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About

Discourse is a secure and customizable platform for building online communities. Designed for organizations that care about control and flexibility, it supports a wide range of use cases including customer support, product feedback, internal collaboration, and member engagement. Built on open source technology, Discourse gives teams full visibility and ownership of their data. The platform supports real time conversation, long form discussion, advanced moderation, and automation. Features like trust levels, user roles, and granular permissions make it easy to scale with confidence. Discourse is used by leading companies, public institutions, and open communities. Whether hosted by your team or through our managed offering, it is built to integrate into your stack and evolve with your needs.

About

Rally around common obsessions. Features like our news feed fuse the best of social media with modern community. Publish your thoughts in any form they come. Markdown, rich text, images and video sharing. Empower your users with notifications, rich member profiles, and badges to reward activity. We're pioneers in safe and inclusive community building. We provide best-in-class tooling so your community can do the same. Embedded SEO tooling ensures your highly valuable user generated content will be indexed and discovered by current and future users. The platform enables you to do just about anything through custom pages, from unique static content to running a live conference with thousands of participants. Enable thoughtful, longform, async communication out in the open. Facilitate better product roadmapping through tight feedback loops.

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Supported
iPad Supported
Android Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Organizations that want to create a robust online community forum

Audience

Communities in need of an open source community platform

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$100 per month
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Supported

Pricing

Free
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Simple and clean user interface Open Source Excellent notification feature Security features - Single Sign On, Spam filter, 2FA Plugin support Trust level & badge system Mobile-support ready

Cons

  • Full feature set plans are costly, there should be more tiers for small scale usage.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

Discourse
Founded: 2013
USA
www.discourse.org

Company Information

Forem
www.forem.com

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Categories

Community Supported

Categories

Community Supported

Community Features

Content Management Not Supported
Content Moderation Supported
Discussions / Forums Supported
Event Management Not Supported
Group Management Not Supported
Ideation / Crowdsourcing Not Supported
Member Directory Supported
Membership Management Not Supported
Social Media Management Not Supported
Website Management Not Supported
White Label Not Supported

Integrations

Aritic Swarm Supported
Brightcove Supported
Captain Compliance Supported
Dataddo Supported
Fibery Supported
Flockport Supported
GitHub Supported
Google Ads Supported
Influence Supported
Instagram Supported
Ketch Supported
LinkedIn Supported
Matrix Pointe Software Supported
Nango Supported
Patreon Supported
Pipedream Supported
SheepCRM Supported
Threado Supported
Unikname Supported
n8n Supported

Integrations

Aritic Swarm Not Supported
Brightcove Not Supported
Captain Compliance Not Supported
Dataddo Not Supported
Fibery Not Supported
Flockport Not Supported
GitHub Not Supported
Google Ads Not Supported
Influence Not Supported
Instagram Not Supported
Ketch Not Supported
LinkedIn Not Supported
Matrix Pointe Software Not Supported
Nango Not Supported
Patreon Not Supported
Pipedream Not Supported
SheepCRM Not Supported
Threado Not Supported
Unikname Not Supported
n8n Not Supported
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