DEV Community (dev.to) vs. Discourse

DEV Community (dev.to)

Discourse

10 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
DEV Community (dev.to)	N/A	N/A	DEV Community, or dev.to, is an open source online community presented as a place for programmers to share ideas and help each other grow. According to the vendor, developers are welcome to submit stories, tutorials, questions, or anything worth discussing on dev.to. There is also a paid membership to dev.to that adds post analytics.	N/A
Discourse	Score7.1 out of 10	N/A	Discourse is a community management and moderation product.	$20 per month

Pricing

DEV Community (dev.to)

Discourse

No answers on this topic

Starter: $20
per month unlimited members and 2 staff
Pro: $100
per month unlimited members and 5 staff
Business: $500
per month unlimited members and 15 staff
Enterprise: Contact Sales

Pricing Offerings
DEV Community (dev.to)	Discourse
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses	Higher Logic Thrive Score8.9 out of 10	Higher Logic Thrive Score8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
	DEV Community (dev.to)	Discourse
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	8.9 (3 ratings)

User Testimonials
	DEV Community (dev.to)	Discourse
Likelihood to Recommend	DEV Community No answers on this topic	Civilized Discourse Construction Kit Inc. [Discourse is by] far the best online forum platform in the industry. It may be a little pricey for people looking for a cheap option for their hobby forum, but for any type of business that relies on a forum, the pricing is more than fair. Incentivized Padraic Ryan Community Manager Read full review
Pros	DEV Community No answers on this topic	Civilized Discourse Construction Kit Inc. User Privileges : Teams, Trust Levels, Moderation, Private and Public Threads make it possible to have as much transparency, privacy or power decentralization as one wishes. Gamification: Badges and Achievements can be customized for User Activity and frequent readers and writers. Mailing List mode: Users can choose to use forum threads without the User Interface by subscribing via mailing list mode. Incentivized Elio Qoshi Creative Lead Read full review
Cons	DEV Community No answers on this topic	Civilized Discourse Construction Kit Inc. Some configuration UIs are difficult to follow Not well-suited for managing workflows (grant management as an example) Bulk operations across multiple threads either impossible or difficult to figure out Incentivized David McCann Software Engineer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	DEV Community No answers on this topic	Civilized Discourse Construction Kit Inc. Vanilla's mobile functionality was downright awful and it felt like it was stuck in the 2000s. While they have similar features, Discourse blows them away in almost every department. We don't regret switching at all. Incentivized Padraic Ryan Community Manager Read full review
Return on Investment	DEV Community No answers on this topic	Civilized Discourse Construction Kit Inc. Community Members are eager to jump into the discussion. Conversations can be tracked easier without the risk of being lost in a sea of messages as people tend to construct their posts more carefully than on any workspace messenger. It's open source and configurable with many other add-ons to help integration with other services. Incentivized Elio Qoshi Creative Lead Read full review
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