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Circle Community Platform vs. Mastodon

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Circle Community Platform
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Circle is an all-in-one branded community platform. Circle empowers creators and businesses to bring together their community, events, courses, and so much more — all under their own brand.
$39
per month
Mastodon
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Mastodon is an open source social networking platform that enables users to join or create servers built around topics of interest, built by the company of the same name in Berlin. Mastodon provides users with the possibility of managing an audience without middlemen. Mastodon deployed on one's own infrastructure allows the user to follow and be followed from any other Mastodon server online, without a middleman. It is free to use and to establish a Mastodon server, under a AGPL-3.0 license.
$1
Pricing
Circle Community PlatformMastodon
Editions & Modules
Basic
$39
per month
Professional
$89
per month (billed annually)
Business
$199
per month (billed annually)
Enterprise
$360
per month (billed annually)
Enterprise
$399
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Circle Community PlatformMastodon
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
Circle Community PlatformMastodon
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Circle Community PlatformMastodon
Likelihood to Recommend
CircleCo, Inc
Circle offers all the main functionalities that are needed to build a Community from scratch. It is very easy to set up even for someone like me with ZERO technical skills. I really enjoy managing the Community on Circle as it is very intuitive and smooth and doesn't require a lot of time to learn of to work around it
Verified User
Anonymous
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Mastodon
No answers on this topic
Pros
CircleCo, Inc
  • Community Engagement, connection and communication
  • Courses
  • Payments
  • Channels/Spaces to specific topics and conversations
Soleiman Bolour | TrustRadius Reviewer
Soleiman Bolour
Mens Transformational Coach
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Mastodon
No answers on this topic
Cons
CircleCo, Inc
  • Deeper analytics and more customization in metric views
  • More accurate tracking for invite links (Not just clicks; actual joining would be useful)
Verified User
Anonymous
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Mastodon
No answers on this topic
Usability
CircleCo, Inc
Overall, great. Platform could be easier to navigate.
Don Torrance | TrustRadius Reviewer
Don Torrance
Director, RevOps
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Mastodon
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Alternatives Considered
CircleCo, Inc
It was the easiest to set up and it was suggested by a lot of people as the best one for my needs! I have zero previous experience about building a community so I tried to listen to suggestions of ppl with more experience than myself. So far it has been a good choice
Verified User
Anonymous
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Mastodon
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Return on Investment
CircleCo, Inc
  • $500 a month, instead of needing several different platforms to do the things I need, Circle does most of them.
Soleiman Bolour | TrustRadius Reviewer
Soleiman Bolour
Mens Transformational Coach
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Mastodon
No answers on this topic
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