Summary
Circle is an all-in-one community platform designed for creators and businesses to build, manage, and monetize their online communities, courses, and events. It offers tools for discussions, live streams, payments, email marketing, and analytics, enabling a branded and engaging experience for members.
Features11/13
See allMust Have
4 of 5
Rich Text Editor
Membership & Monetization
Reader Engagement Metrics
Community Feedback Tools
Distribution & Recommendation Engine
Other
7 of 8
Publication Management
User Profiles & Following
Tags & Topics
Email Newsletter Integration
Mobile App Access
Social Sharing & Embedding
Search & Discovery
Audio Story Playback
PricingTiered
See allProfessional
- Unlimited members
- 3 admins
- 10 moderators
- 20 spaces
- 2% transaction fees
- 100GB attachment storage
- 20 automations
- 20 scheduled workflows
- 20 bulk actions per month
- 100 live stream attendees
- 30 live room participants
- 30 hosts
- 20 hours live streams and live rooms
- 50 hours live recording storage
- Private spaces
- Bulk import/export
- In-app notifications
- Member profiles & directory
- Basic moderation
- Direct messaging
- Group chat
- Weekly email digest
- Events
- GDPR compliant
- iOS and Android App
- Chat spaces
- Scheduled posts
- Advanced reporting
- Gamification
- Custom domain
- Custom CSS/Javascript Snippets
- Zapier integration
- Embed widgets
- White-labeled community
- Automated moderation
- Color themes
- Courses
- Affiliate/conversion tracking code
- 5,000 /mo Included Admin API requests
- 100 MAU Included Headless API requests
Business
- Unlimited members
- 5 admins
- 15 moderators
- 30 spaces
- 1% transaction fees
- 250GB attachment storage
- Unlimited automations
- Unlimited scheduled workflows
- Unlimited bulk actions
- 200 live stream attendees
- 40 live room participants
- 40 hosts
- 30 hours live streams and live rooms
- 75 hours live recording storage
- Private spaces
- Bulk import/export
- In-app notifications
- Member profiles & directory
- Basic moderation
- Direct messaging
- Group chat
- Weekly email digest
- Events
- GDPR compliant
- iOS and Android App
- Chat spaces
- Scheduled posts
- Advanced reporting
- Gamification
- Custom domain
- Custom CSS/Javascript Snippets
- Zapier integration
- Embed widgets
- White-labeled community
- Automated moderation
- Color themes
- Courses
- Affiliate/conversion tracking code
- Customizable profile fields
- $49/month Sender email customization
- 30,000 /mo Included Admin API requests
- 500 MAU Included Headless API requests
Enterprise
- Everything in Business, and:
- AI Agents
- Unlimited workflows
- Custom single sign-on (SSO)
- Priority support
- Advanced analytics
- Lower transaction fees
- Sandbox community
- Up to 10 admins & 100 moderators
- Unlimited members
- 10 admins
- 100 moderators
- 100 spaces
- 0.5% transaction fees
- 1TB attachment storage
- Unlimited automations
- Unlimited scheduled workflows
- Unlimited bulk actions
- 1,000 live stream attendees
- 50 live room participants
- 50 hosts
- 40 hours live streams and live rooms
- 100 hours live recording storage
- Private spaces
- Bulk import/export
- In-app notifications
- Member profiles & directory
- Basic moderation
- Direct messaging
- Group chat
- Weekly email digest
- Events
- GDPR compliant
- iOS and Android App
- Chat spaces
- Scheduled posts
- Advanced reporting
- Gamification
- Custom domain
- Custom CSS/Javascript Snippets
- Zapier integration
- Embed widgets
- White-labeled community
- Automated moderation
- Color themes
- Courses
- Affiliate/conversion tracking code
- Customizable profile fields
- $49/month Sender email customization
- 250,000 /mo Included Admin API requests
- 5,000 MAU Included Headless API requests
Plus
- Unlimited members
- 20 admins
- 200 moderators
- 500 spaces
- 0.5% transaction fees
- 2TB attachment storage
- Unlimited automations
- Unlimited scheduled workflows
- Unlimited bulk actions
- 2,000 live stream attendees
- 150 live room participants
- 75 hosts
- 100 hours live streams and live rooms
- 300 hours live recording storage
- Private spaces
- Bulk import/export
- In-app notifications
- Member profiles & directory
- Basic moderation
- Direct messaging
- Group chat
- Weekly email digest
- Events
- GDPR compliant
- iOS and Android App
- Chat spaces
- Scheduled posts
- Advanced reporting
- Gamification
- Custom domain
- Custom CSS/Javascript Snippets
- Zapier integration
- Embed widgets
- White-labeled community
- Automated moderation
- Color themes
- Courses
- Affiliate/conversion tracking code
- Customizable profile fields
- $49/month Sender email customization
Rationale
Circle is a comprehensive community platform that allows users to build and manage online communities, courses, and events under their own brand. While it doesn't explicitly focus on 'online publishing' in the same vein as Medium, it provides robust tools for content creation (rich text editor for posts and courses), community engagement (discussions, messaging, comments, gamification), and monetization (payments, subscriptions). It also offers analytics, user profiles, and mobile app access, aligning with many 'other' features. The core difference is its emphasis on community building rather than broad content distribution and a recommendation engine for external readers.
