TOME, COMPARED
Tome, next to the things you'd use instead.
Every page here puts Tome beside one alternative, with the prices as the vendors publish them, the date we checked, and a link to every source. Each one also says when the other thing is the better call, because for a lot of businesses it is.
SEVEN PAGES, ONE FORMAT
The comparisons.
WordPress
It runs two of every five websites. Tome is for the part of yours a plugin can't run: permissions that follow an org chart, one database for the course, the store and the CRM, and no shelf to fight.
Tome and WordPress →Webflow and Framer
The canvas is theirs; the part behind the login is ours. Webflow retired its memberships this January, and neither exports a working site.
Tome and Webflow →HubSpot
HubSpot prices the CRM by the seat and by the contact. Tome's is $400 a year and lives in your own database, on your own site.
Tome and HubSpot →Course platforms
Kajabi, Teachable and Thinkific run the course by the month, and none of them lets a course leave. Tome runs it on the site you already own.
Tome and the course platforms →Shopify
For a store, Shopify. For a business where the store is one part, next to courses, members or a directory, Tome, in your own Stripe with nothing on top.
Tome and Shopify →Wix and Squarespace
Right for a simple site, and we say so. This page is for the business that hit the ceiling: members, courses, a real CRM, and code you own.
Tome and Wix or Squarespace →Payload block kits
If you already build on Payload: Payblocks, the ThemeForest themes, the free kits and Payload's own templates, beside Tome's blocks and engines.
Tome and other Payload kits →THE RULES WE HOLD OURSELVES TO
Every number comes from the vendor's own pricing page or documentation, read on the date at the top of the page, and the sources are listed at the foot of each comparison. Where a price is a promotion, we say so and we don't guess the renewal. Where a figure comes from a third party, such as a rate guide or a partner directory, we name it. Year-one totals count the professional who does the work on both sides, ours included, because the buyer of these pages hires one. And every page has a section on when the other option is the better call, written to be true. If something has gone out of date, tell us and we'll fix it.
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