Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Discourse
Discourse clearly comes out ahead of Higher Logic Vanilla on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Discourse's paid plans start at $20/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | Higher Logic | Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc. |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | MarketingDevelopmentSales & CRM | MarketingDevelopmentEducation & EdTech |
| Categories | customer-successcrm | customer-success |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Discourse
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| Feature | higher-logic-vanilla | discourse |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Analytics | ||
| 15+ Plugins (Discourseconnect, Chat Integration, Solved, Github, Etc.) | ||
| Ai Addons | ||
| 20+ Plugins (Data Explorer, Automation, Oauth2, Openid Connect, Policy, Etc.) | ||
| Community Support | ||
| 50+ Plugins (Code Review, Saved Search, Topic Tooltips, Saml Authentication) | ||
| Core Forum Functionality | ||
| Everything On Business | ||
| Db Level Encryption | ||
| Everything On Free | ||
| Dedicated Cluster | ||
| Everything On Pro | ||
| Enterprise Support | ||
| Everything On Starter | ||
| Self-Hosted | ||
| Expert Design & Development Services | ||
| Sso Connections | ||
| Free Domain (Your-Community.Discourse.Group) | ||
| Unlimited Api Calls | ||
| Migration Services | ||
| Unlimited Page Views | ||
| Social Logins (Facebook, Google, Github, Apple) | ||
| Unlimited Users |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Discourse comes out ahead overall, though Higher Logic Vanilla can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Higher Logic Vanilla and Discourse offer a free tier.
Discourse scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Discourse is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
