QCMM Plans and Feature Access: Basic, Pro, Max, and All Access
QCMM uses the Effective tier to decide whether a feature is currently available. Basic, Pro, Max, and All Access share the same membership data model, but higher tiers unlock additional configuration and operating features.
Downgrading is preservation-first: premium configuration and historical records are retained even when the current tier no longer allows new use or editing of the premium feature.
Feature Access by Tier
| Feature family | Basic | Pro | Max / All Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Membership Plans, renewals, billing, manual payments, credits, refund tracking | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PayPal checkout | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Plain-text email | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HTML email | No | Yes | Yes |
| Simple Plan gating | No | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced Plan gating | No | No | Yes |
| Scheduling / Hosts / bookings | No | No | Yes |
| Native Meeting Room | No | No | Yes |
| Scheduled Promotions / Coupons feature family | No | No | Yes |
| Reports and CSV exports | No | No | Yes |
| Custom Fields and Field Fulfillment | No | No | Yes |
| Administrator-created Custom email templates | No | No | Yes |
| Custom frontend CSS | No | No | Yes |
What All Access Means in QCMM
All Access is a QuantaCade entitlement source that receives the QCMM Max feature set. The UI can distinguish the entitlement source while QCMM’s advanced feature gates treat Max and All Access as allowed.
Base Tier and Effective Tier Are Different
The Base tier is the paid/underlying entitlement. The Effective tier is what QCMM is allowed to use right now. A one-time Max Preview can temporarily make the Effective tier Max while leaving the Base tier unchanged.
Limits Also Change by Tier
Feature access is not the only difference. Basic and Pro also have publication/configuration limits for Plan Groups, Plans, Joomla groups per Plan, and Custom Member Area tabs. Max and All Access are unlimited for those four limits.
Preservation After Downgrade
- Existing subscriptions, billing history, bookings, attendance, and purchased appointment history remain durable.
- Saved premium settings can remain stored even while the corresponding feature is unavailable.
- Existing higher-tier configuration is not an invitation to create new over-limit configuration after downgrade.
- If a paid feature disappears unexpectedly, check Effective tier and Entitlement Revalidation health before recreating data.
Verify Your Current Access
- Open QCMM → Status and note Base tier and Effective tier.
- Open the relevant QCMM workspace and confirm the feature is available for that Effective tier.
- If the tier is wrong, verify Authorized Domains and use Refresh Entitlement rather than changing saved feature data.
Community Discussion
Want to compare QCMM workflows or discuss how other Joomla site owners use this feature? Visit the QC Memberships & Meetings Community. For private support, account-specific entitlement or billing issues, or bug reports, use the QuantaCade support system.