The Cage review
Updated September 28, 2026 · AdultCue Editorial Team · Facts checked September 26, 2026
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Our verdict
The Cage fits adults who want dating built around BDSM and D/s play, with a free Basic tier and flat subscriptions instead of credits. Identity checks and privacy controls are in place, and 52.8% of the sites in this ranking add verified profiles, so it suits readers who want a specialist community.
Key facts
- Best for
- Adults who want a BDSM and D/s dating community with a genuinely free tier and flat subscription pricing.
- What is free
- Free Basic: profile, blog, forum, message Premium members (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Profile verification
- Veriff ID plus selfie, blue tick; Yoti age check in UK (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Audience focus
- Adults 18+ into BDSM and D/s play, all genders (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Plans
- Free Basic and paid Premium, monthly or pre-paid terms (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Credit system
- No credits; flat subscriptions only (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Renewal and cancelling
- Auto-renew off in My Subscription; no refunds after 3 days (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Privacy and data
- Privacy Policy, 2FA, profile privacy controls (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Categories
- Mature, Fetish, LGBTQ, Trans (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Legal entity
- Lavati Limited (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Headquarters
- Cyprus (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Founded
- 2003 to 2016 (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Support channels
- Email, Help-centre, Community (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Pricing model
- Free
- Features
- Mobile app
- Official website
- thecage.co
Apps and profiles
- Get the app
- App Store
- Elsewhere
- instagram.comyoutube.com
Pros and cons
Pros
- You can start at no cost: Free Basic: profile, blog, forum, message Premium members covers a profile, the blog and the forum.
- Billing stays flat with no credits to manage: No credits; flat subscriptions only.
- Identity checks are built in, with Veriff and a selfie for a blue tick plus a Yoti age check in the UK, against 52.8% of the sites in this ranking that verify profiles.
- Support is reachable through email, help centre and community, with a help centre and community answers alongside email.
- The audience is defined rather than open-ended, with niches covering mature, fetish and lgbtq across an all-gender membership.
Cons
- Messaging paid members sits behind Premium, so a free account keeps you to a profile, the blog and the forum: Free Basic: profile, blog, forum, message Premium members.
- Support runs on email, help centre and community only, while 35.5% of the sites listed have a phone channel, so urgent billing questions go through email.
- The audience is adults into BDSM and D/s play, not general dating, and 60.1% of the sites in this ranking are casual, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
Who it suits
- Adults into BDSM and D/s play who want a scene-specific community instead of general dating.
- Readers who want to browse for nothing: Free Basic: profile, blog, forum, message Premium members covers a profile, the blog and the forum before you pay.
- People who put privacy first, with Veriff and a selfie for a blue tick, a Yoti age check in the UK and Privacy Policy, 2FA, profile privacy controls.
Who should look elsewhere
- Readers who want to read and post in a BDSM space at no cost: BDSM-baari offers Forum use is free of charge, while messaging paid members here needs Premium.
- Anyone who wants contact to sit behind a VIP tier rather than Premium, since Senior.dk Dating offers Free signup and browsing; contact needs paid VIP.
- Members who want an economy built around cashing out: Findom.com lists verified members cash out tokens, which is a different structure from flat subscriptions with no credits.
Billing and cancelling
Auto-renew is a setting you control: switch it off in My Subscription and the subscription stops rolling forward. Refunds are not available once the waiting period has passed, so decide early if a term is not working for you. The site sets out Privacy Policy, 2FA, profile privacy controls, so you can control who sees your profile and add an extra step to your login while a subscription runs. Billing and privacy both sit inside the same account rather than in a separate support request.
Members and plans
The audience is specific: adults into BDSM and D/s play, across genders, rather than a general dating crowd. Plans are deliberately narrow: Free Basic and paid Premium, monthly or pre-paid terms. There is no credit economy underneath: No credits; flat subscriptions only. What you see is a flat subscription with no balance to top up, which makes the cost easier to weigh before you commit.
The company behind it
The site is run by Lavati Limited, a company registered in Cyprus, and that is the entity named in the terms. Its history covers 2,003 to 2,016, so this is an established operation rather than a recent launch. Support runs on email, help centre and community, which covers written help and peer answers. 35.5% of the sites listed have a phone channel, so plan on email or the help centre for questions about payments or a term.
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Frequently asked questions
What does it cost?+
Plans come as Free Basic and paid Premium, monthly or pre-paid terms. There is no credit system underneath, so No credits; flat subscriptions only keeps the charge flat instead of a balance of tokens you spend on messages or features. You can see the cost before you start rather than watch a balance move as you go.
What is free to use?+
Free Basic: profile, blog, forum, message Premium members. That means a free account covers a profile, the blog and the forum, while messaging paid members stays with Premium. The blog and forum also give you plenty to read and answer before you decide whether to pay.
Can I cancel and get a refund?+
Auto-renew is switched off in My Subscription, and refunds are not available once the waiting period has passed. Free Basic and paid Premium, monthly or pre-paid terms covers a free Basic tier and paid Premium on monthly or pre-paid terms, so it is worth checking the term you are signing up to before you start.
How are members verified?+
Identity checks pair a Veriff ID document with a selfie before a blue tick appears, and a Yoti age check runs in the UK. Only 29.7% of the sites listed here verify profiles at all, so this sits above that share for a service with a free tier.
What privacy controls are there?+
Privacy Policy, 2FA, profile privacy controls is what the site publishes, so you can decide who sees your profile, add an extra step to your login and keep personal details out of public view. The same account area also holds your subscription settings, including auto-renew.
Is there an app?+
Yes, there is an app. The site's feature list includes app, and support runs through email, help centre and community if a question comes up while you use it. Your profile and your plan stay on the same account, so moving between devices does not change what you pay.
Who is it for?+
The audience is adults into BDSM and D/s play, across all genders, and the listed niches cover mature, fetish and lgbtq. That makes it a specialist community rather than general dating, so you are choosing a scene-specific site with a free way in before paying.
How do I get help?+
Support runs on email, help centre and community, so you can email, work through the help centre or ask the community. 35.5% of the sites listed have a phone channel, so plan on written help for a billing question rather than a call.
Sources
- apps.apple.com/us/app/the-cage-sd/id6753985340 checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Features
“trackName=The Cage SD; sellerName=The Cage SD LLC”
- thecage.co/eng/TermsOfService.php checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Renewal and cancelling, Headquarters, Legal entity
“renew automatically at the end of the selected term, charging the payment method on file, unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the renewal date”
- thecage.co/help checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Privacy and data, Support channels
“Learn about your privacy and the tools that help manage what you share and who can see it.”
- thecage.co/help/about-us checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Credit system, Founded, Categories, Audience focus
“Subscriptions are the only source of income for THE CAGE.”
- thecage.co/help/identity-verification checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Profile verification
“verifying their identity through Veriff ... Verified members display a blue check mark by their name”
- thecage.co/help/membership checked September 26, 2026
Backs: What is free, Pricing model, Plans
“Basic members can contact Premium members.”
Compiled from 6 source pages, checked September 26, 2026. We did not open an account.
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