Disciple vs Mighty Networks Comparison 2026
Disciple's $399 a month, billed yearly, includes a branded app in both stores and takes zero percent of what members pay. Mighty Networks starts far cheaper, at $79 a month for Launch, with courses and events built in, but takes a 2 percent transaction fee that falls to 1 percent on Scale at $179. A branded app is not part of either of those tiers: it lives on Mighty Pro, which is custom quoted rather than listed. Disciple is the one with a fixed app price from the first plan.
Your community as an app in the app stores
Community, courses and memberships
At a glance
- Mighty Networks starts cheaper, at $79.
- Neither has a free tier.
- Disciple takes no share of what you earn. Mighty Networks takes 2%.
Side by side
Disciple | Mighty Networks | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $399 | From $79 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Paid subscription | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| 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.
Mighty Networks
Community, courses and memberships
Mighty Networks puts the community first and hangs courses, events and paid memberships off it, which is the opposite order from a course platform that added a forum later. Members get a branded app rather than another tab. The transaction fee on the entry plan is small but real, and it disappears as the plans get dearer.
Our note
Why people weigh these two
- Mighty Networks instead of Disciple
- Mighty Networks combines community, courses and memberships from $79 a month, a large step down in cost for a community still growing into its revenue.
- Disciple instead of Mighty Networks
- Disciple puts the community into its own branded app in the app stores, at $399 a month for that dedicated presence.
Which one should you pick
Buy Disciple if a branded app under your own name has to be in the plan you can actually see the price of. It starts at $399 a month billed yearly, with zero percent taken from member payments, and the app is not an upsell.
Buy Mighty Networks if courses and events matter more than a native app right now, and a lower fixed cost with a small, falling transaction fee suits the stage the community is at. Launch is $79 a month at 2 percent, dropping to 1 percent on Scale at $179. A branded app is possible eventually through Mighty Pro, but that tier is custom quoted, so the price is not something to compare against Disciple's $399 today.
Common questions
- Does Mighty Networks include a branded app at its listed prices?
- No. Launch at $79 a month and Scale at $179 do not include one; a branded app requires Mighty Pro, which is custom quoted rather than a published price. Disciple includes its branded app at the first plan, $399 a month billed yearly.
- Which one is cheaper to start?
- Mighty Networks, by a wide margin: Launch is $79 a month against Disciple's $399. Mighty Networks also takes a 2 percent transaction fee on that plan, though, where Disciple takes zero percent on every tier.
- Which has courses built in?
- Mighty Networks. Courses, events and badges are part of the Launch plan at $79 a month. Disciple's feature list does not mention courses; it is built around the branded app, livestreaming and the community itself.
- How much does a transaction fee actually cost on Mighty Networks?
- Two percent on Launch, one percent on Scale at $179 a month, and 0.5 percent on the custom-quoted Mighty Pro tier. Disciple takes none of that on any plan, which is the trade its higher $399-a-month starting price makes.
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