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Heartbeatvs
MailerLite
Heartbeat is a friendly home for a small paid community with chat, events, and courses. MailerLite is simple, affordable email with automations, sites, and paid newsletters.
How Heartbeat and MailerLite 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.
MailerLite is the friendly, affordable one. A clean editor, automations, segments, landing pages and simple websites, a blog, forms, paid newsletter subscriptions, digital product sales, and a generous free tier make it a favorite for creators and small teams who want email that just works without a big invoice.
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.
MailerLite
- MailerLite's sites and blog exist to grow the list.
- MailerLite sends.
- MailerLite sells digital products and subscriptions.
Choose Heartbeat when a small paid community with courses, calls, and member chat is the product.
Choose MailerLite when you want affordable, simple email with automations and paid newsletters.
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What's on Heartbeat and MailerLite
A check means that capability is available. Heartbeat and MailerLite are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.
Site and brand
- Workspace siteHeartbeat: IncludedMailerLite: Included
- Custom domainHeartbeat: IncludedMailerLite: Included
- Theme and fontsHeartbeat: IncludedMailerLite: Included
Public content
- BlogHeartbeat: Not includedMailerLite: Included
- Shop pagesHeartbeat: Not includedMailerLite: Included
Audience and email
- AudienceHeartbeat: IncludedMailerLite: Included
- Marketing emailsHeartbeat: IncludedMailerLite: Included
- Campaign workflowsHeartbeat: IncludedMailerLite: Included
Messaging
- Built-in chatHeartbeat: IncludedMailerLite: Not included
- Messaging CenterHeartbeat: Not includedMailerLite: Included
Commerce
- Shop paymentsHeartbeat: IncludedMailerLite: Included
Team
- Admin usersHeartbeat: IncludedMailerLite: Included
- Per-admin permissionsHeartbeat: IncludedMailerLite: Included
- AI AssistantHeartbeat: IncludedMailerLite: Included
* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Heartbeat or MailerLite, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Heartbeat or MailerLite may add or remove features that are not shown here.
Heartbeat vs MailerLite pricing
Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.
Heartbeat
Current plans and prices
See what Heartbeat charges on their pricing page.
MailerLite
Current plans and prices
See what MailerLite charges on their pricing page.
Cardel: An alternative to
Heartbeat and MailerLite
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 MailerLite?
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 MailerLite when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Heartbeat and MailerLite are marked.
Can I use Cardel with Heartbeat or MailerLite?
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Heartbeat or MailerLite for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
How much does Cardel cost compared with Heartbeat and MailerLite?
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Heartbeat and MailerLite set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.
How do I switch from Heartbeat or MailerLite 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.