Bettermode vs Mighty Networks (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Bettermode if

• Fits if you want a community on your own domain and have a budget above $149 a month
• Works for companies running a support or customer community with Q&A

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you outgrow Starter: it jumps from $149 to $1,500 a month
• Tight if you have a big group: Starter caps members at 10,000 and collaborators at 5
• Watch out: Premium has no published price and is sold through sales
• Skip it if you want to sell courses, as there is no built-in course checkout

Pick Mighty Networks if

• Fits if your members mostly show up on their phones
• Works for hosts who livestream inside the community, with 20 hours a month on Launch

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want to see a monthly price up front, as the page shows only yearly ones
• Tight if you rely on Zapier or Kit, which need Scale at $179 a month billed yearly
• Skip it if you want your own branded app, which is only in custom-priced Mighty Pro
• Watch out: Mighty takes 2% of each sale on Launch and 1% on Scale
• Watch out: the trial runs on Growth, so you try features Launch doesn't have

Bettermode

• The jump from Starter ($149 a month) to Growth ($1,500 a month) is steep, and AI search and webhooks sit behind it.
• Plans cap members and collaborators: 10,000 and 5 on Starter.
• Premium has no published price and is sold through sales.
• There is no built-in course checkout; it is a community platform.

Mighty Networks

• Mighty takes 2% of each sale on Launch, 1% on Scale and 0.5% on Growth and Mighty Pro.
• The pricing page gives annual-billing prices and says annual billing gives 2 months free; monthly-billing figures are not shown.
• Zapier, Kit, Google Analytics, affiliate integrations and API access need Scale or higher.
• Apps under your own brand are only in Mighty Pro, which is priced through sales.

Bettermode

Core community apps

Q&A, discussion, events and polls are included on every plan, plus private messaging and chat.

Your own domain

Runs on a custom domain, with the Bettermode credit removed, from the entry plan.

Ask AI and federated search

Growth adds AI-based answers and search across connected sources.

API, webhooks and sandbox

Starter has limited API access; Growth adds full API, webhooks and a sandbox environment.

Single sign-on options

Social login on Starter, OAuth2 and JWT on Growth, SAML on Premium.

Enterprise controls

Premium lists an audit log, a security and legal review and a SOC II claim.

Mighty Networks

Spaces, feeds and chat

Private groups and cohorts, activity feeds, questions and polls, chat spaces with threads, and online or in-person events.

Courses

On-demand, cohort-based and live courses and challenges, with quizzes, drip schedules, badges and certificates, and SCORM content.

Livestreams

Native livestreaming: 20 hours a month and 100 viewers per stream on Launch, up to 50 hours and 3,000 viewers on Mighty Pro.

Member profiles and gamification

A People Explorer that matches members, private messages and voice notes, a referral program, streaks, points and leaderboards.

Payments

Subscriptions, one-time prices, installments, tiers, free trials and promo codes, charged in hundreds of currencies.

AI Cohost

Starts each network from one question, drafting marketing copy, a landing page, a logo, brand imagery and a community template.

Bettermode

• Starter$149

  per month, billed yearly ($199 monthly)

  Up to 10,000 members and 5 collaborators; Q&A, discussion, events and polls, custom domain, limited API access.

• Growth$1,500

  per month, billed yearly ($1,750 monthly)

  Up to 25,000 members and 10 collaborators; adds Ask AI and federated search, webhooks, OAuth2 and JWT.

• PremiumCustom

  100,000+ members and 20+ collaborators; adds a design studio, custom CMS, SAML, a 99.9% uptime SLA and a customer success manager.

Mighty Networks

• Launch$79

  per month, billed annually ($950 a year)

  Unlimited members and spaces, courses, events, 3 hosts, 10 moderators, 20 streaming hours a month. Mighty takes a 2% transaction fee.

• Scale$179

  per month, billed annually ($2,150 a year)

  Adds Zapier, Kit and Google Analytics, 5,000 API requests a month and MCP, more automations, 5 hosts. 1% transaction fee.

• Growth$354

  per month, billed annually ($4,250 a year)

  Advanced automations, SSO, email white-labeling, growth expert sessions, priority support, migration help, 10 hosts. 0.5% fee.

• Mighty ProCustom

  Your own branded iOS and Android apps, full community management services, advanced data reports and custom storage. 0.5% fee.

Bettermode

• Annual discount

  Save up to 25% with yearly billing

  The pricing page lists yearly rates below monthly ones, for example $149 against $199 for Starter, and says savings are up to 25%.

Mighty Networks

• Annual discount

  2 months free with annual billing

  Mighty Networks' pricing page says annual billing gives 2 months free: Launch is $950 a year, Scale $2,150 and Growth $4,250.