Item: Circle Community Platform
Rating: 10
Author: Soleiman Bolour

Overall Satisfaction with Circle Community Platform

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have a mens community and using it to sell membership and courses. I was thinking about starting FB group but then noticed that it is to busy on there and to many distractions. Creating a community on Circle Community Platform gives people the focus on a specific topic and community. Allowing them to go deeper in the work.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Community Engagement, connection and communication
Courses
Payments
Channels/Spaces to specific topics and conversations

Cons

Video Space or Channel like YouTube
Giving more options for embed
Allowing documents and pdfs to open on mobile app in app versus needing to be downloaded on mobile first before viewing

Return on Investment

$500 a month, instead of needing several different platforms to do the things I need, Circle does most of them.

Usability

There is always room for improvement, but so far it has all the features I have wanted. I have used about 3 different platforms that are similar to Circle, and they just fall short. Circle has really created a great software, with a great UI, and they continue to add features. I especially like that they have there own community, where users are engaging and learning from each other.

Alternatives Considered

Kajabi, Teachable, Thinkific and HighLevel

There is another platform, called Group.App that I tried as well that you don't have listed. Group.App has been around for a few years and they are okay app, they had some issues still when I was using them, but I enjoyed there quick response time when I was using them.
I still use HighLevel, I am using it for my website, CRM and funnels.
I decided to get Circle because of its UI. I tried using HighLevels community but it is just so clunky and its features are very very slim.
I decided to stick to Circle because of there track record and what they offer for the price is of great value.

Key Insights

Do you think Circle Community Platform delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Circle Community Platform's feature set?

Yes

Did Circle Community Platform live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Circle Community Platform go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Circle Community Platform again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Todoist, Financial Wellness by YNAB, HighLevel, Vimeo

Likelihood to Recommend

If you want to create a community based teaching or communication this would be a great platform. If you also want to sell courses or content, this would be a great place to do that. Giving a group of people a place to come together and learn from each other.
I wouldn't recommend this for a person who isn't interested in creating a community, if you want to just sell courses, you can use other software for that.

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