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The Best Community Membership Tools

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#1

Outseta

Featured
$29/mo + 1% transaction fee

Complete membership and SaaS toolkit: CRM, billing, help desk, and automation.

Subscription management with Stripe
CRM for member management
Help desk and support ticketing
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#2
Free (open-source) or ~$100/mo (managed hosting)

Modern, open-source forum platform with powerful moderation and customization.

Discussion topics and categories
Real-time chat
User profiles and trust levels
3
#3
$49/mo (1,000 members) to $399/mo (unlimited)

Sleek, all-in-one community platform with native livestreaming and AI tooling.

Discussion forums and spaces
Native livestreaming with transcription
Course hosting
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#4
$9/mo (Hobby) or $99/mo (Pro) - unlimited members

Gamified community platform with native video hosting and courses built-in.

Community discussions and groups
Native video hosting and streaming
Integrated course/LMS
5
#5
Freemium; paid plans from ~$39/mo

Membership layer for Webflow and WordPress; full design control via no-code.

Membership tiers and gating
Subscription management
Social login
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#6
Self-hosted free or managed from $9-30/mo

Open-source publishing platform with native paid memberships and newsletters.

Newsletter publishing
Tiered memberships and subscriptions
Email automation and scheduling
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#7
$33-99/mo depending on plan

AI-powered community platform with focus on member connections and network effects.

Member profiling and matching
Spaces for sub-communities
Events and livestreaming
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#8
Free to start; 10% of earnings + payment processing

Creator-friendly membership platform with built-in discovery and engaged fanbase.

Membership tiers and benefits
Exclusive content hosting
Community chat spaces
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#9
$49/mo + 4.9% transaction fee

White-label membership for existing websites; you keep 100% ownership.

Subscription management
Paywall and content gating
Recurring billing and renewals
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#10
Free trial (14 days); paid plans start around $50-150/mo

All-in-one community platform with always-on voice rooms and powerful automation.

Text chats and voice rooms
Courses with drip content
Events and calendar integration

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