Disciple vs Honeycommb Comparison 2026
Disciple's $399 a month, billed yearly, includes a branded app in both stores and takes zero percent of member payments. Honeycommb's base subscription looks far cheaper, from $24.99 a month for the first hundred registered members, but that price does not include an app: a dedicated branded app is a separate $299 a month plus a $1,499 launch fee, discounted to $499 if paid yearly, on top of a 5 percent transaction fee on the base plan itself. Add the app to Honeycommb and the totals land close to, or above, Disciple's price with a cut taken as well.
Your community as an app in the app stores
A branded social network for one community
At a glance
- Honeycommb starts cheaper, at $24.99.
- Neither has a free tier.
Side by side
Disciple | Honeycommb | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $399 | From $24.99 |
| Pricing model | Paid subscription | Paid subscription |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Not stated |
| Free trial | Not stated | 14 days |
| API | Yes |
Disciple
Your community as an app in the app stores
Disciple builds a branded community app and puts it in the Apple and Google stores under your name, rather than sending members to a website that happens to work on a phone. It takes nothing from what members pay, which matters at the price it charges. That price starts at several hundred a month, so it is a business decision rather than an experiment.
Our note
Zero transaction fees against a high fixed cost is the whole shape of this, and it favours communities already collecting real money. Below roughly $8,000 a month in member revenue, a platform taking a percentage costs less.
Honeycommb
A branded social network for one community
Honeycommb builds a private social network under your name rather than a forum, with a feed, profiles and posts that behave the way members already expect. Pricing is by how many people have registered, not by which features you want, so the whole product is on the cheapest tier. Branded iOS and Android apps are a separate add-on with its own launch fee, and that is the line item most budgets trip over.
Why people weigh these two
- Honeycommb instead of Disciple
- Honeycommb also builds a branded social network for a single community, paid only like Disciple but from $24.99 a month instead of several hundred.
- Disciple instead of Honeycommb
- Disciple builds the branded app itself into the product from $399 a month, where Honeycommb sells that as a separate add-on with its own launch fee on top of the $24.99 base.
Which one should you pick
Buy Disciple if a branded app is the point, and you want it included in the number you are already budgeting for, with no percentage taken from what members pay. It starts at $399 a month billed yearly and there is no separate app fee to add later.
Buy Honeycommb if a branded feed and profiles under your own name are enough without a native app, since the base plan starts at $24.99 a month for the first hundred members and every band gets every feature. Read the add-on column before comparing headline prices: the app alone is $299 a month plus a launch fee, and the base plan still takes 5 percent of each transaction, which Disciple does not.
Common questions
- Is Honeycommb cheaper than Disciple?
- Only if you skip the branded app. Honeycommb's base plan starts at $24.99 a month, far under Disciple's $399. Add Honeycommb's own branded app, at $299 a month plus a $1,499 launch fee, and the total moves close to or past Disciple's price, which includes the app already.
- Does Honeycommb take a cut of member payments?
- Yes, 5 percent of each transaction on its paid subscriptions. Disciple takes zero percent on every tier, which is a large part of what its higher starting price of $399 a month is paying for.
- How much does a branded app actually cost on Honeycommb?
- $299 a month plus a $1,499 launch fee, discounted to $499 if paid yearly. That is on top of the base subscription, which starts at $24.99 a month and rises with registered members. Disciple includes its branded app in the base $399-a-month price, with nothing extra to add.
- Which is priced by number of members?
- Honeycommb: the subscription is banded by how many people have registered, from $24.99 a month for the first hundred up to $149 for more. Disciple's plans are flat regardless of member count, at $399, $599 or $999 a month billed yearly.
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