# beabee compared to other tools

You're probably asking whether beabee might be the right fit for your communiy-centered newsroom. To help you make that decision, we've put together an overview to show how beabee compares to similar tools. The table below only lists tools that support member-based business models. That is what all the tools below have in common. Aside from that they provide very different services, which make it difficult for direct comparison.

This overview is meant to help you find the tool that best fits your needs — it might be beabee, or it could be another tool that offers additional features like an integrated CMS (e.g., Ghost) or a paywall, which beabee currently does not support.

| Feature                                                          | beabee                           | Memberful                                                                             | Patreon                  | Steady             | Ghost                  |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------ | ---------------------- |
| **Pricing**                                                      | from 29 €/mo + 2 % revenue share | 10 % transaction fee in Lite plan, from 25 €/mo and 4,9 % transaction fee in Pro plan | 5 % - 12 % revenue share | 10 % revenue share | from 9 €/mo            |
| **Open Source**                                                  | ✅                                | ❌                                                                                     | ❌                        | ❌                  | ✅                      |
| **Hosted on EU servers**                                         | ✅                                | ❌                                                                                     | ❌                        | ✅                  | ✅                      |
| **Payment** **Data Ownership**                                   | ✅                                | ✅                                                                                     | ❌                        | ❌                  | ✅                      |
| **Custom from-email address**                                    | ✅                                | ✅, but only in higher plans                                                           | ❌                        | ❌                  | ✅                      |
| **Custom design / branding**                                     | ✅                                | ✅, but only in higher plans                                                           | ❌                        | ❌                  | ✅                      |
| **CRM features, like segmentation or tagging of users**          | ✅                                | ❌                                                                                     | ❌                        | ❌                  | ❌                      |
| **Built-in engagement features, e.g. CrowdNewsroom**             | ✅                                | ❌                                                                                     | ❌                        | ❌                  | ❌                      |
| **Publishing features, e.g. website, newsletter, podcasts etc.** | ❌                                | ✅, e.g. paid podcasts                                                                 | ✅                        | ✅                  | ✅                      |
| **Mailchimp integration**                                        | ✅                                | ✅, in higher plans                                                                    | ✅, in higher plans       | ✅, with Zapier     | ✅                      |
| **Wordpress integration**                                        | ❌                                | ✅                                                                                     | ✅, in higher plans       | ✅                  | ❌, own website builder |


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