⚡ Membership Management Software

Membership management software handles the operational and administrative tasks of organizations with member-based structures, including maintaining member databases, processing subscriptions and renewals, managing access to gated content, and supporting communication.

It typically provides features such as user registration and authentication, role-based access control, recurring billing, event management, email notifications, and customizable member portals.

These platforms are used by associations, clubs, online communities, and subscription-based services to organize member data, control access to resources, and coordinate member activities.

According to our research, membership management software is used on 0.9% of all websites.
97% of these sites use only one membership management software solution, 2.9% use two.

Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the leading membership management software in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is ProfilePress with an impressive share of 31.2%, followed by Ultimate Member with 18.9% and Paid Memberships Pro with 9%.

ProfilePress 31.2%
Ultimate Member 18.9%
Paid Memberships Pro 9%
WP-Members 8.1%
MemberPress 6.6%
BuddyPress 6.5%
Simple Membership 5.8%
Wild Apricot 3.3%
UsersWP 2.2%
BuddyBoss 2.2%
Ultimate Membership Pro 2.1%
MemberClicks 1.4%
Memberful 0.9%
YourMembership 0.9%
Other 0.9%

You can also drill down by country:

🚀 Country Highlights

Here is a list of solutions that is especially popular in certain countries.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

WP-Members is #2 in Japan ^(-2)
MemberPress is #3 in the United Kingdom ^(-2)
BuddyPress is #5 in the United States ^(-1)

✨ Best Membership Management Software

Below is a more detailed list of 23 membership management software solutions we detect, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	ProfilePress Sheridan, Wyoming, United States A membership and e-commerce WordPress plugin that allows users to build paid membership sites and sell digital downloads and subscriptions. Free$129+/year	31.2%
2	Ultimate Member Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom An all-in-one membership and community plugin for WordPress that handles user registration, profiles, member directories, content restrictions, and paid subscriptions using Stripe. FreeOpen source$276+/year	18.9%
3	Paid Memberships Pro Reading, Pennsylvania, United States A membership plugin for WordPress that allows you to restrict content and manage member subscriptions with recurring payments. FreeOpen source$174+/year	9%
4	WP-Members Washington, Georgia, United States A free WordPress membership plugin with content restriction, user login, custom registration fields, user profiles. FreeOpen source$59/year	8.1%
5	MemberPress Cedar City, Utah, United States A commercial WordPress plugin for paywalls, memberships, subscriptions, and learning management that lets site owners control access and monetize content on their WordPress sites. $199.50+/year	6.6%
6	BuddyPress San Francisco, California, United States An open-source community plugin for WordPress that adds social networking features such as user profiles, groups, activity streams, and notifications. FreeOpen source	6.5%
7	Simple Membership A flexible and easy-to-use WordPress membership plugin for offering free and premium content on your WordPress site. FreeOpen source$39.95+	5.8%
8	Wild Apricot Toronto, Ontario, Canada A cloud-based membership software that includes a website builder and payment processing. $60+/month	3.3%
9	UsersWP Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom A WordPress user profile plugin that handles user registration, logins, profiles, and members directory, allowing you to create an online community on your website. FreeOpen source$199/year	2.2%
10	BuddyBoss West Palm Beach, Florida, United States A WordPress plugin that allows you to create your own online community with activity feeds, social groups, private messaging, and powerful admin and moderation tools. FreeOpen source$99+	2.2%
11	Ultimate Membership Pro A WordPress plugin that allows you to create membership sites and manage member subscriptions. $69+	2.1%
12	MemberClicks Austin, Texas, United States An association management software for managing membership, dues, benefits, website content, volunteers, and events. $3,500+/year	1.4%
13	Memberful San Francisco, California, United States A membership software for independent creators, publishers, educators, and podcasters. $49+/month	0.9%
14	YourMembership St. Petersburg, Florida, United States An association management software that handles membership and event management, website design and hosting, online communities, administrative tasks, and accounting. $3,990+/year	0.9%
15	Memberstack Wilmington, Delaware, United States A platform that allows you to add user authentication, gated content, and payments to your website with a single line of code. Free$29+/month	0.8%
16	MemberSpace Hoboken, New Jersey, United States A no-code membership site software that works with any website, letting creators paywall content and charge for access. $49+/month	0.7%
17	Skool El Segundo, California, United States An all-in-one online community platform that enables creators, coaches, and educators to build private or public groups, deliver structured courses, and monetize expertise through memberships. $9+/month	0.6%
18	Uscreen North Bethesda, Maryland, United States An all-in-one membership platform designed for video creators to host, distribute, and monetize video content through subscriptions and on-demand access. $49+/month	0.6%
19	Circle.so New York, United States A community-focused platform for creating and managing online spaces with discussions, events, and member-only content. $89+/month	0.5%
20	ClubExpress Houston, Texas, United States A club and association management platform handling memberships, website content, discussion forums, blogs, and mailing lists. $35+/month	0.4%
21	MemberSuite Nisswa, Minnesota, United States A customizable association management software designed for nonprofit organizations. $$$	0.3%
22	Outseta San Diego, California, United States A subscription management solution that helps start-ups and small businesses handle logins, memberships, and payments. $47+/month	0.2%
23	Tendenci Houston, Texas, United States An open-source content management system designed for nonprofits and associations, featuring membership management, event registration, forums, photo galleries, donation and payment processing, and newsletters. FreeOpen source	0.03%

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 3,367,501 websites.
We currently track the presence of 23 membership management software solutions across the web.
Statistics were last calculated on April 10, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.