# SimpleCirc Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing - 2026 > Review of SimpleCirc Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. Source: https://www.softwareadvice.com/publishing-and-subscriptions/simplecirc-profile --- [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Publishing and Subscriptions Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/publishing-and-subscriptions/) / SimpleCirc Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. Overview [Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/publishing-and-subscriptions/simplecirc-profile/reviews/)[Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/publishing-and-subscriptions/simplecirc-profile/alternatives/) # SimpleCirc 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing On this page - Overview - User Interface - Popular Alternatives - Pricing and Plans - Features - Integrations - User Reviews - Popular Comparisons ## Overview SimpleCirc 4.7 [(28)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/publishing-and-subscriptions/simplecirc-profile/reviews/) Pricing Starting at $99.00 per month Top Alternatives ### About SimpleCirc SimpleCirc is a cloud-based software designed to help businesses manage subscriptions on a centralized platform. Supervisors can add new subscribers' information on the database, enabling them to access and export details according to requirements. SimpleCirc allows organizations to link their websites with SimpleCirc's ordering pages to exchange information. Managers can automatically get addresses validated and streamline upselling/cross-selling processes. SimpleCirc enables businesses to track the subscribers who are due for renewal or invoicing. ## SimpleCirc User Interface ## Popular SimpleCirc Alternatives Main Product SimpleCirc 4.7 [(28)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/publishing-and-subscriptions/simplecirc-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.79Ease of use - 4.89Value for money - 4.70Customer support - 4.32Functionality Pricing Starting at $99.00 per month Alternative Product [QuarkXPress](https://www.softwareadvice.com/graphic-design/quarkxpress-profile/) 4.4 [(201)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/graphic-design/quarkxpress-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.29Ease of use - 3.94Value for money - 4.01Customer support - 4.33Functionality Pricing Starting at $109.00 per year Alternative Product [The Magazine Manager](https://www.softwareadvice.com/crm/mirabeltechnologies-profile/) 4.8 [(352)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/crm/mirabeltechnologies-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.55Ease of use - 4.70Value for money - 4.77Customer support - 4.57Functionality Pricing Available upon request Alternative Product [Flipsnack](https://www.softwareadvice.com/retail/flipsnack-profile/) 4.6 [(308)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/retail/flipsnack-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.48Ease of use - 4.20Value for money - 4.46Customer support - 4.32Functionality Pricing Starting at $35.00 per month Alternative Product [WordPress](https://www.softwareadvice.com/web-content-management/wordpress-profile/) 4.6 [(14985)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/web-content-management/wordpress-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.25Ease of use - 4.59Value for money - 4.08Customer support - 4.48Functionality Pricing Starting at $9.00 per month Alternative Product [Adobe InDesign](https://www.softwareadvice.com/graphic-design/adobe-indesign-profile/) 4.8 [(341)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/graphic-design/adobe-indesign-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.14Ease of use - 4.18Value for money - 4.18Customer support - 4.71Functionality Pricing Starting at $20.99 per month ## SimpleCirc Pricing and Plans Starting price: $99.00 per month Free Trial Free Version Essentials $99.00 flat rate, per month Plan includes: - Upto 2500 actice subscribers Pro $179.00 flat rate, per month Plan includes: - Up to 2500 actve subscribers ## SimpleCirc Features - Popular features found in Publishing and Subscriptions Campaign Management Catalog Management Circulation Management Collaboration Tools Customizable Branding Image Editing Reporting & Statistics SEO Management Subscription Management - More features of SimpleCirc Access Controls/Permissions Activity Dashboard API Content Management CRM Customizable Reports Customizable Templates Data Visualization Email Marketing Magazines Mobile Access Newsletters Newspapers Performance Metrics Promotions Management Real-Time Analytics Search/Filter Template Management Third-Party Integrations ## SimpleCirc Integrations Zapier Integration rated undefined from -1 review Constant Contact Integration rated undefined from -1 review Mailchimp Integration rated undefined from -1 review Stripe Integration rated undefined from -1 review authorize.net Integration rated undefined from -1 review iContact Integration rated undefined from -1 review See all 8 integrations ## SimpleCirc User Reviews Overall Rating 4.7 Ratings Breakdown 5 79% 4 14% 3 4% 2 4% 1 0% Secondary Ratings Ease of Use 4.8 Value for money 4.9 Customer support 4.7 Functionality 4.3 DM Doug M. Verified reviewer Newspapers 11-50 employees Used daily for less than 6 months Review source Reviewed August 2024 SimpleCirc is Awesome 5 Easy to convert, Simple to Operate. A game changer in simplicity and functionality for our small publications. Ratings Breakdown 5 Ease of use 5 Value for money 5 Customer support 4 Functionality Pros: Simple, Intuitive, Easy to Use, Easy To Understand, Clear, Logical, Not Overly engineered. Cons: Anything could always be better, but this product has very few things it is lacking! Reasons for switching to SimpleCirc Old product was on its last legs after 25 years! Read More AC Amy C. Verified reviewer Media Production 2-10 employees Used weekly for more than 2 years Review source Reviewed January 2023 Settled on the best 5 Excellent. We have had a few minor issues, and when we do, the team is there to talk with and explain. They are very accessible and responsive. Ratings Breakdown 5 Ease of use 5 Value for money 5 Customer support 5 Functionality Pros: 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. Cons: 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. Reasons for switching to SimpleCirc MagHub we still use for our CRM. But for subscriptions, they were pretty awful. Just never did what we really needed it to do. Renewals were very difficult and so was handling multiple gifts subscriptions and multiple gift renewals. Subscription Genius was awful, also; just very clunky to use, and always had "bugs" that made us look bad to our very loyal subscribers. Read More KT Kat T. Verified reviewer Oil & Energy 51-200 employees Used daily for less than 12 months Review source Reviewed January 2026 Should've kept searching 2 Leaves more to be desired. Customer support needs to greatly improve, software fixes and improvements would keep this software fresh and in demand but no plans to improve some of the problems and limitations makes this software seem like a cheap alternative to better options on the market. Ratings Breakdown 5 Ease of use 5 Value for money 1 Customer support 3 Functionality Pros: Emailed renewal notices. This makes sending and processing renewals much easier for our small staff. Cons: 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. Reasons for switching to SimpleCirc Wanted a web based software that could be accessed remotely Read More LR Lori Ann R. Verified reviewer Newspapers 2-10 employees Used daily for less than 2 years Review source Reviewed January 2023 The Norwegian American 5 Excellent; great customer suppor Ratings Breakdown 5 Ease of use 5 Value for money 5 Customer support 5 Functionality Pros: Web-based; perfect for our remote team. Very easy to use. Cons: I would like to be able to distinugish between print and digital subscribers Reasons for choosing SimpleCirc Offered what I needed Reasons for switching to SimpleCirc Interlink was not web-based and not good for our remote time. It also did not support auto-renewals. Read More BR Becky R. Verified reviewer Publishing 2-10 employees Used daily for less than 2 years Review source Reviewed July 2023 SimpleCirc lives up to it's name 5 Finally a product that says what it will do and it does it! Ratings Breakdown 5 Ease of use 5 Value for money 5 Customer support 5 Functionality Pros: It's simple for us and simple for subscribers to use. YAY! Cons: Would love the ability to run our online store from the system also. Reasons for choosing SimpleCirc Cost for the first. The second, The vendor could not provide access to the digital edition from their system to our subscribers--would not interface with BlueToad. Reasons for switching to SimpleCirc The vendor could not provide access to the digital edition from their system to our subscribers--would not interface with BlueToad. Read More FN Florian N. Verified reviewer Publishing 2-10 employees Used daily for less than 2 years Review source Reviewed January 2023 Finally an in-house solution for small and medium-sized publishers 5 We use SimpleCirc daily. It's easy to use and we're glad we made the switch. Migrating such large databases is never fun or easy, but SimpleCirc did an outstanding job. Ratings Breakdown 5 Ease of use 5 Value for money 5 Customer support 5 Functionality Pros: 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. Cons: 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. Reasons for choosing SimpleCirc The other option we considered was fully outsourcing this department. In the end it's much nicer to do everything ourselves and keep the connection with our readers. Reasons for switching to SimpleCirc Our in-house solution lacked a lot of features we needed. Read More AH ASHLEY H. Verified reviewer Publishing 2-10 employees Used daily for less than 12 months Review source Reviewed April 2019 Excellent Customer Service 5 Ratings Breakdown 5 Ease of use 5 Value for money 5 Customer support 4 Functionality Pros: 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. Cons: 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. Read More BS Bryan S. Verified reviewer Newspapers 11-50 employees Used daily for more than 2 years Review source Reviewed January 2024 Keep it simple, Keep it Perfect 5 Awesome. When we find a vendor that is this easy to work with we love it. Ratings Breakdown 5 Ease of use 5 Value for money 5 Customer support 5 Functionality Pros: I love that it simply works and is correct each and every time. Cons: 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. Read More MD Mike D. Verified reviewer Farming 2-10 employees Used weekly for less than 2 years Review source Reviewed October 2023 Simplecirc has solved, and is still solving, circulation and sales issues which we did ourselves 4 Getting teh renewal messages out is wonderful, as is seeing the renewals coming in. Ratings Breakdown 4 Ease of use 5 Value for money 5 Customer support 5 Functionality Pros: The list management system is intuitive,, and clearly written by a publisher Cons: 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. Read More LB Lisa B. Verified reviewer Publishing 2-10 employees Used daily for less than 6 months Review source Reviewed May 2020 SimpleCirc is a fabulous product 5 We were using woocommerce and Subscriptions plugin on our website. It was AWFUL - it took forever, you had to put people in in multiple places, the mailing list wouldn't pull correctly - just AWFUL. I found other software options but they either didn't do quite what I was looking for or they were insanely expensive. When I found SimpleCirc, it seemed like the perfect answer. Even with my frustrations with some of the limitations, it's still been a huge help and I really like it. Ratings Breakdown 5 Ease of use 5 Value for money 4 Customer support 3 Functionality Pros: Its SO easy to manage our subscribers, our mailing list and handle renewals and new subscribers. That's really HUGE for us. Cons: 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. Reasons for choosing SimpleCirc Your team seemed more apt to respond to change requests, your interface was simple and easy to use, your price point was great. Reasons for switching to SimpleCirc it was AWFUL - it didn't do anything we needed, it was time consuming, cumbersome, confusing and couldn't pull a mailing list correctly. 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