Circle vs Pumble Pricing (2026)
How do these two stack up on price? Here's what each one costs, what you get, and where the value sits.
Professional
- Circle AI
- Unlimited members
- Courses
- Discussions
- Events
- Website Builder
- Live streams
- Live rooms
- Custom branding
- Reporting & analytics
- Searchable member directory
- Rich member profiles
- Paid memberships
- Gamification
- Custom domain
- Weekly community digest
- Migration services for payments
Business
Popular- Workflows
- Custom profile fields
- Circle MCP
- Headless Member API
- Admin API
- Branded email notifications
- Content co-pilot
- Automated transcriptions
- Activity scores
- Standard migration services
- Remove Circle branding
Circle Plus
- AI Agents & AI workflows
- Custom single sign-on (SSO)
- Highest limits (Live, Storage, Workflows)
- 10k Email Hub contacts included
- Lower transaction fees
- Sandbox community
PRO
- Group meetings
- Screen sharing
- Screen share annotations
- Private and public channels
- Direct messages
- Threads
- Quote messages
- Mentions, reactions, pins, save messages
- Message history
- Share files and links
- Message formatting
- File storage
- Schedule a message
- Reminders
- Voice and video messages
- 1:1 voice and video meetings
- Video conferencing
- Group voice meetings
- Meeting links
- Customizable sections
- Import from Slack
- Apps & Integrations
- Clockify and Plaky integrations
- Data encryption
- SOC 2
- 24/7 Support (email, chat, phone)
- Dedicated success representative
BUSINESS
- Private and public channels
- Direct messages
- Threads
- Quote messages
- Mentions, reactions, pins, save messages
- Message history
- Share files and links
- Message formatting
- File storage
- Schedule a message
- Reminders
- Voice and video messages
- 1:1 voice and video meetings
- Screen sharing
- Screen share annotations
- Video conferencing
- Group voice meetings
- Meeting links
- Customizable sections
- Meeting recordings
- Import from Slack
- Apps & Integrations
- Clockify and Plaky integrations
- Guest access
- Permissions
- Channel-posting permissions
- User groups
- Data encryption
- SOC 2
- 24/7 Support (email, chat, phone)
- Dedicated success representative
ENTERPRISE
- Private and public channels
- Direct messages
- Threads
- Quote messages
- Mentions, reactions, pins, save messages
- Message history
- Share files and links
- Message formatting
- File storage
- Schedule a message
- Reminders
- Voice and video messages
- 1:1 voice and video meetings
- Screen sharing
- Screen share annotations
- Video conferencing
- Group voice meetings
- Meeting links
- Customizable sections
- Meeting recordings
- Import from Slack
- Apps & Integrations
- Clockify and Plaky integrations
- Guest access
- Permissions
- Channel-posting permissions
- User groups
- Data encryption
- SOC 2
- Single sign-on (SSO)
- Data retention
- 24/7 Support (email, chat, phone)
- Dedicated success representative
cake.com bundle
Popular- Team Communication
- Time Tracking*
- Project Management
Circle vs Pumble FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- Pumble is the cheaper option, starting at $2/mo vs $89/mo for Circle.
- Can I use either one for free?
- Pumble has a free plan. Circle doesn't — though they do offer a free trial.
- How do they charge?
- Different approach here. Circle uses hybrid pricing, while Pumble goes with per-seat. That changes the math depending on your team size and usage.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. Circle: At $89-199/mo before the custom enterprise tier, Circle sits mid-to-upper market compared to scrappier community tools but undercuts full-blown LMS or membership platforms bundled with marketing suites. They're chasing serious creators and businesses who've outgrown Discord/Slack hacks but aren't ready for a bloated enterprise stack. Pumble: These are some of the lowest price points in the team messaging category — PRO at $2.99 undercuts Slack's Pro tier by roughly 5x and sits well below Microsoft Teams' paid tiers too. They're clearly going after cost-conscious SMBs and teams in price-sensitive markets who've been priced out of the big players.
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