Circle vs Community Connect Platform
Circle
circle.so
Community Connect Platform
communityccp.comSide by side
| Figure | Circle | Community Connect Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $89/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 0 |
| Spec score · Community Platforms | 8.9 (#10) | 7.6 (#88) |
| Event hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | Circle lists integrations including Airtable, Google Sheets, Memberstack, WordPress, Memberful, Typeform, and Slack through native connections, embeds, snippets, or Zapier. | Website pages sync with the app and admin panel through the platform’s CRM, including events, profiles, and posts. |
| Mobile apps | both | both |
| Moderation tools | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The pricing page lists standard support for Professional and Business, priority support for Scale, and premium support for Circle Plus. | Support is available Monday–Friday 9:00 AM–6:00 PM IST and Saturday 10:00 AM–2:00 PM IST; it is closed Sundays and public holidays. |
| What it does | Circle brings community, content, events, courses, payments, email, and website tools together on one platform. | CCp provides a branded community website, mobile app, and admin panel for communication, events, and payments. |
Plans
Circle
- Professional$89 a month
- Business$199 a month
- Scale$419 a month
- Circle PlusPriced on request
In their own words
Circle
Circle brings community, content, events, courses, payments, email and website tools into one platform. Its community features include discussions, chat, member profiles and directories, gamification and analytics. Courses can be self-paced, structured or scheduled, with sections, lessons and quizzes. Events, live streams and live rooms include Q&A, attendee participation and session recordings. Circle lists integrations such as Airtable, Google Sheets, Memberstack, WordPress, Memberful, Typeform and Slack through native connections, embeds, snippets or Zapier. It offers Admin and Headless Member APIs, with request limits varying by plan. Access includes Android, iOS, Mac, Windows and web; desktop apps are available to communities on all plans. Professional costs $89 a month with annual billing, Business costs $199 a month with annual billing, and Scale costs $419 a month with annual billing. A 14-day trial is listed, but there is no free plan. The pricing comparison lists live-stream attendee caps of 100, 200 and 500 for Professional, Business and Scale, respectively.
Community Connect Platform
Community Connect Platform has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.