- Starting price
- $100/mo
- Website
- discourse.org
About Discourse
Discourse is modern forum software for your community, offering mailing lists, forums, and long-form chat in a cohesive environment. It’s built for community managers, developers, and teams who want open-source software with portable data and flexible integrations to support discussions, support, and collaboration.
Key Features
In practice, Discourse combines forums, quick chats, and moderation to fit diverse communities and workflows:
Use-case support
Covers product feedback, content sharing, Q&A, and more, with settings tailored to each scenario.
Chat and long-form integration
An integrated space for quick conversations and extended discussions that helps member relationships form and knowledge grow.
Branding and integrations
Brand forums to match your look and connect with existing tools and your tech stack.
Moderation and safety
Moderation tools plus AI-assisted checks to keep conversations on-topic and safe from spam or abuse.
Summary
Best for community managers, product teams, and developer communities seeking open-source, data-portable forum software.
Pricing
View pricingPlans and prices as listed on discourse.org as of Sep 24, 2026.
Pro
$100 / month
- Unlimited members & chat
- Unlimited public & private categories
- Unlimited tags
- Custom groups
- Email support
- Custom & community themes
- Custom domain
- API and Webhook access
- 15+ plugins
Business
$500 / month
- Everything on Pro, plus:
- Advanced reporting & analytics
- Automation
- Events
- Gamification
- SSO (Open ID & OAuth2)
- 20+ additional plugins
- 15 staff seats
- Priority support
- Standard migration services
Enterprise
Custom pricing
- Everything on Business, plus:
- Expert design & development services
- 99.9% uptime guarantee
- GDPR & CCPA compliant hosting
- 50+ additional plugins
- Unlimited staff seats
- Custom migration services
