Compare
Acuity Schedulingvs
Disciple
Acuity Scheduling runs appointment businesses with intake forms, reminders, and payments. Disciple gives community owners branded iOS and Android apps with subscriptions.
How Acuity Scheduling and Disciple compare
Acuity Scheduling is built for businesses that live by the appointment. Client self-booking, calendar sync, intake forms, automated reminders, packages and memberships, gift certificates, payments at booking, and multiple staff calendars keep a salon, clinic, or coach running. It is part of Squarespace and works with or without a Squarespace site.
Disciple does the thing most community platforms charge a premium for: every plan includes your own iOS and Android app listed under your name, a synced web version, and no Disciple branding anywhere your members look. Groups, feeds, DMs, events, native video, livestreaming, courses, push notifications to segments, and a customer success manager who helps you through the app store submission. Associations, training providers, nonprofits, and membership brands that want an icon on the member's phone are who it is built for.
Where they are different
Acuity Scheduling
- Acuity is the appointment system.
- Acuity keeps a client list with notes.
- Acuity sends confirmations.
Disciple
- Disciple lives behind a login and a home screen icon.
- Disciple reaches members with push notifications and hands email to Mailchimp or ConvertKit.
- Disciple starts at $599 a month for a branded app with unlimited members.
- Disciple has courses, livestreams, tiers, and in-app purchases.
Choose Acuity Scheduling when appointments are the business and you need reminders, intake, packages, and staff calendars.
Choose Disciple when your members should open an app with your name on it, and a private community with groups, events, and paid tiers is the whole point.
Compare features
What's on Acuity Scheduling and Disciple
A check means that capability is available. Acuity Scheduling and Disciple are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.
Site and brand
- Custom domainAcuity Scheduling: IncludedDisciple: Included
- Theme and fontsAcuity Scheduling: IncludedDisciple: Included
Audience and email
- AudienceAcuity Scheduling: IncludedDisciple: Included
Commerce
- Shop paymentsAcuity Scheduling: IncludedDisciple: Included
- Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.Acuity Scheduling: IncludedDisciple: Not included
Team
- Admin usersAcuity Scheduling: IncludedDisciple: Included
* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Acuity Scheduling or Disciple, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Acuity Scheduling or Disciple may add or remove features that are not shown here.
Acuity Scheduling vs Disciple pricing
Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.
Acuity Scheduling
Current plans and prices
See what Acuity Scheduling charges on their pricing page.
Disciple
Current plans and prices
See what Disciple charges on their pricing page.
Cardel: An alternative to
Acuity Scheduling and Disciple
You don't pay until you publish.
Cardel provides a home for your craft. Share and sell your work, grow your audience, and bring your community together on a site of your own.
Common questions
Is Cardel an alternative to Acuity Scheduling or Disciple?
Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Acuity Scheduling or Disciple when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Acuity Scheduling and Disciple are marked.
Can I use Cardel with Acuity Scheduling or Disciple?
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Acuity Scheduling or Disciple for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
How much does Cardel cost compared with Acuity Scheduling and Disciple?
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Acuity Scheduling and Disciple set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.
How do I switch from Acuity Scheduling or Disciple to Cardel?
Start with Build Your Site, set up your home, and bring your work over at your own pace. You do not have to move everything on day one.