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WordPress LMS and membership plugin comparisons in one place: 5 duels, each with two WordPress lifetime deals for the same job, the price, the license and the questions to weigh. Online courses, communities and member areas.
5 duels, newest first, each with its own page and prices checked on the vendor’s site.
Courses & Membership
Both protect content and drip it to members on a schedule. SureMembers keeps it simple with access groups and sells through SureCart or WooCommerce, ARMember is a full membership system with unlimited plans, member profiles and more than 22 payment gateways.
Courses & Membership
Both turn WordPress into a course platform for a one-time payment. Tutor LMS Pro lists its own checkout with bundles and subscriptions, Academy LMS Pro 46 add-ons and lifetime support.
Courses & Membership
Both turn WordPress into a members area for a one-time payment. FluentCommunity Pro brings its own course builder, PeepSo Ultimate Bundle a social network with its own mobile app.
Courses & Membership
Both turn WordPress into a course platform for a one-time payment. Tutor LMS Pro lists its own checkout and bundles, Masteriyo Elite live lessons and white label.
Courses & Membership
Both turn WordPress into a course platform for a one-time payment. MasterStudy adds Elementor widgets, Masteriyo live lessons and white label.
Background, pricing and alternatives from the blog.
Tutor LMS vs MasterStudy is the choice between the more complete course builder with its own checkout and the cheaper LMS with an AI Lab and Elementor widgets. Both sell a lifetime license for one site: Tutor LMS Pro costs $499 once, MasterStudy LMS Pro $249 once. This comparison covers pricing, payback, course tools, selling, design and which plugin fits which course business. Every price comes from the vendor’s own pricing page.
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The FluentCommunity lifetime deal costs $399 once for 1 site and becomes cheaper than the annual plan after 25 months. This review shows what the one-time price includes, from spaces and chat to the course builder, what Pro adds to the free plugin, and how it compares with PeepSo as a lifetime option for your own community. All prices come from the vendor’s pricing page.
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A WordPress LMS plugin with a lifetime license lets you build and sell online courses without a yearly bill for the software behind them. Our catalog lists four full LMS plugins with a one-time price: Tutor LMS Pro, MasterStudy LMS Pro, Academy LMS Pro and Masteriyo Elite. We compare price, site limits, payback and course features, and add the community and membership plugins that pair with them. Every number comes from the vendor’s own pricing page.
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