Sugar Dating Sites Compared: Prices and Features (October 2026)

Disclosure: Arranged is a competitor to every other site on this page. Competitor facts come from third-party reviewers, named each time. Our opinions are in a separate, labelled section.

This page answers one question: what do the main sugar dating sites cost, and what do you get for it? It covers Arranged, Seeking, Secret Benefits, SugarDaddy.com and SugarDaddyMeet.

Figures are as of October 2026. Competitor prices and features come from DatingScout and VidaSelect reviews dated September and October 2026. Where a source does not say something, we write "not confirmed" rather than guess.

Sugar dating sites compared: the table

Prices are in US dollars and change often. Check each site's own pricing page before you pay.

How much does each sugar dating site cost per month?

Arranged: $49.99 a month for Premium, or $499 a year. Diamond is $99.99 a month or $999 a year. Women pay nothing. Billing is by card through our payment processor.

Seeking: $109.99 a month for Premium and $274.99 a month for Diamond, per DatingScout as of October 2026. Women can message free, per the same source.

Secret Benefits: no monthly fee. Credit packs cost $59 for 100, $169 for 500 and $289 for 1,000, per DatingScout's cost page last updated September 20, 2026. DatingScout and VidaSelect both report that unlocking a conversation with a new person costs 10 credits.

SugarDaddy.com: no monthly fee. DatingScout lists the same pack prices as Secret Benefits: $59 for 100 credits, $169 for 500 and $289 for 1,000, last updated September 20, 2026. DatingScout does not say how many credits a conversation costs.

SugarDaddyMeet: from $50 for a single month, per DatingScout's cost page updated September 2026. DatingScout says women and men pay the same upgrade price.

Which sugar dating sites are free for women?

As of October 2026:

• Arranged is free for women, including messaging.
• Seeking lets women send and read messages free, per DatingScout. An optional women's Premium costs $19.99 a month.
• Secret Benefits is reported free for women by VidaSelect. DatingScout does not say either way.
• SugarDaddy.com: not confirmed. DatingScout does not mention a free tier for women.
• SugarDaddyMeet is not free for women to start conversations, per DatingScout's September 2026 cost page.

For a women-focused comparison, see the best sugar baby apps, judged on what matters to women.

Subscription vs credits: what is the difference?

A subscription charges a flat price each month, however many people you message. Arranged, Seeking and SugarDaddyMeet work this way.

A credit site charges per action. You buy a pack once and spend credits on things like unlocking a conversation. Secret Benefits and SugarDaddy.com work this way. Per DatingScout, credits on both do not expire and do not auto-renew.

Using the reported Secret Benefits figure of 10 credits per new conversation, the 100-credit pack covers about ten conversations, roughly $5.90 each. At that rate, a man opening fewer than about eight new conversations a month spends less than Arranged Premium's $49.99. A man opening more spends more.

How does verification compare?

No site on this list verifies every member. Every verification option here is optional except email.

• Arranged: email verification is required before messaging. Photo verification is an optional live selfie, screened automatically for a real face and apparent age; possible minors go to a person. It does not confirm identity or income. Arranged does not verify income.
• Seeking: per DatingScout's October 2026 review, email is required; an ID check (with a fee), a selfie liveness check and a background check covering identity and income are optional.
• Secret Benefits: VidaSelect, updated October 16, 2026, describes email and phone verification as required and video verification as optional. DatingScout lists different steps. Neither says the site verifies income.
• SugarDaddy.com: DatingScout's October 2026 review is inconsistent, describing optional video verification in one place and no verification in another.
• SugarDaddyMeet: DatingScout describes a premium "Certified Daddy" badge but no identity verification process.

Which sugar dating sites have an app?

As of October 2026, none of the five has a confirmed native app on both the Apple App Store and Google Play. Arranged runs as a web app you can add to your phone's home screen. DatingScout and VidaSelect say Secret Benefits has no native app, and DatingScout says the same of SugarDaddy.com. Seeking's iOS app was removed by Apple in 2020, as covered in our post on why there is no Seeking app. We could not confirm SugarDaddyMeet's current app status from the sources used here.

Our opinion

This section is opinion, written by Arranged. Weigh it accordingly.

Seeking has the largest name in the category, and that matters if you live somewhere small. In our opinion, at $109.99 a month for a man to message, it is expensive for what it offers, and its own homepage saying sugar dating is prohibited (as of October 2026) makes it an odd fit for people who want exactly that.

Credit sites like Secret Benefits suit a man who messages a few people a month and hates subscriptions. We think they get expensive fast for anyone who messages more, and the extras that draw on the same balance make costs harder to predict. Our reviews of Secret Benefits and SugarDaddy.com go into detail.

We would skip SugarDaddyMeet if you are a woman who does not want to pay to start conversations.

Arranged is the cheapest flat subscription on this list for men and free for women. It is also smaller than Seeking, it does not verify income, and its photo verification is optional. What it does is block contact details in messages until the other person replies, block copy-paste mass messages, and suspend repeat offenders automatically. The full breakdown is in what Arranged costs.

If that trade suits you, join Arranged free. Every site on this list is 18+ only.

Sources

• DatingScout: Seeking review (October 2026); Secret Benefits review (October 2026) and cost page (updated September 20, 2026); SugarDaddy.com review (October 2026); SugarDaddyMeet cost page (updated September 2026).
• VidaSelect: Secret Benefits review (updated October 16, 2026).
• Arranged: our own pricing and product, as of October 18, 2026.

Frequently asked questions

What is the cheapest sugar dating site for men in October 2026?

Among subscription sites on this page, Arranged is the cheapest at $49.99 a month for Premium. Credit sites like Secret Benefits and SugarDaddy.com start at $59 for 100 credits, per DatingScout, which can cost less if you message very few people.

How much does Seeking cost in 2026?

Per DatingScout as of October 2026, Seeking Premium is $109.99 a month and Diamond is $274.99 a month for men. Women can message free.

Is Secret Benefits a subscription?

No. Per DatingScout, Secret Benefits sells credit packs: $59 for 100, $169 for 500 and $289 for 1,000, last updated September 20, 2026. Credits reportedly do not expire.

Which sugar dating sites are free for women?

As of October 2026, Arranged and Seeking (per DatingScout) let women message free, and Secret Benefits is reported free for women by VidaSelect. SugarDaddyMeet charges women to start conversations, per DatingScout.

Do any sugar dating sites verify income?

Seeking offers an optional background check that covers income, per DatingScout. None of the other sites on this page is reported to verify income. Arranged does not verify income.

Do sugar dating sites have apps?

Mostly not. As of October 2026, Secret Benefits and SugarDaddy.com are reported to have no native app, Seeking has no iOS app, and Arranged runs as a web app you can add to your home screen.

How often do these prices change?

Often. The credit-pack prices in our sources were last updated in September 2026, and subscription prices move too. Treat every figure here as a snapshot from October 2026 and check the site before paying.