memberDash vs Paid Memberships Pro
memberDash
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Paid Memberships Pro
paidmembershipspro.comSide by side
| Figure | memberDash | Paid Memberships Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $18.25/mo | $41.58/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 7 |
| Spec score · Membership Site Platforms | 7.7 (#62) | 9.1 (#5) |
| Administration | The dashboard shows registration and income statistics and lets administrators manage users, memberships, passwords, and profile details. | Administrators can manually add, import, export, and approve members, customize frontend design settings, and assign a Membership Manager role. |
| Content gating | page | post |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Purpose | MemberDash adds protected content and membership areas to an existing website without programming skills. | Paid Memberships Pro lets WordPress site owners restrict content, accept payments, and manage subscriptions from their website. |
| Security | The maker says hosted protected content is a more secure option than protecting existing page URLs, and describes it as the most secure way to add protected content. | The setup wizard includes checkout spam protection that blocks repeated attempts from the same IP address and recommends reCAPTCHA or Akismet. |
| Paid from | 19.95 | 49 |
| Subscription billing | both | both |
| Transaction fee | 0% (Stripe fees apply) | No platform transaction fee; payment gateway charges still apply. |
Plans
memberDash
- memberDash Monthly$19.95 a month
- memberDash Annual$219 a year
- memberDash$19.95 a month
- memberDash$219 a year
Paid Memberships Pro
- FreeFree
- Standard$49 a month
- Max$99 a month
- Max 2x$299 a month
- Standard$499 a year
- Max$999 a year
- Max 2x$2,999 a year
In their own words
memberDash
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Paid Memberships Pro
Paid Memberships Pro is a WordPress plugin and open-source platform for restricting content, taking payments, and managing subscriptions on a website. Site owners can protect 28 types of content and create unlimited membership levels, with free or paid access, one-time charges, or recurring billing from hourly to annual intervals. Pricing tools include trials, coupons, proration, donations, gift codes, invite codes, and variable pricing. Stripe and PayPal are included without a platform transaction fee, although gateway charges still apply. The free plan provides the self-hosted platform and 25 free add-ons; Standard, Max, and Max 2x include 54 premium add-ons. Paid plans start at $49/mo. Standard is $49 a month, Max is $99 a month, and Max 2x is $299 a month, all billed monthly. The platform includes member administration, customizable dashboards and forms, reporting, and integrations such as WooCommerce, Mailchimp, and LearnDash. It supports WordPress installations running version 5.2 or higher, while technical support covers only the three most recent minor releases. Premium purchases have a 100-day money-back guarantee covering one payment.