# Khoros Communities alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 202 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Khoros Communities 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/khoros-communities/alternatives

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

- Circle: 42
- Bettermode: 32
- Discourse: 28
- Higher Logic Vanilla: 19
- Gainsight Customer Communities: 9
- Mighty Networks: 4

## Community platforms

**Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Khoros Communities (Khoros Communities is #10 of 12 at 0%).

- Circle: first choice in 33 of those 83
- Discourse: first choice in 16 of those 83
- Bettermode: first choice in 15 of those 83
- Mighty Networks: first choice in 4 of those 83
- Skool: first choice in 3 of those 83
- Discord: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Higher Logic Vanilla: first choice in 1 of those 83
- WordPress with community plugins: first choice in 1 of those 83

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Khoros Communities (Khoros Communities is #12 of 12 at 0%).

- Bettermode: first choice in 15 of those 74
- Discourse: first choice in 10 of those 74
- Circle: first choice in 8 of those 74
- Higher Logic Vanilla: first choice in 8 of those 74
- Gainsight Customer Communities: first choice in 6 of those 74
- Discord: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Discourse self-hosted: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Facebook Groups: first choice in 1 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 45 of 84 answers did not name Khoros Communities (Khoros Communities is #2 of 10 at 13%).

- Higher Logic Vanilla: first choice in 10 of those 45
- Gainsight Customer Communities: first choice in 3 of those 45
- Bettermode: first choice in 2 of those 45
- Discourse: first choice in 2 of those 45
- Salesforce Experience Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 45
- Circle: first choice in 1 of those 45
- Discourse.org hosted: first choice in 1 of those 45
- Higher Logic: first choice in 1 of those 45

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