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Disciplevs
ThriveCart
Disciple gives community owners branded iOS and Android apps with subscriptions. ThriveCart is a lifetime-priced checkout with bumps, upsells, affiliates, and courses.
How Disciple and ThriveCart 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.
ThriveCart is a cart that pays for itself once. A one-time price buys high-converting checkout pages, order bumps, one-click upsells, subscriptions, coupons, affiliate management, and a course platform through ThriveCart Learn. Digital sellers who hate monthly fees and love conversion rates have made it a cult favorite.
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.
ThriveCart
- ThriveCart is the cart, not the site.
- ThriveCart hands buyers to your email tool.
- ThriveCart has no inbox or bookings.
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 ThriveCart when checkout conversion, bumps, and affiliates matter and you want to pay once.
Compare features
What's on Disciple and ThriveCart
A check means that capability is available. Disciple and ThriveCart are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.
Site and brand
- Custom domainDisciple: IncludedThriveCart: Included
- Theme and fontsDisciple: IncludedThriveCart: Included
Audience and email
- AudienceDisciple: IncludedThriveCart: Included
Commerce
- Shop paymentsDisciple: IncludedThriveCart: Included
Team
- Admin usersDisciple: IncludedThriveCart: Included
* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Disciple or ThriveCart, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Disciple or ThriveCart may add or remove features that are not shown here.
Disciple vs ThriveCart pricing
Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.
Disciple
Current plans and prices
See what Disciple charges on their pricing page.
ThriveCart
Current plans and prices
See what ThriveCart charges on their pricing page.
Cardel: An alternative to
Disciple and ThriveCart
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 ThriveCart?
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 ThriveCart when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Disciple and ThriveCart are marked.
Can I use Cardel with Disciple or ThriveCart?
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Disciple or ThriveCart for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
How much does Cardel cost compared with Disciple and ThriveCart?
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Disciple and ThriveCart set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.
How do I switch from Disciple or ThriveCart 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.