Circle vs Kinflo
Circle
circle.soKinflo
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| Figure | Circle | Kinflo |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $89/mo | £79/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 2 |
| Spec score · Learning Community Platforms | 9.0 (#2) | 7.6 (#16) |
| Community features | The platform includes discussions, chat, member profiles and directories, gamification, and analytics. | The feed supports spaces, posts, polls, video, direct messages, reactions, mentions and moderation tools. |
| Courses | Circle supports self-paced, structured, and scheduled courses with sections, lessons, and quizzes. | Courses can include video lessons, quizzes, to-dos, progress tracking and completion badges, and can be sold individually or gated behind a membership. |
| Integrations | Circle lists integrations including Airtable, Google Sheets, Memberstack, WordPress, Memberful, Typeform, and Slack through native connections, embeds, snippets, or Zapier. | The privacy policy identifies Stripe, RevenueCat, Expo, Resend, Anthropic, Calendly, getAddress.io, Apple and Google among its service providers; Calendly is used only if a creator connects it for coaching bookings. |
| Mobile apps | both | The Growth plan includes branded iOS and Android apps, in-app purchases, push notifications and over-the-air updates. |
| Support | The pricing page lists standard support for Professional and Business, priority support for Scale, and premium support for Circle Plus. | The site invites customers to email [email protected] or book a 20-minute demo for help choosing a plan. |
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.