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Disciplevs
MailerLite
Disciple gives community owners branded iOS and Android apps with subscriptions. MailerLite is simple, affordable email with automations, sites, and paid newsletters.
How Disciple and MailerLite 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.
MailerLite is the friendly, affordable one. A clean editor, automations, segments, landing pages and simple websites, a blog, forms, paid newsletter subscriptions, digital product sales, and a generous free tier make it a favorite for creators and small teams who want email that just works without a big invoice.
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.
MailerLite
- MailerLite's sites and blog exist to grow the list.
- MailerLite sends.
- MailerLite sells digital products and subscriptions.
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 MailerLite when you want affordable, simple email with automations and paid newsletters.
Compare features
What's on Disciple and MailerLite
A check means that capability is available. Disciple and MailerLite are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.
Site and brand
- Workspace siteDisciple: Not includedMailerLite: Included
- Custom domainDisciple: IncludedMailerLite: Included
- Theme and fontsDisciple: IncludedMailerLite: Included
Public content
- BlogDisciple: Not includedMailerLite: Included
- Shop pagesDisciple: Not includedMailerLite: Included
Reach and quality
- SEODisciple: Not includedMailerLite: Included
Audience and email
- AudienceDisciple: IncludedMailerLite: Included
- Marketing emailsDisciple: Not includedMailerLite: Included
- Campaign workflowsDisciple: Not includedMailerLite: Included
Messaging
- Built-in chatDisciple: IncludedMailerLite: Not included
- Messaging CenterDisciple: Not includedMailerLite: Included
Commerce
- Shop paymentsDisciple: IncludedMailerLite: Included
Team
- Admin usersDisciple: IncludedMailerLite: Included
* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Disciple or MailerLite, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Disciple or MailerLite may add or remove features that are not shown here.
Disciple vs MailerLite pricing
Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.
Disciple
Current plans and prices
See what Disciple charges on their pricing page.
MailerLite
Current plans and prices
See what MailerLite charges on their pricing page.
Cardel: An alternative to
Disciple and MailerLite
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 MailerLite?
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 MailerLite when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Disciple and MailerLite are marked.
Can I use Cardel with Disciple or MailerLite?
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Disciple or MailerLite for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
How much does Cardel cost compared with Disciple and MailerLite?
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Disciple and MailerLite set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.
How do I switch from Disciple or MailerLite 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.
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