Free to start. Upgrade when you want more.
Community is the waitlist profile, public groups, and the curated directory — no card needed. Connect adds unlimited messaging, hostable playdates, advanced parent and mentor matching, favorites, and personalized activity recommendations. Thrive keeps all of Connect and lays the longer arc on top — milestone tracking is shipped now, scheduled mentor sessions, monthly workshops, and partner discounts are on the roadmap and roll out one at a time.
Community
A real start, no card needed.
- Rich profile that surfaces you to similar families
- Public diagnosis- and therapy-specific groups
- Local event RSVPs and curated group discussions
- Basic local directory of vetted resources
Connect
Unlimited messaging, hostable playdates, mentor matching.
- Everything in Community
- Unlimited private messaging — parents and mentors alike
- Advanced matching for parents and mentors, not just groups
- Hostable playdates at your home or a chosen venue
- Favorites and personalized activity recommendations
Thrive
Everything in Connect, plus the longer arc — milestone tracking shipped now.
- Everything in Connect — unlimited private messaging, advanced parent and mentor matching, hostable playdates, favorites, and personalized activity recommendations
- Read other parents’ messages
- Host playdates
- Invite families
- Advanced parent matching
- Mentor matching
- Family-milestone tracking
- Milestone CSV export
- Scheduled mentor sessions
- Monthly virtual workshops
- Partner discounts
Cost is not a barrier.
Hardship-sponsored memberships are open across both paid tiers. If a paid plan would stop you, write to us and we will quietly cover it.
100% of optional donations sponsor free memberships for hardship-case families.
Prices renew monthly. You can cancel any time from the account page — your family keeps its profile on Community when the paid plan ends.
What each tier unlocks, side by side.
The columns below map to the same paywall the dashboard enforces — Connect gifts messaging and matching, Thrive layers the longer arc on top.
| Capability | Community Free | Connect $9.99 / month | Thrive Longer arc $19.99 / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Read other parents’ messages | Not included. | Open and read your inbox — full thread history, the unread badge, mark-as-read. | Open and read your inbox — full thread history, the unread badge, mark-as-read. |
| Send messages | Up to 5 / 30 days Resets every 30 days. Connect removes the cap entirely. | Unlimited No per-month cap. Send as often as the conversation needs. | Unlimited No per-month cap. Send as often as the conversation needs. |
| Host playdates | Not included. | Propose a playdate at your home, a park, or a sensory-friendly venue. | Propose a playdate at your home, a park, or a sensory-friendly venue. |
| Invite families | Not included. | Send invitations to the families on your match list. | Send invitations to the families on your match list. |
| Advanced parent matching | Not included. | One-to-one matching with similar families — not just groups. | One-to-one matching with similar families — not just groups. |
| Mentor matching | Not included. | Reach parents who have opted in to mentor, directly. | Reach parents who have opted in to mentor, directly. |
| Family-milestone tracking | Not included. | Not included. | Therapy, developmental, medical, and school targets on a single timeline. |
| Milestone CSV export | Not included. | Not included. | Hand a therapist or school a CSV of completed milestones. |
| Scheduled mentor sessions | Not included. | Not included. | Reserve a video session with a mentor who has opted in. |
| Monthly virtual workshops | Not included. | Not included. | Workshops on the longer arc of caring across a lifetime. |
| Partner discounts | Not included. | Not included. | Discounts with therapy providers and adaptive-equipment brands. |
Prices renew monthly. You can cancel any time from the account page — your family keeps its profile on Community when the paid plan ends. Hardship seats cover both paid tiers.
Free, supportive, long-term — each at the right distance.
Hearthkin is free to enter. The paid tiers exist so families who want mentor sessions, monthly workshops, and the longer arc of matching can pay for them without the platform becoming a churn-and-stranger-feeds product for everyone else.
New to the journey
Start on Community.
Profiles, moderated public groups, and the curated directory. Most families live here for months — that is intentional.
Want real conversations
Move to Connect.
Unlimited private messaging, hostable playdates, advanced parent and mentor matching, and personalized activity recommendations. The right families stop feeling far.
Older caregivers, longer arc
Move to Thrive.
The full Connect surface — unlimited messaging, mentor matching, hostable playdates, favorites, activity recommendations — plus family-milestone tracking shipped now and the mentor sessions, workshops, and partner discounts on the roadmap. The platform shifts as your child grows.
Cost would stop you
Write to us.
Our donations program covers hardship sponsorships across both paid tiers. Same front door — quiet cover.
The questions parents ask us about memberships first.
Bring your child to the front door.
Community is open to every family today. Connect and Thrive are paid so the longer arc can stay independent, curated, and small.