What was read
7 companies placed; 0 read during October 2026.
- CircleSep 30, 2026
- SkoolSep 30, 2026
- Mighty NetworksSep 30, 2026
- DiscourseSep 30, 2026
- DiscordSep 30, 2026
- Communities that go quietSep 30, 2026
- Creators and brands running a paid groupSep 30, 2026
Gaps closed and opened
4 themes were raised about two or more of 5 read companies; 0 share no word with anything a company declares. Against the previous month: 1 gap opened and 0 closed (0 now share a word with a declared capability, 0 no longer raised about two companies). Themes are compared by their words, so a theme the reading reworded counts as one closed and one opened.
- Opened · 1
- Billing, fees and cancellation
- Now answered in the declared names · 0
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- No longer raised about two companies · 0
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- ● Free tier, trial and paywalled featuresraised about 3 of 5
- ◌ Billing, fees and cancellationraised about 2 of 5 · no declared match
- ● Price levelraised about 2 of 5
- ● Integrations and APIraised about 2 of 5
Who entered
0 companies placed; 6 products sighted by a search and not yet read (Swarm, Disco, GroupApp, Project Beta, Heartbeat, beehiiv Community).
Pricing moves
6 of 7 read companies have a pricing entry on record; none recorded a pricing change this month.
- Circle [COMPANY CLAIM] Sep 30, 2026Circle's current public plan structure is Professional ($89-129/month), Business ($199-219/month), and Enterprise ($419-499/month), with a custom-priced Plus plan for branded mobile apps; transaction fees scale down from 2% to 0.5% by tier. source
- Mighty Networks [COMPANY CLAIM] Sep 30, 2026Mighty Networks structures pricing as Launch (~$79-95/month), Scale (~$179-215/month), and Growth (~$354-425/month) tiers, plus a custom-priced Mighty Pro plan, with transaction fees stepping down from 2% on Launch to 0.5% on Growth/Mighty Pro as plans increase. source
- Creators and brands running a paid group [COMPANY CLAIM] Sep 30, 2026Skool's entry plan (Hobby) starts at $9/month but carries a 10% transaction fee on paid memberships; its Pro tier runs about $99/month with a lower ~2.9% fee. source
- Skool [COMPANY CLAIM] Sep 30, 2026Skool's official pricing is published as two plans: Hobby at $9/month with a 10% + 30¢ per-transaction fee, and Pro at $99/month with a 2.9% + 30¢ fee on transactions up to $899, rising to 3.9% + 30¢ above $900. Both plans include unlimited courses and members, and annual billing saves roughly 2 months (about 17%). source
- Discourse [COMPANY CLAIM] Sep 30, 2026Third-party pricing trackers report Discourse offers a free tier (unlimited members, ~2 staff seats, ~500k monthly page views, 5GB storage), with paid hosted tiers commonly cited as Starter/Pro around $20-$100/month, Business around $300-$500/month, and a custom-priced Enterprise tier with higher limits and SLA guarantees. source
- Discord [FACT] Sep 30, 2026Discord's current paid tiers are Nitro Basic at $2.99/month ($29.99/year) and full Nitro at $9.99/month ($99.99/year, ~16% annual savings), with Server Boosts priced separately per boost level. source
What users raised
19 themes raised by users; the most raised: Free tier, trial and paywalled features (3 of 5), Billing, fees and cancellation (2 of 5), Integrations and API (2 of 5).
- Free tier, trial and paywalled features 3/5
- Billing, fees and cancellation 2/5
- Integrations and API 2/5
- Price level 2/5
- Bugs and reliability 1/5
- chat format hard to search/organize (Discord) 1/5
- Content and catalog depth 1/5
- Email marketing is a paid add-on 1/5
- engagement fades after events without follow-up 1/5
- Legacy plans miss newest features 1/5
- Limited LMS depth (no quizzes/grading/certificates) 1/5
- Mobile apps 1/5
- Nitro perks seen as cosmetic-only, not essential 1/5
- No email marketing tools 1/5
- No landing page/website builder 1/5
- No quizzes, grading, or certificates 1/5
- Regulatory/government bans in some countries 1/5
- Stripe-only payments 1/5
- Usage limits and caps 1/5
Funding by quarter
Withheld: something was read in 1 of the last 8 quarters. A series needs at least 2 to say anything a single reading does not.
The ledger this month
0 observed claims recorded this month.
How big this market is, as its publishers state it
No market-size figure has been recorded for this level yet. Not read is not zero.
Research-house estimates for this sector, carried side by side under each house’s own name. Estimates of one market can differ several-fold; none is averaged, and none is Forge’s.
No publisher is named for this level yet, so there is nothing to read from. Publishers are authored in the taxonomy and arrive with a deploy.