Communi
Communi combines online communities, courses, events, payments, and AI for creators and community builders.
What Communi is
Communi combines online communities, courses, events, payments, and AI for creators and community builders. Communities and courses can be free or paid, while events can require a membership tier or one-time purchase. The course builder supports video, audio, text, attachments, timed releases, certificates, and video transcription. Members can RSVP to events, receive automatic reminders, and access replays and attached resources. Payments use Stripe with daily, weekly, or monthly payouts and 0% Communi platform transaction fees. Communi AI connects to Claude, Gemini, or Grok through a model API key. It can review member applications, moderate posts and comments, answer common questions from community and course content, and surface activity insights. The platform includes direct messaging, optional points, levels, badges, leaderboards, custom domains, and a no-code landing page builder. Web, Android, and iOS access are available; the iOS app supports discussions, courses, and push notifications.
Good
- Combines communities, courses, events, payments, and AI
- Course builder supports timed releases and certificates
- Stripe payouts with 0% platform transaction fees
- AI moderation and member application review
- Web, Android, and iOS access
Watch out
- No free plan
- AI connections require a model API key
- 30-day trial only
Who it suits
Communi suits creators and community builders launching paid communities, courses, or events. It also fits operators scaling communities to thousands of members across web and mobile.
Verdict
Communi brings community management, learning, events, monetization, and AI into one platform. Its paid model, trial period, and API-key requirement should guide setup decisions.
Plans and prices
From Communi's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $295 a year | 3 community groups · Plug your community into AI · $295/year |
| PRO | $495 a year | Unlimited community groups · Custom domain · Courses and coupons · Broadcasts and automated messages · Landing page builder · $495/year |
The facts
Each one read from Communi's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI capabilities
- Communi AI can handle member application review, moderate posts and comments, answer common questions from community content and courses, and surface activity insights.checked 9 Oct 2026
- AI data
- Communi says community data is not used to train AI models or shared with third parties.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Communi describes its audience as creators and community builders, including people launching paid communities or scaling them to thousands of members.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Branding
- Communi offers custom domains and a no-code landing page builder.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Course tools
- Its course builder supports video, audio, text, attachments, timed releases, certificates and video transcription.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Engagement
- Gamification includes points, levels, badges and leaderboards, and can be toggled on or off.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Events
- Members can RSVP to events, receive automatic reminders, and access replays and resources attached to events.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Communi AI connects to Claude, Gemini or Grok using a model API key.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Memberships
- The platform supports free and paid access to communities and courses, and events can be gated by membership tier or one-time purchase.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Mobile
- The Communi iOS app lets members access discussions and courses and receive push notifications.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Payments
- Payments run through Stripe, with daily, weekly or monthly payout schedules and 0% Communi platform transaction fees.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Product
- Communi combines online community, courses, events, payments and AI in one platform.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The company says it provides free training, live office hours and a community for creators using Communi.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- Communi is operated by Daom Limited, trading as Communi, and led by founder Sam Bakker.checked 9 Oct 2026
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