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Membership.io Pricing 2026: Plans Compared
Written by people who pay for this software · Pricing and offer terms checked August 2026 · Destination links auto-checked 21 August 2026
We pay for the Grow plan, so this starts from our own invoice: what each published plan actually limits, the media-hour rule that catches everyone out — it caught us — and how to pay about $33 a month for a quarter.
Two facts shape everything below. Unlimited members on every plan, and 0% transaction fees on every plan. Growing your membership never increases your platform bill; the only things that do are publishing more media, running more hubs, and adding team seats.
The plans
| Plan | Monthly | Annual (per mo) | Saved yearly | Member Hubs | Media hours | Team seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | $49 | $41 | $96 | 1 | 50 | 1 |
| Grow | $119 | $99 | $240 | 3 | 250 | 5 |
| Scale | $219 | $183 | $432 | 10 | 500 | 10 |
| Enterprise | Custom | ~$5,995/yr | — | Custom | Custom | Custom |
Every tier includes unlimited members, 0% transaction fees, AI Search, AI Copilot and Chat, native video hosting with transcription, community and payments. Grow adds the AI Hub Builder, custom branding and custom domains, badges and broadcasting. Scale adds a success advisor plus API and webhook access. Enterprise typically includes a done-for-you branded mobile app.
What each plan is really for
Start — $49/month
One hub, 50 media hours, one seat. This is a complete single membership for a solo operator: unlimited members, AI search, community and payments included. The constraint is publishing volume — 50 hours is roughly seven months of a weekly 90-minute call — and the single hub, which means one audience and one price point.
Grow — $119/month (the plan the $99 offer covers)
Three hubs, 250 media hours, five seats, plus custom branding and custom domains, the AI Hub Builder, badges and broadcasting. Three hubs is the setup most established membership businesses want: the main membership, a premium or alumni tier, and a free hub as the front door. Custom domains matter more than they sound — running the membership on your own domain is the difference between a product and a rented room.
The three-months-for-$99 offer covers this plan and is published on Membership.io's own site. Three months of Grow at list price is $357; the offer makes it $99. It renews at $119 unless you cancel. Terms verified August 2026.
Scale — $219/month
Ten hubs, 500 media hours, ten seats, a success advisor and API/webhook access. This is for operations with several distinct products or a genuine content publishing schedule. The API is the practical reason established businesses land here — it is where custom onboarding, reporting and integrations become possible.
Enterprise — custom, around $5,995 a year
Custom limits with a done-for-you branded mobile app typically included. Worth pricing only if a native app in the stores is a real requirement for your members rather than a nice-to-have.
Media hours: the one rule to understand before buying
Media hours are cumulative, not monthly. Grow's 250 hours is your total library, ever — not an allowance that resets. Work out your rate:
- A weekly 90-minute group call: 78 hours a year. Grow lasts about three years.
- Two 60-minute sessions a week: 104 hours a year. Grow lasts a little over two years.
- A daily 30-minute video: ~180 hours a year. Grow lasts under 18 months; plan for Scale.
- A course library of 40 lessons at 20 minutes: 13 hours total. Start is fine.
Two habits buy you years: trim the dead air at the start and end of recordings, and archive material older members no longer use.
Three ways to pay less
- Take the $99 offer for your first quarter. Three months of Grow for one payment, roughly $33 a month — less than the Start plan costs for two months, on the tier with custom domains and three hubs.
- Move to annual once you are settled. Grow drops from $119 to about $99 a month, saving $240 a year; Scale saves $432. Wait until you know which plan you actually need.
- Buy the plan your publishing rate needs, not the one your ambition wants. Hubs and media hours drive the price. If you run one membership and record weekly, Start plus discipline can carry you for the better part of a year.
Year one on Grow: $99 for three months plus nine months at $119 is $1,170, against $1,428 at monthly list price — $258 saved, with no commitment past the first quarter.
Ignore these stale prices
Membership.io has been renamed once and repriced since, so the internet is full of wrong numbers. Two to disregard specifically: the $8 "Creator" plan still listed on some software directories, and the Searchie-era $29 / $99 / $199 tiers. Neither is available. If a comparison article quotes either, its feature lists are equally out of date — the AI Hub Builder, hubs and unlimited-member structure all post-date them. Background on the rebrand is on our Searchie to Membership.io page.
How the pricing compares
| Platform | Plan | List price | 3 months at list | You pay | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Membership.io | Grow | $119/mo | $357 | $99 | $258 |
| Kajabi | Basic | $179/mo | $537 | $99 | $438 |
| ClickFunnels | Scale | $197/mo | $591 | $99 | $492 |
Membership.io shows the smallest saving simply because it is the cheapest platform of the three at list price — which is the more useful fact if you intend to stay past the first quarter. Kajabi costs $60 a month more and adds a full marketing suite; whether that is worth it is the question our membership platform ranking works through.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Membership.io cost in 2026?
Three published plans: Start at $49 a month, Grow at $119 and Scale at $219, plus a custom Enterprise tier around $5,995 a year. Annual billing brings them to roughly $41, $99 and $183 a month — about two months free. Unlimited members and 0% transaction fees apply to every plan.
What are media hours and how do they work?
Media hours are your cumulative upload allowance for native video and audio — not a monthly reset. Start includes 50 hours, Grow 250 and Scale 500. A weekly 90-minute call is about 78 hours a year, so estimate your publishing rate over two or three years before choosing a plan.
Is there a cheaper Membership.io plan than $49?
No. If you see an $8 "Creator" plan on a software directory, or Searchie-era tiers at $29, $99 and $199, those listings are years out of date. The current published entry point is Start at $49 a month.
Does Membership.io limit how many members I can have?
No plan limits members, including the $49 Start plan, and the platform takes 0% of your transactions. What the plans limit is Member Hubs, media hours and team seats — so your bill is driven by how much you publish and how many spaces you run, not by how successful you are.
What is the cheapest way to get Membership.io?
The offer published at membership.io/99: three months of the Grow plan for one $99 payment, about $33 a month. After that, annual billing on the plan you actually need is the lowest ongoing cost. Terms verified August 2026 — confirm at checkout.
Are there any extra costs?
Payment processing, as with any platform, and the branded mobile app, which is a paid add-on rather than part of the standard plans. Because there is no built-in email marketing suite, most people also keep an email tool — count that when comparing against an all-in-one like Kajabi.
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