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Heartbeat is a friendly home for a small paid community with chat, events, and courses. LearnWorlds is a full academy with interactive video, assessments, and memberships.
How Heartbeat and LearnWorlds compare
Heartbeat is a friendly place to start a paid community without a big budget. For $49 a month you get channels, threads, chat, voice rooms, DMs, unlimited courses and events, a custom domain, checkout pages, five automation workflows, and Pulse, an AI that actually sets up channels, offers, and pages for you. Grow adds unlimited workflows, DM rules, an affiliate program, and white-label email; Scale adds a branded app. For a founder with a small group who wants courses and calls next to the conversation, Heartbeat covers a lot for the price.
LearnWorlds is for people building an academy, not just a course. Interactive videos, assessments, certificates, SCORM, memberships, a capable site builder with a blog, and a branded app option give training businesses room to grow, and the AI assistant speeds up course production. It is thorough in the way serious educators need.
Where they are different
Heartbeat
- Heartbeat's landing page is the door to a private space.
- Heartbeat emails members through workflows and a weekly digest.
- Heartbeat's events sync to members' calendars.
- Heartbeat charges 5% to 1.25% on payments.
LearnWorlds
- LearnWorlds builds pages to enrol learners.
- LearnWorlds emails learners from the academy, with extra send volume as an add-on.
- LearnWorlds has no bookings or shared inbox.
Choose Heartbeat when a small paid community with courses, calls, and member chat is the product.
Choose LearnWorlds when you run an academy and need interactive learning, assessments, and compliance features.
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What's on Heartbeat and LearnWorlds
A check means that capability is available. Heartbeat and LearnWorlds are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.
Site and brand
- Workspace siteHeartbeat: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
- Custom domainHeartbeat: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
- Theme and fontsHeartbeat: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
Public content
- BlogHeartbeat: Not includedLearnWorlds: Included
- Showcase pagesHeartbeat: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
- Shop pagesHeartbeat: Not includedLearnWorlds: Included
Audience and email
- AudienceHeartbeat: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
- Email on your domainHeartbeat: Not includedLearnWorlds: Included
- Marketing emailsHeartbeat: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
- Campaign workflowsHeartbeat: IncludedLearnWorlds: Not included
Commerce
- Shop paymentsHeartbeat: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
Team
- Admin usersHeartbeat: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
- Per-admin permissionsHeartbeat: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
- AI AssistantHeartbeat: IncludedLearnWorlds: Included
* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Heartbeat or LearnWorlds, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Heartbeat or LearnWorlds may add or remove features that are not shown here.
Heartbeat vs LearnWorlds pricing
Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.
Heartbeat
Current plans and prices
See what Heartbeat charges on their pricing page.
LearnWorlds
Current plans and prices
See what LearnWorlds charges on their pricing page.
Cardel: An alternative to
Heartbeat and LearnWorlds
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 Heartbeat or LearnWorlds?
Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Heartbeat or LearnWorlds when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Heartbeat and LearnWorlds are marked.
Can I use Cardel with Heartbeat or LearnWorlds?
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Heartbeat or LearnWorlds for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
How much does Cardel cost compared with Heartbeat and LearnWorlds?
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Heartbeat and LearnWorlds set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.
How do I switch from Heartbeat or LearnWorlds 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.