DoorFee vs LaunchPass Comparison 2026
DoorFee and LaunchPass both put a paywall in front of a Discord community, but only DoorFee builds the sales page, email marketing and abandoned-checkout recovery that actually sells the membership. LaunchPass is pure access control across Discord, Slack and Telegram, with a free tier whose rate its own pricing page states unclearly, or $29 a month for Premium at 3.5 percent plus Stripe's 2.9 percent and 30 cents on top. DoorFee's free plan takes 10 percent, dropping to 2.5 percent on the $28 a month Pro plan.
Paid Discord memberships with a sales funnel
Charge for access to a Discord or Slack group
At a glance
- DoorFee starts cheaper, at $28.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
- DoorFee takes 2.5% of what you earn against LaunchPass's 3.5%.
Side by side
DoorFee | LaunchPass | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $28 | From $29 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | 14 days |
| API | Not stated |
DoorFee
Paid Discord memberships with a sales funnel
DoorFee sells access to a Discord server and gives you the pages and email that sell it, which is the half most access tools leave to you. Payments run through Stripe and roles are granted and revoked automatically. The page builder, affiliate program and coupon codes are what separate it from a bare paywall bot.
LaunchPass
Charge for access to a Discord or Slack group
LaunchPass puts a paywall in front of a chat community you already run, and hands out and removes the roles as people pay and lapse. It connects to Discord, Slack and Telegram, and the money arrives through your own Stripe account. It manages access rather than hosting anything, so the community stays where your members already are.
Our note
Sensible if your community is already somewhere and already wanted. Compare it against DoorFee if the community is on Discord, since DoorFee sells the membership as well as gating it, and against Circle or Skool if you were half thinking of moving anyway.
Why people weigh these two
- LaunchPass instead of DoorFee
- LaunchPass charges for access to a Discord or Slack group at a near identical $29 with a free tier, the direct swap when the funnel and page builder are not needed.
- DoorFee instead of LaunchPass
- DoorFee starts at $28, a dollar under LaunchPass, and keeps a free tier too, with a sales funnel built in for pitching the paid roles rather than just gating them.
Which one should you pick
Pick DoorFee if the community is on Discord and needs selling, not just gating: the drag-and-drop sales page, built-in email marketing, an affiliate program and abandoned-checkout recovery are all things LaunchPass does not describe. Free takes 10 percent, and Pro at $28 a month drops that to 2.5 percent, worth it above roughly $375 a month in revenue by DoorFee's own math.
Pick LaunchPass if the community already exists and is not only on Discord, since it covers Slack and Telegram too and only manages access rather than selling it. Premium is $29 a month with a 14-day trial, though its 3.5 percent stacks with Stripe's 2.9 percent plus 30 cents, worth checking against DoorFee's stated rate before assuming it is cheaper.
Common questions
- What is the actual difference between DoorFee and LaunchPass?
- LaunchPass only gates access: it grants and revokes a role as people pay and lapse, across Discord, Slack and Telegram. DoorFee does the same for Discord specifically, but adds the sales page, email marketing, an affiliate program and abandoned-checkout recovery that actually sell the membership.
- Which platforms does each one support?
- LaunchPass covers Discord, Slack and Telegram from one paywall. DoorFee serves Discord only, so a Slack or Telegram community should use LaunchPass instead.
- Which one costs less?
- DoorFee's numbers are clearer: free at 10 percent, or 2.5 percent on the $28 a month Pro plan. LaunchPass's free tier rate is not clearly stated on its own pricing page, and Premium's 3.5 percent stacks with Stripe's 2.9 percent plus 30 cents, so it needs checking directly before assuming which is cheaper.
- Does LaunchPass offer a trial?
- Yes, 14 days on Premium, plus the option to set a one-week, two-week or one-month delay before a member's first charge. DoorFee's page does not mention a trial at all on either plan.
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