Mobieus vs Facebook first. Vs Circle, Skool, and Mighty next.
Most operators land here from one of two questions. "How is Mobieus different from a Facebook group?" or "How does it compare to Circle/Skool/Mighty?" Both are below, in that order. Numbers verified late May 2026; we re-check on schedule. Use this with the fee calculator to see what each paid option would actually cost you.
The honest side-by-side.
Facebook groups cost nothing and own everything. Mobieus charges a published fee and you own everything. Full standalone page: Mobieus vs Facebook.
| What you actually get | Mobieus | Facebook group |
|---|---|---|
| Who owns the member relationship | You | |
| Who controls reach to your members | You (every member sees every post) | The Meta news-feed algorithm |
| Custom domain + your own branding | ✓ | — |
| Forums with structure (categories, threads, search) | ✓ | One reverse-chronological feed |
| mobieusMarket with member reputation + owner moderation | ✓ | Facebook Marketplace exists, run by Meta, owners cannot moderate |
| Help desk inside the community (mobieusHelp) | ✓ | — |
| LMS with SCORM + xAPI (mobieusLearn) | ✓ | — |
| Community knowledge base (mobieusKnow) | ✓ | — |
| AI assists on your own Anthropic key (mobieusAI) | ✓ | — |
| Credit economy + gamification (mobieusCredits) | ✓ | — |
| Direct Stripe + zero platform fee on commerce | ✓ | Cannot sell directly inside the group |
| Your data, one-click export | ✓ | Partial; member contact info is not yours to take |
| Who can shut the community down without notice | Only you | Meta moderation, with no human appeal |
| Monthly cost to the operator | $19–$2,500 (published) | $0 (group), but no commerce, no domain, no export |
Mobieus vs Circle, Skool, and Mighty Networks.
If you are choosing between paid platforms, the matrix below is unchanged from the previous version. Numbers verified late May 2026.
| Feature | Mobieus | Circle | Skool | Mighty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform fee on member payments | 0% | 2% on Pro / 1% on Business | 10% Hobby / 2.9% Pro | ~2% lower tiers / ~0.5% top |
| Bring your own Stripe | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Custom domain on entry plan | ✓ | $+ | — | ✓ |
| Built-in help desk (mobieusHelp) | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Built-in LMS — SCORM + xAPI (mobieusLearn) | ✓ | — | Courses only | — |
| Built-in knowledge base (mobieusKnow) | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Public REST API + webhooks (mobieusAPI) | ✓ | Business plan only | — | Enterprise |
| Email tooling included | ✓ | +$99/mo Email Hub | ✓ | ✓ |
| Published flat-price tier under $100 | $19 Starter / $99 Pro | $89 Pro (annual) | $99 Pro | $41–$179 |
| Member cap on entry plan | 250 | No cap (pay per active) | 1k | 100 |
| mobieusMarket listings | ✓ Pro and up | — | — | — |
| Creator monetization stack (course subscriptions, all-access membership, free trials, installments, bundles, order bumps, affiliate) | ✓ Creator and up | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| mobieusLearn video lessons (upload, inline player, resume) | ✓ | — | Courses only | — |
| mobieusHelp live chat widget (every chat becomes a ticket) | ✓ | — | — | — |
| AI Community Manager (HITL drafts: welcomes, summaries, re-engagement) | ✓ Creator and up | — | — | — |
| BYOK + per-tenant AI model pick (Haiku / Sonnet / Opus) | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Native mobile app | PWA | iOS/Android | iOS/Android | iOS/Android |
| Dedicated/Sovereign tier | $2,500 published | Enterprise | Enterprise | Enterprise |
Stripe processing (~2.9% + 30¢) applies on every platform listed, including Mobieus.
One subscription. The whole stack.
Point tools make you buy and wire together a separate LMS, help desk, live-chat tool, and community platform. Most teams pay $18,000 to $60,000 a year for that pile. Mobieus puts community, chat, knowledge base, help desk, LMS, marketplace, monetization, and AI under one bill. Creator Plus is $599/mo for 25,000 members, with everything included and a 0% platform fee on what you sell.
| What you would buy separately | Bundled in Mobieus |
|---|---|
| Community + real-time chat | ✓ mobieusCore + mobieusChat |
| Knowledge base + help desk with live chat | ✓ mobieusKnow + mobieusHelp |
| LMS with video lessons, SCORM, certificates | ✓ mobieusLearn |
| Course sales, memberships, marketplace | ✓ mobieusMarket + monetization, 0% fee |
| AI assists on your own Anthropic key | ✓ mobieusAI |
What about Discord?
Discord is a chat product. Mobieus is a community + commerce platform with forums, mobieusChat real-time rooms, mobieusMarket, an LMS, a help desk, and mobieusKnow (knowledge base). If your community is real-time voice/text chat with no structure, Discord wins. If it has paid membership, courses, sales, archives, or anything that benefits from a long-form forum index, you outgrow Discord quickly. Most operators run both for a while: Discord for hangout, Mobieus for the things that need to persist and pay.
One-on-one comparisons.
Mobieus vs Facebook groups.
The own-vs-rent breakdown, plus the honest marketplace disclaimer.
vs CircleMobieus vs Circle.
Circle’s 2% Professional fee, the $99 Email Hub, Business-plan gating.
vs SkoolMobieus vs Skool.
Skool’s 10% Hobby and 2.9% Pro fees, the gamification tradeoff.
vs MightyMobieus vs Mighty Networks.
Mighty’s never-zero fee, branded apps, enterprise pricing.
AlternativesBest Skool alternatives in 2026.
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AlternativesBest Circle alternatives in 2026.
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AlternativesBest Mighty Networks alternatives.
Mighty does community-and-events well, but the transaction fee never hits zero.
FeesWhat community platforms actually take from your revenue.
Real annual numbers across the field, at $1k / $5k / $25k / $50k MRR.
Use caseThe best platform for paid communities in 2026.
What to look for when members pay to be there.
MigrateMigration playbooks.
Facebook groups, self-hosted forums, Circle, Skool, Mighty.
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