Carya Journal

Carya next to the tools people ask us about: what each is for, side by side, and when to pick the other one.

Issue 1October 2026

Isn't Carya just Carrd?

Short answer: no. Carrd makes beautiful one-page sites. Carya is a place for your creations: what you make, write and sell, on pages you own.

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Honest comparisons with the tools people ask us about.

Linktree is a list of links. Carya is the place those links lead to.

Gumroad is a store. Carya is your page, with a store in it.

Substack is for writing. Carya treats writing as one part of what you make.

Squarespace builds websites. Carya builds pages for one person’s work, fast.

Stan is a creator store for social. Carya is a creator page that you own end to end.