18 vendor pricing pages verified 2026-09-03
Newsletter platforms and creator platforms, vendor by vendor
Every figure below was fetched from the vendor's own pricing page and matched verbatim before it was published here, on 2026-09-03. The right platform depends on what you sell and how much of it; start with the prices and the cuts vendors are willing to print.
- median published entry plan, per month
- $40.5
- published entry-plan range across vendors
- $0 to $179
- vendors with a verified published price
- 18
By vendor
| Vendor | Entry plan | Next tier | Platform cut | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gumroad | $0/mo | 10 % cut | gumroad.com | September 2026 | |
| Substack | $0/mo | 10 % cut | substack.com | September 2026 | |
| Skool | $9/mo | $99/mo | 10 % cut | skool.com | September 2026 |
| MailerLite | $12/mo | $25/mo | mailerlite.com | September 2026 | |
| systeme.io | $17/mo | $47/mo | 0 % cut | systeme.io | September 2026 |
| Ghost | $18/mo billed yearly | $29/mo billed yearly | 0 % cut | ghost.org | September 2026 |
| LearnWorlds | $29/mo | 5 USD per enrollment | learnworlds.com | September 2026 | |
| Memberstack | $29/mo | $49/mo | 4 % cut | memberstack.com | September 2026 |
| Teachable | $39/mo | $89/mo | 7.5 % cut | teachable.com | September 2026 |
| Podia | $42/mo billed annually | $84/mo billed annually | 5 % cut | podia.com | September 2026 |
| Outseta | $47/mo | $87/mo | 2 % cut | outseta.com | September 2026 |
| beehiiv | $49/mo | $96/mo billed annually | 0 % cut | beehiiv.com | September 2026 |
| Memberful | $49/mo | 4.9 % cut | memberful.com | September 2026 | |
| Uscreen | $49/mo | $199/mo | 10 % cut | uscreen.tv | September 2026 |
| Mighty Networks | $79/mo | $179/mo | 2 % cut | mightynetworks.com | September 2026 |
| SamCart | $79/mo | $199/mo | 0 % cut | samcart.com | September 2026 |
| Circle | $89/mo | $199/mo | 2 % cut | circle.so | September 2026 |
| Kajabi | $179/mo | $249/mo | 0 % cut | kajabi.com | September 2026 |
| Kit | Pricing page could not be read (checked September 2026) | ||||
| Patreon | Pricing page could not be read (checked September 2026) | ||||
| Thinkific | Pricing page could not be read (checked September 2026) |
Ordered by published entry plan per month, so the platforms that charge no subscription and take a cut instead sort first. A vendor whose pricing page could not be read is not ranked, and the absence is recorded with the date we checked.
Vendor profiles
- beehiiv Newsletter platform with a free plan, paid plans from $49 a month by its own FAQ, and a stated 0% cut of paid subscriptions; every figure verified verbatim.
- Substack Newsletter platform with no subscription fee: its about page states it is free to start and that writers keep 90% of revenue, which this index records as a 10% cut.
- Ghost Open-source publishing platform whose hosted Ghost(Pro) plans start at $18 a month billed yearly, with no platform transaction fee on paid subscriptions.
- MailerLite Email platform whose FAQ prices the Comfort plan from $12 a month and Power from $25, with paid newsletter subscriptions as a feature.
- Teachable Course platform whose Starter plan is $39 a month billed monthly with a 7.5% transaction fee, and whose Builder plan at $89 removes the fee.
- Kajabi All-in-one platform whose Basic plan is $179 a month ($143 billed annually) with a stated no-revenue-share policy; Growth at $249.
- Podia Course and digital-product platform whose Mover plan is $42 a month billed annually with a 5% transaction fee; Shaker at $84 removes the fee.
- LearnWorlds Course platform whose Starter plan is $29 a month on monthly billing plus a $5 fee per paid enrollment, the only flat per-sale fee in the index.
- systeme.io All-in-one funnel, email and course platform with a free plan, a Startup plan at $17 a month and a stated 0% transaction fee on every plan.
- Circle Community platform whose Professional plan is $89 a month with a 2% transaction fee, Business $199 with 1%, and courses and memberships evidenced on its own pages.
- Mighty Networks Community and course platform whose Launch Plan is $79 a month with a 2% transaction fee and whose Scale Plan is $179 with 1%.
- Skool Community and course platform whose Hobby plan is $9 a month with a 10% transaction fee and whose Pro plan is $99 with a 2.9% fee.
- Memberful Membership layer for existing sites and newsletters at $49 a month plus a 4.9% transaction fee, in one Standard plan.
- Memberstack Membership layer for Webflow and other sites whose Basic plan starts at $29 a month with a 4% transaction fee; Professional at $49 with 2%.
- Outseta Membership, billing and CRM layer whose Founder plan is $47 a month plus a 2% transaction fee on monthly billing; Start-up at $87 with 1%.
- Uscreen Video membership platform with a $49 a month entry plan (monthly only) carrying a 10% fee on one-time sales, and Growth at $199 plus a per-subscriber fee.
- Gumroad Digital-product checkout with no monthly plan: 10% plus $0.50 per direct sale by its own page, and a higher rate on marketplace-discovered sales.
- SamCart Checkout and course platform whose Core plan is $79 a month and Pro $199 on monthly billing, with no added platform fee on its own payment processing.
Cite or embed this figure
The median published entry plan per month in the creator platform market was $40.5 in September 2026, across 18 verified vendor pricing pages recorded in PaywallCompass Creator Platform Price Index.
Cite as: "PaywallCompass Creator Platform Price Index", updated 2026-09-03, https://paywallcompass.com/vendors/.