Membership.io for memberships
A membership platform built around content hubs and personalisation, positioned between a community tool and a course platform.
What Membership.io is
Membership.io organises a membership around content hubs: playlists of material you can personalise per member, with analytics on what people actually consume.
Who it’s best for
Memberships whose value is an accumulating library rather than a conversation, and operators who want to see what members engage with.
- Memberships built around a growing content library
- Creators who want personalised member experiences
- Teams running more than one membership brand
Who should avoid it
Discussion-led communities, and anyone who needs certainty about transaction fees before they commit.
- Discussion-led communities
- Newsletter, podcast, and fan-support products
- Anyone who needs the fee structure spelled out before committing
Membership models it supports
Not every platform suits every kind of membership. These are the models we consider it a genuine option for.
- Paid community
- Course and community
- Migrating an existing membership
Pricing and fees
Read from Membership.io's own pricing page on 2026-07-29. Always check the official page before you buy.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual, per month | Platform fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| StartOne member hub, unlimited members and content playlists, analytics. $490 charged annually. | $49 | $41 | Not stated |
| GrowThree member hubs, custom branding and domains, content automations, 5 team members. $1,190 charged annually. | $119 | $99 | Not stated |
| ScaleTen member hubs, API access and webhooks, 10 team members, dedicated success advisor. $2,190 charged annually. | $219 | $183 | Not stated |
Payment processing. Membership.io's pricing page raises transaction fees as a question but does not answer it where we could read it, so no platform percentage is recorded. The processing figure is your processor's standard published US card rate and may understate the true cost if a platform fee exists.
Trial. Free trial available
What it costs in practice
Cheapest plan that holds the member count, including the platform's cut and payment processing.
Just starting
25 members at $20 a month
$71 / month
On Start. About 14% of your revenue.
Established
100 members at $25 a month
$152 / month
On Start. About 6% of your revenue.
Growing
500 members at $25 a month
$562 / month
On Start. About 4% of your revenue.
Feature support
What is included, what needs a higher plan, and what simply is not there.
Community features
Partially supportedMember hubs with content feeds rather than deep discussion.
Courses
SupportedContent playlists and structured programmes.
Coaching and live events
Partially supportedVideo hosting
SupportedLivestreaming
Not supportedNewsletter and publishing
Partially supportedPrivate podcast support
Not supportedPayments and monetization
SupportedBranding and customization
Higher plan requiredCustom branding and domains start on Grow.
Branded mobile app
Not supportedAudience discovery
Not supportedEmail and marketing
Partially supportedIntegrations and API
Higher plan requiredAPI and webhooks are a Scale feature.
Migration support
Partially supportedCustomer and data ownership
Partially supportedTransaction terms could not be fully verified, which is part of ownership.
Important limitations
- Whether a transaction fee applies could not be verified from the pricing page, so cost estimates may understate it.
- Custom branding and your own domain need the $99 Grow plan.
- Community tooling is lighter than Circle, Skool, or Heartbeat.
Data ownership and migration
Middling, mostly because we could not verify the transaction terms. Members and content export, and payments run through your own processor.
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Sources
Every fact on this page traces to one of these official pages.