Managed Community Forum
Managed Discourse Hosting
Modern community forum for your customers and team
What is Discourse?
Discourse is a leading open-source platform for online communities. It powers customer forums, product discussions, and internal knowledge bases with threaded conversations, trust levels, and a capable moderation toolkit, running on EU infrastructure.
Use cases
- Customer support and community forums
- Product feedback and feature discussions
- Internal knowledge bases
- Complement to Chatwoot for async community support
Features
- Threaded discussions and categories
- Trust levels and spam protection
- Full-text search
- Email-in and email notifications
- Plugin and theme support
- Single sign-on (SSO) integration
- Moderation and flagging tools
- Mobile-friendly progressive web app
Simple, transparent pricing
Same software, fraction of the cost.
Starter
Up to 1,000 users
- Discourse instance
- Up to 1,000 registered users
- Categories and tags
- Email notifications
- Daily backups
- Email support
Most popular
Business
Up to 10,000 users
- Everything in Starter
- Up to 10,000 registered users
- SSO integration
- Custom theme
- Plugin installation
- Priority support
Enterprise
Unlimited users
- Everything in Business
- Unlimited registered users
- Dedicated resources
- Custom integrations
- Staged migrations
- SLA-backed uptime
Every plan includes
Managed hosting
Dedicated bare-metal servers
Automated backups
Daily backups with 30-day retention
SSL included
Automatic HTTPS with Let's Encrypt
Monitoring
24/7 uptime monitoring and alerting
Compliance-ready hosting
Every managed deployment runs on EU infrastructure. Data Processing Agreement available on request. All services covered under a single DPA.
Frequently asked questions
Can members sign in with an existing SSO provider?
Yes. Discourse's built-in DiscourseConnect protocol lets you delegate authentication to any OAuth2 or SAML provider. SSO configuration is included on Business and Enterprise plans.
Which plugins can be installed on managed Discourse?
We install official and community Discourse plugins on Business and Enterprise plans. Common requests include the Solved plugin, Data Explorer, Subscriptions, and Docs. Tell us what you need during onboarding.
How many registered users does each plan support?
Starter covers up to 1,000 registered users, Business up to 10,000, and Enterprise is unlimited on dedicated resources. All plans allow unlimited guest (anonymous) readers.
Can I migrate an existing Discourse instance?
Yes. We import your Discourse database, posts, users, and uploaded files. Migrations are staged to minimize downtime; give us your current version before sign-up.
Ready to get started with Discourse?
Your instance is provisioned in minutes. No credit card required for a consultation.
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