Keep the community. Keep the fees.
A paid community where AXL takes 0% of member payments. Access follows the membership.
Free plan, no card needed.
One subscription rule controls who can view, like, comment, and publish.
A paid community where access follows the subscription.
Spaces open to people who match a filter, such as an active membership. When the subscription ends, the space locks again.
- Spaces. As many as you need, grouped into sections.
- Access. Separate rules for view, like, comment and publish.
- Badges. Awarded at thresholds you set.
- Moderation. Reports, hidden posts and member restrictions.
Good to know: One community per account. There is no discovery feed, so you bring your own audience.
Four parts of AXL a community uses.
- Community Spaces, feeds, badges and moderation. Community →
- Memberships Trials, renewals and failed card retries. Payments →
- Courses Lessons and tests inside the membership. Courses →
- Email Reach members outside the feed. Email →
Open a paid community this week.
- 01 Create the spaces Sections, spaces and who sees each. Community → Sections
- 02 Set access rules View, like, comment, publish. Space → Permissions
- 03 Add the membership Price, trial and checkout. Products → Subscription
- 04 Welcome new members A scenario on joined or badge earned. Scenarios
Create Lobby for everyone, Members for active subscribers and Alumni for “Foundations” graduates. Add a $29/month membership with a 7-day $1 trial and checkout. Show permission filters before saving.
- 1. Creates three spaces: Lobby for everyone, Members for subscribers, Alumni for graduates.
- 2. Adds a $29/month membership with a 7-day $1 trial and checkout.
- 3. Shows you the access rules before saving.
Paste it into the AI Assistant inside AXL, or into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor connected over MCP. What an agent can do →
A community without a cut of every payment.
At $10,000 a month in member payments, a 10% fee is $1,000. AXL takes none.
| Job | Usual tool | Monthly | In AXL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community, entry tier | Skool Hobby | $9 + 10% of sales | Included, no fee |
| Community, top tier | Skool Pro | $99 + 2.9% of sales | Included, no fee |
| Community with spaces | Circle Business | $199 + 1% of sales | Included, no fee |
| All of it | AXL | Free; paid from $49/month, 0% of sales | Community, courses, email and checkout |
Vendor prices from skool.com/pricing and circle.so/pricing, billed monthly. Card processing is charged by your payment provider on every platform. AXL rates and usage allowances on axl.tech/pricing.
Questions people ask.
One per account, with as many spaces as you need. A separate brand needs its own account.
Yes. Each of the 20+ payment providers has its own currency. Cash and bank transfer work too.
Contacts import from CSV or XLSX. Posts and comments do not import.
Members use the community in a browser on your own domain. There is no branded phone app.
Move your community and keep the fees.
Free plan, no card needed. Paid plans from $49 a month.
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