How Disciple and Outseta 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.
Outseta is the quiet workhorse behind many paid memberships and small SaaS products. Subscription billing, authentication and gated content, a CRM, email marketing, and a support desk come together so a founder can add a paying membership to any site they already have. It is well designed, honest, and built by people who use 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.
Outseta
- Outseta attaches to a site you build elsewhere.
- Outseta bills subscriptions.
- Outseta's support desk handles tickets.
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 Outseta when you sell a subscription and need billing, logins, CRM, and support in one place behind your own site.
Compare features
What's on Disciple and Outseta
A check means that capability is available. Disciple and Outseta are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.
Site and brand
- Custom domainDisciple: IncludedOutseta: Not included
Audience and email
- AudienceDisciple: IncludedOutseta: Included
- Email on your domainDisciple: Not includedOutseta: Included
- Marketing emailsDisciple: Not includedOutseta: Included
- Campaign workflowsDisciple: Not includedOutseta: Included
Messaging
- Built-in chatDisciple: IncludedOutseta: Included
- Messaging CenterDisciple: Not includedOutseta: Included
Commerce
- Shop paymentsDisciple: IncludedOutseta: Included
Team
- Admin usersDisciple: IncludedOutseta: Included
* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Disciple or Outseta, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Disciple or Outseta may add or remove features that are not shown here.
Disciple vs Outseta pricing
Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.
Disciple
Current plans and prices
See what Disciple charges on their pricing page.
Outseta
Current plans and prices
See what Outseta charges on their pricing page.
Cardel: An alternative to
Disciple and Outseta
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 Outseta?
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 Outseta when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Disciple and Outseta are marked.
Can I use Cardel with Disciple or Outseta?
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Disciple or Outseta for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
How much does Cardel cost compared with Disciple and Outseta?
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Disciple and Outseta set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.
How do I switch from Disciple or Outseta 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.