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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 145 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Discourse 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/discourse/alternatives

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

- Higher Logic Vanilla: 39
- Bettermode: 13
- Circle: 12
- Khoros Communities: 9
- Gainsight Customer Communities: 6
- Higher Logic: 4

## Community platforms

**Small business**: 28 of 84 answers did not name Discourse (Discourse is #2 of 12 at 31%).

- Circle: first choice in 5 of those 28
- Bettermode: first choice in 2 of those 28
- Skool: first choice in 2 of those 28
- Mighty Networks: first choice in 1 of those 28
- WordPress with community plugins: first choice in 1 of those 28

**Mid-market**: 55 of 84 answers did not name Discourse (Discourse is #2 of 12 at 18%).

- Bettermode: first choice in 11 of those 55
- Higher Logic Vanilla: first choice in 10 of those 55
- Circle: first choice in 6 of those 55
- Discord: first choice in 2 of those 55
- Gainsight Customer Communities: first choice in 2 of those 55
- Higher Logic: first choice in 2 of those 55
- Discourse self-hosted: first choice in 1 of those 55
- Facebook Groups: first choice in 1 of those 55

**Enterprise**: 62 of 84 answers did not name Discourse (Discourse is #5 of 10 at 4%).

- Higher Logic Vanilla: first choice in 29 of those 62
- Khoros Communities: first choice in 9 of those 62
- Gainsight Customer Communities: first choice in 4 of those 62
- Salesforce Experience Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 62
- Higher Logic: first choice in 2 of those 62
- Circle: first choice in 1 of those 62
- CustomerHub: first choice in 1 of those 62
- Discourse.org hosted: first choice in 1 of those 62

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