BricksMembers vs SureMembers
Honest. Table-driven. No fluff. Bricks-native all-in-one vs. the lightweight access-control plugin from Brainstorm Force.
Verified May 2026 by AI · please confirm with the vendorWhich one is right for you?
Lightweight access for SureCart sites
Choose SureMembers if you want focused content protection (no LMS), block-level access control, and you're already using SureCart or WooCommerce for billing.
- Builder-agnostic: works with Elementor, Divi, and vanilla WordPress, no specific page builder required
- Free tier (SureMembers Core) plus paid Pro from $69/yr (renews $99)
- Block-level access control inside the WordPress block editor
Adds LMS, payments, and community.
Choose BricksMembers if you want complete control over how your membership and LMS site looks. Because it's built natively for Bricks, membership, courses, payments, drip and access all run on Bricks' own dynamic data and conditions, with custom elements added only where there's no native way, so every member-facing page is yours to design, with no fixed templates or locked layouts. It's a true all-in-one (membership, LMS, payments, community, automation) available on annual plans or a one-time lifetime license if you'd rather not pay every year.
- All-in-one: membership, LMS, payments, community, drip, certificates, chat, gifting, automation. No add-ons needed
- Because it's native to Bricks Builder, you design every member-facing page yourself, with full control over the layout and styling, with no fixed templates or locked layouts in the way.
- Lifetime $497 one-time for 100 sites instead of forever-recurring yearly fees (60-day money-back guarantee, no free trial)
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3 things this comparison can't match
- Native Bricks integration that SureMembers does not provide
- Full LMS + native payments + community + chat in core (SureMembers is access-control only and routes payments through SureCart)
- $497 one-time lifetime for 100 sites vs. SureMembers Business Lifetime $599 for 100 sites (regular $1,299)
Builder & Design
Membership & Access
Payments & Checkout
Emails & Automation
Community & Engagement
Migration & Portability
How the plans line up
Approximate prices.
The Migration Center handles the heavy lifting
A guided, dry-run-first wizard at BricksMembers › Migration Center in wp-admin. It scans your site, builds an import plan, runs in safe chunks, and offers rollback if anything looks off.
What it migrates automatically
- Course, lesson, and topic structure (with hierarchy preserved)
- Post content, titles, excerpts, and status
- Custom post meta fields (carried as-is)
- Required-level assignments (creates matching access rules)
- User level assignments and progress tracking
- Generic CSV exports of users, levels, courses, and progress
What you'll rebuild manually
- Quizzes from the source plugin (rebuild in BricksMembers' quiz module)
- Certificates and certificate issuance records
- Drip schedules from the source plugin
- Email automations (use BricksMembers' automation tab)
- For SureMembers specifically: import access groups + member assignments via the standard CSV path. SureCart subscription tokens stay portable through the SureCart bridge in BRM.
From SureMembers
SureMembers exposes access groups and member assignments. Bulk CSV import is handled via SureDash Settings (the Brainstorm Force admin layer), not natively inside SureMembers. Export members via SureDash and import via BRM's Migration Center CSV path.
Access groups become BRM levels; member assignments translate directly. If your billing was on SureCart, plug into BRM's SureCart bridge to keep subscription continuity: you don't have to re-onboard members. If you used OttoKit (formerly SureTriggers) automations against SureMembers events, rebuild those in BRM's automation tab; OttoKit may still work for cross-plugin orchestration, but the event sources differ.
Common questions: BricksMembers vs SureMembers
Year one, SureMembers Starter at $69 (1 site) is cheaper than BRM Creator at $97 (1 site). At the 100-site tier, SureMembers Business is $199/yr year 1 / $299/yr renewal, while BRM Agency is $297/yr or Lifetime is $497. SureMembers Business Lifetime is $599 (current offer; $1,299 regular); BRM lifetime is $497. For lifetime + LMS, BRM is the cheaper bundle.
Yes, via CSV. Export SureMembers access groups and member assignments; import through BRM's Migration Center CSV path. Access groups remap to BRM levels. If your billing is on SureCart, the BRM SureCart bridge keeps subscription continuity: members don't need to re-purchase.
A free plugin called 'SureMembers Core' was published on WordPress.org in March 2026, but it is still very early (v0.0.2, 'Full features coming soon') and not production-equivalent. The paid plugin starts at $69/yr (1 site, year 1). BricksMembers also has no free tier; it has a 60-day money-back guarantee.
No. SureMembers is access control only. For courses you pair it with a separate LMS plugin or rebuild the LMS layer entirely. BricksMembers includes the LMS in the same plugin.
SureMembers works on any builder but does not provide Bricks-native conditions, dynamic data tags, or first-class Bricks elements. Access checks happen server-side. BricksMembers ships Bricks integration as the primary path.
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Last reviewed May 2026. This comparison reflects our own assessment based on publicly available information. Features, pricing, and availability change often. Please verify current details on each vendor's official website before purchasing.
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