If you’re building a modern digital business, Circle is the better choice. Beehiiv is excellent for growing newsletters, but Circle was built to help creators grow beyond publishing. By bringing community, email marketing, AI, courses, events, and automation together in one connected platform, Circle helps you build a business where members don’t just consume content — they connect, learn, and keep coming back.
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Beehiiv bolted on community. Circle built the connected platform for digital businesses.
In the age of AI, publishing content is no longer enough. Circle brings your community, marketing, AI, and business tools together in one platform.
Turn subscribers into engaged, paying membersBuild your business on one connected platformAI and automation that help your community thrive
Trusted by more than 15 million members across 20,000 communities
Beehiiv added community to a newsletter platform. Circle built an entire platform around member transformation.
A member’s first month
On Beehiiv, community is another disconnected publishing channel.
DAY 01
Emma subscribes to the newsletter.
The content is thoughtful and she enjoys reading it, so she joins the community to see what it’s about.
DAY 05
She joins a few conversations.
Most discussions revolve around the latest newsletter. The community feels more like a forum than a place to learn or make progress.
DAY 11
She gets an email inviting her to a webinar.
The event is valuable, but it happens outside the community. When it ends, the conversation doesn’t continue.
DAY 18
She stops checking the community.
The newsletter keeps arriving in her inbox, but the community becomes another website she forgets to visit.
DAY 30
She remembers the content, but that’s about it.
She hasn’t built new habits, meaningful relationships, or a support system that keeps her making progress.
after 30 days
- Read newsletters
- Joined a few discussions
- No structured learning
- No lasting habits
- Few reasons to return
On Circle, community connects every product to serve your members.
DAY 01
Emma joins with a goal.
She’s welcomed into a cohort, introduced to members with similar goals, and knows exactly where to begin.
DAY 04
She downloads the community app.
Daily conversations, lessons, and events are always one tap away, making the community part of her routine.
DAY 08
She completes her first lesson.
The course, discussion, and community all live together, so learning and getting support feel seamless.
DAY 13
She gets stuck, then asks the AI Agent.
It answers her question instantly and recommends the next lesson and relevant conversations.
DAY 16
She upgrades to the premium membership.
Seeing real progress, she unlocks advanced courses, live coaching, and exclusive cohort discussions.
DAY 19
She joins her first live coaching session.
Joins from the community, the discussion continues afterward with her cohort, turning one event into lasting accountability.
DAY 25
She shares her first breakthrough.
She records a quick video update, earns a milestone badge, and dozens of members celebrate her progress.
DAY 30
She keeps coming back because she’s becoming someone new.
She has new habits, trusted relationships, and measurable progress. The community has become part of her daily life.
after 30 days
- Upgraded to a premium membership
- Completed course lessons
- Built meaningful relationships
- Attended live coaching sessions
- Received personalized support
- Formed lasting habits
- Made measurable progress
Communities are switching from Beehiiv to Circle
“We’ve made over $3M on Circle over the last two years. It supported our live cohorts, self-paced courses, virtual summits, a subscription-based membership, and our first in-person summit in LA. This is the power of a true ‘all-in-one’ platform.”
Tiago Forte — Founder, Forte Labs
You’re ready for Circle if any of these sound like you.
Your newsletter is growing, but your subscribers still feel like strangers.
Your community feels disconnected from the rest of your business.
You can see who’s opening emails, but not how people engage across your business.
You’re building a digital business, but your platform is only designed to distribute content.
You want your content, community, and customer data to work together instead of living in separate places.
Community that drives member transformation
Build a community where members don’t just consume content. They connect, learn, make progress, and keep coming back.
Features
Beehiiv
Help members connect and chat
Deliver self-paced, drip, or cohort-based courses
Spark richer discussions with personalized feeds and rich posts
Host live events with automatic recordings
Deliver a branded mobile experience with custom navigation
Provide 24/7 member support with AI
Agents trained on your business
Drive participation with gamification and rewards
AI that helps you build your business
From strategy to execution, Circle AI helps you launch faster, automate repetitive work, support your members, and uncover new opportunities to grow.
Features
Beehiiv
Get strategic guidance from 50+ AI business skills trained on 300+ best practices
Generate content and pages with AI
Build courses, paywalls, and workflows from a prompt
Manage members, build segments, and apply tags in bulk with AI
Get proactive AI insights to improve your business
Deploy AI Agents trained on your knowledge and expertise
Automate moderation with AI-powered workflows
Run everything from one connected platform
Don’t settle for a platform made up of disconnected products. Circle brings your community, marketing, AI, and business tools together around one member record and one connected workspace.
Features
Beehiiv
Manage email marketing alongside your community
Segment audiences using both email and community activity
Know every member with one profile, activity history, and native CRM
Deliver courses, events, and livestreams from one platform
Measure your business with one analytics dashboard across all products
Manage messages, notifications, and tasks from one inbox
Manage members and your team from one admin workspace
The complete community platform
Circle is the best platform to build, engage, and scale your business — now and in the future.
Circle moves fast, so you can grow even faster
Industry-leading product velocity, support, and customer ratings make Circle the most trusted platform for serious community businesses.
Upgrade from Beehiiv to Circle in three steps
Let our migration team handle the heavy lifting — so you don’t have to.
1
Request your migration
Fill out a quick form to tell us about your setup. We’ll take it from there. We’ll migrate your:
2
Approve your custom plan
We’ll create a tailored migration plan based on your needs. You review and approve before we begin.
3
Sit back while we migrate
Our team moves everything over—content, members, settings—fully structured and ready to go live.
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