⚡ 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.
97.2% of these sites use only one membership management software solution, 2.7% use two.

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⭐ 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 a share of 29.3%, followed by Ultimate Member with 20.1% and Paid Memberships Pro with 8.9%.

ProfilePress 29.3%
Ultimate Member 20.1%
Paid Memberships Pro 8.9%
WP-Members 8.2%
MemberPress 7.1%
Simple Membership 5.8%
BuddyPress 5.3%
Wild Apricot 3.5%
UsersWP 2.4%
BuddyBoss 2.3%
Ultimate Membership Pro 2.1%
MemberClicks 1.5%
Memberstack 1.1%
Memberful 0.9%
Other 1.6%

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.

Ultimate Member is #1 in Spain ^(-1)
WP-Members is #1 in Korea ^(-3)
BuddyPress is #2 in Russia ^(-5)
MemberPress is #3 in the United Kingdom ^(-2)
Simple Membership is #3 in Japan ^(-3)
Wild Apricot is #5 in the United States ^(-3)
UsersWP is #7 in Germany ^(-2)
Ultimate Membership Pro is #7 in Italy ^(-4)

✨ 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	29.3%
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	20.1%
3	Paid Memberships Pro Reading, Pennsylvania, United States A WordPress membership plugin that allows users to restrict content, manage memberships, and sell recurring subscriptions. FreeOpen source$174+/year	8.9%
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	8.2%
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	7.1%
6	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%
7	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	5.3%
8	Wild Apricot Toronto, Ontario, Canada A cloud-based membership software that includes a website builder and payment processing. $60+/month	3.5%
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	2.4%
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+	2.3%
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	1.5%
13	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	1.1%
14	Memberful San Francisco, California, United States A membership software for independent creators, publishers, educators, and podcasters. $49+/month	0.9%
15	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	0.8%
16	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	0.7%
17	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%
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	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	0.6%
20	ClubExpress Houston, Texas, United States A club and association management platform handling memberships, website content, discussion forums, blogs, and mailing lists. $35+/month	0.5%
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	0.3%
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	0.04%

🗃️ 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 3,739,733 websites.
We currently track the presence of 23 membership management software solutions across the web.
Statistics were last calculated on August 25, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.