Gather Commons vs Minds
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| Figure | Gather Commons | Minds |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $124/mo | $8/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 6 |
| Spec score · Community Platforms | 8.0 (#68) | 9.3 (#6) |
| Custom domain | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Integrations | The privacy policy names Stripe and Square for payments, Brevo for transactional email, and cloud hosting and database providers. | Minds states that it interoperates with ActivityPub, RSS, DNS, Bitcoin, Ethereum and Stripe, among other protocols and services. |
| Mobile apps | none | both |
| Private spaces | Yes | Yes |
| Security | The privacy policy says the service uses encryption in transit, hashed and tokenized credentials, scoped access controls between communities, and passkeys. | Minds' security page asks people who identify a vulnerability to contact its security email address. |
| Support | Premium includes priority support; the privacy policy lists [email protected] for privacy requests and support matters. | Minds directs users to Chatwoot support or email support and provides a help center with product and troubleshooting articles. |
Plans
Gather Commons
- Core$124 a month
- Premium$208 a month
- Core$1,490 a year
- Premium$2,490 a year
Minds
- FreeFree
- Plus$8 a month
- Pro$58 a month
- Team$50 a month
- Community$500 a month
- Business$1,000 a month
In their own words
Gather Commons
Gather Commons has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Minds
Minds is an open-source social networking platform available on the web, Android and iOS. Its features include a newsfeed, search, groups, chat, blogs, video, photos, tips, memberships, paid replies, notifications and monetization tools. Users may sign up anonymously, and Minds says observational analytics are not shared with outside companies for tracking. Free includes groups, encrypted chat, ActivityPub federation and YouTube sync, with 20-minute video uploads and 30-day storage. Plus and Pro list 60-minute video uploads. Minds+ adds channel verification, comment spotlight, premium creator content and publishing to its feed. Minds Networks offers branded community plans for teams, communities and businesses, with stated audiences from 20–250+ users for Team through unlimited users for Business. Networks describes interoperability with ActivityPub, RSS, DNS, Bitcoin, Ethereum and Stripe; it also supports embedding videos from YouTube, Livepeer and other third-party sources. Minds says monetization and NSFW features are limited on mobile, and NSFW content is unavailable in the iOS App Store and Google Play versions. The platform and mobile app use the AGPLv3 license.