Pricing

Start free. Go Pro when you're ready to grow.

BuddyNext Free is a complete community platform - feed, spaces, members, messaging, and moderation. Run a real community on it for nothing. Pro adds monetization, scale, AI, and priority support, from $149/year or a one-time lifetime licence.

Free

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Unlimited sites

Everything you need to launch a real community on your own WordPress site.

Activity feed, posts, polls, reactions, comments
Spaces - open, private, and secret communities
Member profiles, custom fields, and a directory
Direct messages and notifications
Reporting, moderation queue, and member moderation
Gamification, leaderboard, and an installable PWA
A full REST API, hooks, and Gutenberg blocks

Start free

Personal

$149/ year

or $399 once - lifetime

1 site

Everything in Free, plus the full Pro toolkit.

Everything in Free
Every Pro feature - no add-ons
Monetization, AI, broadcasts, analytics
Real-time, web push, and advanced tools
1 site, kept updated
Priority support

Get annual - $149/yr Get lifetime - $399

Professional

$249/ year

or $599 once - lifetime

5 sites

Everything in Free, plus the full Pro toolkit.

Everything in Free
Every Pro feature - no add-ons
Monetization, AI, broadcasts, analytics
Real-time, web push, and advanced tools
5 sites, kept updated
Priority support

Get annual - $249/yr Get lifetime - $599

Agency

$399/ year

or $999 once - lifetime

Unlimited sites

Everything in Free, plus the full Pro toolkit.

Everything in Free
Every Pro feature - no add-ons
Monetization, AI, broadcasts, analytics
Real-time, web push, and advanced tools
Unlimited sites, kept updated
Priority support

Get annual - $399/yr Get lifetime - $999

Every Pro tier has the exact same features. Tiers differ only by how many sites you keep updated. Your licence is for updates and priority support, not a feature lock - every Pro feature keeps working even if a licence lapses. You own it. Annual renews yearly; lifetime is one payment. 30-day money-back guarantee. BuddyNext is live now.

All-in-one The work of a dozen tools Community, forums, events, courses, jobs, a marketplace and more, in one platform instead of a dozen separate products to buy and wire together.

Fair price Free to start, Pro from $149 A single fair price for BuddyNext Pro, not a separate plan for every feature, and no per-member SaaS bill that climbs as you grow.

Try it live A real sandbox, not a tour Your own throwaway BuddyNext site with full admin, yours for four hours. It asks for an email. See what you get →

Fast Built for performance Modern and self-hosted, engineered to stay quick from fifty members to fifty thousand.

In every Pro licence

What Pro adds on top of Free

Monetization - membership tiers, gated spaces, Stripe checkout
Broadcast and drip email to your members
Real-time WebSocket delivery for the feed and notifications
AI feed ranking, AI moderation, and reply suggestions
Analytics dashboard, cohorts, and member insights
Auto-moderation and bulk moderation tools
Web push notifications
Advanced profile fields, member labels, advanced search
Scheduled posts, custom reactions, and an installable PWA
Updates and priority support, annual or lifetime

Want the line-by-line split? See Free vs Pro.

See Pro in action

Watch what Pro unlocks

A short tour of every Pro feature - memberships and paywall, analytics, broadcasts, real-time, and AI moderation.

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Pricing questions

What is the difference between the tiers?

Every Pro tier unlocks the exact same features. They differ only by how many sites the licence keeps updated: Personal is 1 site, Professional is 5 sites, and Agency is unlimited sites.

Does the licence lock any features?

No. The licence is for plugin updates and priority support, never a feature gate. Every Pro feature keeps working if a license lapses. Updates and support stop until you renew. Your community stays yours.

Annual vs lifetime - what changes?

Annual licenses include a year of updates and support and renew at 30% off. Lifetime licenses are a one-time payment and never expire. The features are identical.

Is the free version a trial?

No. BuddyNext Free is a complete community platform you can run forever at no cost. Pro adds monetization, scale, AI, and priority support on top.

Do I need Pro to launch a community?

No. Most communities launch and grow on Free. Move to Pro when you want to charge for membership, send campaigns, add AI, or run at larger scale.

Can I migrate an existing community to BuddyNext?

Yes, and it is best planned as a real project rather than a one-click switch. If you are already on WordPress (BuddyPress, BuddyBoss, PeepSo) your data lives in your own database and we have migration guides in the docs. Coming from a hosted platform like Circle, Skool, or Discord, you export your members and content, rebuild on a staging site, then cut over. Our per-platform switch guides walk through it honestly.

Is there a refund policy?

Yes - a 30-day money-back guarantee through Wbcom Designs, no risk in trying it.