🆚 BuddyPress vs. Circle.so

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

WordPress plugin
Membership management software solution

About

BuddyPress is an open-source community plugin for WordPress that adds social networking features such as user profiles, groups, activity streams, and notifications.

Circle.so is a community-focused platform for creating and managing online spaces with discussions, events, and member-only content.

It provides topic-based spaces, threaded posts and comments, member profiles and directories, live events and streaming, course-style content with media uploads, and paid memberships with tiered access and subscriptions.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States
New York, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free version ❌Free 14-day trial
Professional
(unlimited members, courses, discussions)
$1,068/year
Business
(+Workflows, API, no Circle branding)
$2,388/year

Categories

WordPress Plugins › Rank #98
Membership Management › Rank #6
Membership Management › Rank #20
Online Courses › Rank #11
Subscriptions › Rank #27

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The BuddyPress WordPress plugin is 21 times more popular than Circle.so.
Total websites

Market share

Membership Management

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

BuddyPress is more popular than Circle.so in all countries.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Spain
France
Russia
Italy
Canada
Japan
India

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

BuddyPress is more popular than Circle.so in all market segments.
Blogs/Wiki
Business
Education/Reference
Marketing/Merchandising
Entertainment
Games
Health
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Travel
Recreation/Hobbies

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#30,238
sfmcompile.club
#40,999
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Name
Rank
#38,499
#82,056
#158,838
#205,669
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See also

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