Compared against the top-rated Community & UGC tools on price, rating and free-tier availability.
Circle provides community platform for creators. Circle for a polished, all-in-one community and course platform — Mighty Networks for communities that want built-in monetization and events. Circle is founded 2015, Global.
If any of these matter for your use case, the alternatives below may be a better fit.
| Tool | Rating | From | Free tier | Trial | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle (this one) | 4.6 | $49/month | — | ✓ | |
| Mighty Networks Community and course platform |
4.5 | $33/month | — | ✓ | Details |
| Discord Community chat platform |
4.6 | $0/free | ✓ | ✓ | Details |
| Tribe Community software |
4.4 | $59/month | — | ✓ | Details |
| Discourse Open source forum |
4.5 | $100/month | — | ✓ | Details |
| Vanilla Forums Community platform |
4.3 | Custom | — | ✓ | Details |
