Circle vs Pukalani
Circle
circle.so
Pukalani
pukalani.appSide by side
| Figure | Circle | Pukalani |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $89/mo | €29/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 3 |
| Spec score · Community Platforms | 8.9 (#10) | 8.0 (#67) |
| Courses | Circle supports self-paced, structured, and scheduled courses with sections, lessons, and quizzes. | Courses include lessons and progress, with free, member or pro access and paid access via Stripe. |
| Custom domain | Yes | Yes |
| Event hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Integrations | Circle lists integrations including Airtable, Google Sheets, Memberstack, WordPress, Memberful, Typeform, and Slack through native connections, embeds, snippets, or Zapier. | The site identifies Stripe for paid course access and provides a comment embed widget and HTTP API documentation. |
| Mobile apps | both | none |
| 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. | Pukalani provides a handbook for community owners and developer documentation for the embed widget and API. |
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.