InCircle vs Seal Subscriptions for paid memberships
Seal Subscriptions is built for recurring product orders. InCircle Memberships is built for paid memberships, so perks, members-only access, gift memberships, retention offers and in-store member cards come with the app instead of as add-ons. It's free for your first 30 members.
How do InCircle and Seal compare side by side?
| InCircle Memberships | Seal Subscriptions | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Paid memberships with perks | Recurring product subscriptions |
| Free plan | Yes: 30 members, no time limit | Yes: 50 subscriptions |
| Price at about 250 to 300 | $19.99 / month (300 members) | $9.95 / month (250 subscriptions) |
| Price at about 1,000 | $29.99 / month (1,000 members) | $89.95 / month (2,000 subscriptions) |
| Member discounts | Yes, set on the plan (every plan) | Through a separate discount app, per Seal's membership guide |
| Members-only products and pages | Yes: products, collections and pages (Starter) | Not listed |
| Retention when a member cancels | Yes: pausing on every plan; reasons and an offer before a cancel (Growth) | Custom cancellation flow (Legend and up); subscribers can pause |
| Gift memberships | Yes, with claim links (Growth) | Not listed |
| In-store member cards | Yes: digital member cards with a QR code, scanned at the register (Growth) | Works with Shopify POS; member cards not listed |
| Built-in email campaigns | Yes: member emails and campaigns (Growth) | Not listed (notifications and reminders) |
| Tracked join links and attribution | Yes: tracked join links show which campaign brought each member (Growth) | Not listed |
| Shopify Flow | Yes: Flow triggers (Growth) | Not listed |
| Transaction fees | No transaction fee from InCircle | 0% |
What does InCircle Memberships do best?
Widgets for every part of your store
A join offer on product pages, an announcement bar, a buy-together offer, members-only locks and a member card, all ready to add to your theme.
AI that styles them for you
Describe your store and AI suggests widget looks that match your theme's colors, so everything feels like part of your brand.
Analytics in detail
Members, renewals, revenue and cohorts in one place, with CSV export whenever you need the numbers elsewhere.
Works with Shopify POS
Staff scan a member's card at the register and their perks apply to the sale. You choose how the card looks.
Easy ways to pay
Members join at Shopify's own checkout, so they can pay with Shop Pay, Apple Pay or Google Pay when your store offers them.
Support on every plan
Chat and email support from the day you install, even on the Free plan, from the team that builds the app.
Already on Seal Subscriptions? We'll move you across.
You don't have to rebuild your membership yourself. Our support team migrates your plans, perks and members to InCircle, and starts as soon as possible after you get in touch.
Tell us what you use now
Email our support team with the app you're on, roughly how many members you have, and when you'd like to switch.
We plan the move with you
Together we map your current plans, prices and perks onto InCircle, along with any members-only products and pages, and agree a switch date.
Our support team does the migration
We set up your plans and perks in InCircle and move your members across, starting as soon as possible after you get in touch.
You check it and go live
You review everything before the switch. Once you're happy, the join widget goes live on your store and you turn the old app off.
Your next loyal member is already shopping with you.
Launch a membership this week. InCircle is free for your first 30 members, so it can pay for itself before you pay for it.