Discourse vs UNA

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.

UNA is an open-source platform for building community sites, social networks, collaboration spaces, and educational portals. Its core tools include feeds, posts, groups, events, messaging, courses, discussions, a wiki, and collaboration features. Studio provides no-code controls for apps, roles, pages, forms, menus, design, and languages. UNA offers a REST API and OAuth 2.0 server, and can run as a full platform or a headless backend. Listed integrations include Stripe, Shopify, Snipcart, Mailchimp, Intercom, Google Tag Manager, and Rocket.Chat through the Chat+ app. AI agents can use 13 model providers, including local models through Ollama, and connect to vector stores such as Pinecone and Qdrant. UNA runs on a customer’s domain and servers, with files stored on local disk or S3-compatible storage. The maker lists SSL, antispam, audit logs, two-factor sign-in, and regular security fixes, and says it helps customers prepare for GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA. Standard is free; Pro is $20 a month; Max is $100 a month. All plans list unlimited projects and deployments.