MemberPress Courses vs Paid Memberships Pro
MemberPress Courses
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Paid Memberships Pro
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| Figure | MemberPress Courses | Paid Memberships Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $16.63/mo | $41.58/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 7 |
| Spec score · Wordpress Plugins | 7.9 (#15) | 8.7 (#4) |
| Spec score · Membership Site Platforms | 8.0 (#48) | 9.1 (#5) |
| Spec score · Membership Billing Software | 7.8 (#28) | 8.4 (#12) |
| Founded | 2004 | 2010 |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Integrations | The pricing page lists integrations including Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, ConvertKit, Drip, Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, and WPBakery, with availability varying by plan. | Official integrations include WooCommerce, BuddyPress, BuddyBoss, bbPress, Mailchimp, MailerLite, MailPoet, Slack, Google Analytics, Zapier, LearnDash, and LifterLMS. |
| Security | The pricing page lists Cloudflare Turnstile, Math reCaptcha, and forced SSL on registration pages as security features. | The setup wizard includes checkout spam protection that blocks repeated attempts from the same IP address and recommends reCAPTCHA or Akismet. |
| Support | MemberPress directs existing customers to its support ticketing system and provides a form for presales or general questions. | The company provides support forums and says Max plans include hands-on help customizing membership sites and implementing new features. |
| Transaction fee | 4.9 | No platform transaction fee; payment gateway charges still apply. |
Plans
MemberPress Courses
- Launch$199.50 a year
- Growth$349.50 a year
- Scale$499.50 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
MemberPress Courses
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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.