Is Circle ANY GOOD: A Brutally Honest Review
“Circle is exceptionally good for community-first businesses with revenue, but expensive and limited for bootstrapping or traditional learning management needs.”
— Jono Bacon
Tools mentioned
5 tools👍 Also Recommended (1)
Zapier
👍 Recommended“Zapier integration with Circle offers extensive triggers and actions for automating community management workflows and connecting to external services.”
Best for: Users wanting to build automated workflows connecting Circle to other tools.
Visit Zapier →⚖️ Other Tools Mentioned (4)
Discord
⚖️ Mentioned“Discord is presented as a potential alternative component that can be combined with Teachable, but the creator suggests Circle's integration is better.”
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⚖️ Mentioned“Slack's channel structure is used as an analogy for how Circle organizes communities with spaces and groups.”
Visit Slack →Stripe
⚖️ Mentioned“Stripe is noted as the payment processor Circle uses, and its fees compound with Circle's transaction fees in the total cost structure.”
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ConvertKit
⚖️ Mentioned“Kit is presented as a cost-effective email marketing integration option for Circle users via Zapier.”
Best for: Users wanting email marketing integration without Circle's premium marketing hub.
Visit ConvertKit →