Tiago Forte — Founder, Forte Labs
70k+ reviews
Your newsletter builds the audience. Circle gives them a home.
From one-way emails to real discussions — create a community your readers keep coming back to.
Monetize beyond the inbox with paid memberships, workshops, and coaching- Repurpose issues into searchable, evergreen content
- Nurture real member connections, not just likes and inbox replies
- Build your newsletter business in a space you own and control
Trusted by more than 15 million members in 20,000+ communities around the world
“We’ve made over $3M on Circle over the last two years. It supports our subscription-based membership, live cohorts, and self-paced courses. This is the power of a true ‘all-in-one’ platform.”
In the last year alone, Circle powered:
$194M
revenue for community creators
48K
Courses
Make your newsletter a revenue engine
Build a smooth funnel from subscriber to member to customer, all in one place.
- Create a membership community with tiers and paid spaces
- Monitor engagement and trigger personalised offers at the right time
- Sell access to private events, exclusive content, and coaching packages
- Offer flexible pricing models including pay-per-article and special editions
Escape the content treadmill
Issues get buried quickly in inboxes. Build a structured, searchable library that creates value long after you hit send.
- Organize content into dedicated spaces by topic, theme, or series
- Turn every issues into an evergreen resource with its own discussion thread
- Publish once, distribute everywhere with built-in repurposing workflows
- Train AI agents to help members find what they’re looking for even faster
Build deeper connections with your readers
Go beyond likes and inbox replies. Give members a place to connect and stay engaged between sends.
- Host live workshops, office hours, and Q&As
- Run challenges, cohorts, and themed discussions
- Recognize and reward active members with built-in gamification
- Connect members to peers and content with AI-powered recommendations
Run your business on a platform you control
Create a home for your readers where you own the experience, data, and relationship.
- Bring your readers together on a fully branded platform
- Keep full ownership of your content, data, and member emails
- Set clear roles and access levels across free, paid, and premium tiers
- Give members a distraction-free space designed for meaningful conversation
“We’ve been using Circle for over three years now to host our community. It’s been key to helping us bring thousands of creators together and served our needs at every stage of our development.”
Ali Abdaal — Founder, Part-Time YouTuber Academy
In the last year alone, Circle powered:
7.3M
posts
981K
events
Flexible plans to suit your needs
Professional
$89/mo*
The essentials to launch and run your digital business.
Includes:
- Circle AI
- Unlimited members
- Community
- Courses
- Live events
- Website
- Member directory
- Rich member profiles
- Reporting & analytics
- Payments
- Gamification
- Custom domain
- iOS, Android & desktop apps
- Payments migrations (if eligible)
MOST POPULAR
Business
$199/mo*
Run on autopilot with workflows, APIs, and our MCP.
Everything in Professional, and:
- Workflows
- Custom profile fields
- Circle APIs & MCP
- Activity scores
- Branded email notifications
- Standard migration services
- Remove Circle branding
Scale
$419/mo*
Scale your business with AI agents, unlimited workflows, and higher limits.
Everything in Business, and:
- AI agents
- AI workflows
- Unlimited workflows
- Webhooks
- Custom single sign-on (SSO)
- Higher limits
Services:
- 60 days of Concierge onboarding (annual plans)
- Priority support
Flexible pricing
Circle Plus
Custom pricing
Your own branded app, highest limits, and a dedicated partner.
Everything in Scale, and:
- Custom branded mobile apps
- Customizable app screens
- Branded push notifications
- Unlimited admins, moderators & spaces
- Email Hub with 10,000 contacts
- Negotiable limits
Services:
- 90 days of Concierge onboarding
- Recurring strategy calls with a dedicated Circle expert
- Premium technical support
- Priority platform migrations
*AI credits combine Circle AI, workflow tasks, API calls, and agent tokens.
*Prices displayed in USD, based on annual billing and do not include applicable taxes.
Launch your community on Circle in four easy steps
Bring your readers together in one place, under your brand.
1
Sign up for your free 14-day trial
Explore your new community space. Already have newsletter issues, subscribers, or paid tiers? We’ll migrate your:
2
Set up your community
Create organized, searchable spaces for discussions around each issue, premium content, events, and your archive.
3
Invite your members
Add your Circle link to your newsletter, welcome emails, and upgrade flows so readers can join your community in one click.
4
Go live and engage
Host your first workshop, open discussion threads around a recent issue, launch a paid tier, or kick off a members-only event.
Everything you need to build, sell, and grow. All in one place.
Collaborate with 20,000+ community builders in Circle’s customer community
Weekly trainings and educational workshops
Learn how to onboard your members, grow your community, keep members engaged, choose the right community business model, and more in live weekly workshops with our team.
Office hours, bootcamps, checklists & more
See behind-the-scenes of successful communities running on Circle. Attend office hours and ask questions. Get access to helpful templates, guides and checklists as you set up your community on Circle.
Daily discussion with top community builders
Every day there are hundreds of lively discussions, posts, and ideas shared from people who are on the same journey as you and have done it before. Build connections with others and get help along the way.
Frequently asked questions
Thousands of solopreneurs, creators, and community builders choose Circle for the following reasons:
- True feature depth On the surface, many community platforms have similar lists of features—but the actual depth of those features varies widely. Circle features are incredibly well thought out and specifically designed to help you drive real engagement and grow your community.
- All-in-one platform Circle brings everything together—community, content, courses, newsletters, payments, live streams, events, and more—so you don’t have to juggle multiple tools.
- Highly customizable Circle’s spaces let you organize your community however works best for you. You can bring your vision to life and let your brand shine, without being restricted by rigid rules.
- Easy to integrate With Circle’s open API, 37+ Zapier triggers, and embeddable widgets, it’s simple to connect your community to your existing tech stack.
- Full control and ownership You own your community, content, and member data. No one can randomly ban members, delete your community, or limit your reach with algorithms.
- Flexible monetization Circle allows you to create membership tiers, paid subscriptions, free trials, one-time payments, and more. You can gate access to your whole community, specific spaces, or any combination you like.
- Constantly improving Circle rolls out new features and updates regularly, with over 150 improvements in the past year alone—way more than legacy community platforms.
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