Pricing
Transparent infrastructure pricing for independent communities — with optional launch and stewardship services when you want hands-on help.
Start with a Commonshub subdomain for a low-friction launch, or use your own domain for a durable long-term identity.
Infrastructure you can own. Support when you want it.
Commonshub includes managed hosting, guided setup, public hub pages, and direct funding infrastructure. For organizations that want more help, launch and stewardship services are available separately.
No per-seat pricing. No advertising model. No algorithmic incentives.
Launch
For pilots, early communities, and new community launches.
Commonshub Subdomain
Custom Subdomain
Typical fit
Around 1,000 members · about 100 active participants/week.
Build
For established communities becoming a durable audience asset.
Same Growth price
At Growth scale, Commonshub subdomain and custom domain communities are priced the same.
Typical fit
Around 10,000 members · about 1,000 active participants/week.
Operate
For large or high-activity communities with custom infrastructure needs.
Pricing factors
Active participation, media storage, federation traffic, and support requirements.
Best for
Large communities, institutions, media organizations, and high-activity public networks.
How domain choice works
Commonshub subdomain
Lower entry cost and faster setup. Best for pilots, experiments, and communities that do not need an external domain identity.
Your own domain
Best when your community is part of an existing brand, publication, organization, or long-term initiative.
Long-term economics
As communities scale, pricing differences between domain options disappear.
Choose the identity you want from the start
In a federated community, the domain becomes part of every member handle. Commonshub helps you launch either way, but the right long-term identity choice is worth considering early.
Included with every community
Guided setup
Automated onboarding and setup for a custom-branded Mastodon community.
Hub page
A public landing page for your community with clear identity, onboarding, and support options.
Direct funding
Monthly subscriptions, yearly subscriptions, one-time tips, and fundraising campaigns through Stripe.
Payments go directly to you
Community support is processed through your Stripe account, with funds deposited directly into your account.
Optional launch and stewardship services
Some communities are ready to self-manage. Others want hands-on help launching well, onboarding founding members, and establishing healthy participation patterns.
60-Day Community Launch
A guided launch package for organizations that want help setting up, branding, planning, and activating a new independent community.
Starting at $499
Community Stewardship
Ongoing support for onboarding, moderation review, publishing workflows, engagement guidance, and community operations.
Monthly packages available
Institutional Support
Tailored launch and operating support for public media, nonprofits, universities, research groups, and mission-driven organizations.
Custom proposals
You can self-manage — or we can help
Hosting is priced separately from services. If your team is comfortable operating the community, you can use Commonshub as infrastructure. If you want help launching or stewarding the community, we can tailor a service package around your goals.
Upgrade as your community grows
Starter to Growth
When your community outgrows Starter, unused prepaid time can be credited toward Growth.
Growth to Scale
Scale pricing is based on actual resource needs, so larger communities can keep improving their effective cost per member.
Transparent usage drivers
Posting, boosting, messaging, media uploads, storage, and federation activity are the main things that affect infrastructure needs.
Hosting, maintenance, updates, and platform reliability are part of the service.
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