Why I Build Community in Heartbeat Instead of Mighty Networks

While Mighty Networks was the first all-in-one community platform to come onto the scene, their navigation and functionality falls far behind new competitors like Heartbeat. In this video I'll give a quick overview of why I recommend building in Heartbeat over Mighty Networks.

[@righttoexplain]

Are you still using heartbeat today Bri? If so, what are your thoughts on it now? 🤗

[@emberconsulting]

Great question - I am using Heartbeat today (just launched my new community on it last month). They've made some great additions like more native email functionality and I really like their workflows as well. I've had several clients move off of Mighty Networks who I've worked with recently (usually they will build in Circle or Heartbeat instead), so happy to share any more insights if it's helpful!

[@Oraclestarsong]

This is such a helpful review- thank you.

[@emberconsulting]

I'm so glad it was helpful!

[@joao_belmont]

Great video, Bri, thanks. If I subscribe to Heartbeat, would I still need to pay for Zoom, or would I be able to run meetings directly from the platform?

[@emberconsulting]

My recommendation is to still pay for zoom. Heartbeat integrates seemlessley with zoom and since your members are likely familiar with zoom, I would ease them into a native video experience on Heartbeat only after they are used to the platform. (And you've tested it, it can be a bit buggy!)

[@joao_belmont]

thanks!@@emberconsulting

[@artofdao]

Would you say it’s a full LMS like tutorlms on Wordpress ?

[@emberconsulting]

I'm not familiar with tutorlms on wordpress. I would still categorize Heartbeat as a community platform, not an LMS, but their courses feature is really robust and I think it combines the best bits of course features with community features.

[@Clevermatter]

Hi, Any idea if heartbeat will implement skool like gamification features?

[@emberconsulting]

It's definitely highly requested with 570 upvotes on their canny board: feedback.heartbeat.chat/search?search=gamification
but I predict they won't be prioritizing this for a while as an essential feature

[@RebirthwithLaTonia]

I've been paying for MIGHTY for over a year, a 2nd time around.... trying to give it a chance. The Cost is not worth the unsubscribes. In other words, it's not just not User Friendly. It's also not backend friendly

[@emberconsulting]

I hear you, there's a lot of options... and they don't always lead you to build a space where your community can easily engage and thrive.