Swarm
- Android app
- Yes
- Free plan
- Trial only
- Paid plans from
- $19/mo
- Runs on
- Android, api, iOS, Web
Summary
Swarm is a video-first community platform for online experts and coaches. It brings discussions, courses, live events, and paid offerings into a branded storefront. Members can use threaded text, video, voice notes, images, GIFs, embeds, mentions, and screen shares in conversations. Course builders organize lessons into ordered modules and can include video, text, PDFs, and embeds. Native live events offer meeting or webinar modes, co-hosts, and recordings that can be posted automatically. Creators can sell memberships, courses, downloads, event tickets, and bookings, with Stripe handling payments. Plans start at $19/mo (annual), and a 14-day trial does not require a credit card. That trial uses Launch and excludes testing the store, white label, Zapier, and API integrations. Swarm provides an installable Progressive Web App for mobile and desktop, with push notifications and no app-store download required. Its Scale plan includes Zapier, API access, and SSO.
Who it is for
Swarm suits coaches and experts whose teaching is visual, physical, or personal. It may not suit text-only communities or people who do not want to appear on camera.
What is good
- Supports threaded video, voice, text, and image discussions.
- Builds courses from ordered modules and varied lesson content.
- Offers native events with recordings and co-hosts.
- Sells memberships, courses, downloads, tickets, and bookings.
- Provides a mobile and desktop Progressive Web App.
What to know first
- Launch limits live events to 30 minutes.
- Launch allows one space and up to 1,000 members.
- Launch charges a 10% transaction fee.
- The trial excludes store and selected integrations.
Verdict
Swarm combines community conversation, teaching content, events, and sales for creators whose work benefits from video. Check the plan limits and trial exclusions against the way you intend to run your community.
Swarm plans and pricing
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Facts
- Product
- Swarm is a video-first community platform for online experts and coaches.swarm.to · 30 Sept 2026
- Community conversations
- Discussions support threaded text, video, voice notes, images, GIFs, embeds, mentions and screen shares.swarm.to · 30 Sept 2026
- Courses
- Course builders support ordered modules and lessons containing video, text, PDFs and embeds.swarm.to · 30 Sept 2026
- Payments
- Creators can sell memberships, courses, downloads, event tickets and bookings through a branded storefront.swarm.to · 30 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- The Scale plan includes Zapier, API access and SSO; Swarm’s help center describes syncing new space members to a CRM through Zapier.help.swarm.to · 30 Sept 2026
- Payment processing
- Swarm connects to Stripe for paid space memberships and storefront payments.help.swarm.to · 30 Sept 2026
- Mobile app
- Swarm provides an installable Progressive Web App for mobile and desktop, with push notifications and no app-store download required.help.swarm.to · 30 Sept 2026
- Trial
- Swarm offers a 14-day trial without requiring a credit card; the trial uses Launch and does not allow testing the store, white label, Zapier or API integrations.help.swarm.to · 30 Sept 2026
- Security and subprocessors
- Swarm’s privacy policy names AWS and Google Cloud Platform for hosting and storage, Stripe for payments, and OpenAI for AI features, which it says are temporarily processed and not used for model training.swarm.to · 30 Sept 2026
- Data retention
- Swarm says it keeps most data while an account is active and for six months afterward, and begins deleting personal data within 10 business days of account closure.swarm.to · 30 Sept 2026
- Support
- Swarm provides a Help Center with guidance on getting started, member management, live events, billing, stores, courses and troubleshooting.help.swarm.to · 30 Sept 2026
- Intended users
- Swarm describes itself as a fit for coaches and experts whose teaching is visual, physical or personal, and says it is a poor fit for text-only communities or people who do not want to appear on camera.swarm.to · 30 Sept 2026
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