Circle Community Platform vs. Igloo

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Circle Community Platform
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Circle is an all-in-one branded community platform. Circle empowers creators and businesses to bring together their community, events, courses, and so much more — all under their own brand.
$39
per month
Igloo
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
Igloo Software is a social business software company that builds digital workplaces and intranet solutions to support online communities and businesses of any size. It is a suite of content management, collaboration and knowledge sharing tools within one secure social networking platform. Online communities drive groups, teams and organizations to improve employee productivity, foster relationships and increase collaboration with customers, partners and suppliers.N/A
Pricing
Circle Community PlatformIgloo
Editions & Modules
Basic
$39
per month
Professional
$89
per month (billed annually)
Business
$199
per month (billed annually)
Enterprise
$360
per month (billed annually)
Enterprise
$399
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Circle Community PlatformIgloo
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsIgloo is free to use for up to 10 users. Paid accounts begin $12 per user per month. We also offer volume discounts for enterprise-wide intranets and external users. Contact us for details.
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Community Pulse
Circle Community PlatformIgloo
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User Ratings
Circle Community PlatformIgloo
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(0 ratings)
6.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Circle Community PlatformIgloo
Likelihood to Recommend
If you want to create a community based teaching or communication this would be a great platform. If you also want to sell courses or content, this would be a great place to do that. Giving a group of people a place to come together and learn from each other. I wouldn't recommend this for a person who isn't interested in creating a community, if you want to just sell courses, you can use other software for that
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Igloo is really great for giving your organization access to the latest version of documents and templates. It's also great for organizing and versioning shared resources. It can also be customized for your organization in terms of sections, page layout, color scheme, branding, etc. It's not so great for search or for offline use. Overall I'd highly recommend it.
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Pros
  • User friendly
  • Nice layout
  • Good functionalities
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  • Igloo gives you great customization abilities and really fits the need for small communication bursts to important company-wide announcements — when their UI was not getting in the way.
  • Igloo offers a lot of "bells and whistles" if you need them. But it was hard for these small, nonessential elements to not get in the way of the overall purpose of its use.
  • Their sales team was spectacular. But their implementation team was hit or miss. Only one or two people I was able to connect with were both knowledgeable and quickly responsive.
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Cons
  • Video Space or Channel like YouTube
  • Giving more options for embed
  • Allowing documents and pdfs to open on mobile app in app versus needing to be downloaded on mobile first before viewing
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  • Pricing can lead to high costs.
  • Users without CSS knowledge may have a hard time to customize themes. Maybe more graphical options to change layouts would be nice.
  • NO SSO and LDAP authentication methods available in the basic version.
  • Languages support in the basic version.
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Usability
Overall, great. Platform could be easier to navigate.
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Alternatives Considered
It was the easiest to set up and it was suggested by a lot of people as the best one for my needs! I have zero previous experience about building a community so I tried to listen to suggestions of ppl with more experience than myself. So far it has been a good choice
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Igloo stacks up by keeping simple. You can find all functionalities in a very easy way due to the good UI and UX that is provided. Basically, all that you need to improve communication and collaboration in your team/company is available. Also, there are a lot of integration possibilities that can enhance your experience with Igloo.
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Return on Investment
  • Increased the siz our most engaged audience
  • Increased our overall engagement with our audience - way more two way dialogue than traditional email marketing can do
  • Increased attendance at our webinars and paid classes
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  • Established a standard communication platform for the organization
  • Aided in culture development where employees are able engage and be a part of the right channels
  • Information/Data sharing/Personalization of content
  • Creation of content
  • Transparency of communication across all levels
  • Integrations with other tools like Microsoft 365 or Slack
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ScreenShots

Igloo Screenshots

Screenshot of A highly social platformScreenshot of Easy drag and drop designScreenshot of Content management systemScreenshot of Responsive design for mobile users