Circle

Circle

Circle

The all-in-one community platform for creators and brands

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$49
/ month
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What is Circle? ✨

With Circle you can build a home for your community, events, and courses — all under your own brand.

What Circle can be used for? ✨

Here's a list of ways Circle can be useful for community builders and the problems it helps to solve:

  • Centralized Communication: Solves the issue of fragmented conversations across multiple platforms by providing a single space for all community interactions.
  • Customizable Spaces: Helps in creating tailored spaces for different topics or groups within the community, solving the problem of one-size-fits-all forums or groups.
  • Member Engagement: Offers features like posts, comments, and direct messaging to encourage active participation, tackling the problem of low engagement in communities.
  • Content Organization: Solves the problem of content being lost in the noise by organizing discussions into categories and threads for easy navigation and searchability.
  • Integration with Other Tools: Provides integrations with platforms like Zoom, Slack, and more, solving the problem of disjointed tool use and streamlining community management.
  • Event Hosting and Management: Helps in planning and managing community events within the platform, addressing the challenge of coordinating events across various external platforms.
  • Membership Management: Offers tools to manage community membership, including invites, member approvals, and subscriptions, thus simplifying the member onboarding process.
  • Custom Branding: Allows for customization of the community space with the brand's own logos, colors, and domain, which helps in maintaining brand consistency.
  • Monetization Options: Provides built-in monetization options like paid memberships, solving the problem for communities looking to create revenue streams.
  • Privacy and Security: Offers private spaces and ensures data security, addressing privacy concerns within online community spaces.
  • Analytics and Insights: Provides analytics for tracking engagement metrics, helping community builders to understand member behavior and optimize their strategies.
  • User Roles and Permissions: Allows for the creation of different roles with specific permissions, solving the issue of managing user access and maintaining a hierarchy within the community.
  • Automated Workflows: Circle allows community builders to set up automated workflows to streamline repetitive tasks, such as welcome messages for new members, reminders for upcoming events, or content moderation.

Features ✨

  • Immersive courses

  • Private spaces

  • Organized discussions

  • Member directory

  • Customized branding

  • Live streams

  • Automatic video transcriptions

  • Group chats

  • Private Messaging

  • Bulk DMs

  • Event spaces with calendars & RSVPs

  • Automated check-ins

  • Rich profile

  • Membership

  • Coupons and discounts

  • Gamified rewards

  • Automated workflows

  • Thousands of integrations

  • Roles & permissions

  • AI-powered content creating

  • Analytics tools

  • Single sign-on

What are the limitations? ✨

When deciding which platform to choose, keep in mind the following limitations of Circle:

  • Circle does not have a desktop application. It’s primarily a web-based platform, designed to be accessed through a web browser.
  • Circle has mobile apps but according to the user’s reviews, they are quite buggy, unreliable, and don’t have the same functionality as a web-based platform. It might be a drawback for communities where members expect a native mobile experience.
  • New users and community builders may have to spend some time learning how to use Circle effectively, which could slow down the initial setup and growth of the community.
  • If you want to create in-depth online courses with Circle, you might miss out on features like giving out certificates, having complex quizzes, or tracking how people watch videos. For these, you might need a specialized online course platform.
  • Circle doesn't have tools for sending marketing emails or building sales funnels directly. If you want to do this, you'll need to use other software that's made for marketing.
  • For those seeking to drive community engagement through gamification, the platform's offerings might be limited. Circle doesn't have many options to make activities more fun and competitive, like earning points or badges.
  • You can't completely change how the platform looks or put your own version of the app in the app stores, which some other platforms (for example Mighty Networks ) let you do.

Languages ✨

  • English