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DisciplevsGoHighLevel

Disciple gives community owners branded iOS and Android apps with subscriptions. GoHighLevel is an agency system: CRM, calendars, SMS and email, funnels, and white-label.

How Disciple and GoHighLevel compare

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.

GoHighLevel is the operating system agencies build a business on. Unlimited contacts and users on every plan, sub-accounts you can resell under your own brand, a CRM with pipelines, unified Conversations across SMS, email, calls, WhatsApp, and social DMs, booking calendars that sync with Google and Outlook, workflow automation, reputation management, and Voice and Conversation AI. If you run marketing for local businesses, or want to sell software to them, HighLevel is the deepest toolbox in the category.

Where they are different

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.

GoHighLevel

  • HighLevel is built to run many businesses from one login, with usage-based charges for texts, calls, emails, and AI.
  • Both put inbound email into an inbox.
  • HighLevel Blogs publish SEO-ready posts.

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.

Choose GoHighLevel when you serve clients or local businesses and need CRM, SMS, calling, reviews, funnels, and sub-accounts that you can rebill or white label.

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What's on Disciple and GoHighLevel

A check means that capability is available. Disciple and GoHighLevel are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.

Site and brand

  • Workspace site
    Disciple: Not included
    GoHighLevel: Included
  • Custom domain
    Disciple: Included
    GoHighLevel: Included
  • Theme and fonts
    Disciple: Included
    GoHighLevel: Included
  • Brand kit
    Disciple: Not included
    GoHighLevel: Included

Public content

  • Blog
    Disciple: Not included
    GoHighLevel: Included

Reach and quality

  • SEO
    Disciple: Not included
    GoHighLevel: Included

Audience and email

  • Audience
    Disciple: Included
    GoHighLevel: Included
  • Email on your domain
    Disciple: Not included
    GoHighLevel: Included
  • Marketing emails
    Disciple: Not included
    GoHighLevel: Included
  • Campaign workflows
    Disciple: Not included
    GoHighLevel: Included

Messaging

  • Built-in chat
    Disciple: Included
    GoHighLevel: Included
  • Messaging Center
    Disciple: Not included
    GoHighLevel: Included

Commerce

  • Shop payments
    Disciple: Included
    GoHighLevel: Included
  • Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
    Disciple: Not included
    GoHighLevel: Included

Team

  • Admin users
    Disciple: Included
    GoHighLevel: Included

* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Disciple or GoHighLevel, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Disciple or GoHighLevel may add or remove features that are not shown here.

Disciple vs GoHighLevel pricing

Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.

Cardel: An alternative to
Disciple and GoHighLevel

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 Disciple or GoHighLevel?

    Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Disciple or GoHighLevel when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Disciple and GoHighLevel are marked.

  • Can I use Cardel with Disciple or GoHighLevel?

    Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Disciple or GoHighLevel for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.

  • How much does Cardel cost compared with Disciple and GoHighLevel?

    You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Disciple and GoHighLevel set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.

  • How do I switch from Disciple or GoHighLevel 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.