# LaunchPass review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Charge for access to Discord, Telegram and Slack communities Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. LaunchPass lets a community owner sell paid access to a Discord server, Telegram group or Slack workspace. Members pay through Stripe on a branded invite page or an embedded widget, and LaunchPass sends invites and removes people when a subscription ends. There is a free plan for free members and one paid plan. - **Category:** Courses & Communities - **Made by:** LaunchPass - **Website:** https://www.launchpass.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a place to host the community, as it only gates other apps. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, LaunchPass has a free plan, and paid plans start at $29 per month, plus 3.5% transaction fee. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Basic plan: unlimited free members, automated invites, a customizable invite page and one-click sign-up on and off. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial on Premium. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Basic | $0 | Free forever. Automated invites for free members, a customizable invite page and a custom description. | | Premium | $29 per month, plus 3.5% transaction fee | One-time and recurring billing, coupons, free trials, multi-tier access, an embeddable widget and analytics. | Read from https://www.launchpass.com/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with LaunchPass before buying. ## Key features - **Paid access to chat communities:** Connect Discord, Telegram or Slack and Stripe, then charge for access with no coding. - **Flexible subscription options:** Set your own prices, charge weekly, monthly or yearly, and offer free trials and coupons on Premium. - **Multi-tier access:** Run paid and free access in the same community, with different tiers mapped to different access. - **Automatic removal on cancel:** On Discord, a cancelled subscription triggers a kick or role removal automatically. - **Branded invite page and widget:** Create a custom invite page, or embed the sign-up widget on a page you already have. - **Analytics and affiliates:** A dashboard with an activity feed, conversion tracking and affiliate integration, on Premium. ## Good for - Discord, Telegram or Slack community owners who want to charge - Creators who need subscriber invites and removals automated ## Worth knowing - Premium adds a 3.5% transaction fee on top of the $29 monthly price; Stripe fees apply as well. - It works with Discord, Telegram and Slack only; it does not host a community of its own. - Coupons, free trials, tiers and analytics are Premium features, not part of Basic. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. LaunchPass lets you charge for a Discord, Telegram or Slack community through Stripe. It does not host a community, and charging, coupons and tiers need Premium at $29 a month plus a 3.5% fee. - **Value for money: C.** Premium is $29 a month, between the cheaper quarter ($20) and the middle ($37), plus a 3.5% fee and Stripe's fees. - **Free plan and trial: C.** The Basic plan has no cap on free members but cannot charge for access; a 14-day Premium trial exists. - **Features: D.** One narrow job: gating Discord, Telegram and Slack access. It needs one of them to be useful at all, and does not host a community. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect Discord or Telegram and Stripe, and set tiers. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with Discord, Telegram, Slack and Stripe listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from LaunchPass's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among course and community platforms - LaunchPass's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 23 of the 98 other course and community platforms we grade, and level with 21. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 25 of 98) and worst on features (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $29 a month, against a middle price of $36 for the category: 24 of the 65 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 23 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/courses-communities ## Keep it, or make your own? **Your call.** You could make the core of LaunchPass for yourself: reports. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $348 a year. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could make: It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too. - You could not: A members' space with posts, chat and events that people keep coming back to. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: widgets. - You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Discord, Telegram, Slack, Stripe **Tags:** Community, Reports ## Alternatives - [Circle](https://toolgpa.com/tools/circle): Community platform with courses, events, payments and branded apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/circle-vs-launchpass) - [Skool](https://toolgpa.com/tools/skool): Community platform with courses, events and paid memberships. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/launchpass-vs-skool) - [Mighty Networks](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mighty-networks): Community platform with courses, livestreams and paid memberships. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/launchpass-vs-mighty-networks) - [MemberSpace](https://toolgpa.com/tools/memberspace): Add memberships and gated content to a site you already have. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/launchpass-vs-memberspace) - [Join It](https://toolgpa.com/tools/join-it): Membership management with digital cards and recurring dues. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/join-it-vs-launchpass) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.launchpass.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/launchpass Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).