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Heartbeat

Community platform with live events and courses

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★4.2ratingPricing · PaidStable
The FalcoScan Intel PanelHeartbeat · Social
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Crowded
Band
Wrapper risk
Elevated
Band
Momentum
Stable
Market trend
Rating
4.2
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Heartbeat does

Heartbeat is an online community platform for creators and coaches who charge for memberships. It combines discussions, courses, events, and payments in one place. Features include channels and threaded discussions, member profiles and roles, a branded web and mobile app, courses with progress tracking and quizzes, and live events with RSVPs and recordings. Payments support subscriptions, one-time purchases, tiered pricing, and coupons through Stripe. Pulse AI can set up channels, courses, and workflows. Pricing starts with a 14-day free trial. Paid plans are Build at $49 per month, Grow at $149, and Scale at $849, with transaction fees of 5, 2.5, and 1.25 percent respectively, plus Stripe processing.

How Heartbeat compares with its closest alternatives

1 of the 5 closest alternatives has a free plan; Heartbeat does not. 4 of the 5 offer an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Heartbeat. Heartbeat offers a web app and a mobile app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app and all 5 offer a mobile app. Heartbeat was founded in 2020; the alternatives were founded between 2010 and 2019, 5 of them earlier. The alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States.

Market position · Social

How Heartbeat compares in Social

Heartbeat has moderate opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 251 live Social tools on FalcoScan. Across Social, the average opportunity score is 53.5 and the average saturation score 56.2. FalcoScan rates Heartbeat's own market position as crowded. 16 of the 251 operating Social tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 8 shutdowns in the category.

Heartbeat compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
HeartbeatFounded 2020ModerateCrowdedPaid—NoNoWeb, MobileStable
SkoolFounded 2019ModerateContestedPaid—NoNoWeb, MobileHot
CircleFounded 2019 · New York, United StatesModerateContestedPaid—NoYesWeb, MobileRising
KajabiFounded 2010ModerateCrowdedPaid—NoYesWeb, MobileStable
Mighty NetworksFounded 2017ModerateContestedPaid—NoYesWeb, MobileRising
DiscordFounded 2015 · San Francisco, United StatesLowCrowdedFreemium—YesYesWeb, Mobile, DesktopStable

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Social.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Heartbeat exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Text Generation
Industry Verticals
EducationMedia
Tagged

Heartbeat shows up when builders search for these

communitylive eventscoursescreator
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Questions

Heartbeat: common questions

Is Heartbeat free?

No. Heartbeat is a paid product.

What are the best alternatives to Heartbeat?

The closest alternatives to Heartbeat that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Skool, Circle, Kajabi, Mighty Networks, and Discord.

Is Heartbeat still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Heartbeat as operating at heartbeat.chat.

Does Heartbeat have an API?

FalcoScan's records show no public API for Heartbeat.

Who is Heartbeat for?

Heartbeat is built for creators and businesses.

How do I sign in to Heartbeat?

Sign in on Heartbeat's own website, heartbeat.chat. FalcoScan reviews Heartbeat but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Heartbeat directly.

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