Circle review 64/100 on verified data
Circle is a membership platform: Platform for running a member community with courses, live events, payments and a website under your own brand, with an AI assistant.
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
- Score (rank 15 of 23)
- 64/100
- Coverage (7 of 7 criteria)
- 100%
- From, per month
- $89
- Free plan
- No
Paid plans start at $89 per month billed yearly on the Professional plan, and there is no free plan, but a 14-day free trial.
Circle has a public API.
In our membership platforms ranking Circle scores 64/100, rank 15 of 23, based on 7 of 7 criteria (100% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).
Circle at a glance
- Pricing model
- Paid only source, Oct 14, 2026
- Cheapest paid plan
- Professional: $89/mo (billed yearly) source, Oct 14, 2026
- Free plan
- No source, Oct 14, 2026
- Free trial
- 14 days source, Oct 14, 2026
- Public API
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Circle plans
Professional
$89per month, billed yearly
- Billed monthly
- Not offered
- Billed yearly
- $89
- Charged per
- per workspace
Published limits
- Unlimited members
- 3 users
- 200 storage gb
- 2,500 credits per month
- 2 transaction fee percent
Business
$199per month, billed yearly
- Billed monthly
- Not offered
- Billed yearly
- $199
- Charged per
- per workspace
Published limits
- Unlimited members
- 5 users
- 500 storage gb
- 2,500 credits per month
- 1 transaction fee percent
Scale
$419per month, billed yearly
- Billed monthly
- Not offered
- Billed yearly
- $419
- Charged per
- per workspace
Published limits
- Unlimited members
- 10 users
- 5,000 credits per month
- 1 transaction fee percent
Circle Plus
Contact sales
- Billed monthly
- Contact sales
- Billed yearly
- Contact sales
- Charged per
- Not stated
Published limits
- Unlimited members
- Unlimited users
- 0.5 transaction fee percent
Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.
Full Circle pricing and plan limitsHow Circle scores
Score
64/100
Rank #15 of 23
Coverage 100%
7 of 7 criteria. Ranked at 60% or more.
Entry price
0/100
Weight 25%$89/month billed annually on Professional; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices) source
Free plan or trial
60/100
Weight 15%Free trial (14 days), no free plan source
Pricing transparency
80/100
Weight 10%3 of 4 plans have a public price (1 "contact sales") source
Verified features
100/100
Weight 15%3 of 4 tracked features verified: analytics, team access, ai assistant source
API, integrations and export
100/100
Weight 10%public API source
Fee on salescategory criterion
80/100
Weight 15%2% fee on sales on Professional ($89/month) source
Members per plancategory criterion
100/100
Weight 10%Unlimited members on Professional ($89/month) source
Circle features
- Analytics
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Team access
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- AI assistant
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
3 more details we track are not published by the vendor or not verified yet (shown as – in tables). How we verify
Circle alternatives
| # | Tool | Score | Coverage | From, billed monthly | From, billed yearly | Free plan | Integrations | Public API | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tutor LMS | 99/100 | 85%6 of 7 criteria | Not offered | $16.58/mo | Yes, unlimited members | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 2 |  Fourthwall | 99/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | $15/mo | Not offered | Yes, 5 storage gb | – | – | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 3 |  Flodesk | 98/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | Free | Free | Yes | – | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 4 |  Easy Digital Downloads | 90/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | Not offered | $8.29/mo | Yes | 100 | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 5 |  LifterLMS | 89/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | Not offered | $16.58/mo | Yes, unlimited members | – | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each value links the vendor page it was read from (hover for the check date). Coverage is the share of the scorecard's weight with verified data, and "N of M criteria" how many criteria the score is based on; a tool is ranked at 60% or more.
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Questions, answered from the data
How much does Circle cost?
Paid plans start at $89 per month billed yearly on the Professional plan, according to Circle's pricing page (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Does Circle have a free plan?
No: Circle has no free plan, but a 14-day free trial (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Does Circle have an API?
Yes, a public API is documented (checked Oct 14, 2026).
How does Circle score?
In our membership platforms ranking Circle scores 64/100, rank 15 of 23, based on 7 of 7 criteria (100% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).
What are the best Circle alternatives?
By our scorecard the top-ranked alternatives are Tutor LMS (99/100), Fourthwall (99/100) and Flodesk (98/100).
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Pricing last read Oct 14, 2026. Vendors change prices; the linked page is the final word.