Report · 24 August 2026
Carrd 2026 pricing, explained - what a Carrd site really costs
Carrd is the cheapest thing this series will ever measure, and it is not close. Where the course platforms charge in the hundreds and the builders in the low hundreds, Carrd charges nineteen dollars. A year. For ten sites. This page is not going to pretend there is a catch in the price, because there is not one. The catch, if that is even the word, is in the shape.
Here is the whole bill anyway, set out the way Bernard sets out a quote, because the habit is a good one.
What Carrd charges in 2026
Carrd sells one-page sites. Read on its own plans page on 24 August 2026, the tiers that matter:
| Plan | The year's bill | Sites | Your own domain? | Forms? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro Lite | $9 | 3 | no | no |
| Pro Standard | $19 | 10 | yes | yes |
| Pro Plus | $49 | 25 | yes | yes, advanced |
Bigger site-count tiers run up from there, to a thousand sites at the top. At the rate we recorded in late July 2026, Pro Standard's $19 is roughly £15. The prices are in dollars and the page does not mention VAT, so the usual small caveats apply, but at this money they are small indeed.
The tier to notice is Pro Lite: $9 buys real sites, but not your own domain and not forms. The plan most people actually want is Standard at $19, which is still, by any honest measure, cheap.
The price is right. The question is the shape.
A Carrd site is one page. That is the product, and for a lot of jobs it is exactly the right product: a launch page, a link-in-bio, a card for a freelancer, a poster for an event. If that is the job, buy the $19 plan and enjoy it. You will not find better value, and Bernard is not going to invent a reason why £15 is secretly £150.
The shape stops fitting when the work grows. A shop wants product pages. A course wants lesson pages. A practice wants a page per service, because people search for the service, not for you. And the search engines and AI assistants that now read the web and answer questions about you can only cite pages that exist. One page gives them one thing to read.
So what does a Carrd site really cost?
| The yearly bill | Carrd Pro Standard | Bernard |
|---|---|---|
| The plan, paid yearly | $19 (about £15) | £200 |
| The shape | one-page sites, up to ten of them | a whole website, every page |
| Currency | US dollars | pounds, fixed |
| Anything added at the checkout | not stated on the page | nothing |
What the price is really for
Thirteen times the price needs a straight answer, and it is this: they are different jobs. Carrd's £15 rents a format. Bernard's £200 is for the point where the format is what you have outgrown: he moves what you have in free, hosts it fast, rebuilds it so every page loads quickly and reads clearly to people and to the search and AI tools that read the web, and afterwards you edit it by asking the AI you already use, with every change waiting for your approval before it goes live.
If a one-pager still fits what you do, keep the one-pager. Bernard would rather tell you that than take the £200.
Paste your current address and Bernard will measure up, free, and show you the new place before you decide anything.
Questions people ask
- How much does Carrd cost per year in 2026?
- Pro Standard, the plan most people want, is $19 a year, roughly £15, for up to ten sites with your own domains and forms. Pro Lite is $9 a year but allows no custom domain and no forms. Pro Plus is $49, about £38, adding advanced forms and higher limits. Larger site-count tiers run up from there. Figures from Carrd's own plans page, read on 24 August 2026, in US dollars; the page does not mention VAT.
- Is Carrd worth it?
- For a one-page site, honestly, yes. At roughly £15 a year for ten sites on Pro Standard it is about the cheapest way on the internet to put your own name over a page. The real question is not whether Carrd is worth £15, it is whether a one-page site is still the right size for what you do.
- What can't you do on a Carrd site?
- Carrd builds one-page sites, so anything that wants pages of its own is outside the shape: a shop with products, a course with lessons, a blog with posts. Pro Lite also withholds your own domain and forms, which is why most people end up on Pro Standard at $19.
- When should I move off Carrd?
- When the one-pager starts working. If people are finding you, and you want a shop, a course, more pages, or a site that search engines and AI assistants can read deeply rather than skim, you have outgrown the format. Bernard is £200 a year: he moves what you have in free, hosts it fast, and rebuilds it so every page reads clearly to people and to the search and AI tools that now read the web. Thirteen times Carrd's price, for a different-sized job, and he will say so plainly if a one-pager is still all you need.