How Disciple and Teachable 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.
Teachable is a mature course platform. Curriculum, quizzes, certificates, coaching products, digital downloads, and a checkout that handles tax and payouts have carried a great many creators from first sale to real business. If teaching is your product, Teachable knows the job.
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.
Teachable
- Teachable is a school with a few site pages around it.
- Teachable coaching relies on a Calendly link.
- Teachable emails students.
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 Teachable when you sell courses or coaching and want the checkout, tax, and student experience handled.
Compare features
What's on Disciple and Teachable
A check means that capability is available. Disciple and Teachable are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.
Site and brand
- Workspace siteDisciple: Not includedTeachable: Included
- Custom domainDisciple: IncludedTeachable: Included
- Theme and fontsDisciple: IncludedTeachable: Included
Public content
- Showcase pagesDisciple: Not includedTeachable: Included
- Shop pagesDisciple: Not includedTeachable: Included
Reach and quality
- SEODisciple: Not includedTeachable: Included
Audience and email
- AudienceDisciple: IncludedTeachable: Included
- Marketing emailsDisciple: Not includedTeachable: Included
Commerce
- Shop paymentsDisciple: IncludedTeachable: Included
Team
- Admin usersDisciple: IncludedTeachable: Included
* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Disciple or Teachable, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Disciple or Teachable may add or remove features that are not shown here.
Disciple vs Teachable pricing
Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.
Disciple
Current plans and prices
See what Disciple charges on their pricing page.
Teachable
Current plans and prices
See what Teachable charges on their pricing page.
Cardel: An alternative to
Disciple and Teachable
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 Teachable?
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 Teachable when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Disciple and Teachable are marked.
Can I use Cardel with Disciple or Teachable?
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Disciple or Teachable for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
How much does Cardel cost compared with Disciple and Teachable?
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Disciple and Teachable set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.
How do I switch from Disciple or Teachable 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.