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Swarm
What Swarm is
Swarm is a video-first community platform for online experts and coaches, bringing discussions, courses, events, and paid offerings together. Conversations can include threaded text, video, voice notes, images, GIFs, embeds, mentions, and screen shares. Courses are organized into ordered modules and lessons, which can contain video, text, PDFs, and embeds. Native live events support meeting or webinar modes, co-hosts, and recordings that can be posted automatically. Creators can sell memberships, courses, downloads, event tickets, and bookings through a branded storefront, with Stripe handling payments. Swarm is available on web, iOS, and Android, and provides an installable Progressive Web App with push notifications. The pricing note says From $19/mo (annual), with a 14-day trial that does not require a credit card; there is no free plan. The trial uses Launch but excludes testing the store, white label, Zapier, and API integrations. Scale includes Zapier, API access, and SSO. Swarm describes itself as a poor fit for text-only communities or people who do not want to appear on camera.
Who it suits
Swarm suits coaches and experts whose teaching is visual, physical, or personal. It is less suited to text-only communities or creators who prefer not to appear on camera.
What it does well
- Supports video, voice, and threaded discussions
- Courses can include video, text, PDFs, and embeds
- Events support co-hosts and automatic recordings
- Installable Progressive Web App includes push notifications
What to know first
- No free plan
- Trial excludes store, white label, Zapier, and API testing
- Launch limits live events to 30 minutes
- Not suited to text-only communities
Limits
The Launch plan allows one space and 1,000 members, with live events up to 30 minutes, three admins and three moderators, and uploads up to 200MB per post or 500MB per course. Its 10% transaction fee applies; the 14-day trial does not include store, white label, Zapier or API integration testing.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Scale | $1,788.00 per year (= $149.00/month, billed annually) · Unlimited spaces and members per space · 0.5% transaction fee · live events up to 90 minutes · live rooms up to 100 members · live streams up to 1,000 members · white label and branded mobile app · uploads up to 600MB per post and 5GB per course · Zapier, API and SSO | $1,788 a year |
| Scale | Monthly · Unlimited spaces and members per space · 0.5% transaction fee · live events up to 90 minutes · live rooms up to 100 members · live streams up to 1,000 members · white label and branded mobile app · uploads up to 600MB per post and 5GB per course · Zapier, API and SSO | $199 a month |
| Launch | $228.00 per year (= $19.00/month, billed annually) · 1 space · 1,000 members · 10% transaction fee · live events up to 30 minutes · 3 admins and 3 moderators · uploads up to 200MB per post and 500MB per course | $228 a year |
| Launch | Monthly · 1 space · 1,000 members · 10% transaction fee · live events up to 30 minutes · 3 admins and 3 moderators · uploads up to 200MB per post and 500MB per course | $29 a month |
| Growth | Monthly · 5 spaces · 5,000 members · 2% transaction fee · live events up to 60 minutes · live rooms up to 50 members · live streams up to 200 members · uploads up to 500MB per post and 3GB per course | $89 a month |
| Growth | $948.00 per year (= $79.00/month, billed annually) · 5 spaces · 5,000 members · 2% transaction fee · live events up to 60 minutes · live rooms up to 50 members · live streams up to 200 members · uploads up to 500MB per post and 3GB per course | $948 a year |
As swarm.to lists them, read 30 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Open the Swarm website
- Start the 14-day trial without a credit card
- Use the Launch trial environment
- Invite members to a space
- Create discussions, courses or live events
- Connect Stripe for paid memberships and storefront payments
Verdict
Swarm combines community conversations, courses, events, and sales tools for video-led teaching. Before signing up, note the trial exclusions and the limits on the Launch plan.
Questions
Is Swarm free?
No. Swarm is paid, with pricing noted from $19/mo when billed annually. A 14-day trial is available without a credit card.
Which platforms does Swarm support?
Swarm supports web, iOS, Android and API access. It also provides an installable Progressive Web App for mobile and desktop.
Can creators sell products?
Yes. The branded storefront supports memberships, courses, downloads, event tickets and bookings, with Stripe connected for payments.
What does Scale add?
Scale includes unlimited spaces and members per space, white label and a branded mobile app, plus Zapier, API access and SSO.
Does Swarm host courses?
Yes. Courses use ordered modules and lessons that can contain video, text, PDFs and embeds.
Facts from Swarm's own pages
- Community conversations
- Discussions support threaded text, video, voice notes, images, GIFs, embeds, mentions and screen shares. · swarm.to, 30 Sept 2026
- Courses
- Course builders support ordered modules and lessons containing video, text, PDFs and embeds. · swarm.to, 30 Sept 2026
- Data retention
- Swarm says it keeps most data while an account is active and for six months afterward, and begins deleting personal data within 10 business days of account closure. · swarm.to, 30 Sept 2026
- Events
- Swarm supports native live events with meeting or webinar modes, co-hosts, and recordings that can be posted automatically. · swarm.to, 30 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- The Scale plan includes Zapier, API access and SSO; Swarm’s help center describes syncing new space members to a CRM through Zapier. · help.swarm.to, 30 Sept 2026
- Intended users
- Swarm describes itself as a fit for coaches and experts whose teaching is visual, physical or personal, and says it is a poor fit for text-only communities or people who do not want to appear on camera. · swarm.to, 30 Sept 2026
- Mobile app
- Swarm provides an installable Progressive Web App for mobile and desktop, with push notifications and no app-store download required. · help.swarm.to, 30 Sept 2026
- Payment processing
- Swarm connects to Stripe for paid space memberships and storefront payments. · help.swarm.to, 30 Sept 2026
- Payments
- Creators can sell memberships, courses, downloads, event tickets and bookings through a branded storefront. · swarm.to, 30 Sept 2026
- Product
- Swarm is a video-first community platform for online experts and coaches. · swarm.to, 30 Sept 2026
- Security and subprocessors
- Swarm’s privacy policy names AWS and Google Cloud Platform for hosting and storage, Stripe for payments, and OpenAI for AI features, which it says are temporarily processed and not used for model training. · swarm.to, 30 Sept 2026
- Support
- Swarm provides a Help Center with guidance on getting started, member management, live events, billing, stores, courses and troubleshooting. · help.swarm.to, 30 Sept 2026
- Trial
- Swarm offers a 14-day trial without requiring a credit card; the trial uses Launch and does not allow testing the store, white label, Zapier or API integrations. · help.swarm.to, 30 Sept 2026
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