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Mighty Networks
Heartbeat is a friendly home for a small paid community with chat, events, and courses. Mighty Networks bundles community, courses, events, and memberships in one network.
How Heartbeat and Mighty Networks 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.
Mighty Networks is built around one idea: people join for the content and stay for each other. Spaces that mix feed, chat, events, and courses, paid memberships charged in hundreds of currencies, native iOS and Android apps for every member, livestreaming, gamification, and Mighty Co-Host AI that drafts your landing page and brand from a single question. If you want to sell a $48 a month membership and keep members active on their phones, Mighty is designed for that job and has the numbers to show for it.
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.
Mighty Networks
- Mighty's website is a landing page in front of a members-only Network, indexable on Scale and up.
- Mighty reaches members with notifications and a Message All Members announcement and hands newsletters to Kit.
- Mighty sells memberships, courses, and bundles through plans.
- Mighty has chat between members.
Choose Heartbeat when a small paid community with courses, calls, and member chat is the product.
Choose Mighty Networks when a paid membership with courses, events, and a native app is the business, and member-to-member activity is the value you sell.
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What's on Heartbeat and Mighty Networks
A check means that capability is available. Heartbeat and Mighty Networks are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.
Site and brand
- Workspace siteHeartbeat: IncludedMighty Networks: Included
- Custom domainHeartbeat: IncludedMighty Networks: Included
- Theme and fontsHeartbeat: IncludedMighty Networks: Included
- AI Theme SuggestHeartbeat: Not includedMighty Networks: Included
Public content
- Showcase pagesHeartbeat: IncludedMighty Networks: Included
Audience and email
- AudienceHeartbeat: IncludedMighty Networks: Included
- Marketing emailsHeartbeat: IncludedMighty Networks: Not included
- Bulk email workflowsHeartbeat: IncludedMighty Networks: Included
- Campaign workflowsHeartbeat: IncludedMighty Networks: Not included
Messaging
- Built-in chatHeartbeat: IncludedMighty Networks: Included
Commerce
- Shop paymentsHeartbeat: IncludedMighty Networks: Included
Team
- Admin usersHeartbeat: IncludedMighty Networks: Included
- Per-admin permissionsHeartbeat: IncludedMighty Networks: Included
- AI AssistantHeartbeat: IncludedMighty Networks: Included
* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Heartbeat or Mighty Networks, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Heartbeat or Mighty Networks may add or remove features that are not shown here.
Heartbeat vs Mighty Networks pricing
Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.
Heartbeat
Current plans and prices
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Mighty Networks
Current plans and prices
See what Mighty Networks charges on their pricing page.
Cardel: An alternative to
Heartbeat and Mighty Networks
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 Mighty Networks?
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 Mighty Networks when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Heartbeat and Mighty Networks are marked.
Can I use Cardel with Heartbeat or Mighty Networks?
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Heartbeat or Mighty Networks for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
How much does Cardel cost compared with Heartbeat and Mighty Networks?
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Heartbeat and Mighty Networks set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.
How do I switch from Heartbeat or Mighty Networks 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.
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