Find the right membership platform
Tell us what you’re building, what you need, and what you can spend. We’ll compare 42 platforms and show you which ones fit, what they cost, and where you’ll have to compromise.
Common starting points
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A decision, not a directory
Most comparisons list features and leave the hard part to you. This one commits to an answer and shows the working, so you can check it.
A straight answer
One platform, and the reasoning behind it. Which of your needs it covers, which it doesn't, and what separated it from the runner-up.
The real monthly cost
The plan, the platform's cut, card processing, and any per-member charge, worked out at your member count and price. Change the numbers and the ranking moves.
Where it falls short
Every recommendation comes with its limitations. If nothing fits well, we say that instead of picking a winner anyway.
Read from their own pricing pages
Prices, fees, and what each feature actually does come from the vendor’s own pages, with the source and date stored against every fact. See the full list, including what we left out and why.
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DATA 2026.07-242 platforms researched. 33 have complete enough data to be ranked; the rest are listed with the reason.
The decision changes with the model
A private podcast and a course business have almost nothing in common operationally. These pages cover what actually decides each one.
- Paid communityWhat it costs and who wins
- Course and communityWhat it costs and who wins
- Coaching or group programWhat it costs and who wins
- Newsletter or written membershipWhat it costs and who wins
- Video membershipWhat it costs and who wins
- Podcast membershipWhat it costs and who wins
- WordPress-based membershipWhat it costs and who wins
- Branded mobile app communityWhat it costs and who wins
- Low-cost membershipWhat it costs and who wins
Ready to narrow it down?
About five minutes. Nothing is saved on our servers, and you can correct anything we get wrong before we rank a single platform.
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