Community platforms: vendors compared on published prices

Vendors with an evidenced Community platforms product

A vendor appears here when its own live page for Community platforms answered at the linked URL on the date shown. Prices in the table are each vendor's published entry plan and next tier per month, and the platform's own cut on the entry plan; promotional pricing and annual-billing discounts change what you pay on the day.

Choosing a community platform

Price the plan against the members, not the features. Community plans scale by member count and by the cut on paid memberships; the vendor's page states both, and the table quotes the entry figures.

Decide what the community is for before choosing. A paid community that is the product itself needs billing, tiers and a strong space; a free community that supports a course needs the course and the space and can live inside a course platform's plan.

Moderation is your cost, not the platform's. A community platform charges for the room; keeping it worth being in is the operator's week, and no plan price changes that.

Common questions

How much does a community platform cost?

Published entry plans in the table run from under $10 a month with a per-payment cut to well over $100 with a lower one; each figure is quoted from the vendor's page with the date. The right plan depends on member count and whether the community is paid.

Can I run a paid community?

Every vendor in this table bills memberships; the cut it takes on those payments is in the table beside the plan. Check the vendor's page for whether tiers and one-off products are on the entry plan.

Community platform or course platform?

If people join for the other people, a community platform; if they join for the lessons and the community supports them, a course platform with a community space. Several vendors are evidenced for both classes and appear on both pages.