Facebook Group Alternatives: Paid Community Platforms Compared
We summarize what each platform publishes about its plans. We do not score or rate these tools, and we have not used them hands-on.
A Facebook Group lives inside Facebook. A paid community platform gives you your own space, member billing and course tools. Meta's current rules and fees for earning from Groups are not confirmed yet, so we do not compare fees here.
Three community platforms
| Skool | Circle | Mighty Networks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | Hobby, $9/mo | Professional, $89/mo (annual billing) | Launch, $95/mo ($79 billed annually) |
| Fee on sales, entry plan | 10% | 2% | 2% |
| Members | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
Skool
| Skool plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly (per month) | Transaction fee | Members, courses, videos, live calls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby | $9/mo | $7.50/mo | 10% | unlimited |
| Pro | $99/mo | $82/mo | 2.9% | unlimited |
Both plans list a custom URL and affiliates. Skool shows yearly billing as a per-month rate and lists no yearly lump sum.
Circle
| Circle plan | Price (based on annual billing) | Transaction fee |
|---|---|---|
| Professional | $89/mo | 2% |
| Business | $199/mo | 1% |
| Scale | $419/mo | 1% |
| Circle Plus | negotiable | 0.5% |
Circle says its prices are in USD, based on annual billing. Add-ons on every plan: extra admins $10/mo each, extra moderators $20/mo per 10, extra spaces $20/mo per 10, extra AI credits $10 per 1,000. Business is the first plan with workflows and APIs. Month-to-month prices are not confirmed yet.
Mighty Networks
| Mighty Networks plan | Billed monthly | Billed annually (per month) | Transaction fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | $95/mo | $79/mo | 2% |
| Scale | $215/mo | $179/mo | 1% |
| Growth | $425/mo | $354/mo | 0.5% |
| Mighty Pro | custom | custom | 0.5% |
Launch includes community, courses, an AI co-host and basic automations. Scale adds APIs, MCP access and third-party integrations.
Compare them one to one: Skool vs Circle and Mighty Networks vs Circle. All options: community platforms compared. Charging for membership? See Patreon alternatives.
Last checked 2026-11-04: prices taken from each vendor's public pricing page, in USD before tax (prices as of Nov 2026). Plans change, so confirm on the vendor's site before you pay.
Sources
- Skool pricing page (last checked 2026-11-04)
- Circle pricing page (last checked 2026-11-04)
- Mighty Networks pricing page (last checked 2026-11-04)