Side by side

Cohortive vs Swarm

Both stand on learning community platforms. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Cohortive

Paid

Choose Cohortive if your organization needs structured facilitation for large cohorts, with scheduled curricula, assignments and guided peer review. Its early-access availability and pricing on request may make it harder to adopt without first arranging access and pricing with the company.

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Swarm

Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+1

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.

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The facts

	Cohortive	Swarm
Free plan	Not published	A free trial
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Not published	Android, API, iPhone, Web
Lowest paid plan	Not published	Launch: $228 a year
Plans published	None	6
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	cohortive.co	swarm.to
On learning community platforms	#24 of 26	#20 of 26

Cohortive: what it does well

Supports cohorts of up to 500 learners per facilitator.
Use an existing curriculum or build one in the platform.
Peer reviews follow clear rubrics at checkpoints.
Facilitators can track progress and intervene when learners get stuck.
Includes post-session recordings in the facilitator workflow.

What to know first

Pricing is available on request.
Early access is limited to a number of organizations.

Swarm: 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

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