Free resource
Platform Finder Scorecard
Circle or Skool? Discord or your own site? Pick the kind of platform first. Five questions and one comparison table get you there.
What's inside
Five questions
Ownership, cost at 5,000 members, course vs conversation, upkeep and brand.
One comparison table
Hosted apps, social groups, course platforms and self-hosted, side by side on 8 points.
A scoring sheet
Count your answers and get a shortlist of one kind of platform.
Questions
Does it recommend a brand?
No. It tells you which kind of platform fits, so you compare like with like. Within each kind, check each vendor's current pricing and features.
You make community software. Is it neutral?
The scorecard sends many people to hosted apps or free social groups, and says so. Our own tools only appear in the self-hosted column, marked as ours.
BuddyCrafters is part of Wbcom Designs, which makes some of the tools named here (BuddyNext, Jetonomy, Learnomy, Eventonomy and others). We say so wherever they appear; see the disclosure page.
