Arcalotl is live in early access
Arcalotl turns your Discord into recurring revenue, and unlike checkout-only tools, it keeps that revenue coming. Members subscribe to paid tiers with a slash command, and Arcalotl recovers failed payments, saves cancellations, and upgrades engaged members to annual. It runs on your own Stripe account, and it costs $0 per month.
We are calling this early access for a reason. The core product is live and working on Discord today: paid plans mapped to roles, in-server checkout, and the full retention stack. What is still young is the breadth. We have a clear roadmap, a short list of platforms we are about to support, and plenty of edges we want real communities to help us sand down.
So this is less a finished launch and more an open invitation. If you run a community that earns, we want you using Arcalotl and telling us what is missing.
What we launched
Members run /subscribe, pick a plan, pay once through Stripe, and get their role instantly. No web store, no funnel, no leaving the server. You connect your own Stripe account, so the money flows straight to you and Arcalotl never holds your funds or touches card data.
The part that sets Arcalotl apart is everything that happens after checkout. Most monetization tools stop once the payment clears. Arcalotl runs the whole subscription lifecycle:
- Failed-payment recovery. When a renewal fails, Arcalotl sends reminders with a secure update link and keeps the member's role active during a grace period, so you stop silently losing members to expired cards.
- Cancel saves.
/cancelcollects the reason, then offers a discount, pause, or downgrade tuned to how long the member has been subscribed. - Annual upgrade offers. Arcalotl spots engaged monthly subscribers and offers them a one-click discounted annual plan.
Pricing is simple and aligned with you: $0 per month, 2% per successful payment, no setup cost and no minimums. You only pay when you earn. If you want to see what that looks like against your own numbers, the revenue calculator shows how much failed-payment revenue a community loses each month, with every assumption on the page and no email wall.
Why we are calling it early access
We would rather ship the core and learn from real money moving than polish in private for another six months. The features that protect revenue are only as good as the situations they meet, and the best way to find those situations is to put Arcalotl in front of communities that actually charge.
We are also being honest about where we are. This is day one. We do not have a wall of customer results to show you yet, because we are just getting started. What we do have is a product that works, a pricing model that only wins when you do, and a team that answers fast.
What is next: Stoat, Fluxer, and Hytale
Discord is where we started, not where we stop. The goal has always been one model for every community platform: connect Stripe, map paid tiers to roles or perks, and let the same retention stack run underneath. One dashboard, the same fair pricing, wherever your community lives.
The next three platforms are already in motion, and you can expect all of them soon:
- Stoat, with the same in-server subscribe and retention model.
- Fluxer, so communities moving there can monetize from day one.
- Hytale, bringing supporter tiers and revenue recovery to game servers.
If your community is planning a move to any of these, tell us. The order and the details of what we build first are shaped by who shows up and what they need.
We are building this in public
Early access is not a holding pattern. We ship continuously and we read everything. When a community tells us a real need, we want it in the product in days, not quarters. The roadmap is not a sealed document we reveal once a year. It is a conversation, and the people using Arcalotl have the loudest voice in it.
That means a few things in practice. We will tell you what we are working on. We will explain the calls we make on pricing, features, and platforms. And when you flag something that is missing or broken, you will hear back from a person, not a ticket queue.
Come ask us anything
The fastest way to get an answer, request a feature, or just see what we are building is to join us on Discord. Bring your questions about setup, pricing, or the platforms coming next. We are there, and we want to hear from you.