Payment gateway is live — and why we need it

We have a significant milestone to share: the Action Network portal is now live with its payment gateway.

This has been one of the more complex pieces of infrastructure we've built — integrating Stripe, subscription management, trial flows, and plan gating across the entire platform. It is live, it works, and you can subscribe today.

Why we need subscriptions — a transparent note

Running a platform like this purely on grants and project funding turned out not to be sustainable. We tried. The reality is that grant cycles are slow, earmarked, and don't cover the ongoing cost of infrastructure, AI usage, development, and support. A platform that exists to serve the sector needs to be able to sustain itself independently of any single funding stream. We believe the best way to do that — while keeping the platform accessible — is a fair, transparent pricing model where the free tier is genuinely free and paid tiers reflect real value.

Plans and pricing

We have three tiers, all still in beta — meaning limits and pricing may be adjusted as we learn from real usage:

• Free — always free. Matching, connections, member directory, organization profiles and verification, community access. No card required, ever.

• Solo — for individual practitioners. Full opportunity marketplace, personal wiki Spaces, task boards, AI features, and MCP/integrations access.

• Organization — for teams and organizations. Everything in Solo for all your members, plus collaborative workspaces, funder intelligence, proposal generation, project management (budget, logframe, evidence, reports), and org-wide Spaces.

30-day free trial

Both paid plans come with a 30-day free trial — no commitment, no card lock-in pressure. Start using the full feature set and decide when you've actually seen what it does.

Live support for pricing and billing questions

We know pricing decisions need clarity, not guesswork. We've added a live support chat directly in the portal — if you have questions about plans, what's included, billing, or whether a tier makes sense for your situation, you can reach us directly without leaving the platform.

We're in beta, and your feedback on what's fair and what's missing will directly shape how this evolves. Reach out.