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Circle vs Mighty Networks vs your own community

By Deedmade™2 min read

The short answerCircle and Mighty Networks both rent you a community with courses and events, show monthly prices that are billed yearly, and take a share of sales on lower plans. Owning your community platform removes all three.

The prices

PlanPriceHow you're chargedCut of your sales
Circle Professional~$89 a month~$1,068 a year, up front2%
Circle Business~$199 a month~$2,388 a year, up front1%
Mighty Networks Launch~$79 a month~$948 a year, up front2%
Mighty Networks Scale~$179 a month~$2,148 a year, up front1%
Deedmade™ Everything$2,499 onceOnce (or 3 monthly payments)None, ever

What each is built for

  • Circle: flexible spaces, events, courses and paywalls, popular with creators who want a polished community.
  • Mighty Networks: community, courses and events, with branded mobile apps on its top tiers.
  • Deedmade™: community, live sessions, courses and email marketing, with your own branded members app, on your own accounts.

Side by side over the years

Circle ProfessionalMighty Networks LaunchDeedmade™ Everything
Year 1~$1,070~$950$2,499
Year 3~$3,200~$2,840$2,499
Year 5~$5,340~$4,740$2,499
Who owns the platformThey doThey doYou do
If prices go upYou pay moreYou pay moreNothing changes
Your member listIn their systemIn their systemIn your own accounts
Your name on members' phonesVaries by planVaries by planYours, with your icon
Renting Mighty Networks Launch, the cheaper of the two Owning with Deedmade™ Everything, paid once
Year 1
~$950$2,499
Year 2
~$1,900$2,499
Year 3
~$2,840$2,499
Year 4
~$3,790$2,499
Year 5
~$4,740$2,499

Owning has cost less from month 32. After that, renting keeps going and owning doesn't.

Owning still has small running costs: the card fee on each sale (as anywhere), your domain, and hosting that's free or about $5 a month. And you can try it before paying anything: build yours free in early access and see it working first.

How to choose

  • Circle for a flexible, polished community you're happy to rent.
  • Mighty Networks if you want its network features and will pay for a top tier to get a branded app.
  • Deedmade™ if you want a branded app and your own member list from day one, without the yearly bill or the cut of your sales.

Compare: Circle alternative and Mighty Networks alternative. Features change, so check each company's site.

Prices of other companies are approximate, from their own pricing pages on October 11, 2026, and they change. Where a page shows a monthly price that is billed a year at a time, we say so. Check their websites for today's prices.

Stop renting. Own it.

Build your platform free in early access and see it working, usually within the hour. You pay only if you approve it, once, and keep today's price.

  • No card
  • Pay once, no monthly fee
  • 0% of your sales
  • On your own accounts
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