In additional to the free membership benefits, a premium membership is acquired after an institution member pays an annual subscription fee of $350. The premium membership gives a member the following benefits:

1. Right to vote in AGMS
2. Right to participate in governance of GAOTE by being appointed in governance committees
3. Right to request for institutional accreditation at a preferential cost
4. Right to request for course accreditation at a preferential cost
5. Premium Membership Certificate
6. Access to potential online students
7. Access to potential online tutors
8. Access to potential online service providers e.g LMS service providers, Digital Course developers
9. A blog article showcasing the partnership and authored by GAOTE
10. Benefit to participate in conferences at a discounted cost
11. Use of privileged resources such as APIs in the management of identifiers.