Communi vs Swarm
Communi
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| Figure | Communi | Swarm |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $24.58/mo | $19/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 6 |
| Spec score · Learning Community Platforms | 8.3 (#6) | 7.6 (#21) |
| Events | Members can RSVP to events, receive automatic reminders, and access replays and resources attached to events. | Swarm supports native live events with meeting or webinar modes, co-hosts, and recordings that can be posted automatically. |
| Integrations | Communi AI connects to Claude, Gemini or Grok using a model API key. | The Scale plan includes Zapier, API access and SSO; Swarm’s help center describes syncing new space members to a CRM through Zapier. |
| Payments | Payments run through Stripe, with daily, weekly or monthly payout schedules and 0% Communi platform transaction fees. | Creators can sell memberships, courses, downloads, event tickets and bookings through a branded storefront. |
| Product | Communi combines online community, courses, events, payments and AI in one platform. | Swarm is a video-first community platform for online experts and coaches. |
| Support | The company says it provides free training, live office hours and a community for creators using Communi. | Swarm provides a Help Center with guidance on getting started, member management, live events, billing, stores, courses and troubleshooting. |
Plans
Swarm
- Launch$29 a month
- Growth$89 a month
- Scale$199 a month
- Launch$228 a year
- Growth$948 a year
- Scale$1,788 a year
In their own words
Swarm
Swarm is a video-first community platform for online experts and coaches, combining discussions, courses, live events and creator sales. Conversations can use threaded text, video, voice notes, images, GIFs, embeds, mentions and screen shares. Courses are organized into ordered modules and lessons with video, text, PDFs and embeds. Native events offer meeting or webinar modes, co-hosts and recordings that can be posted automatically. Creators can sell memberships, courses, downloads, event tickets and bookings through a branded storefront, with Stripe processing payments. Swarm provides an installable Progressive Web App for mobile and desktop with push notifications, without an app-store download. Its 14-day trial requires no credit card, but uses Launch and excludes the store, white label, Zapier and API integrations. Scale includes Zapier, API access and SSO. Swarm says most data remains while an account is active and six months afterward, and personal-data deletion begins within 10 business days of account closure.