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title: Carrd Pricing 2026: Free vs Pro, What You Get
description: Carrd pricing looks simple until you need one thing. See what Free, Pro Lite, Standard, and Plus include — and where the $9 tier still falls short.
keywords: carrd pricing, carrd alternatives, carrd pro pricing, is carrd free, carrd plans compared
published: 2026-08-20
updated: 2026-08-20
url: https://devbio.me/blogs/carrd-pricing-2026
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# Carrd Pricing in 2026: What You Actually Get at Each Tier

> Carrd's $9 tier removes the badge but not the domain lock. See exactly what Free, Pro Lite, Standard, and Plus include, and where each one falls short.

Canonical: https://devbio.me/blogs/carrd-pricing-2026
Published: 2026-08-20

## Related Pages

- [Carrd Alternative for Developers in 2026: Live Proof, Not Static Pages](https://devbio.me/blogs/carrd-alternative-developers)
- [Beacons Alternative for Developers in 2026 (No 9% Cut)](https://devbio.me/blogs/beacons-alternative-developers)
- [How to Write a Developer Bio (With 2026 Examples)](https://devbio.me/blogs/developer-bio-components)

Carrd's pricing page makes the decision look simple: Free, $9, $19, $49. It stops looking simple the moment you actually need something specific — because the $9 tier removes the "Made with Carrd" badge but still won't let you connect your own domain. That takes the $19 tier.

**The short answer:** Carrd Free gives you 3 sites with Carrd branding and no custom domain. Pro Lite ($9/year) removes the badge but keeps you on a carrd.co subdomain. Pro Standard ($19/year) is the cheapest tier with a custom domain, forms, and embeds. Pro Plus ($49/year) adds advanced forms and automation. Every tier caps your site count, and paying for more sites gets expensive fast.

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## Carrd Pricing at a Glance

I checked every base tier directly against [Carrd's own plan documentation](https://carrd.com/docs/pro/plans) — here's Carrd plans compared side by side, including where Carrd Pro pricing actually starts:

| Plan | Price | Sites | Custom Domain | Branding Removed | Forms & Embeds |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | 3 | No | No | No |
| Pro Lite | $9/year | 3 | No | Yes | No |
| Pro Standard | $19/year | 10 | Yes (with SSL) | Yes | Yes |
| Pro Plus | $49/year | 25 | Yes (with SSL) | Yes | Yes, advanced |

Notice the gap between Pro Lite and Pro Standard. That $10 jump isn't a small upsell — it's the entire reason most people end up paying more than they planned.

## The $9 Tier's Catch: No Branding, Still No Domain

Pro Lite is the plan most people assume covers "a real site." It doesn't, and the confusion is common enough that it's a [recurring question on Carrd's own subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Carrd/comments/1hah4hx/do_you_need_to_pay_to_use_carrd_co/).

For $9 a year, Pro Lite gets you:

- The "Made with Carrd" badge removed

- Premium, unbranded URLs (a cleaner carrd.co link, not your own domain)

- Larger image uploads (up to 16MB) and video uploads (up to 64MB)

- Unlimited page elements instead of the free tier's cap

- Premium and custom templates

What it doesn't get you: your own domain. Your site still lives at a carrd.co address. If the entire reason you're paying is to point `yourname.com` at your Carrd site, Pro Lite won't do it — you need Pro Standard.

## What You Actually Unlock at $19: Pro Standard

Pro Standard is the first tier built for a site you'd actually put on a business card. On top of everything in Pro Lite, [Carrd's Pro page](https://carrd.com/pro) lists these additions:

- **Custom domain URLs with SSL** — the feature most people are actually paying for

- **Forms** — contact and signup forms that submit somewhere real

- **Widgets** — Stripe, PayPal, Gumroad, Typeform, and Facebook embeds

- **Code embeds** — drop in custom HTML, CSS, or JS blocks

- **Analytics integration** and **custom meta tags** for SEO

- **Local fonts**, beyond Carrd's built-in font list

At $19/year for 10 sites, this is the tier that makes sense for a single landing page, waitlist, or link hub you want on your own domain. It's also where Carrd pricing stops being a rounding error and starts being a real decision.

## Pro Plus at $49: Who Actually Needs It

Pro Plus adds automation, not more design freedom. Past Pro Standard, [Carrd's documentation](https://carrd.com/docs/pro/plans) lists:

- **Advanced forms** that connect to Zapier, Make, n8n, or Airtable

- **Stripe Checkout** support built into forms, not just a payment widget

- **Downloadable source** — unminified HTML, CSS, JS, and images

- Redirects, password protection, and dynamic variables

- Custom site files (`robots.txt`, `ads.txt`) and canonical URL controls

Most single-page sites never touch any of this. Pro Plus earns its $49 if you're running a real funnel — a form that needs to hit a CRM automatically, or a page that needs password-gating for a client preview. For a portfolio, waitlist, or bio page, it's paying for automation you won't use.

![Decision flowchart for which Carrd pricing tier to choose based on domain and automation needs](https://quillly.com/serve/v1/019e3623-8b91-738d-ae30-42d5bcd996a0/images/3ddaa82db68c07d19997d06ac6c33d21471d5f19.webp)

## The Hidden Cost: Scaling Past Your Site Cap

The $9/$19/$49 numbers only cover the base site count. Need more sites on the same tier, and the price jumps in steps that aren't obvious from the homepage pricing table:

![Bar chart showing Carrd annual cost increases as site count scales within each tier](https://quillly.com/serve/v1/019e3623-8b91-738d-ae30-42d5bcd996a0/images/ecc5724fcf908cd5e9102070f6cea86b8ce307c2.webp)

Per [Carrd's plan documentation](https://carrd.com/docs/pro/plans), Pro Standard alone runs from $19/year at 10 sites up to $599/year at 1,000 sites, and Pro Plus tops out at $999/year for the same count. If you're building one site, none of this matters. If you're an agency spinning up dozens of client pages, it matters a lot, and it's worth checking the exact tier table before you commit rather than assuming the $19 or $49 number is your ceiling.

## Which Carrd Plan Should You Actually Buy?

Strip away the feature lists and the decision comes down to two questions: do you need your own domain, and do you need forms or automation?

- **Just testing an idea, no domain needed:** Free covers it. Three sites, Carrd branding, zero cost.

- **Want the badge gone, still don't need your own domain:** Pro Lite at $9/year. Common for portfolio pages shared as a carrd.co link rather than a branded domain.

- **Need** `**yourname.com**` **pointed at the page:** Pro Standard at $19/year is the floor, not Pro Lite. This is the plan most people actually need and the one most people underestimate when they see "$9" on the pricing page.

- **Need automated form handling or a client-facing page with password protection:** Pro Plus at $49/year.

Still not sure which tier fits? [Compare what a single live profile costs instead](https://devbio.me){cta=pricing-compare} before you commit to a year of any Carrd plan.

## Carrd Pricing vs a Live Developer Profile

Carrd charges by the site. A developer-bio platform charges for one profile, which changes the comparison if what you actually need is a single page that represents you, not a landing page for a product.

![Cost comparison card showing Carrd Pro Standard at $19 per year versus DevBio Pro at $12 per year](https://quillly.com/serve/v1/019e3623-8b91-738d-ae30-42d5bcd996a0/images/bbcc7dd73545f05ad05c1eeb323208cd4cd1d6f3.webp)

DevBio's free plan already includes a public bio, every bio component, GitHub public-repo metadata, a LaTeX-generated PDF resume, and a marketplace listing — no domain, same as Carrd's free tier. Pro runs $2/month, or $12/year billed annually, and adds a custom domain, badge removal, 30 days of analytics history, private-repo GitHub sync, and hourly revenue updates. There's also a $39-once "Pro forever" founding offer for the first 100 signups.

> **Skip the site-count math**
> DevBio doesn't charge by number of sites. One profile, live GitHub and revenue data, $12 a year.
> → [See DevBio Pro](https://devbio.me)

That's a narrower comparison than Carrd's, because DevBio builds one live profile, not a general-purpose site builder — you're trading Carrd's design freedom (custom CSS/JS, 250+ templates) for components that update themselves. If that tradeoff is the one you actually care about, the [full Carrd alternative breakdown](https://devbio.me/blogs/carrd-alternative-developers) covers the feature-by-feature case in more depth than pricing alone.

## When Carrd's Price Is Worth Paying

None of this makes Carrd overpriced. For what it's built to do, $19/year for a custom-domain landing page is genuinely inexpensive next to most website builders. Carrd earns its price when:

- You need more than one static page (an event, a waitlist, a link hub, a product teaser)

- Design flexibility — custom CSS, JS, and 250+ templates — matters more than live data

- You want full control over exported source (Pro Plus) for a client project

- You're shopping across several static-site and link-in-bio tools rather than picking one built for a developer profile specifically — see how [Beacons compares](https://devbio.me/blogs/beacons-alternative-developers) if that's the search you're actually running

Where it stops making sense is when the thing you're building is a single profile meant to represent your work over time. That's a different job than a static site builder was designed for, and it's worth reading [what actually belongs on a developer bio](https://devbio.me/blogs/developer-bio-components) before you decide which kind of page — and which kind of pricing — fits what you're building.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Is Carrd Free?

Yes. Carrd's free plan lets you build up to 3 sites with full access to the core editor and templates. Sites carry a "Made with Carrd" badge and can't use a custom domain until you upgrade to a paid plan.

### What does Carrd Pro Lite actually add for $9 a year?

Pro Lite removes the Carrd badge and unlocks premium URLs, larger image and video uploads, unlimited elements, and premium templates. It does not add a custom domain, forms, or embeds — those start at Pro Standard.

### Does Carrd's $9 Pro Lite plan include a custom domain?

No. Pro Lite only removes branding; your site stays on a carrd.co subdomain. Connecting your own domain with SSL requires Pro Standard at $19 a year, which is the cheapest tier that includes it.

### How much does Carrd cost if I need more than 10 sites?

Carrd's paid tiers scale by site count, not just features. Pro Standard jumps from $19/year at 10 sites to $119/year at 100 sites, and Pro Plus runs from $49/year at 25 sites up to $999/year at 1,000 sites.

### Are there cheaper Carrd alternatives for a developer profile?

If you only need one profile rather than multiple static sites, a developer-bio platform can cost less than Carrd's domain-enabled tier while adding live GitHub and revenue data Carrd doesn't support natively. See [the full comparison](https://devbio.me/blogs/carrd-alternative-developers) for the complete feature breakdown.

## Key Takeaways

Carrd pricing is straightforward until you need one specific thing — usually a custom domain — and discover it's gated a tier higher than the homepage pricing implied. Free covers testing an idea. Pro Lite ($9/year) is a badge removal, not a real upgrade. Pro Standard ($19/year) is where most people actually land. Pro Plus ($49/year) is for automation most single-page sites don't need.

If what you're pricing out is a static landing page, that $19/year tier is a fair deal. If what you actually need is a profile that keeps itself current — your GitHub activity, your project revenue — without you manually editing it every time something changes, it's worth pricing against a platform built for that instead of a general-purpose site builder.

[See what a live developer profile costs instead](https://devbio.me){cta=pricing}