Community platforms compared: prices and price hikes
Platforms for creators, coaches, startups and brands to run an online community and sell paid memberships, compared by what a community really costs at a given size (subscription plus the platform's cut of member payments) and which capabilities each alternative actually replaces.
Prices at 100 members paying $10 a month
Monthly USD on monthly billing (annual-only plans divided by 12) to run a community of a given size, including the platform's own fees on member payments but not standard card processing; WordPress plugins are priced on their licence without hosting, and forum software sold both ways on the vendor's hosted plan. The headline is 100 members paying $10 a month; we also compare 1,000 paying members ($10,000 a month, 2 admins) and a free community of 1,000 members.