Circle
circle.soA defining branded community platform.
Alternatives
3 alternatives to Slack
These products are placed in Community platforms alongside Slack. The order reflects how much of Slack’s category footprint each one covers. It is not a ranking, and no company can pay to appear here.
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Discord
discord.comThe mainstream real-time community reference.
Discourse
discourse.orgThe leading open source discussion community platform.
How this list is built
Category placement comes from the classifier and human review, not from a paid submission. A product missing from this page has either not entered the Niched research set or carries no category assignment yet. Absence is never evidence against it. Read the method or submit a missing product.