Insignia is completely free-of-charge and has no monthly fee or initial signup price, though requires an email to register an account.

By January 2025 Insignia has over 21,000 users registered and supports 198 of 339 games that uses Xbox Live features.

[8] Insignia was started in 2019 by two developers, Luke Usher and Billy, who decided to work together trying to make an Xbox Live replacement.

Billy worked previously on replacement services for the Wii U and 3DS, and Luke was the lead developer of an open source Xbox emulator.

Certain Affinity founder and Halo 2 map designer Max Hoberman was positive to its launch.