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A Memberful alternative with the site included.

Memberful adds memberships to a site you run. PaywallProject builds, hosts, and runs your WordPress news site, with the paywall built in and no revenue share.

Feature
Starting price with a paywall
$299/moCommunity plan
$49/moPlus 4.9% of each charge
What your price is based on
The plan you pick
A monthly fee plus 4.9% of each charge
Revenue share on subscriptions
None
4.9%Transaction fee on each charge
Built on WordPress
Yes
PluginHosted service that connects to WordPress
Who runs the website day to day
We doHosting, updates, security, paywall
You doMemberful runs billing; you run WordPress
Public notices, obituaries, and e‑edition
IncludedNoticePress, ObitPress, FlipPress
Not listed
Support from real people
YesEmail; Slack from $599/mo
YesSupport team, weekdays 9am–6pm ET

Choose Memberful if

  • You are a creator, writer, or small publisher, and $49 a month plus 4.9% of each charge fits your revenue.
  • You already run your own WordPress site and want to keep managing it yourself.
  • You want podcasts, courses, downloads, or a community alongside your memberships.

Choose PaywallProject if

  • You want a paywall, newsletter, and hosting from $299 a month, with no revenue share.
  • You would rather hand off the tech entirely and have us run the site.
  • You want public notices, obituaries, or an e-edition built in.

Questions publishers ask

Which costs less, Memberful or PaywallProject?

It depends on your subscription revenue. Memberful’s Standard plan is $49 a month plus a 4.9% fee on each charge. At $5,000 a month in subscriptions, that comes to about $294 a month. PaywallProject’s Community plan is $299 a month with no revenue share, and it includes hosting and a team that runs your site. Stripe’s processing fees apply on both.

Does Memberful work with WordPress?

Yes. Memberful’s WordPress plugin protects content, adds a metered paywall, and signs members in to WordPress. You still host and maintain the WordPress site yourself. With PaywallProject, we host and run the WordPress site for you, with the paywall built in.

Who owns my subscriber data?

You do, on both. Memberful connects to your own Stripe account and lets you export your members as a CSV file. With PaywallProject, payments go straight to your own Stripe account, your subscribers live in your WordPress site, and you can export them at any time.

Can I move from Memberful to PaywallProject?

Yes. We handle the move for you. We bring your members over and create their subscriptions in Stripe going forward, so renewals keep running. If your site already runs on WordPress, your stories stay where they are.

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Prices are taken from Memberful’s public pricing page and may change. Payment processing fees (such as Stripe’s) apply on both platforms. “Not listed” means the feature isn’t shown on that company’s pricing page.Last updated October 2026Compare all platforms