Discourse vs PeepSo

Discourse is community software for hosting discussions, with options to self-host or use managed hosting. It supports private spaces, event hosting, custom domains and moderation tools, and its codebase is freely available on GitHub. The free plan costs nothing and includes unlimited members, 2 staff seats, 500k monthly page views, 20k monthly emails, 10 categories and 5GB storage. Pro costs $100 a month and includes 5 staff seats, 500k monthly page views, 100k monthly emails, unlimited categories and 20GB storage. Business costs $500 a month, with 15 staff seats, priority support, standard migration services and 100GB storage. Enterprise pricing is custom; it includes unlimited staff seats, 1M+ monthly page views, 1.5M+ monthly emails and 200GB+ storage. Enterprise also includes SSO, SAML, enterprise authentication and a 99.9% uptime guarantee. Paid plans have a 14-day trial, and hosting plans require no credit card up front. Integrations include GitHub, chat providers, Zendesk and authentication providers. Support options range from community help to email support and professional services.

PeepSo is a social networking plugin for WordPress that provides tools for building online communities. Its free Foundation includes an activity stream with nested comments, groups, friends, member profiles, and media embeds, along with the Block and Gecko themes. The product also lists event hosting, private spaces, custom domains, and mobile apps. Community costs $149 a year for one year of updates and can be canceled at any time; it adds white labeling, real-time chat, photos, albums, file uploads, pages, email digests, user limits, social login, and invitations. Ultimate costs $249 a year and includes Community features plus all PeepSo plugins and integrations, Stories, early access, and 24/7 priority support. The Foundation includes GIPHY, polls, followers, and WordFilter. Open groups can allow nonmembers to react to or comment on posts. Video uploads offer no conversion, on-site ffmpeg conversion, or off-site Amazon Transcoder; only one mode can be active. The no-conversion option officially supports MP4 and does not compress uploads. PeepSo describes integrations with LearnDash, Advanced Ads, WPAdverts, and WooCommerce.