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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

Instance is an all-in-one community and membership platform for creators, coaches, agencies, and online businesses. Build a fully branded community app on your own domain with real-time chat, voice channels, member accounts, paid memberships, Stripe payments, storefronts, roles, courses, push notifications, email, moderation, and a programmable Bot API. Members can discover products, purchase access, and receive the correct roles automatically. Businesses retain control of their branding, audience, customer relationships, and platform instead of relying on a third-party social network. Instance also includes AI assistants and custom bots for automating community management and operations. It combines community management, membership software, payments, content, and communication in one customizable platform and can serve as an alternative to tools such as Discord, Whop, Skool, and Circle.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Organizations that want to create a robust online community forum

Audience

Creators, coaches, agencies, community owners, membership businesses, course creators, and online businesses that want to run a branded community, sell memberships or digital products, and manage their audience on their own platform.

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

No images available

Pricing

$100 per month
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

$9/month
Free Version
Free Trial

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
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

Discourse
Founded: 2013
USA
www.discourse.org

Company Information

Instance
Founded: 2024
United States
tryinstance.com

Alternatives

Alternatives

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Ternary

Ternary

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Categories

Categories

Community Features

Content Management
Content Moderation
Discussions / Forums
Event Management
Group Management
Ideation / Crowdsourcing
Member Directory
Membership Management
Social Media Management
Website Management
White Label

Integrations

Activepieces
Adobe Analytics
Aritic Swarm
Azure Marketplace
Brightcove
Common Room
Commsor
Enterpret
Facebook
Fibery
Flarum
Flockport
LinkedIn
Matomo
Motileo
Nango
Netdata
PartnerStack
Pipedream
Telegram

Integrations

Activepieces
Adobe Analytics
Aritic Swarm
Azure Marketplace
Brightcove
Common Room
Commsor
Enterpret
Facebook
Fibery
Flarum
Flockport
LinkedIn
Matomo
Motileo
Nango
Netdata
PartnerStack
Pipedream
Telegram
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