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See What Your Community Platform Will Actually Cost Over 3 Years

Enter your numbers below. In 60 seconds, you’ll see exactly what you’d spend over 3 years on Circle, Mighty Networks, Skool, Kajabi, and BuddyBoss, down to the dollar, including the transaction fees most people don’t calculate until it’s too late.

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Your Community Details

Tell us about your community and we’ll calculate your projected 3-year cost across five platforms.

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Name*

First Name Last Name

Work email address*

Current platform*

Platform transaction fee (%)*

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Current community size (members)*

Expected size in 3 years*

Monthly platform cost*

What you currently pay your platform per month (e.g. $99)

Monthly membership price*

What you charge your members per month (e.g. $29)

Features you need*

Online courses (LMS)

Community / social feed

Branded mobile app

Email marketing integration

Live video / events

Member subscriptions / payments

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BuddyBoss Fixed Costs

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BuddyBoss Pro annual licence*

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Managed WordPress hosting*

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BuddyBoss total annual cost*

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BuddyBoss transaction fee*

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BuddyBoss 3-year total*

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Monthly churn rate*

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All-Platform Annual Costs

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Kajabi Pro Annual Cost*

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Kajabi Pro Tx Fee*

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Circle Professional Annual Cost*

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Circle Professional Tx Fee*

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Mighty Networks Scale Annual Cost*

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Mighty Networks Scale Tx Fee*

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Skool Pro Annual Cost*

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Skool Pro Tx Fee*

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BuddyBoss Pro Annual Cost*

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BuddyBoss Pro Tx Fee*

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Calculated Fields

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annual_revenue*

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total_3yr_savings*

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All-Platform Calculated Fields

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Inside your free cost report:

Your 3-year cost on Kajabi, Circle, Mighty Networks, Skool, and BuddyBoss, built from the numbers you just entered
The extras they charge for: mobile apps, white-label branding, and pricing tiers that force upgrades as you grow
The one number that matters: how much of your revenue you actually take home on each platform

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⚡ Estimated average savings

Choose BuddyBoss and save

$15,000+

over 3 years. Here’s what the others will cost you:

BuddyBoss

$2,700

Circle

$17,800

Mighty Networks

$13,750

skool | BuddyBoss

Skool

$24,750

Kajabi

$14,400

*Includes platform fees and actual platform transaction fees over 3 years. Based on 1,000 members at $29/mo. Prices from published plans, 2026.

THIS IS A BASELINE ESTIMATE

Based on a typical community with 1,000 members at $29/mo. BuddyBoss cost includes Pro licence ($299/yr) and managed WordPress hosting ($600/yr).

Your actual costs depend on your community size, what you charge, and which plan you’re on
Competitor costs increase as you grow. BuddyBoss stays flat.
Transaction fees compound with revenue. Even 2% adds up fast at scale.

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50,000+ users

active communities running on BuddyBoss

$0 fees

on member payments

$15,000+ saved

over 3 years vs the average competitor

The economics behind the numbers

Two pricing models. One works for you. The other works against you.

Most other platforms

The costs that don’t show up until month 6.

Transaction fees that grow with every member you add. 0.5% to 10% taken off the top of every payment, depending on your plan.

Tier gates that push you to higher plans as your community grows past member caps.

Paid add-ons for features like mobile apps, white-label branding, and certificates that most teams need from day one.

Year-over-year price hikes that quietly compound after the first contract renewal.

Typical 3-year cost

$17,500+

BuddyBoss

Your price stays flat as your community grows

Zero transaction fees. You keep 100% of what your members pay you, on every plan.

Same price at 100 members or 100,000. No surprise tier jumps once your community starts growing.

Courses, gamification, white-label branding all included in the core platform, not bolt-on upgrades. Mobile app available separately.

Own your data, your members, your platform. Self-hosted, exportable, no platform lock-in.

Typical 3-year cost

$2,700

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Frequently Asked Questions

How does the calculator work out the 3-year cost?

It takes your community size, membership price, and platform fees, then projects them over 3 years including transaction fees on your revenue. Your report compares all five platforms using your numbers.

Does BuddyBoss really charge no transaction fees?

Yes, zero platform transaction fees on every plan. The only fee is your payment processor (Stripe at roughly 2.9% + $0.30), which applies to every platform equally.

What’s included in the BuddyBoss cost shown in the calculator?

The BuddyBoss licence and managed WordPress hosting. If you’re running paid memberships or courses, you may also need additional plugins which are not included in the calculator total.

How accurate are the competitor numbers?

Platform fees and transaction rates are from each platform’s published pricing page as of 2026. Your actual costs may vary depending on which plan you’re on

Can I use this calculator to compare just two platforms?

Your emailed report includes all five platforms compared side by side, so you can focus on whichever ones matter to you.

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