# Facebook Groups alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 247 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Facebook Groups 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/facebook-groups/alternatives

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

- Higher Logic Vanilla: 50
- Circle: 45
- Bettermode: 31
- Discourse: 28
- Gainsight Customer Communities: 14
- Khoros Communities: 14

## Community platforms

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Facebook Groups (Facebook Groups is #11 of 12 at 0%).

- Circle: first choice in 34 of those 82
- Discourse: first choice in 16 of those 82
- Bettermode: first choice in 14 of those 82
- Mighty Networks: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Skool: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Discord: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Higher Logic Vanilla: first choice in 1 of those 82
- WordPress with community plugins: first choice in 1 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Facebook Groups (Facebook Groups is #8 of 12 at 2%).

- Bettermode: first choice in 15 of those 81
- Higher Logic Vanilla: first choice in 14 of those 81
- Circle: first choice in 10 of those 81
- Discourse: first choice in 9 of those 81
- Gainsight Customer Communities: first choice in 7 of those 81
- Higher Logic: first choice in 2 of those 81
- Discourse self-hosted: first choice in 1 of those 81
- Khoros Communities: first choice in 1 of those 81

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Facebook Groups.

- 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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