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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Discourse

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/ADiscourse is a community management and moderation product.

    $20

    per month

    Twist: Team Messaging

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/ATwist is a collaboration application offered by Doist, suggested to teams as a calmer topically organized conversation tracker to better manage multiple streams of conversation and idea sharing. Discounts are offered for non-profits and student users.

    $5

    per user, per month

    Pricing
    DiscourseTwist: Team Messaging
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Unlimited
    $5.00
    per user, per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DiscourseTwist: Team Messaging
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    DiscourseTwist: Team Messaging
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DiscourseTwist: Team Messaging
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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
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    Todoist
    If you have no existing messaging solution, Twist is a viable option. I can't find any reason to recommend it ahead of Slack, Spaces, Teams, Discord, etc. This is one more solution with team messaging functionality, and file sharing, and message archiving/searching. If budget is an issue, Twist can be replaced with a free solution like Discord.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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
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    Todoist
    • Messaging
    • Team communication
    • Email updates
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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
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    Todoist
    • Does nothing to stand out from other messaging apps
    • Boring
    • Feature parity with everything else on the market
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    Alternatives Considered
    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
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    Todoist
    Does not stand out at all. I can't think of any reason to select Twist over more popular choices like Slack, Teams, Discord, or Spaces. We use Twist because it forced on us by a specific scenario. Otherwise, we would just use an existing platform (ex: Slack) to handle this communication
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    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.
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    Todoist
    • None that can be directly tied to Twist
    • We were forced to use Twist in a certain environment, but no change to our ROI
    • Provides one more place to look, one more place to try and find messages.
    Incentivized
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    Twist: Team Messaging Screenshots

    Screenshot of Group Threads In ChannelsScreenshot of Intelligent InboxScreenshot of Direct MessagesScreenshot of Thread-Based Communications