Bottom line: Group Collector is a Chrome extension with a web dashboard for Facebook group owners. When you approve someone who asked to join your group, it copies their answers to your membership questions into a Google Sheet and sends their name and email to your email tool, then can welcome them by DM, post or comment. On AppSumo it costs $79 once for one code, or $158 for two codes, and both plan cards list the same features, including unlimited groups and unlimited members. Group Collector’s own site sells a lifetime plan for $297, or $25 a month, so the AppSumo price is the cheaper way in. The catch is in how it works: it only captures what members type into your questions, so one question must ask for an email, and the automation runs inside your Chrome browser with Facebook set to English. The listing is “Not covered by We Got Your Back,” and it’s refundable up to 60 days.
Best for: coaches, creators and small businesses who run one or more Facebook groups and want every new member’s email in their list without copying it by hand.
Think twice if: you moderate from your phone, your Facebook account isn’t in English, or you want to collect people you decline as well as people you approve.
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Updated 29 October 2026. This Group Collector review rests on what we read that day: the Group Collector listing on AppSumo, including both plans, the deal terms, the founder’s post, questions and reviews, and Group Collector’s own site with its pricing, FAQ and refund policy. We haven’t run it on a live group, so we describe the plans, the limits and what buyers report, not how fast it approves anyone.
Group Collector review at a glance
| What we checked | What the pages say |
|---|---|
| AppSumo plans | $79 (1 code) or $158 (2 codes), once |
| Struck-through prices on the listing | $297 and $453 |
| Group Collector’s own prices | Pro $25 a month; Enterprise Lifetime $297 once |
| Groups and members | Unlimited on both AppSumo plans |
| What it runs in | A Chrome extension plus a web dashboard; the founder adds Edge |
| Facebook language | Must be English (US), per the founder |
| Refund | 60 days on AppSumo; 30 days on Group Collector’s own site |
| AppSumo guarantee | “Not covered by We Got Your Back” |
| Listing rating | 4.74 stars from 93 reviews, 689 bought |
What Group Collector does
When you run a Facebook group, you can ask up to three questions of anyone who wants in. Those answers sit next to the request while it’s pending. The vendor’s homepage puts the problem plainly: once you approve someone, their answers end up “buried on one profile among hundreds, with no export, no CSV, no API.” The extension adds “GC Approve” and “GC Approve All” buttons to your Member Requests page. Click one and it reads the answers, then ships them off.
The AppSumo plan cards list these items on both plans:
- Sync Questions, answers stay aligned, so answers land in the right column.
- Export old members to your sheet, for people who joined before you installed it.
- Welcome post or comment, auto-tagged, which @mentions new members.
- Message new members in Messenger.
- Build Facebook Group lead funnels and generate Facebook custom audiences.
- Auto-approve members by your rules and connect autoresponders, no Zapier.
- Approve unlimited members and connect unlimited Facebook Groups.
The listing’s FAQ says the auto-approve and decline rules can check “whether an email was provided, the number of questions answered, member location, number of mutual friends, and more.” The vendor’s site lists 44 direct integrations, including Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, ConvertKit, HubSpot, GoHighLevel, Klaviyo, Beehiiv, Systeme.io, ClickFunnels and SendFox, plus Google Sheets and a webhook. Tools without a direct connection, such as FluentCRM, can be reached through that webhook, according to Hamza, the founder.
The thing most people miss: it can only save what members type
Here’s the line most people miss. This extension doesn’t find anyone’s email. It reads the answers a person typed into your membership questions, and nothing else. The setup steps on the listing say to add three questions, “ensuring one asks for the member’s email.” A January 2025 reviewer who bought it for a client put the consequence bluntly: “It will not work at all if you don’t.” The same reviewer pointed out a second effect. Because the email is typed into a question, a member can enter any address they like, real or not. Facebook’s own verified email doesn’t come into it.
Three more rules sit under that one, and they’re all about where the work happens.
It runs in your browser. The homepage says auto-approve works “24/7 while Chrome is open.” So when you shut the laptop, nothing gets approved or synced. A 2023 reviewer wished they could approve from their phone and have it still work; the pages we read don’t offer that.
Facebook must be in English. The founder’s FAQ says member answers can be in any language, “but your Facebook language must be English.” In August 2026 a buyer in Germany asked if it works there; the founder replied that it will, if the account language is “English (US).”
Only approved members are saved. In July 2026 an owner of a private group asked to collect the details of people they turn away. The founder’s answer, in August: “Group Collector only collects answers from members you approve.”
None of this is hidden; it’s all in Hamza’s own replies. But if you’ve got a group where many people skip the questions, or you moderate mostly from your phone, the tool will save less than the headline suggests. Honestly, that’s fine for most owners. Just know it going in.
Plans and pricing
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Plan 1 Most group owners |
$79 once |
| Plan 2 Only if support names a reason |
$158 once |
One-time prices on AppSumo, read 29 October 2026; the listing strikes through $297 and $453. Group Collector's own site lists Pro at $25 a month and Enterprise Lifetime at $297 once (both + VAT), with a 7-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Prices checked Oct 29, 2026 on Group Collector’s own pricing page. Lifetime deals are listings that can end or change, so check the live listing before you buy.
AppSumo shows two plans, read on 29 October 2026:
- Plan 1: $79 once for 1 code, with $297 struck through on the listing.
- Plan 2: $158 once for 2 codes, with $453 struck through on the listing.
Both plan cards carry the same ten feature lines, and both already include unlimited groups and members. We didn’t find anything on the listing that says what a second code adds. The listing does say “This deal is stackable.” Honestly, unless support tells you a second code unlocks something you need, Plan 1 looks like the whole product.
The deal vs buying direct
The vendor’s own pricing section, read the same day:
| Group Collector’s own plan | Price | What the page lists |
|---|---|---|
| Pro | $25 a month + VAT | Unlimited groups and members, all automation features, 44+ integrations, email and Zoom support |
| Enterprise Lifetime | $297 once + VAT | Everything in Pro, all future updates, priority support, an exclusive Facebook community |
The $297 struck through on AppSumo’s Plan 1 matches the vendor’s own lifetime price. The site’s FAQ says “Every plan connects unlimited Facebook Groups,” which matches the AppSumo cards. Two things differ. The vendor’s own guarantee is 30 days, while AppSumo’s refund window is 60 days. And the vendor’s lifetime plan names priority support and a private community, which the AppSumo cards don’t list. The AppSumo terms promise “All future plan updates,” without naming which plan, so it’s worth asking support whether your code maps to Enterprise Lifetime.
The vendor’s comparison page also mentions a “$197 lifetime switch deal” for people moving from some rival tools. That’s still more than twice the AppSumo price.
Worked examples: what $79 buys
Turns out the sums here are simpler than most deals, because there’s no credit, seat or video quota to count. Only your time.
Against the monthly plan. Pro costs $25 a month before VAT. Three months is $75; the fourth month takes you to $100. So the AppSumo code costs about the same as a bit over three months of Pro, and from month four onward it’s ahead, as long as the product keeps working with Facebook.
Against the vendor’s lifetime plan. $297 minus $79 is $218. Plan 2 at $158 is still $139 under the vendor’s lifetime price, but on the cards we read it buys nothing Plan 1 doesn’t.
A small coaching group. Say 10 people ask to join daily. That’s about 300 requests a month, or roughly 3,650 a year. If copying one person’s answers and email by hand takes you a minute, that’s 10 minutes a day and about 60 hours a year. Those inputs are our assumption, not something we measured. Still, they show why owners of busy groups say it pays for itself. That’s the whole pitch: skip the copying, keep the list.
A large public group. One 2022 reviewer said their group had more than 100,000 members and 300 to 600 requests a day, about half of them spammers. They said the tool automated “barely 20%” of their moderation, because many real applicants skip the questions and leave comments instead. In practice, the bigger and more public the group, the more your filters matter, and the founder’s January 2025 answer says it “does not currently match the comment or the post contents.”
The Pro+ add-on question
This is the one open issue we’d want answered before buying. The homepage says “Every automation below is included in every plan. No add-ons, no upsells.” But AppSumo buyers describe something called Pro+.
In January 2026 a buyer asked “What is the Pro+ Addon all about?” and a verified owner replied that they wondered the same. In April 2026 another user answered that they’d been asked “$67 for the Pro+ add-ons” on the app’s upgrade page. In May 2026 a long-time user wrote that the old problem of answers landing in the wrong columns had been fixed, but asked whether they had to buy Pro+ for that fix to work. We found no answer from the founder to either question on the listing. The upgrade page needs a login, so we couldn’t read it.
Here’s what we can say. Today’s AppSumo plan cards list “Sync Questions, answers stay aligned,” “Welcome post or comment, auto-tagged” and “Message new members in Messenger” as part of the deal. Those read like the features buyers expected Pro+ to cover. If those lines are on the card when you buy, they’re part of what you’re paying for. Don’t forget to screenshot the plan card that day. Then ask support in writing which features, if any, sit outside your code. In practice, a dated email answer is worth more than any forum thread.
What buyers report
The listing shows 4.74 stars from 93 reviews, with 80 five-taco, 8 four-taco, 4 two-taco and 1 one-taco ratings. Many reviews are older than this listing; the founder’s first post here is dated 19 July 2024, and reviews from earlier AppSumo runs appear with it.
It does the one job. A November 2025 reviewer bought it for the native ClickFunnels 2.0 integration and said “the team updated the software quickly once an issue was discovered.” A September 2024 reviewer, a coach, said it replaced taking screenshots of member requests and fed new members into ConvertKit.
Setup trips people up. A November 2024 review is titled “Clunky to Set Up, But Great!” and says the instructions weren’t very helpful. A friend helped them through it. Older two-taco reviews from 2022 asked for video tutorials and objected to switching Facebook to English.
Column order was a long-running complaint. A 2023 two-taco review said answers arrived “jumbled up” because Facebook shows questions in random order. The founder replied then that it adds answers in the order Facebook shows them. The vendor now lists “Question synchronization” as a feature, and the May 2026 question above says it’s been fixed.
Integration requests get mixed answers. In 2025 and 2026 the founder confirmed direct support for Acumbamail, Systeme.io and Beehiiv. They said Seguno, the Shopify email app, and Stan Store aren’t supported, and that FlexiFunnels can’t be added until it publishes an API. Questions in September and October 2026, about EmailIt, QuickProsp and MCP support, had no reply when we checked.
The Facebook question
Every buyer wonders whether automating approvals breaks Facebook’s rules. The founder’s FAQ answers that users “have already approved 250,000+ group members, and none of them have ever got any issue,” and points to Facebook ads the company ran for the product. That’s an argument, not a ruling from Facebook. The company’s own footer says it “is not associated with Google or Facebook/Meta in any way.” We can’t settle the risk for you. If your group is central to your business, read Facebook’s terms on automation yourself. In practice, start with manual GC Approve clicks for a week before switching on auto-approve. Slow is safer.
The terms
The deal terms read:
- “Lifetime access to Group Collector.”
- “You must redeem your code(s) within 60 days of purchase.”
- “All future plan updates.”
- “Please note: This deal is stackable.”
The guarantee line reads: “No ‘We Got Your Back’ guarantee. This listing is managed by the partner who built the product — we haven’t vetted it, so this guarantee doesn’t apply.” The refund line reads “Refundable up to 60 days from your purchase date.”
Group Collector vs Group Leads and GroupKit
Buyers on the listing mention other Facebook group tools, including GroupLeads in a 2022 review and Groups Pro on Group Collector’s own testimonials. The vendor publishes a comparison page that sets itself against Group Leads, Groupboss, GroupConvert, GroupTrack, Group Funnels and GroupKit, with its own reading of their prices. We didn’t price Group Leads, GroupKit or any of the others for this review, so we won’t repeat those figures as fact. The general shape is clear enough from the AppSumo side: the cards include unlimited groups for a one-time $79, and it connects to email tools directly rather than through Zapier. If you’ve already got a paid group CRM, compare what you’d lose before switching. Don’t trust any vendor’s comparison table, this one included, without opening the rival’s own pricing page.
Common mistakes with the Group Collector deal
Not asking for an email in your questions. Without that question, there’s no email to save. Add it before you install anything; many people forget this step.
Expecting it to work while your laptop sleeps. Auto-approve needs Chrome open. When you moderate from your phone, it won’t fire.
Leaving Facebook in another language. Hamza says the account must be set to English (US). Don’t bother troubleshooting anything else until that’s switched.
Buying Plan 2 by reflex. Both cards list the same features. Skip the second code until support says what it adds.
Assuming every email tool connects. Check the integration list for yours. Seguno and Stan Store aren’t on it, and when you rely on the webhook instead, budget time to wire it.
Skipping the Pro+ question. Get a written answer about any add-on before day 60.
Who Group Collector suits
A coach or creator with a lead-magnet group. If you’ve got a group built to feed an email list, this is the job it does.
A small business running a customer community. Answers about location, goals or products go straight to a Sheet you can sort.
An agency or VA managing client groups. The founder says a VA can log in with your licence key and approve on your behalf, and that the licence isn’t tied to one device.
A very large public group fighting spam. Look elsewhere, or test hard; filters only read answers, not comments. Honestly, this is where the 2022 two-taco reviews came from.
How to test it inside the refund window
- Add an email question to one group and set your Facebook language to English (US).
- Approve five real requests with GC Approve and check every column in your Google Sheet.
- Connect your email tool and confirm the contact arrives with the right tags.
- Turn on auto-approve for a day and see what it did while Chrome was open, and what waited while it was shut.
- Email support about the second code and the Pro+ add-on, and keep the reply.
What we couldn’t check
We didn’t install the extension, approve members or measure how many emails it captures. We couldn’t open the upgrade page, which needs a login, so we can’t say what Pro+ contains or costs today beyond one buyer’s April 2026 report of $67. We also couldn’t confirm what a second AppSumo code adds, or which of the vendor’s plans “All future plan updates” refers to. The vendor’s claims of 8,000+ users and “43% more emails” are its own; we didn’t verify them. Settle the open questions before day 60.
FAQ: Group Collector questions
Is Group Collector a one-time payment on AppSumo?
Yes. Plan 1 is $79 once for one code, and Plan 2 is $158 once for two codes, read on 29 October 2026. Group Collector’s own lifetime plan is $297.
Does Group Collector collect emails automatically?
Only if you ask for one. It saves what members type into your membership questions, so one question must ask for an email address.
Does Group Collector work on a phone?
Not on the pages we read. It’s a Chrome extension; the founder says it also installs on Edge, and auto-approve runs while Chrome is open.
Can Group Collector save details of members I decline?
No. The founder said in August 2026 that it “only collects answers from members you approve.”
The verdict
This is a narrow tool doing a job Facebook won’t do for you: it gets your new members’ answers and emails out of Facebook and into a sheet and an email list. At $79 once, against $297 or $25 a month direct, the AppSumo price is easy to justify when you approve new members every week. Go in knowing the rules: ask for the email in your questions, keep Chrome open, run Facebook in English, and get a written answer on Pro+ before your 60 days run out. If you’ve got a group that already brings in requests daily, it’s an easy buy. Skip Plan 2 unless support gives you a reason to buy it.
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