How Disciple and Webflow 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.
Webflow is where designers build real websites without writing code. Pixel-level layout, a proper CMS with collections, interactions and animations, ecommerce, localization, and clean hosting make it the choice of marketing teams and agencies who need control and speed. What you can express in Webflow is remarkable.
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.
Webflow
- Webflow stops at the site.
- Webflow readers cannot comment or like natively.
- Webflow ecommerce is a full store plan.
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 Webflow when you need design control, a CMS, and a site that a team will build and maintain.
Compare features
What's on Disciple and Webflow
A check means that capability is available. Disciple and Webflow are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.
Site and brand
- Workspace siteDisciple: Not includedWebflow: Included
- Custom domainDisciple: IncludedWebflow: Included
- Theme and fontsDisciple: IncludedWebflow: Included
Public content
- BlogDisciple: Not includedWebflow: Included
- Showcase pagesDisciple: Not includedWebflow: Included
- Shop pagesDisciple: Not includedWebflow: Included
Reach and quality
- SEODisciple: Not includedWebflow: Included
Audience and email
- AudienceDisciple: IncludedWebflow: Not included
Messaging
- Built-in chatDisciple: IncludedWebflow: Not included
Commerce
- Shop paymentsDisciple: IncludedWebflow: Included
Team
- Admin usersDisciple: IncludedWebflow: Included
* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Disciple or Webflow, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Disciple or Webflow may add or remove features that are not shown here.
Disciple vs Webflow pricing
Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.
Disciple
Current plans and prices
See what Disciple charges on their pricing page.
Webflow
Current plans and prices
See what Webflow charges on their pricing page.
Cardel: An alternative to
Disciple and Webflow
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 Webflow?
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 Webflow when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Disciple and Webflow are marked.
Can I use Cardel with Disciple or Webflow?
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Disciple or Webflow for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
How much does Cardel cost compared with Disciple and Webflow?
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Disciple and Webflow set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.
How do I switch from Disciple or Webflow 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.