SimpleCirc 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

Simple, Intuitive, Easy to Use, Easy To Understand, Clear, Logical, Not Overly engineered.

Anything could always be better, but this product has very few things it is lacking!

Since I've been with our company, I've trained on two other subscription software programs. Both were loaded with tons of "extras" that made it very difficult to do subscription tasks. I love SimpleCirc because it is SIMPLE but thorough. No fluff. Easy to learn, and meets our needs.

The merchandise section, where we can put back issues for sale is not quite as customizable as I would like. But, again, SIMPLE so I'd rather it be easy to use than be more complex and require a ton of training to figure it out.

Emailed renewal notices. This makes sending and processing renewals much easier for our small staff.

Quite the list. I initially thought this would solve the bulk of of our circulation issues. First, not including a date option for vacation holds to end was an oversight on development. Support for customers is insulting. Responses including 3-5 word sentences tell me you do not value your customers or their choice to use SimpleCirc over other options. Feels like more work goes into gaining new publications with less focus on retention. Also, processing auto renews after subscriptions have expired causes unnecessary interruptions to digital access. When I raised the concern and asked for a fix, I received another 4 word email response telling me this cannot be fixed. Software is supposed to evolve and improvement's and fixes should consistently be rolled out. Why is it possible to enter a date for an address to be updated but not offer the same for vacations. Expiration dates should not land on the same date as publication dates. We should also be allowed to delete payments that are refunded, or at a minimum have an toggle option showing the transaction was refunded. So far our cons outweigh the pros so I am not certain we will continue with this software after the one year mark unless improvements are rolled out. I also strongly encourage alternatives to who is currently offering client support. I get the sense that he is annoyed anytime he has to respond to my emails so unless there is a commission at the end of your correspondence, expect short, dry, and increasingly passive aggressive, albeit, swift responses. The initial claim was "For Publishers, by Publishers," but it is clear that the people who handle and work in circulation were an afterthought because these problems wouldn't exist if their feedback was considered during development. I wish I had more positives or a more balanced review but so far this is my honest feedback after 6 months using this software.

Web-based; perfect for our remote team. Very easy to use.

I would like to be able to distinugish between print and digital subscribers

It's simple for us and simple for subscribers to use. YAY!

Would love the ability to run our online store from the system also.

The integration was very easy. SimpleCirc has all the features we previously had with a custom-built in-house software plus way more. Customer service is top notch. Auto-renew was a big reason we switched, but it takes a year to see it fully work.

The emails are limited in styling. On the dashboard you see how many active subscribers you have, but I'd also like to see how many active issues. Some subscribers get more than one issue, and having the issue numbers is very helpful when working on the print order. Of course I can get that number in 30 seconds by pulling a report and totaling the issues column.

The SimpleCirc team has been absolutely wonderful to work with. Top notch customer service. They're always there to help with questions and concerns and make you feel like they actually care and value your business. In a world where great customer service is far and few between, with many making you feel like just a number, we've been extremely impressed with SimpleCirc. The software has many great features such as address verification that will save you time. The navigation is very user friendly. It didn't take long at all to learn the new system and the SimpleCirc team was there every step of the way to make sure that things were going smoothly and we were happy before making the switch.

There are a few minor things that could be improved upon but I'm certain that they're likely to be updated if/when they're brought to the attention of the SimpleCirc team as they're always very receptive to suggestions. One thing, for example, would be that I'd like to see an option for sorting by user when pulling the cash sales reports. We're a unique niche publishing company that is happy to be able to use SimpleCirc to manage subscriptions on the road now (we go to farm/tractor shows), but there is also someone at the office taking subscriptions as well and we need to be able to easily distinguish the sales that were made at the show. We have created a separate user login for those employees using SimpleCirc at the show, but when we go to pull the cash sales numbers, there's not an option to be able to sort by user so that we can tell what income came from the show. I'm sure this could be accomplished with a data export, but it would be much easier and less time consuming to have a way to tell them apart when running the simple cash sales report.

I love that it simply works and is correct each and every time.

I don't really have any complaints with SimpleCirc. If I had anything it would be nice if SimpleCirc could provide routine assistance or review for us and help us, particularly with the things we may not know.

The list management system is intuitive,, and clearly written by a publisher

Minor criticism about using it. As a one-man publisher it can seem complicated. A film showing how a publication like Practical Farm Ideas has used it would be good.

Its SO easy to manage our subscribers, our mailing list and handle renewals and new subscribers. That's really HUGE for us.

I run into places where I can't do something I need or want to do and that's frustrating. I can't set up postage based on the amount my buyer spends - which I need for back issues and books. I have trouble finding things because I don't know if they are in the overall settings or in the publication settings - a streamlined settings page would help with that. I can't change things I want to change - like editing the sub categories in a custom field. I have to have somebody else do that for me. I can't make global changes, which I would like to be able to do but it's not as important as the things I've mentioned first.