Question 1

Can I import my Circle community automatically?

Accepted Answer

Not yet. There's no one-click Circle import. Export your member list from Circle and paste it into your course roster with Import from CSV; every member gets an invitation email. Courses and posts move by hand: rebuild them yourself, or send us your export and we do the move with you.

Question 2

Can I keep Circle for my community and run the program on Classentra?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Plenty of creators keep a long-running community where it already lives and run the paid, time-boxed program (the challenge, the cohort, the course) where students get a start date, attendance, assignments and a certificate. Link from your Circle space to the Classentra sales page.

Question 3

What do the fees come to at $10,000 a month in sales?

Accepted Answer

Take 100 one-time sales of $100. Classentra Educator: $39 + 6% + 30¢ per sale = $669, card processing included (US and Canadian sellers). Circle Professional: $89 (billed annually) + 2% + Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢ = about $609; Circle Business: $199 + 1% + Stripe's fees = about $619. At that volume Circle costs $50 to $60 less a month. Below about $4,500 a month in sales Educator costs less, and Circle subscriptions also pay Stripe Billing's 0.7%. Circle Scale is $419 + 1%; Circle Plus is custom-priced at 0.5%.

Question 4

Does Classentra do live calls like Circle?

Accepted Answer

Circle streams live inside the community on every plan, with live rooms for smaller groups. Classentra generates a Zoom, Meet or Teams link for every session on every plan and records attendance automatically. Native in-app classes with captions, polls, Q&A and a whiteboard are coming soon as the Native Video add-on.

Question 5

Is there a mobile app?

Accepted Answer

Circle has a free iOS and Android app, and custom branded apps on Circle Plus. Classentra is an installable web app (PWA): students add it to their home screen from the browser and get notifications, with no app store download. If a native app matters most to your members, Circle wins here.

Feature	Classentra	Circle
Cohorts with start dates, seat caps and waitlists	Yes	Scheduled courses with drip release (seat caps and waitlists not listed)
Attendance, streaks and leaderboards	Yes (attendance per session, streaks, points, leaderboards)	Gamification (points and levels)
Assignments with submissions and teacher feedback	Yes, with AI-drafted feedback you approve	Quizzes
Live classes	Zoom · Meet · Teams link per session with attendance (native classroom coming soon)	Live streams and live rooms built in, on every plan
Certificates of completion	Yes	Not native
Sales page with seat counter, countdown, affiliates and coupons	Yes, plus order bumps on Studio	Paywalls
AI that knows your course	AI study assistant for students, AI teaching assistant for you	AI Copilot (Business and up), AI Agents (Scale and up)
Community spaces and member chat	Yes	Yes, Circle's core
Direct messages	Course chat and threads	Direct messages and group chat
Mobile app	Installable web app (PWA)	Free iOS and Android app; custom branded apps on Circle Plus
Automations and workflows	Scheduled content drops	Workflows: 20 on Professional, unlimited on Business and up

Classentra vs Circle: built for the students who finish

Where each platform wins

Cohorts with start dates, seat caps and waitlists

Attendance, streaks and leaderboards

Assignments with submissions and teacher feedback

Live classes

Certificates of completion

Sales page with seat counter, countdown, affiliates and coupons

AI that knows your course

Community spaces and member chat

Direct messages

Mobile app

Automations and workflows

Three reasons creators run their programs on Classentra

Built for finishing, not scrolling

The storefront sells for you

One fee, card processing included

What you'll pay each month

Classentra Educator

Classentra Studio

Circle Professional

Circle Business

Run your next program on Classentra