Circle

Pros: Circle makes it EXTREMELY easy to manage a course and community. I was able to upload both written and audio versions of a 70 lesson course, and track which of my clients have read it, as well as interact with them in post format on a daily basis. I genuinely love this platform and will be using it for a long time.

Cons: I had a tiny bit of trouble using the live meeting function on circle, but when I changed to a zoom integration the issue was solved :)

Pros: Circle was easy for me to learn and easy for members to navigate

Cons: occasionally need features that aren't offered, but they are updating those often

Pros: Circle has allowed us to quickly build and grow a private investor education community and add or change features as needed.

Cons: While there are some customization limitations, the platform is more than enough for what we need.

Pros: I like that we are able to have our course and our community available to our customers in one place.

Cons: I feel the site still lacks a lot of customization features. To be able to style your platform a little more on brand to your company, better use of overall visuals/flow.

Pros: I’d give Circle a solid 9/10. It’s one of the best platforms for building an engaged online community, with a clean interface, great customization options, and solid integrations. The best part about Circle is how organized and seamless it makes running a community. Everything—discussions, events, memberships, and courses—is in one place, so there’s no need to juggle multiple platforms. The user experience is smooth, branding is fully customizable, and engagement tools make it easy to keep members active. It’s also great that it integrates well with Zapier and other tools.

Cons: Circle could improve in a few areas. Automations are limited, so you need Zapier for a lot of things that should be built-in. The mobile app isn’t as smooth as desktop, and analytics could be more detailed. Pricing also jumps quickly as you scale, which can be a drawback for smaller communities

Pros: It is intuitive and user friendly for both users and admins. It uses UX similar to popular social media sites to make for an easy experience. It has great community building tools, with different formats for different content types, the ability to organize folks into different spaces and groups by topics or persona, and a very well built out event hosting capability. It has solid analytics, good customer support, and the ability to notify members of what's happening via email and push notification.

Cons: It serves our needs well. There are opportunities for deeper analytics or improvement of certain analytics. For example, we use Circle's tracking links to determine which events prompt folks to sign up and we learned it tracks clicks on links, not actual sign ups.

Pros: So many options for building community. payment options from the platform, automations and workflows to reach out + automate actions like tagging folks and bulk emails or DMs

Cons: Sometimes certain views are not ideal like the DMs scroll up instead of going to the most recent message.

Pros: Circle is an intuitive and well-designed community platform that makes it easy to build and engage with online communities. The UI is clean, modern, and user-friendly, offering seamless navigation and customization options. The integration with other tools like Zapier and Slack is also a big plus, making automation and workflow management smooth.

Cons: The mobile experience could be improved—it’s not as smooth as the desktop version. Also, the pricing might feel a bit high for smaller communities just starting out. Some advanced analytics features are missing, which would help community managers track engagement more effectively.

Pros: User friendly and with all the functions needed to build a community

Cons: Analytics needs improvement and CS is not always the greatest

Pros: It's really easy to use, it has loads of excellent features that I find really valuable for my specific use case, and even though it can seem a bit pricey at first to start with if you're doing a startup the cost is really great for what you get and it has monetization tools to let you make income with your community quickly.

Cons: There's nothing I really dislike about Circle, however I did find some tasks a little repetitive with setting up my community like having to manually set certain settings for each individual space instead of just being able to copy them into all of the spaces I want to at once.

Pros: Circle is intuitive and super easy to onboard, guiding you from your domain setup until your community engagement definition like no other. If it's a generalist community HUB, everything you need is in : > Versatile community spaces > Training & course > Live streaming events > Custom branding > Monetization > Advanced analytics The incredible pace of improvement and update make Circle the only reasonable choice if you have to start your community !

Cons: Price may be a barrier you need to secure but Circle monetization tools can help you to be also the solution !

Pros: Circle.so made building and managing my community seamless. Its clean design and customizable spaces allowed me to organize everything intuitively, host events, and keep my members engaged effortlessly. Now, I can monetize my content easily.

Cons: The only thing I wish Circle had was an easier way to customize the background color without needing CSS.

Pros: I found the Circle pretty intuitive and well supported compared to other products I've seen. We can set up a community in a matter of weeks with all the features we want from this platform.

Cons: There is a big price jump from the business edition to the next levels up.

Pros: The fabulous support available from Circle the company AND the Circle community. Help is available via videos, blogs, email, chatbot, webinars, zoom calls, show and tell sessions and office hours sessions.

Cons: I honestly thought the marketing was not as strong as other tools but i think the newly launched Marketing hub will totally fulfil my needs

Pros: Everything is in one place and it’s really easy to use

Cons: There is no multiple languages like Croatian

Pros: I absolutely love Circle. As someone who's not extremely tech savvy, it's very user friendly and easy to navigate. I like that there are multiple ways to host my information, discussion, chats and courses. They're always adding new features which have really enhanced our community. The ability to have locked spaces that have a paywall has been great for helping members upgrade. My members love that they can use the app or use the browser.

Cons: I wish it was easier to send voice notes and that they had transcription.

Pros: The flexibility it offers while creating paywalls, the inbuilt affiliate tracking system, spaces to organise my content, live meeting rooms.

Cons: Landing page builder could have been better.

Pros: I'm a new Circle customer and I've been shocked and excited to see how easy it is to setup and start integration. I'm looking forward to seeing what this platform does to help grow my community.

Cons: I don't have any at this point. So far it has fulfilled my needs and exceeded them too.

Pros: Circle has made it so easy for me to set up my community and host my content and courses. I switched from a self-hosted platform and switching over was super easy. I love that I can add courses, blog-post style content, as well as videos and PDF files. It's also super easy to customize the look of my community. The platform also allows for members to interact with the content and post questions, which is really great! I have been using them for the last three years and I couldn't be happier!

Cons: The transaction fees could be lower, but other than that I have been super happy with the platform.

Pros: The Spaces feature keeps discussions organized and helps members engage more easily. I also love that I can host my course directly on Circle, check in on students' progress, and offer help. Also, the ability to host live meetings within the platform saves time and money. Circle has given me the chance to create a safe, supportive space where everyone feels part of something special. And to do it away from other social media platforms.

Cons: At first, Circle can feel a bit overwhelming due to its many features, but demo videos help for me and for my community, and it gets easier over time. Though I’m still new (3-4 months in), every feature I’ve used has been very helpful. It just takes a little time to adjust, which is normal.

Pros: Circle is a simple, easy to use system to build a community and deliver content.

Cons: Nothing yet. As it compares to the alternatives, it's pretty solid.

Pros: What I liked most about Circle is its community-focused features and the ability to seamlessly integrate content with interactive discussions, live events, and member engagement tools. It makes it easy to foster real-time conversations and customize spaces to suit my brand. The platform is highly flexible, allowing for easy monetization through memberships and subscriptions, which has been crucial for my business. Its intuitive interface and robust tools for building a connected community make it a standout choice for fostering deep, meaningful interactions.

Cons: One downside I found with Circle is its limited storage for growing communities and the lack of advanced automation features. This means that larger communities might face storage constraints over time, and tasks like automating onboarding or integrating with other platforms could be more flexible. While Circle excels in community building, these areas could use improvement to streamline processes and provide more scalability as the community grows.