Alternative to Memberful: Hyax
Memberful is a membership plugin that takes 4.9% of your revenue. Hyax is a full platform with memberships, email, website, courses, community, and AI, $29/mo flat, 0% fees.
Pricing at a glance
Memberful Pro is $49/mo plus 4.9% of all revenue through Stripe. The slider models total cost (platform fee + revenue cut) assuming 5% of subscribers are paid members at $5/mo. You also need a separate website and email provider.
Hyax email cost (optional)
Assumes ~40,000 sends/mo (4 sends to your full list per month). Pick one, /pricing for Resend vs plan caps.
Memberful: Pro plan ($49/mo + 4.9% revenue cut). Estimates assume 5% paid conversion at $5/mo. Excludes Stripe fees and cost of separate website/email. Verify on memberful.com.
Hyax:Starter plan ($29/mo). Monthly billing, flat pricing, unlimited contacts, 0% platform fees. Does not include raw Resend charges when you use your own API key for unlimited sending. See pricing for email limits and plan caps.
Showing the Starter subscription only ($29/mo). About 40,000 sends/mo is above Starter's included platform sending, so this comparison does not include the email cost of that workload.
Memberful vs Hyax: Feature comparison
| Feature | Hyax | Memberful |
|---|---|---|
| Content & Publishing | ||
| Blog / Website | Included | Integrates with others |
| AI Writing Assistant | Included | Not included |
| Brand-trained AI | Included | Not included |
| Custom Domain | Included | Via host |
| SEO Optimization | Included | Via host |
| Lighthouse 85+ Score | Included | Via host |
| Email Marketing | ||
| Email Newsletters | Included | Not included |
| Email Automations | Included | Not included |
| Behavioral Segmentation | Included | Not included |
| A/B Testing | Included | Not included |
| Email Sequences | Included | Not included |
| Unlimited Sends | Included | Not included |
| Monetization | ||
| Paid Memberships | Included | Included |
| Digital Products | Included | Partial |
| Courses | Included | Not included |
| 0% Platform Fees | Included | Not included |
| Community / Chat | Included | Not included |
| Platform & Tools | ||
| Analytics Dashboard | Included | Partial |
| API Access | Included | Included |
| Link in Bio | Included | Not included |
| Help Desk / Knowledge Base | Included | Not included |
| Visual Workflow Builder | Included | Not included |
| Live Chat Widget | Included | Not included |
| Pricing Model | ||
| Flat Pricing | Included | $49/mo + 4.9% |
| Unlimited Subscribers | Included | Included |
| No Transaction Fees | Included | Not included |
Why switch from Memberful to Hyax
Platform fees on revenue
Memberful Pro charges $49/mo plus 4.9% of all revenue. At $5k/mo in membership income, that\u2019s $294/mo. Hyax is $29/mo flat with 0% fees.
No separate tools needed
Memberful is a paywall plugin. You still need a website, email provider, and course platform. Hyax is everything in one.
Full email marketing included
Memberful has no email marketing. You need Kit, Mailchimp, or another ESP on top. Hyax includes newsletters, automations, sequences, and AI-powered copy.
Ready to switch from Memberful?
Import your content and subscribers. Start building on Hyax today.