Alternatives to Circle
Other Customer communities vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Circle does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 23 that differ from Circle on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Circle has 6 gaps in what we could measure: Subprocessor list, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116), Named privacy contact. The column “publishes and Circle does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Circle does not | Circle publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bettermodebettermode.com | 83/100 | 3 Subprocessor list, Certifications named, Named privacy contact | nothing | Compare |
| Discoursediscourse.org | 52/100 | 3 Subprocessor list, Certifications named, Named privacy contact | 3 Data processing agreement, Status page with history, Notice before subprocessors change | Compare |
| Hivebritehivebrite.com | 52/100 | 3 Subprocessor list, security.txt (RFC 9116), Named privacy contact | 3 Data location stated, Public pricing, HTTPS enforced with HSTS | Compare |
| Mattermostmattermost.com | 48/100 | 3 Subprocessor list, Certifications named, security.txt (RFC 9116) | 3 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Public pricing | Compare |
| Zapnitozapnito.com | 43/100 | 2 Subprocessor list, Named privacy contact | 3 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Notice before subprocessors change | Compare |
| Discipledisciplemedia.com | 39/100 | 2 Subprocessor list, Certifications named | 4 Data location stated, Status page with history, Public pricing, +1 | Compare |
| Rocket.Chatrocket.chat | 39/100 | 2 Certifications named, Named privacy contact | 3 Data processing agreement, Public pricing, Notice before subprocessors change | Compare |
| Higher Logichigherlogic.com | 65/100 | 1 Subprocessor list | 1 Public pricing | Compare |
| Mighty Networksmightynetworks.com | 57/100 | 1 Named privacy contact | 1 Status page with history | Compare |
| Heartbeatheartbeat.chat | 52/100 | 1 Named privacy contact | 1 Data location stated | Compare |
| Flockflock.com | 32/100 | 1 Certifications named | 3 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Notice before subprocessors change | Compare |
| Matrixmatrix.org | 22/100 | 1 security.txt (RFC 9116) | 4 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Public pricing, +1 | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.