# Salesforce Experience Cloud alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 200 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Salesforce Experience Cloud 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/salesforce-experience-cloud/alternatives

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

- Circle: 42
- Discourse: 30
- Bettermode: 29
- Higher Logic Vanilla: 22
- Gainsight Customer Communities: 6
- Khoros Communities: 5

## Community platforms

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Salesforce Experience Cloud (Salesforce Experience Cloud is #9 of 12 at 0%).

- Circle: first choice in 34 of those 84
- Discourse: first choice in 17 of those 84
- Bettermode: first choice in 15 of those 84
- Mighty Networks: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Skool: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Discord: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Higher Logic Vanilla: first choice in 1 of those 84
- WordPress with community plugins: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 67 of 84 answers did not name Salesforce Experience Cloud (Salesforce Experience Cloud is #9 of 12 at 0%).

- Bettermode: first choice in 12 of those 67
- Discourse: first choice in 10 of those 67
- Circle: first choice in 7 of those 67
- Higher Logic Vanilla: first choice in 6 of those 67
- Gainsight Customer Communities: first choice in 4 of those 67
- Discord: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Higher Logic: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Discourse self-hosted: first choice in 1 of those 67

**Enterprise**: 49 of 84 answers did not name Salesforce Experience Cloud (Salesforce Experience Cloud is #4 of 10 at 4%).

- Higher Logic Vanilla: first choice in 15 of those 49
- Khoros Communities: first choice in 5 of those 49
- Discourse: first choice in 3 of those 49
- Bettermode: first choice in 2 of those 49
- Gainsight Customer Communities: first choice in 2 of those 49
- Higher Logic: first choice in 2 of those 49
- Circle: first choice in 1 of those 49
- CustomerHub: first choice in 1 of those 49

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