Community Platforms pricing across 5 tracked products: entry-tier median $399, top-tier median $1,750. Cheapest: Discourse. Most premium: Circle. Updated April 2026.
Community Platforms pricing varies across per-seat, per-usage, and enterprise-quoted tiers. Published list prices on vendor pricing pages form the basis of this benchmark; negotiated deals typically land 15-40% below list for teams over 20 seats.
Entry-tier median is $399, top-tier median $1,750. Negotiated enterprise deals typically land 15-40% below list.
| Product | Entry | Median | Top | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bettermode | $399 | $1,074 | $1,750 | month |
| Circle | $89 | $199 | $399 | month |
| Discourse | $0 | $100 | $300 | month |
| Hivebrite | $799 | $1,500 | $2,500 | month |
| Khoros Communities | $1,500 | $2,250 | $3,000 | month |
Low is the entry-tier price (often a free or starter plan). Median is the middle price across published tiers. High is the top published tier — enterprise contracts with negotiated discounts usually land 15-40% below the published high.
Across 5 tracked products, the entry-tier median is $399 and the top-tier median is $1,750. Individual products vary significantly — see the per-product table above.
Discourse has the lowest entry-tier price in our tracked set.
Circle has the highest top-tier list price among tracked products.
Prices are sourced from vendor pricing pages and automatically re-checked. Any tier marked 'custom' has no public list price; negotiated deals aren't shown here.