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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-comparison-category/65736 "2017-07-06T13:03:22Z")
Topics comparing Discourse to other platforms. This category has restricted access. If you wish to post in it and cannot, reach out to our @moderators to ask for access. Only 1 topic per comparison. Each post can c… --- ## [Discourse vs. Khoros](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-khoros/71658)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-khoros/71658 "2025-09-26T16:34:59Z")
About Khoros Khoros, formerly Spredfast + Lithium, is a global customer engagement software company that provides online community management, social media marketing, social media analytics, digital care, and content ma… --- ## [Discourse vs Skool](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-skool/325854)
**Author:** [@ludwikc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ludwikc)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2024, 9:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-skool/325854 "2024-09-16T09:35:22Z")
Most of the communities I see these days are choosing Skool as their platform of choice. I was wondering - can we learn something from it? Beside the marketing geniuses behind the project like Sam Owens and now Alex Ho… --- ## [Discourse vs Reddit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-reddit/9741)
**Author:** [@Ricky\_Mason](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ricky_Mason)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-reddit/9741 "2024-06-06T22:20:42Z")
This is a question that has popped up in recent conversation between myself and a friend of mine. Personally, I am a big forum user. I love forums, and its easy to see the difference between the quality of discussion i… --- ## [Discourse vs. Notion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-notion/222322)
**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-notion/222322 "2022-03-29T15:26:42Z")
The Notion software was mentioned to a colleague recently and I was wondering, since I have no experience with it, whether someone in the Discourse community could share their experience and compare with Discourse, when … --- ## [Discourse vs Circle](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-circle/166935)
**Author:** [@P2W](https://meta.discourse.org/u/P2W)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-circle/166935 "2021-05-13T19:21:08Z")
Can you share more details about your critique of Circle? I haven’t tried Circle myself, but I’ve seen the marketing and had considered it as a future platform for my community. Thanks! --- ## [Discourse vs Salesforce Community vs Slack](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-salesforce-community-vs-slack/165220)
**Author:** [@Charlotte\_Weiss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Charlotte_Weiss)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-salesforce-community-vs-slack/165220 "2020-09-25T21:55:08Z")
Hey! I’m looking into Slack, Discourse, and Salesforce Community. I know you may all be a bit biased (I’m asking this in a Discourse forum after all), but wondering why you chose Discourse vs Salesforce Community or Slac… --- ## [Discourse vs Sharepoint](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-sharepoint/22797)
**Author:** [@oldschoolcool](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oldschoolcool)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-sharepoint/22797 "2019-01-22T18:24:05Z")
Hey Everyone, I’m hoping you can help me out with a problem I’m having. I’m trying to get our department to adopt Discourse for use as a forum/discussion board between research scientists and research support personnel/… --- ## [Discourse vs vBulletin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-vbulletin/65869)
**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-vbulletin/65869 "2017-07-08T20:23:23Z")
About vBulletin vBulletin (vB) is a proprietary Internet forum software package developed by vBulletin Solutions, Inc., a division of Internet Brands. It is written in PHP and uses a MySQL database server. Source: wik… --- ## [Discourse vs. mailing lists (Majordomo or otherwise)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-mailing-lists-majordomo-or-otherwise/65769)
**Author:** [@Gunnar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gunnar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 5:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-mailing-lists-majordomo-or-otherwise/65769 "2017-07-07T05:45:22Z")
The Jag-lovers Forums can be found here: https://forums.jag-lovers.com/ Background In effect, we migrated to Discourse from a Majordomo mailing list archive with around 20 mailing lists and 1.8 million messages, going… --- ## [Discourse vs Ning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-ning/65738)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-ning/65738 "2017-07-06T13:17:31Z")
About Ning Ning is an online platform for people and organizations to create custom social networks, launched in October 2005. Ning offers customers the ability to create a community website with a customized appearance… --- ## [Discourse vs Facebook Groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-facebook-groups/65737)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-facebook-groups/65737 "2017-07-06T13:09:26Z")
About Facebook Groups Facebook groups need little introduction, they are the group collaboration feature Facebook ship. Previous discussions Blog: Moving from Facebook Groups to Discourse Facebook Groups - Zuck i…