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Mobieus vs Mighty Networks.

Name: Mobieus community platform
Brand: Mobieus

Mighty Networks is good at the thing it is built for: community-led memberships with native mobile apps, events, and livestreaming under one roof. Operators look for an alternative when the never-zero fee and the cost of branded apps stop pencilling out. Here is the honest side-by-side.

Numbers verified late May 2026. Stripe processing (about 2.9% plus 30 cents) applies on both platforms.

Side by side

The full comparison.

Pulled from both pricing pages. No asterisks, no "contact sales" line items.

Feature	Mobieus	Mighty Networks
Platform fee on member payments	0% on every tier	~2% lower tiers, ~0.5% top tier (never zero)
Published entry price	$19 Starter, $99 Pro	$41 - $179 (Community, Business, Path-to-Pro)
Bring your own Stripe	✓	✓
Custom domain on entry plan	Included from Pro ($99)	✓
Members included on entry plan	250 (Starter), 1,000 (Pro)	~100 on Community
Built-in help desk	✓ mobieusHelp from Pro	—
Built-in LMS with SCORM + certificates	✓ mobieusLearn from Pro	—
Built-in community wiki	✓ mobieusKnow from Pro	—
Native mobile app	PWA	✓ iOS / Android (mature)
Branded mobile app in app stores	PWA branded as your community	Enterprise tier (thousands per month)
Public REST API + signed webhooks	Included from Pro	Enterprise tier
SAML / SSO integration	Sovereign ($2,500)	Enterprise tier
mobieusMarket listings	✓ from Creator	—
AI Community Manager (HITL drafts: welcomes, summaries, re-engagement)	✓ from Creator	—
BYOK Anthropic key + per-tenant model pick	✓ from Creator	—
Sell courses with 0% platform fee	✓ from Creator	—
Dedicated / Sovereign tier	$2,500 published	Enterprise, not published
Full data export	✓	✓

Stripe processing (about 2.9% plus 30 cents) applies on both platforms.

Honest tradeoffs

When each one wins.

Neither platform wins every comparison. The decision usually comes down to how much native-app polish matters versus what a never-zero fee costs you over a year.

When Mobieus wins

The fee, the bundle, and published pricing.

0% platform fee on every tier vs Mighty's 2% down to 0.5%. At $5,000/mo in member payments, Mighty's lower-tier fee is roughly $1,200/year. There is no tier you can climb to that reaches zero.
Help desk, LMS with SCORM, and a community wiki are bundled in Pro ($99). On Mighty, those need separate tools.
API, automation, and SSO are on the Pro and Sovereign tiers at published prices. Mighty puts API and SSO in enterprise plans that are priced on request.
Sovereign is published at $2,500 with SAML/SSO and a dedicated server. Mighty's enterprise tier is "contact sales".
250 members included on the $19 Starter tier vs ~100 on Mighty Community.

When Mighty wins

Mature native apps and event-led membership.

Native iOS and Android apps are mature, with years of investment in polish. Mobieus runs as a PWA with install-to-home-screen, which is enough for most operators but not the same as a native app.
If members truly live in a native app, Mighty's apps and the enterprise tier's branded-app option are a real point in its favor.
Event tooling and livestreaming are core to the product, with the kind of polish that comes from being the focus.
The community-and-events model is what Mighty is built around. If that is your shape of community, the fit is natural.

Migration

Moving from Mighty Networks to Mobieus.

Stripe subscriptions can transfer between accounts, so paid members keep their billing intact. The runbook covers topics-to-forums mapping, courses and live streams, what to watch for before launch, and the fee math after switching.

How to migrate your community from Mighty Networks to Mobieus

Fee math

What Mighty's fees cost on real revenue.

The plan price is the first number. The transaction fee is the second one, and it never reaches zero. A community doing $5,000/month in member payments pays roughly $100/month, $1,200/year, on Mighty's 2% lower-tier fee. The fee shrinks on higher plans but the fixed price rises to match. None of that includes Stripe processing, which you pay on either platform.

Calculate what Mighty Networks's fees cost you per year How community platform fees actually add up

Common questions

Frequently asked.

Does any platform have no transaction fee, unlike Mighty Networks?
Yes. Mobieus charges 0% platform fee and has you connect your own Stripe, so there is no platform cut at any revenue level, just Stripe's standard processing. Mighty's transaction fee ranges from roughly 2% on lower tiers down to 0.5% on the top tier, but never reaches zero.

Can I import members from Mighty Networks to Mobieus?
Yes. Members import from a Mighty export, and Stripe subscriptions can transfer between accounts so paid members keep billing intact. The Mighty Networks migration guide walks through topics-to-forums mapping, courses and live streams, and what to watch for before launch.

What about native mobile apps, does Mobieus have iOS and Android?
Mobieus runs as a Progressive Web App with install-to-home-screen and offline support. Mighty Networks ships native iOS and Android apps. If a fully branded native app in the app stores is core to the member experience today, that is a real point in Mighty's favor.

What does Mobieus include that Mighty bills as separate tiers?
Mobieus bundles a help desk (mobieusHelp), a full LMS with SCORM and certificates (mobieusLearn), and a community wiki (mobieusKnow) in the same Pro plan. On Mighty, the things that cost extra tend to be branded apps, lower fee tiers, and SSO, all of which sit in expensive enterprise plans.

What is the best Mighty Networks alternative for organizations and associations?
For associations, teams, and member organizations that need SSO/SAML, data isolation, or a dedicated deployment, Mobieus Sovereign is published at $2,500/month with SAML/SSO, audit logging, and a dedicated server. Mighty's enterprise tier is priced on request.

When does Mighty Networks still make sense over Mobieus?
When a mature native mobile app, fully branded in the app stores, is the spine of the member experience, and the enterprise tier price works for your math. Mighty has years of investment in native app polish that a PWA does not match.

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