Switching
Switch without your community paying for it
No cut-off date, no blind flight: you start in parallel, bring your people over calmly, and keep the old platform until you're sure.
The move in four steps
- 1
Start in parallel
Create your Pukalani community for free – your old platform keeps running untouched. No risk, no deadline.
- 2
Pick your blocks
Switch on what you actually use. Many people notice here: nobody ever opened half of the old features.
- 3
Bring the core content
Important posts, pages and dates come along – guided, not guesswork. Old discussions can be archived on purpose instead of dragged along.
- 4
Invite members
Send the invitation, log in with a code – no password required. Then you cancel over there when it feels right.
What you gain
- A predictable price with no transaction fee on your revenue
- Data in Germany, no ad tracking
- Your domain, your design – your community is named after you
- No lock-in: export and deletion are built in, not sold to you
An honest comparison
Compared honestly. Including where we're (not yet) the answer.
We only compare what we can back up — with sources and a date. Where we're weaker, it says so right here.
| Criterion | Pukalani | Circle | Skool | Mighty Networks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price per month | free | $89 (Professional) | $9 (Hobby) | $79 (Launch) |
| Transaction fee | none | 2% | 10% (Hobby) · 2.9% (Pro) | 2% |
| Hosting / company base | Germany | USA | USA | USA |
| Courses incl. paid access | yes (early access) | yes | yes | yes |
| Blocks can be switched off individually | yes | suite | suite | suite |
| Blocks embeddable in your own website | yes (discussions, events) | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Native mobile apps with push | no | yes | yes | yes |
“n/a” means: we couldn't verify it properly — so we don't claim anything. Spot a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.
Sources:CircleSkoolMighty Networks
You want native iOS/Android apps with push, or a community with 50,000 members and enterprise SSO? Then the big suites are (still) the better choice. For everyone who wants to start lean, fair and privacy-close, we're the right way.
Start in parallel – free
Create first, decide later. The old platform stays until you're sure.
Start free