content, single page is not enough. Then you have to migrate away from carrd which is painful. Besides there are also drawbacks on SEO.
No rich text editing
Carrd is using a plain text editor formatted using markdown. It's quite something to learn for a non-tech-savy user.
And because you have to use an element for each single paragraph, you may quickly hit the 50 element limit on the free plan. Then you have to migrate away and redo all your designs🥹. So Carrd may not be the choice if you're writing long text (eg, blogs).
Limited styling in the free plan
Carrd is based on a really limited subset of CSS. Your design will be limited. If you want more flexibility you have to pay to use CSS, which not economic and hard to learn.
Here are 2 cases I can remember as of now. But there are more.
Alternatives
Information summarized from user voice on reddit.
All the tools listed here are free forever. I've filtered out choices without a free forever plan, staying true to the spirit of Carrd.
Google sites
Pros: free to bind a domain, multi-page support, rich text editor, big name
Cons: data limit. bad ux on mobile. out of date designed templates.
Source r/Carrd
Slidde
Pros: free plan & same cost(starts at $19/y), multi-page support, rich text editor, good ux on mobile.
Cons: not many people using it. no enough integrations.
Source r/Carrd
Neocities
Pros: completely free. great community resources & vibes.
Cons: it's still coding. You must know html css
Source r/PrivacyGuides
Webflow
Pros: free plan, multi-page support, unlimited design possibilitites, professional designers community, big name
Cons: more expensive (starts at $168/y). and too professional to be easy ( eg there are 2 different text elements, plain text and text blocks). bad ux on mobile
Source r/Entrepreneur
Pronouns.page
Pros: free, good ux on mobile.
Cons: Only suitable for the pronouns community. No design flexibility. Ads included.
Source r/XenogendersAndMore
Linkfly
Pros: easy to use. good ux on mobile
Cons: not as customizable. it's just a link tool not a web design tool. More expensive(starts at $60/y)
Source r/XenogendersAndMore
Conclusion
Generally, google sites & slidde are the ones I will be choosing. And since all the references are listed as links in the article, you can have your own choice based on your needs.