Memberful vs Mighty NetworksHow do you build a business with community at its core?
Should you run your member community on Memberful or Mighty Networks?
Comparing Memberful & Mighty Networks for Member Communities
Memberful and Mighty Networks help creators build memberships and communities that grow their businesses. The right platform for you depends on how you want your memberships to look now and in the future.
What is Memberful?
Memberful is a flexible membership platform where you can build memberships you fully own, from your customers and payments, to your brand and subscriptions. Memberful scales with you, supporting your community and memberships every step of the way.
You’re in control of every detail, from how your memberships look to the types of content you publish. Set up a member community through Discord or Discourse, alongside a membership site, blog, newsletter, or podcast.
What is Mighty Networks?
Mighty Networks (also known as Mighty) is a community platform that makes it simple to set up a members-only community and engage with your audience.
With Mighty, there are many different ways to engage your community and make extra income, too. Set up mini courses, paid challenges, and even a branded app to keep your members coming back.
Memberful & Mighty Networks Features
| Feature | Memberful | Mighty Networks |
|---|---|---|
Platform Type | Community platform | |
Pricing + Fees | $49 USD/month + 4.9% transaction fees Custom pricing available | Launch Plan: $79 USD/month + 2% transaction fees Scale Plan: $179 USD/month + 1% transaction fees Custom pricing (+ 0.5% transaction fees) for Mighty Pro features |
Community Features | Easily integrates with Discord and Discourse for private member communities WordPress creators can build courses with the LearnDash and Sensei integrations | Community spaces, mini-courses, member challenges, livestream events |
Other Content Options | Membership website, blogs + publications, newsletters, paid podcasts | Customizable landing page |
Ownership | Full ownership: you own your content, customers, data, and payments | You own your content, data, and web payments through Stripe. iOS payments are managed by Apple, with an additional 15% transaction fee. |
Branding | Customize branding across all customer touchpoints, including the checkout page Custom domain available Use the WordPress plugin to add memberships to your existing website | Limited customization for communities and landing pages Custom domain available Customized checkout only available on the MightyPro plan |
Scalability | Memberful stays easy to manage, grow, and maintain as your memberships grow; everything is included. | Features are limited per plan. |
Integrations | 18 ready-to-use integrations, including a Discord integration and a WordPress plugin | Embed tools included for all plans
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Support | Human support available Monday to Friday, 9 am - 6 pm ET In-depth documentation and chatbot support available | Chat and email support available |
Set up & ease of use | Easy to set up and use Setup can take time due to deep customization and flexibility; you aren’t charged until your memberships go live, so setup is free | Setup is simple but can be time-consuming UX can be tricky to navigate for community members |
Why creators switch from Mighty Networks to Memberful
Some creators start their memberships with a Mighty Networks community, but find themselves limited by the platform. With Memberful, you fully own your memberships, with the flexibility to support you as you scale or shift your member experience.
Ownership & scalability
Some creators start their memberships with a Mighty Networks community, but find themselves limited by the platform. With Memberful, you fully own your memberships, with the flexibility to support you as you scale or shift your member experience.
Different options for content
Mighty helps you set up community spaces and courses — and that’s it. With Memberful, you can create a membership site, blogs and publications, podcasts, and newsletters for your community without extra costs or workarounds.
Simpler integrations
Integrating other tools with Mighty Networks means paying more per month and managing most integrations through Zapier. Memberful has 18 built-in integrations that help you run your memberships alongside the rest of your business.
Better UX
Some members find Mighty Networks confusing to navigate, leading to missed posts, decreased engagement, and extra troubleshooting. Memberful’s intuitive UX keeps things simple for you and your members.
“Memberful is core to our business. I have been able to customise many of the features to meet our business's needs and the platform is very user-friendly.
Kate at
Future Women
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How to migrate from Mighty Networks to Memberful
When you’re switching to Memberful, tell your community first. That way, they’ll know where to find you after you make the move, and you can answer their questions before you switch.
Tell your community
When you’re switching to Memberful, tell your community first. That way, they’ll know where to find you after you make the move, and you can answer their questions before you switch.
Book your migration
Migration is included at no extra cost. Schedule your migration 3-5 days ahead of time. It typically takes 1-2 hours to migrate your subscribers, payments, and settings between platforms.
Migrate Stripe data
Since Mighty Networks and Memberful both use Stripe, it’s easy to transfer the data over from Stripe Subscriptions. Let our team know if any of your members signed up on Mighty’s iOS app, as their data may not be available in Stripe.
Talk to the Memberful team
We’re here to support you at every step of your migration, and whenever you need us afterwards. Don’t hesitate to ask us any questions — we’re here to help!
Frequently Asked Questions
Memberful is free to try for as long as you like, so you can get into the details.
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