Mighty takes 1–3% on every sale.
Simplero takes nothing.
Mighty Networks charges a transaction fee on every plan — 3% on Community, 2% on Courses and Business, 1% on Path-to-Pro. Forever. On every paid membership renewal. Plus you'll need a separate email tool, because Mighty doesn't have native email marketing. Simplero replaces both — with 0% transaction fees on every plan.
The fee math.
2% adds up faster than you think.
At $5,000/month in community + course revenue:
At $10,000/month in revenue:
Sources: mightynetworks.com/pricing. Community $41/mo annual + 3% · Courses $99/mo annual + 2% · Business $179/mo annual + 2% · Path-to-Pro $360/mo annual + 1%.
What Mighty doesn't do.
No native email marketing.
Mighty has automated transactional emails and — on Business ($179/mo) and above — white-labeled emails. But there is no native email marketing tool: no broadcasts, no segmented campaigns, no nurture sequences. You'll connect ConvertKit/Kit or Mailchimp via Zapier (Courses plan and above). Simplero ships native email + automations on every plan.
Transaction fees on every plan, forever.
Mighty charges 3% on Community ($41/mo annual), 2% on Courses ($99/mo) and Business ($179/mo), and 1% on Path-to-Pro ($360/mo annual). There is no zero-fee tier. Every paid membership, course sale, and event ticket gets taxed by Mighty in addition to your Stripe fees. Simplero is 0% on every plan.
No native CRM, affiliates, or website.
Mighty has no native CRM, no native affiliate management, no real website/landing page builder, and limited marketing pages until the Courses plan. Member video uploads only unlock on Path-to-Pro ($360/mo). Simplero has all of these on every plan.
Mighty + ConvertKit + a website + a CRM + Zapier = $200–$350/mo and 5 logins.
Simplero replaces all of them. One platform. $59/month, 0% fees.
What Mighty users actually say.
“Following Mighty's own guidance, my entire paying member base had their memberships cancelled. They were unable to subscribe to the new plan, and worst of all, they lost all of their private messages and access to the platform — permanently. This kind of disruption is not just a technical glitch, it is a massive breach of trust and continuity.”
“I don't appreciate the limitations of the Launch level that I am in. My network is not paying for itself yet but the features would make it better in the next tier... however, it's far too costly of a service when it's not paying for itself.”
“There are a LOT of features and it's hard to know where to start or get everything up and running.”
“I thought the platform is powerful but the business behind it is everything that's wrong with tech companies today. $300 burned. Live and learn.”
“Mighty Networks added courses to a community platform — it didn't build a learning management system from the ground up. The real cost of running a community with courses and a mobile app is two hundred and nineteen dollars a month plus two percent of everything you sell.”
Side by side.
Whole platform vs whole platform.
| Mighty Networks | Simplero | |
|---|---|---|
| Plans available | Community $41/mo · Courses $99/mo · Business $179/mo · Path-to-Pro $360/mo · Mighty Pro (custom) | Starter $59/mo · Scale $149/mo · Skyrocket $249/mo (annual rates) |
| Transaction fees | 3% on Community · 2% on Courses & Business · 1% on Path-to-Pro · No zero-fee tier | 0% on every plan, every processor, every sale |
| Community + members | ✓ Strong native community — a real strength of the platform | ✓ Native community on every plan |
| Native mobile apps | Branded apps only on Mighty Pro (custom enterprise pricing) | Native iOS + Android apps included on every plan |
| Courses | Only on Courses plan ($99/mo) and above. Limited course outlines, basic quizzes. | Full course platform with drip, quizzes, certificates, completion tracking on every plan |
| Email marketing | — No native email marketing. Most users connect ConvertKit/Kit via Zapier. | Full email + automations + segmentation on every plan |
| CRM | — No native CRM | Full native CRM on every plan |
| Affiliate program | — No native affiliate management | Native affiliate management on Scale ($149/mo) and above |
| Website / landing pages | Marketing pages only on Courses plan ($99/mo) and above. Limited. | Full drag-and-drop page builder. Multi-site. |
| Automations | Automated Q&A on Business+. Zapier on Courses+. | Native automations + triggers on every plan |
| AI features | Some built-in AI for setup. No AI transcripts, no custom AI bots. | AI transcripts, AI search, custom AI bots, Simplero.coach AI coaching |
| Member video upload | Path-to-Pro only ($360/mo annual) | Available on every plan |
| Tools you still need | Email tool, CRM, affiliate platform, website tool, Zapier — $100–$250/mo on top of Mighty | None. Everything is in the platform. |
| Support | In-product support. Dedicated support only on Path-to-Pro+. | Real humans answer fast on every plan. 232 of 289 testimonials mention support. |
| Company | VC-backed. Plan structure rebranded multiple times in 24 months. | Founded 2009. Bootstrapped. Profitable. Independent. |
If you only need a community with a great mobile app, Mighty does that well. If you're running an actual business — with email, courses, CRM, affiliates, automations, a website — you're going to assemble a stack around Mighty. Simplero is the stack, in one platform, for less.
The difference that doesn't
fit in a feature matrix.
Mighty's transaction fee is forever. 3% on Community, 2% on Courses, 2% on Business, 1% on Path-to-Pro — there is no zero-fee tier. The bigger your community gets, the more Mighty takes. Simplero is 0% on every plan. We don't take a percentage of what you build.
Mighty doesn't replace your stack. It is a community tool with mobile apps. You'll still need an email marketing tool, a CRM, an affiliate platform, and Zapier to glue them all together. Simplero is the stack — native email, CRM, affiliates, courses, community, website, automations — from $59/month.
Mighty has rebranded its plan structure multiple times in the past two years. We don't slash limits, eliminate plans with 30 days notice, or rename tiers to confuse you. We've been bootstrapped since 2009. Calvin still answers customer emails. We're not pivoting.
Founded 2009 · Bootstrapped · Proud of it.
What Simplero
customers say.
“I scored 12 platforms on a spreadsheet. Simplero won. I have never worked with a software company whose support team is fast, courteous, and knows what they're talking about.”
“When I found Simplero, it literally changed my life. My income tripled, quadrupled in the last six years.”
“I ended up paying my annual plan for Simplero in what I was paying for one month of all my subscriptions. And I had it just in one place.”
“What I love most is access to personal professional support. There are no chatbot-gates you have to get through to get support from an actual human.”
Simple, honest
pricing.
Starter
$59 /mo
billed annually · or $70/mo monthly
Community, courses, email, payments, website, automations, mobile apps — all in one from day one. 500 contacts. 0% transaction fees.
Choose StarterScale ✦
$149 /mo
billed annually · or $179/mo monthly
Unlimited products, courses, sites. Affiliates, help desk, upsells, API. Where most growing businesses land. 0% transaction fees.
Choose ScaleSkyrocket
$249 /mo
billed annually · or $299/mo monthly
Everything in Scale plus unlimited storage, AI transcripts, custom AI bots, split testing, sales pipelines. The full platform. 0% transaction fees.
Choose SkyrocketAll plans include email delivery, video hosting, and zero transaction fees. Pay annually, save 17%.
Stop paying a tax
on every sale.
14 days. Every feature unlocked. We'll help you migrate from Mighty, answer questions in plain English, and won't take a percentage of your community revenue — ever.
Founded 2009 · Bootstrapped · Proud of it.
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