Daisie vs Heartbeat

Daisie is a creative learning and collaboration platform for people looking to develop skills and creative careers. It offers live interactive workshops every day alongside pre-recorded video lessons that learners can watch on their own schedule. Listed subjects include film, fashion, art, photography, and design, with learning from industry creators. Learners can seek feedback from experts and peers, and the site also invites them to join its Discord community. Courses are online and can be taken from anywhere. Requirements depend on the course: one animation course calls for art equipment, Procreate on iPad, and Photoshop with the Animator’s Toolbar installed on an iPad, Macbook, or PC. That course does not guarantee direct instructor comments on student work. Daisie is available on web and iOS. It offers a free plan and a 7-day trial with full access; the listed Standard subscription is free, billed annually. Subscription refund requests can be sent to [email protected].

Heartbeat is a paid platform for running online communities, with Android and iOS apps. Its listed features include private spaces, event hosting, moderation tools and custom domains. Plans vary by community size: Build supports up to 350 members, Grow up to 5,000 and Scale has unlimited members. Build costs $49 a month billed monthly; Grow costs $149 a month billed monthly; Scale costs $849 a month billed monthly. Build includes five automation workflows and one custom landing page. Grow includes unlimited automation workflows and 50 hours of native video hosting. Scale includes 50 custom landing pages, 200 hours of native video hosting and a white-label branded mobile app. Native video hosting is also available as a $19 a month add-on for 50 hours of storage. Integrations include Zapier, Zoom, Outlook Calendar, Google Calendar, Slack, Circle and Peerboard imports. The 14-day trial does not become a continuing free plan: communities are deactivated if they are not upgraded afterward, and inactive communities are automatically deleted after 30 days.