Platform comparison
Two platforms for charging and controlling community access. We compare the points that change the decision: integrations, management, product direction and cost.
Comminari and LaunchPass let you sell private community access, connect payment to a member and update that access when a subscription changes.
The difference is each platform's current scope and the cost the creator takes on. LaunchPass supports communities across several messaging apps; Comminari currently focuses on Telegram and bringing monetization operations together in a web administration area.
Quick summary
Both automate a paid membership. These are the relevant differences before deciding.
| Area | Comminari | LaunchPass |
|---|---|---|
| Connected communities | Private Telegram groups and channels | Telegram, Discord and Slack communities |
| Payments | Stripe | Stripe |
| Management | Web administration for payments, members, plans and alerts | Dashboard, offer page and member portal |
| Starting to charge | No fixed fee; commission from 3% | USD 29/month per paid community + 3.5% |
| Product direction | Manage and monetize communities, resources and experiences from one platform | Paid memberships and access across messaging platforms |
The essentials
Both cover the main flow of a paid community: create an offer, charge and keep every member's access up to date.
Offer different tiers, recurring charges and one-time payments to organize community access.
A person pays, receives the relevant access and loses it when their subscription is no longer active.
The buyer has a page for completing payment and managing their subscription.
Current scope
This is the main functional difference between the two proposals today.
Connect private Telegram groups and channels and use Stripe for payments. Stripe can include cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, bank transfers and other methods depending on country and settings.
Sell memberships for Telegram, Discord and Slack from the same platform. It uses Stripe for payments in paid communities.
Daily operation
Selling is only the beginning. You then need to understand what happens to every member, payment, access change and issue needing attention.
Comminari brings together groups, plans, discounts, payments, members and activity. Each charge is connected to a Telegram user, without rebuilding operations from messages or a separate spreadsheet.
The member opens the public page, identifies with Telegram, chooses a plan and pays. They can return to the same place to manage the subscription or recover access.
Configure alerts for payments, access, subscription events and issues, so the dashboard is not the only place to learn what matters.
LaunchPass also offers a dashboard, an offer page and a member portal. Both platforms aim to reduce manual work; Comminari organizes that operation around Telegram and a single web administration area.
Pricing
LaunchPass charges USD 29 monthly for every paid community, plus 3.5% per transaction. Comminari has no fixed fee and automatically reduces commission as revenue grows.
Commission is 3% up to EUR 1,999 per month, 2% from EUR 2,000 and 1% from EUR 7,000. There is no plan to choose or change.
For a paid community, LaunchPass applies USD 29 per month and 3.5% of every transaction. The fee is charged even before you have paying members.
Choose a currency to compare both costs in the same unit. The table shows LaunchPass's monthly fee and commission for one paid community.
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| Monthly revenue | Comminari | LaunchPass |
|---|---|---|
| €500 | €153% of revenue | €4329/month + 3.5% |
| €1,000 | €303% of revenue | €6029/month + 3.5% |
| €2,000 | €402% of revenue | €9529/month + 3.5% |
| €5,000 | €1002% of revenue | €20029/month + 3.5% |
| €7,000 | €701% of revenue | €27029/month + 3.5% |
| €10,000 | €1001% of revenue | €37529/month + 3.5% |
LaunchPass is calculated with its USD 29 monthly fee per paid community and its 3.5% commission. EUR uses this conversion: EUR 1 = USD 1.1467. Stripe fees are not included.
Direction
Beyond today's features, each product organizes community monetization around a different approach.
Its proposal is oriented towards being the membership layer for communities spread across Telegram, Discord and Slack.
Its proposal is oriented towards the creator managing and monetizing community, resources and experiences from one connected platform.
If you only need to automate access to a community across several messaging apps, LaunchPass currently provides that scope. If you want to centralize community monetization and have cost fall as you grow, Comminari is designed for that journey.
Connect Telegram, create Stripe plans and manage payments and members from one administration area. Start with no fixed fee.
