Compare · Mobieus vs Circle

Mobieus vs Circle.

Name: Mobieus community platform
Brand: Mobieus

Circle is the most polished community platform most creators will try. The interface is clean, live rooms work well, and the automation is mature. The reasons people start shopping for an alternative are usually about the bill, not the product. Here is the honest side-by-side: what each platform charges, what is bundled, and when each one fits.

Numbers verified late May 2026. Stripe processing (about 2.9% plus 30 cents) applies on both platforms.

Side by side

The full comparison.

Pulled from both pricing pages. No asterisks, no "contact sales" line items.

Feature	Mobieus	Circle
Platform fee on member payments	0% on every tier	2% on Professional, dropping on Business
Published entry price	$19 Starter, $99 Pro	~$89 Professional (annual billing)
Bring your own Stripe	✓	✓
Custom domain on entry plan	Included from Pro ($99)	Paid add-on
Members included on entry plan	250 (Starter), 1,000 (Pro)	No member cap (pay per active)
Built-in help desk	✓ mobieusHelp from Pro	—
Built-in LMS with SCORM + certificates	✓ mobieusLearn from Pro	Courses only, no SCORM
Built-in community wiki	✓ mobieusKnow from Pro	—
Email tooling included	✓	+$99/mo Email Hub add-on
Public REST API + signed webhooks	Included from Pro	Business plan only
Workflows / automation	Automation engine included from Pro	Business plan only
mobieusMarket listings	✓ from Creator	—
AI Community Manager (HITL drafts: welcomes, summaries, re-engagement)	✓ from Creator	—
BYOK Anthropic key + per-tenant model pick	✓ from Creator	—
Sell courses with 0% platform fee	✓ from Creator	—
Native mobile app	PWA	iOS / Android
Dedicated / Sovereign tier	$2,500 published	Enterprise, not published
Full data export	✓	✓

Stripe processing (about 2.9% plus 30 cents) applies on both platforms.

Honest tradeoffs

When each one wins.

Neither platform wins every comparison. The decision usually comes down to two or three things you actually care about.

When Mobieus wins

Cost, bundle, and ownership.

0% platform fee on every tier vs Circle's 2% on Professional. At $5,000/mo in member payments, that is $1,200/year staying in your account instead of leaving it.
Help desk, LMS with SCORM, and community wiki are bundled in the $99 Pro tier, not bolted on with separate bills.
Email is included, not a $99/month Email Hub line item.
Custom domains, API access, and automation are on the entry Pro plan, not gated to the $199 Business tier.
Sovereign is published at $2,500, not a "contact us" enterprise quote.

When Circle wins

Live events, automation maturity, native apps.

Live rooms and events are polished and battle-tested. If live events are the spine of your community, Circle has a head start.
The automation / workflow library is mature. Mobieus has an automation engine, but Circle has more pre-built recipes.
Native iOS and Android apps. Mobieus runs as a PWA with install-to-home-screen. If members must live in a native app, Circle ships one.
No member cap on the entry plan, billed per active member instead.

Migration

Moving from Circle to Mobieus.

Stripe subscriptions can transfer between accounts, so paid members keep their billing intact. The six-step runbook covers spaces to forums, courses, the fee math, and what to communicate to members.

How to migrate your community from Circle to Mobieus

Fee math

What Circle's fees cost on real revenue.

The plan price is the first number. The transaction fee is the second one, and it scales with your success. A community doing $5,000/month in member payments pays roughly $100/month, $1,200/year, on Circle Professional's 2% fee. None of that includes Stripe processing, which you pay on either platform.

Calculate what Circle's fees cost you per year How community platform fees actually add up

Common questions

Frequently asked.

Can I import members from Circle to Mobieus?
Yes. Members import from a Circle CSV export, and Stripe subscriptions can transfer between accounts so paid members keep billing intact without re-entering payment details. The Circle migration guide walks through the six-step runbook.

Does Mobieus charge a platform fee on community sales?
No. The Mobieus platform fee on course sales, paid forums, mobieusMarket listings, and member subscriptions is 0% on every tier. You connect your own Stripe and your members pay you directly. Stripe's standard processing (about 2.9% plus 30 cents) is the only cut, and it applies on Circle too.

What does Mobieus include that Circle bills as add-ons?
Mobieus bundles a help desk (mobieusHelp), a full LMS with SCORM and certificates (mobieusLearn), and a community wiki (mobieusKnow) in the same Pro plan. Circle sells email as a separate $99/month Email Hub, and gates workflows, API access, and full white-label to the $199/month Business plan.

Do I lose course functionality if I move from Circle to Mobieus?
No. mobieusLearn is a full LMS with SCORM packages, cohorts, certificates, and Stripe Checkout at 0% platform fee on course sales. Circle's courses are a subset of what mobieusLearn ships, and Mobieus is the more capable side on certifications and SCORM.

Is there a custom domain on the Mobieus entry plan?
Custom domains are included from Mobieus Pro ($99/month) and up. On Circle, custom domains and several branding controls are paid extras even on Professional, which pushes the real entry price up.

When does Circle still make sense over Mobieus?
Circle's live-events polish and mature automation library are a head start. If those specific features are the spine of your community and the layered cost works for your math, Circle is a strong choice.

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