# Discord alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 230 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Discord holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/discord/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Higher Logic Vanilla: 50
- Circle: 40
- Bettermode: 29
- Discourse: 20
- Gainsight Customer Communities: 14
- Khoros Communities: 14

## Community platforms

**Small business**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Discord (Discord is #6 of 12 at 2%).

- Circle: first choice in 29 of those 69
- Bettermode: first choice in 13 of those 69
- Discourse: first choice in 11 of those 69
- Mighty Networks: first choice in 4 of those 69
- Higher Logic Vanilla: first choice in 1 of those 69
- Skool: first choice in 1 of those 69
- WordPress with community plugins: first choice in 1 of those 69

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Discord (Discord is #6 of 12 at 4%).

- Bettermode: first choice in 14 of those 77
- Higher Logic Vanilla: first choice in 14 of those 77
- Circle: first choice in 10 of those 77
- Gainsight Customer Communities: first choice in 7 of those 77
- Discourse: first choice in 6 of those 77
- Higher Logic: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Discourse self-hosted: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Khoros Communities: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Discord.

- Higher Logic Vanilla: first choice in 35 of those 84
- Khoros Communities: first choice in 13 of those 84
- Gainsight Customer Communities: first choice in 7 of those 84
- Salesforce Experience Cloud: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Discourse: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Higher Logic: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Bettermode: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Circle: first choice in 1 of those 84

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