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DisciplevsMighty Networks

Disciple gives community owners branded iOS and Android apps with subscriptions. Mighty Networks bundles community, courses, events, and memberships in one network.

How Disciple and Mighty Networks 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.

Mighty Networks is built around one idea: people join for the content and stay for each other. Spaces that mix feed, chat, events, and courses, paid memberships charged in hundreds of currencies, native iOS and Android apps for every member, livestreaming, gamification, and Mighty Co-Host AI that drafts your landing page and brand from a single question. If you want to sell a $48 a month membership and keep members active on their phones, Mighty is designed for that job and has the numbers to show for it.

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.

Mighty Networks

  • Mighty's website is a landing page in front of a members-only Network, indexable on Scale and up.
  • Mighty reaches members with notifications and a Message All Members announcement and hands newsletters to Kit.
  • Mighty sells memberships, courses, and bundles through plans.
  • Mighty has chat between members.

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 Mighty Networks when a paid membership with courses, events, and a native app is the business, and member-to-member activity is the value you sell.

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What's on Disciple and Mighty Networks

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

Site and brand

  • Workspace site
    Disciple: Not included
    Mighty Networks: Included
  • Custom domain
    Disciple: Included
    Mighty Networks: Included
  • Theme and fonts
    Disciple: Included
    Mighty Networks: Included

Public content

  • Showcase pages
    Disciple: Not included
    Mighty Networks: Included

Reach and quality

  • SEO
    Disciple: Not included
    Mighty Networks: Included

Audience and email

  • Audience
    Disciple: Included
    Mighty Networks: Included
  • Bulk email workflows
    Disciple: Not included
    Mighty Networks: Included

Messaging

  • Built-in chat
    Disciple: Included
    Mighty Networks: Included

Commerce

  • Shop payments
    Disciple: Included
    Mighty Networks: Included

Team

  • Admin users
    Disciple: Included
    Mighty Networks: Included

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

Disciple vs Mighty Networks pricing

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Cardel: An alternative to
Disciple and Mighty Networks

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 Mighty Networks?

    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 Mighty Networks when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Disciple and Mighty Networks are marked.

  • Can I use Cardel with Disciple or Mighty Networks?

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

  • How much does Cardel cost compared with Disciple and Mighty Networks?

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

  • How do I switch from Disciple or Mighty Networks 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.