Discord alternatives
At 100 members paying $10 a month, Discord costs $100 a month. 1 community platform costs less, from $50 (Skool). The closest match, Circle, covers 81% of what Discord does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What Discord does
Core: Real-time chat.
Important: Discussion community, Events and live rooms, Member mobile apps.
Also has: Paid memberships & subscriptions (partly), Creator discovery marketplace (partly), Member directory and profiles (partly), Paid Discord/Slack access (partly), Public SEO forum (partly), SSO and embedding (partly), Integrations and API (partly).
Alternatives to Discord at 100 members paying $10 a month, best match first
- Circle: $119/mo +2% of member payments; monthly price as of 2025 (Professional). It covers 81% of Discord; missing or partial: Events and live rooms (partly), Creator discovery marketplace, Paid Discord/Slack access. Free plan: none.
- Patreon: $100/mo 10% platform fee + processing (Standard creator plan (10% platform fee, no subscription)). It covers 78% of Discord; missing or partial: Real-time chat (partly), Discussion community (partly), Events and live rooms (partly). Free plan: No monthly fee: free members can follow, see free posts and join creator-opened chats; Patreon only charges once you earn.. Last price hike: Aug 2025.
- Skool: $50/mo Hobby: +10% of member payments (Hobby). It covers 66% of Discord; missing or partial: Real-time chat (partly), Events and live rooms (partly), Paid Discord/Slack access, SSO and embedding, Integrations and API. Free plan: none.
Prices at every size
- Discord: 100 members paying $10 a month $100/mo, 1,000 members paying $10 a month $1,000/mo, 1,000 free members free (10% of paid subs, plus processing)
- Circle: 100 members paying $10 a month $119/mo, 1,000 members paying $10 a month $299/mo, 1,000 free members $99/mo (+2% of member payments; monthly price as of 2025)
- Patreon: 100 members paying $10 a month $100/mo, 1,000 members paying $10 a month $1,000/mo, 1,000 free members free (10% platform fee + processing)
- Skool: 100 members paying $10 a month $50/mo, 1,000 members paying $10 a month $99/mo, 1,000 free members $9/mo (Hobby: +10% of member payments)
Monthly USD on monthly billing (annual-only plans divided by 12) to run a community of a given size, including the platform's own fees on member payments but not standard card processing; WordPress plugins are priced on their licence without hosting, and forum software sold both ways on the vendor's hosted plan. The headline is 100 members paying $10 a month; we also compare 1,000 paying members ($10,000 a month, 2 admins) and a free community of 1,000 members.
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