Pricing
Custom builds. Built for your needs.
When you need something our plans don’t do, we build it: a Community build is $45,000–$65,000, priced once, plus hosting of $200–$800/month at cost. We build it and run it for you, or hand over the code and accounts if you’d rather. Fundable through grants.
30 minutes · Honest assessment · No pressure
These are prices for custom builds. Most organizations start on a plan: see plans and pricing.
Builds start from $28,000 for a Foundation web platform; your own iOS and Android app is Full Platform, from $75,000.
- Price fixed before the build starts
- Grant-fundable capital investment
- Limited partnerships per year
Community build
After launch
Platform packages
Choose your starting point. Priced by scope.
Every package is custom-built for your organization. These are starting configurations, and your strategy call refines scope, timeline and price.
Need groups, giving, check-in and volunteers without a build? They’re on the Community plan, ready this month.
Tier 01
Foundation
Your first custom platform. Core community infrastructure built to your spec, with nothing you don't need.
$28,000–$38,000
One time · plus hosting $200–$800/month at cost · Web platform
10–16 weeks
Replaces
Your groups tool, event sign-ups, member messaging and member records; works with your email tool
What’s included
- Member registration, authentication, and profiles
- Up to 10 groups or chapters
- Community discussion feed
- Direct messaging between members
- Event creation and RSVP management
- Basic admin dashboard and member management tools
- Email notifications
- Custom domain
- We run it for you, or hand over the code and accounts if you'd rather
Tier 02
Community
The full web community experience, built around how your organization works.
$45,000–$65,000
One time · plus hosting $200–$800/month at cost · Web platform
16–24 weeks
Replaces
Everything in Foundation, plus your giving, check-in and attendance, volunteer scheduling, member directory, course library and CE, paid memberships and event ticketing
What’s included
- Unlimited groups and chapters with sub-group support
- Giving through your own payment processor, with recurring gifts and year-end statements
- Check-in and attendance for gatherings, kids and groups
- Volunteer teams and scheduling, with reminders
- Member directory with search and filtering
- Course or resource library
- Paid membership tiers and subscription billing
- Advanced event management (ticketing, RSVP caps, automated reminders)
- The member journey, with a weekly view of who needs you
- The Assistant: who needs your team this week, with a reason and a draft for each
- First-time guest follow-up, and care notes visible only to the people who should see them
- CE credits and certificates with your courses
- Engagement and growth analytics dashboard
- CRM integration (Salesforce, HubSpot, or equivalent)
- Works with your email tool (Mailchimp, Kit or equivalent)
- Custom member onboarding flows
- Role-based permissions beyond basic admin/member
Tier 03
Full Platform
Web platform plus native iOS and Android. For organizations where mobile access is central to the member experience.
$75,000–$110,000
One time · plus hosting $200–$800/month at cost · Web + iOS + Android
24–36 weeks
Replaces
Everything in Community, plus your own iOS and Android app, with push notifications
What’s included
- Native iOS app, built and submitted to the App Store
- Native Android app, built and submitted to Google Play
- Push notifications
- In-app messaging
- The assistant in your own iOS and Android app
- Mobile-optimized onboarding flows
- Published under your own Apple and Google developer accounts; we set up the listings and handle submission and review (Apple charges $99 a year for a developer account, and Google charges $25 once)
See a Full Platform build in use: the Heart of a Man case study.
Tier 04
Enterprise
Custom scope for large organizations with complex infrastructure, compliance, or integration requirements.
What’s included
- SSO and enterprise authentication (SAML, OAuth)
- Advanced role and permission hierarchies that map to your org structure
- Data residency and compliance support (GDPR, SOC 2 alignment)
- Custom integrations (Workday, Microsoft Teams, Salesforce, and others)
- Architecture designed for 100,000+ members
- White-label control at every layer
- Custom SLA and dedicated support agreement
Enterprise scope is defined in consultation. Apply for a strategy call to begin scoping.
Add-ons, at any tier
Scoped add-ons at any tier, priced in your estimate: texting, custom forms, live video sessions, affiliate tracking, and automated group formation. The Assistant comes with Community builds and above.
Ranges reflect scope, not just member count.
A 1,000-member organization building a full-featured platform with mobile apps may invest more than a 10,000-member organization that needs a focused web platform. The strategy call gives you a range. You get a scoped estimate after discovery, and the price is fixed before the build starts. Grant documentation is available on request.
In their words
“This is a game changer for how we serve our community of men.”
Ways to pay
Pay as the work is delivered.
How you pay
Build payments are tied to project milestones, from kickoff through launch, so you pay as the work is delivered rather than all at once up front.
We can time those milestones to your grant disbursements or your budget cycle. Tell us what your finance team needs and we will build the schedule around it.
If the number is the obstacle
Some organizations can approve a project and some can only approve a line item. If you are the second kind, we can structure this as a monthly commitment, with the handover of the code and accounts at the end if you want it. Same platform, different shape on your budget.
Say so on the strategy call. We will lay out the monthly figure and the term for your scope before you commit to anything.
Not sure you need a build?
Most organizations start on a monthly plan: groups, giving, events, check-in, volunteers and messages, on one record per person, from $99 a month.
Platform stewardship
Your platform is built. This keeps it running.
We run it for you: secure, updated and improving, without you managing it.
Stewardship is optional. Some organizations take the handover of the code and accounts and run it in-house or with their own developer. These plans are for organizations that want Socio Connect to run it.
Steward
Start here$4,800/year
$400/month
Best for: Most organizations after launch. Move up if you regularly need more hours.
- Security patches and dependency updates
- Monthly platform health check
- Hosting monitoring and uptime alerts
- 12 hours a quarter for updates and small changes (4 a month, pooled)
- Email support (48-hour response time)
Guardian
$9,600/year
$800/month
Best for: Active communities with regular content, events, and member growth
- 30 hours a quarter for updates and feature adjustments (10 a month, pooled)
- Quarterly platform performance review
- Analytics reporting: engagement, growth and retention, summarized monthly
- Integration monitoring (CRM sync, email platform, payment processor)
- Priority email support (24-hour response time)
- One annual planning call with the Socio Connect team
Partner
$18,000/year
$1,500/month
Best for: Organizations actively expanding their platform and needing a dedicated technical partner
- 60 hours a quarter of development (20 a month, pooled): new features, design changes, expansion work
- Dedicated Slack channel with the Socio Connect team
- Bi-monthly strategy calls
- Roadmap planning and feature prioritization support
- First priority on new build capacity
- Same-day response on urgent issues
Hosting
$200–$800
per month, billed at cost
All stewardship plans are annual agreements. Hosting ($200–$800/month) is billed at cost, separately from stewardship pricing.
No surprise invoices
Beyond your plan hours
$125/hour on a plan, $150/hour without one. Anything over 4 hours gets a fixed-price quote you approve in writing first. Nothing is billed without your approval.
Changes during the build
The price is fixed before the build starts. Swap an item for something of similar size at no charge, or add work through a fixed-price change order you approve first.
90-day launch warranty
Anything we built wrong is fixed free for 90 days after launch, and never uses your plan hours.
Price locked for 2 years
Your plan price is locked for 2 years from launch. After that it can rise by at most 5% a year, with 90 days' notice.
Which plan? Start with Steward. If you regularly need more than about 7 hours a month, Guardian costs less than Steward plus extra hours.
Not sure which plan fits? We’ll recommend one during the strategy call.
Apply for a Strategy CallHonestly
When this is not the right move.
We will tell you on the call if a custom build does not make sense for you yet.
If one of our monthly plans covers what you need, start there: it costs less and it’s running this month. If you do not have someone who will own this internally after launch, a platform will not fix your engagement problem. If your budget would have to come out of program funding this year, wait.
We would rather you build with us when the timing is genuinely right.
Common questions
Frequently asked.
More questions? Apply for a Strategy Call and we’ll answer them directly.
Get it built for you.
Apply for a strategy call. You get a range on the call, a scoped estimate after discovery, and the price fixed before the build starts, and an honest answer if a build isn't right for you yet.
Everything in one place.