How Heartbeat and Teachable 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.
Teachable is a mature course platform. Curriculum, quizzes, certificates, coaching products, digital downloads, and a checkout that handles tax and payouts have carried a great many creators from first sale to real business. If teaching is your product, Teachable knows the job.
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.
Teachable
- Teachable is a school with a few site pages around it.
- Teachable coaching relies on a Calendly link.
- Teachable emails students.
Choose Heartbeat when a small paid community with courses, calls, and member chat is the product.
Choose Teachable when you sell courses or coaching and want the checkout, tax, and student experience handled.
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What's on Heartbeat and Teachable
A check means that capability is available. Heartbeat and Teachable are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.
Site and brand
- Workspace siteHeartbeat: IncludedTeachable: Included
- Custom domainHeartbeat: IncludedTeachable: Included
- Theme and fontsHeartbeat: IncludedTeachable: Included
Public content
- Showcase pagesHeartbeat: IncludedTeachable: Included
- Shop pagesHeartbeat: Not includedTeachable: Included
Audience and email
- AudienceHeartbeat: IncludedTeachable: Included
- Marketing emailsHeartbeat: IncludedTeachable: Included
- Campaign workflowsHeartbeat: IncludedTeachable: Not included
Commerce
- Shop paymentsHeartbeat: IncludedTeachable: Included
Team
- Admin usersHeartbeat: IncludedTeachable: Included
- Per-admin permissionsHeartbeat: IncludedTeachable: Included
- AI AssistantHeartbeat: IncludedTeachable: Included
* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Heartbeat or Teachable, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Heartbeat or Teachable may add or remove features that are not shown here.
Heartbeat vs Teachable pricing
Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.
Heartbeat
Current plans and prices
See what Heartbeat charges on their pricing page.
Teachable
Current plans and prices
See what Teachable charges on their pricing page.
Cardel: An alternative to
Heartbeat and Teachable
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 Teachable?
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 Teachable when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Heartbeat and Teachable are marked.
Can I use Cardel with Heartbeat or Teachable?
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Heartbeat or Teachable for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
How much does Cardel cost compared with Heartbeat and Teachable?
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Heartbeat and Teachable set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.
How do I switch from Heartbeat or Teachable 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.