How Disciple and Zenpage 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.
Zenpage turns one Amazon link or ISBN into a finished author site. It finds the rest of your books with their covers and buy links, picks a template that suits your genre, and sets up search data, share previews, and a sitemap before you touch a setting. Ebooks, audiobooks, and signed print copies sell straight from the book page through your own Stripe account, files reach the buyer by email within seconds, and Zenpage takes no commission. Every reader confirms by email, a free first chapter can go out on signup, and the whole thing is free, built by one person who answers every message personally.
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.
Zenpage
- Zenpage collects readers and hands them to Mailchimp, Kit, Beehiiv, Brevo, MailerLite, or Substack, and it does not send newsletters itself.
- Zenpage sells files and print copies with no Zenpage fee and delivers downloads automatically.
- Zenpage's contact page shows your email address and its blog has no comments.
- Zenpage templates have fixed layouts and font pairings, with no custom pages.
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 Zenpage when you want a free site that sells your ebooks and signed copies directly, and you already have an email service you like.
Compare features
What's on Disciple and Zenpage
A check means that capability is available. Disciple and Zenpage are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.
Site and brand
- Workspace siteDisciple: Not includedZenpage: Included
- Custom domainDisciple: IncludedZenpage: Included
- Theme and fontsDisciple: IncludedZenpage: Included
Public content
- BlogDisciple: Not includedZenpage: Included
- Shop pagesDisciple: Not includedZenpage: Included
Reach and quality
- SEODisciple: Not includedZenpage: Included
Audience and email
- AudienceDisciple: IncludedZenpage: Included
Commerce
- Shop paymentsDisciple: IncludedZenpage: Included
* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Disciple or Zenpage, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Disciple or Zenpage may add or remove features that are not shown here.
Disciple vs Zenpage pricing
Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.
Disciple
Current plans and prices
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Zenpage
Current plans and prices
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Cardel: An alternative to
Disciple and Zenpage
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 Zenpage?
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 Zenpage when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Disciple and Zenpage are marked.
Can I use Cardel with Disciple or Zenpage?
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Disciple or Zenpage for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
How much does Cardel cost compared with Disciple and Zenpage?
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Disciple and Zenpage set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.
How do I switch from Disciple or Zenpage 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.