Circle 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Circle

4.7

(46)

Pricing

Starting at $49.00 per month

About Circle

Circle is the all-in-one platform for building and scaling world-class communities.

Creators, coaches, entrepreneurs, small businesses, non-profit organizations, and many other community builders bring their people and content together on Circle’s beautiful, user-friendly platform.

From courses and live streams to discussions, events, and payments, get everything you need to engage and monetize your community — all in one place, under your brand.

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Circle Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $49.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$49.00

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Circle Features

Popular features found in eLearning Authoring Tools
Content Library
Content Management
Course Authoring
Course Publishing
Gamification
Interactive Content
Interactive Learning
PowerPoint Conversion
Quizzes
More features of Circle
Access Controls/Permissions
Activity Dashboard
Activity Tracking
Alerts/Notifications
API
Billing & Invoicing
Chat/Messaging
Client Management
Commenting/Notes
Communication Management
Contact Database
Customizable Branding
Customizable Fields
Customizable Templates
Data Import/Export
Discussions/Forums
Document Storage
Drag & Drop
Email Reminders
Engagement Tracking
Event Calendar
Event Management
Feedback Management
Filtering
Group Management
Knowledge Base Management
Live Chat
Member Communication
Member Database
Member Directory
Membership Management
@mentions
Mobile Access
Mobile App
Moderation
Multi-Language
Online Forums
Personalization
Real-Time Notifications
Reporting & Statistics
Scheduling
Single Sign On
SSL Security
Tagging
Third-Party Integrations
User Management

Circle Integrations

Outseta

WordPress

MemberSpace

Auth0

Zapier

Slack

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Circle User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

74%

26%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.8

Value for money

4.5

Customer support

4.6

Functionality

4.6

Genesis G.

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2023

Circle Review

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Navigation is so easy to use and set up. Very product is driven and committed to updating new tools.

Cons:

Real-time chat is a bit slow and sometimes glitches.

Alessandra M.

Verified reviewer

Medical Devices

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed January 2025

User friendly and effective to build a community

Very positive and as my very 1st experience in building a community it was pretty easy to find my way around

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

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

Cons:

Analytics needs improvement and CS is not always the greatest

Reasons for choosing Circle

Many other people suggested it as the best option

Verified

Reviewer

E-Learning

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed January 2025

Great tool for community building

Been using circle for our community for 4 months now and its been great, people share a lot to help folks with their own community giving tips/ideas/workflows and so much more. The support team is also super nice and helpful.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Tea C.

Verified reviewer

Health, Wellness and Fitness

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2024

Circle is very useful “all in one” platform and tool

Very easy to use, seamless platform and intuitive

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

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

Cons:

There is no multiple languages like Croatian

Reasons for choosing Circle

Because it’s more minimalist and adaptable.

Reasons for switching to Circle

Circle is easier and more professional platform

Marco R.

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed September 2024

The next level of your community

My experience has been great with Circle and I highly recommend it to those who want to create a high-profile community and give exclusivity to their members.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Circle is a really great and flexible platform! It allows you to build beautiful communities with extreme simplicity! It also has many features such as the ability to create memebri areas and private groups, do live streaming directly from the platform, which will take the management and growth of your community to the next level.

Cons:

It would be nice to be able to have Circle in multiple languages, this would not only allow for more customer acquisition, but would be really convenient for community members who struggle to speak English.

Reasons for choosing Circle

I really liked the very social-like interface and the included features such as live streaming, or selling video courses.

Reasons for switching to Circle

Here I found all the features I need at the moment at a lower price.

Jillian L.

Verified reviewer

E-Learning

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2025

Community Building as a Marketing Strategy in B2B

we use Circle to host a currently free, active community for our customers, helping them connect to one another, access exclusive events and resources, and discounts. For us, it helps us build deeper bonds and trust with our B2B customers and serve our mission of empowering and inspiring our industry.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Riya B.

Verified reviewer

Real Estate

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed February 2025

Best Platform for building an online community (better than Skool)

Overall, Circle has been a game-changer for running my community. Before, I was managing conversations across multiple platforms like Facebook groups, Slack, and Zoom, which was chaotic. With Circle, everything is structured and in one place, making it easier to engage members, run events, and scale the community. While there’s room for improvement, it’s still one of the best community platforms available.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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

Ken T.

Verified reviewer

Financial Services

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed February 2025

Circle Has Helped Our Community Thrive

The customer support team is very responsive when any issues arise, which are thankfully very rare. I use the platform several hours a day and love it. We can do almost everything we need in Circle.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Morgan S.

Verified reviewer

Health, Wellness and Fitness

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed September 2024

Great software in the making

Overall circle has been a great way to bring my community together, and it will serve as our longterm software to build real profitability and scale. The user interface is easy and beautiful, which is most important to me. I've felt frustrated with bugs and customer service, which are the tradeoffs of choosing a smaller company over mighty networks & kajabi. Overall I felt the circle experience was much better than those bigger software companies.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I love the user interface. I have lots of tech-averse women in my community and for the most part they are finding their way around without much issue. It looks beautiful, and feels like our own little world. It's a newer software and I appreciate that they've set up a lot of transparency within their community to communicate what they're working on, when new features are coming, and various ways for us to ask questions in weekly office hours.

Cons:

There are lots of bugs and the customer support is very slow. There are times when they will respond quickly but it's very unpredictable and this adds a layer of stress at all times. The worst bug that happened was losing an entire session recording with a live audience. The "zoom" feature of the platform needs a lot of work - the audio and visual quality is very low compared to zoom. I just do my events on zoom as a workaround, and I believe circle will get there in time. There are some basic features that seem to be missing - like being able to walkthrough a user sign up process without signing up as a fake member and then issuing a refund, or getting notified when new users sign up. The design needs are substantial - I am very skilled in canva and can easily size & re-size designs, but it's been cumbersome to learn the different dimensions needed for design in virtually every space. Be prepared to be back in forth in canva a LOT for every event, space, etc.

Reasons for choosing Circle

the user interface & customer onboarding

Fausto L.

Verified reviewer

E-Learning

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2024

A Seamless Solution for Community Building

Using Circle.so has been a fantastic experience. It helped me turn my vision for a vibrant, connected community into reality. The platform’s simplicity and flexibility make it an ideal choice for anyone building an online community.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

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