Discourse
A community platform enabling organizations to host and manage discussion-based communities with customizable features and integrated moderation tools.
- Also known as
- discourse
Available worldwide
What is Discourse?
An open-source, customizable community discussion platform combining forums, real-time chat, and AI-assisted moderation. Available as managed hosting or self-hosted, designed for organizations from startups to enterprises to build engaged communities.
Discourse pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $100/month. Free tier available.
Free
FreeBasic tier for exploring community features
- storage
- 5GB
- max_categories
- 10
- monthly_emails
- 20k
- ai_daily_credits
- 100k
- monthly_page_views
- 500k
- translation_languages
- 2
- Unlimited members and chat
- 2 staff seats
- Public and private categories
- Community support
Pro
For growing communities needing scaling and brand customization
- storage
- 20GB
- monthly_emails
- 100k
- ai_daily_credits
- 500k
- monthly_page_views
- 1000000+
- translation_languages
- 4
- Unlimited members and chat
- Unlimited public and private categories
- Unlimited tags
- Custom groups
- 5 staff seats
- Email support
- Custom and community themes
- Custom domain
- API and Webhook access
- 15+ plugins
Business
For established communities requiring advanced features and integrations
- storage
- 100GB
- monthly_emails
- 300k
- ai_daily_credits
- 1000000
- monthly_page_views
- 1000000+
- translation_languages
- 5
- All Pro features plus:
- Advanced reporting and analytics
- Automation
- Events
- Gamification
- 15 staff seats
- SSO (OpenID & OAuth2)
- 20+ additional plugins
- Priority support
- Migration services
Enterprise
Contact salesCustom infrastructure for mission-critical communities with dedicated support and deep customization
- storage
- 200GB+
- staff_seats
- Unlimited
- monthly_emails
- 1500000+
- ai_daily_credits
- 5000000
- translation_languages
- 10
- All Business features plus:
- Unlimited staff seats
- Expert design and development services
- 99.9% uptime SLA
- 50+ plugins
- GDPR and CCPA compliant hosting
- Dedicated infrastructure
- Custom development and integrations
- SAML and enterprise authentication
- White-glove onboarding
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- Web
- Android
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (24)
Independently observed- Slack
- Telegram
- Discord
- Mattermost
- Matrix
- Zulip
- Rocket.Chat
- Gitter
- Stride
- Microsoft Teams
- Basecamp
- IRC Cloud
- Flock
- Webex
- GitHub
- Google Adsense
- Google Ad Manager
- Amazon Affiliates
- Patreon
- X
- Apple
- Mastodon
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Compare Discourse
Side by side against other community platforms, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Discourse, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.08 | 8.4 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 45 | 0.07 | 3.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 40 | 0.04 | 1.6 | ✓ |
| Price level | 25 | 0.05 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 24 | mediumsource · 2026-08-18 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: US · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-18 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sla pct | 99.9 | mediumsource · 2026-08-18 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-18 · 75% |