How Disciple and Memberful 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.
Memberful is a clean way to charge for membership. Stripe billing, plans and gifts, gated WordPress content, Discord and podcast access, member newsletters, and now a landing-page and newsletter builder on your own domain. Publishers who want a paywall without rebuilding their whole site have trusted it for years.
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.
Memberful
- Memberful assumes you have a site.
- Memberful bills recurring plans.
- Memberful sends member newsletters.
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 Memberful when you want a paywall and member billing on a WordPress or custom site you already run.
Compare features
What's on Disciple and Memberful
A check means that capability is available. Disciple and Memberful are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.
Site and brand
- Workspace siteDisciple: Not includedMemberful: Included
- Custom domainDisciple: IncludedMemberful: Included
Audience and email
- AudienceDisciple: IncludedMemberful: Included
- Marketing emailsDisciple: Not includedMemberful: Included
- Campaign workflowsDisciple: Not includedMemberful: Included
Commerce
- Shop paymentsDisciple: IncludedMemberful: Included
Team
- Admin usersDisciple: IncludedMemberful: Included
* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Disciple or Memberful, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Disciple or Memberful may add or remove features that are not shown here.
Disciple vs Memberful pricing
Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.
Disciple
Current plans and prices
See what Disciple charges on their pricing page.
Memberful
Current plans and prices
See what Memberful charges on their pricing page.
Cardel: An alternative to
Disciple and Memberful
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 Memberful?
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 Memberful when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Disciple and Memberful are marked.
Can I use Cardel with Disciple or Memberful?
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Disciple or Memberful for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
How much does Cardel cost compared with Disciple and Memberful?
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Disciple and Memberful set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.
How do I switch from Disciple or Memberful 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.