Pricing

Rift is free.

Everything that makes Rift worth using is free. Paid tiers expand your personal space and give your community more tools. They never gate the things that should have been free in the first place.

Subscriptions fund Rift. There are no ads or data sales to fall back on, and no investors asking for either.

The free tier

Free is the whole product

Most platforms make free feel like a demo. On Rift, everything below is the product itself, and it will never move behind a paywall.

Communication

Messaging, DMs, voice, video, and screen share at 1080p 60fps, with 96 kbps audio and AI noise suppression. Use all of it as much as you want.

Every channel type

Text, Forum, Ticket, Gallery, Highlights, Polls, Announcements, and more, the same full versions a paid Shard gets.

Full moderation

Bans, kicks, mutes, timeouts, slowmode, audit logs, AutoMod, ticket channels, report pipeline, and the permissions inspector. Safety is never premium.

Communities

Create and join as many Shards as you like, each with unlimited members and unlimited channels.

Portals

Music, YouTube, Twitch, Weather, Sports, Feeds, Calendar, Browser, and more.

Privacy and security

E2EE direct messages, EXIF stripping, deleted messages leave the database, media proxying, and signup without a phone or email. This is the baseline every account gets.

Personal plans

Your tier travels with you

Your personal plan applies everywhere you go on Rift. Rift+ is for people who want more space and more expression. It's not required for anything important.

Free

$0

Everything you need. It's the plan most people stay on.

  • Full voice, video, and screen share (1080p 60fps)
  • 96 kbps audio with noise suppression
  • 50 MB file uploads
  • 8,000 character messages
  • 25 personal emoji, 5 soundboard slots
  • 2 saved layouts
  • Pop-out up to 2 chats/DMs, 5 pop-out windows total
  • Pin 4 Shards to your sidebar
  • 5 connection links on your profile
  • E2EE DMs and all channel types

Rift+ Rift+

$7/mo

For people who live in Rift. $7/mo or $70/yr.

  • Screen share at 1440p 60fps
  • 128 kbps audio + high fidelity mode
  • 300 MB file uploads
  • 16,000 character messages
  • 100 personal emoji, 25 soundboard slots, exit sounds
  • 8 saved layouts
  • Pop-out up to 4 chats/DMs, 8 pop-out windows total
  • Pin 8 Shards to your sidebar
  • Animated avatar and banner, username styling, advanced themes
  • Send animated custom emoji
  • Atmosphere: animated, living workspace backgrounds
  • Studio: collaborative music production
  • Extra Voidkitty companion skins
  • Profile widgets (up to 8), view counter, 50 connection links
  • Rift+ badge and avatar halo on profile cards

Community plans

One person pays. Everyone benefits.

One member subscribes (the owner or an admin) and the entire community gets the upgrade instantly. It isn't per seat and doesn't scale with member count; one payment covers the whole Shard.

Free Shard

$0

Fully functional on its own. Plenty of Shards never upgrade.

  • 50 MB uploads per member
  • 50 emoji slots, 10 soundboard slots
  • 96 kbps audio, 1080p streaming
  • Solid color role styling
  • Shard Command Center: live mod log, audit trail, AutoMod stats, 7-day message activity
  • List in Discovery, ranked by activity, no member minimum
  • Incoming webhooks (Discord, GitHub, Slack compatible), 5 slots
  • Join applications for invite links and Discover, 5 questions per form
  • Fragments (named role groups), 8 slots
  • Clusters you may anchor, 1 slot
  • Leveling: XP from chat and voice, role and channel-unlock rewards, leaderboards
  • Giveaways: provably-fair draws with encrypted code delivery, up to 10 winners
  • Live Alerts for Twitch and YouTube, 2 channels

Shard Ember

$10/mo

More space and onboarding tools for a Shard that's picking up speed.

  • 75 MB uploads per member
  • 150 emoji slots, 25 soundboard slots
  • 128 kbps audio
  • Gradient and border role styling
  • Shard banner
  • Command Center exports (mod log, audit, AutoMod, members) + 30-day message activity
  • Member onboarding (welcome, rules, interest roles)
  • Join applications: 10 questions per form
  • Incoming webhooks (Discord, GitHub, Slack compatible), 15 slots
  • Fragments (named role groups), 25 slots
  • Clusters you may anchor, 3 slots
  • Custom rank cards: preset gradients, colors, and animation
  • Giveaways: up to 50 winners, with prize art
  • Live Alerts for Twitch and YouTube, 25 channels

Shard Forge Everything

$25/mo

The most of everything: animated everything, deepest analytics.

  • 100 MB uploads per member
  • 250 emoji slots, 75 soundboard slots
  • 192 kbps audio
  • Animated and glow role styling
  • Animated Shard icon and banner
  • Vanity invite link: therift.chat/i/your-name
  • Command Center exports, 30-day activity, Growth Signal, and Top Activity Windows
  • Member onboarding (welcome, rules, interest roles)
  • Join applications: 10 questions per form
  • Incoming webhooks with file uploads, 30 slots
  • Fragments (named role groups), 50 slots
  • Clusters you may anchor, 8 slots
  • Custom rank cards: presets plus your own art
  • Giveaways: up to 50 winners, with prize art
  • Live Alerts for Twitch and YouTube, 25 channels

Screen share follows your personal plan: 1080p 60fps free, 1440p 60fps with Rift+. Shard plans do not change stream resolution. Audio bitrate still follows whichever is higher, you or the Shard.

How it compares

The numbers, side by side

We're not going to pretend you've never heard of Discord. Here's what the same money gets you.

Looking for the full breakdown? See the side-by-side comparison.

Free tier vs. free tier

What you get for $0.

File uploads 50 MB vs 10 MB
Screen share 1080p 60fps vs 720p 30fps
Audio bitrate 96 kbps vs 64 kbps
Message length 8,000 chars vs 2,000
Personal emoji 25 free vs 0
Soundboard slots 5 free vs 0
E2EE direct messages Yes vs No

Community upgrades

What it costs to upgrade a server.

Who pays? 1 person vs up to 14
Top tier cost $25/mo vs $70 to $140/mo
Paid screen share 1440p 60fps (Rift+) vs 1080p 60fps (Nitro)
Built-in AutoMod Always free vs needs bots
Analytics Free + paid vs needs Community mode
Number of tiers Free + Forge vs 3 boost levels

Comparison figures reflect publicly available Discord information and our own testing as of June 2026 and may change. Discord is a trademark of Discord Inc.; Rift is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by Discord.

The promise

Some things are off the table permanently, and they're listed below. That's the deal. The only revenue is subscriptions from people who find Rift worth paying for, now and always.

  • Ads in any form
  • Selling or sharing user data
  • Algorithmic content manipulation
  • Gating safety or mod tools behind a paywall

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