Circle vs FluentCommunity
Circle
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| Figure | Circle | FluentCommunity |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $89/mo | $13.25/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 9 |
| Spec score · Community Platforms | 8.9 (#10) | 8.0 (#63) |
| Courses | Circle supports self-paced, structured, and scheduled courses with sections, lessons, and quizzes. | Its course tools include a course builder, lesson and module management, lesson discussions, and progress tracking. |
| Custom domain | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Integrations | Circle lists integrations including Airtable, Google Sheets, Memberstack, WordPress, Memberful, Typeform, and Slack through native connections, embeds, snippets, or Zapier. | The product page describes paid access to spaces through FluentCart or Paymattic, with membership added or removed automatically as payments succeed or lapse. |
| Mobile apps | both | both |
| Moderation tools | Yes | Yes |
| Private spaces | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The pricing page lists standard support for Professional and Business, priority support for Scale, and premium support for Circle Plus. | The pricing page says its support team is available 24/7 and advertises a 14-day money-back guarantee. |
Plans
Circle
- Professional$89 a month
- Business$199 a month
- Scale$419 a month
- Circle PlusPriced on request
FluentCommunity
- Single Site License$199 a year
- 5 Sites License$399 a year
- 15 Sites License$699 a year
- Single Site License (Annual)$159 a year
- 5 Sites License (Annual)$319 a year
- Single Site License (Lifetime)$399, paid once
- 15 Sites License (Annual)$559 a year
- 5 Sites License (Lifetime)$799, paid once
- 15 Sites License (Lifetime)$1,599, paid once
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.
FluentCommunity
FluentCommunity has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.