Swarm
What it is
Swarm is a video-first community platform for online experts and coaches, bringing discussions, courses, live events, and creator sales together. Conversations can use threaded text, video, voice notes, images, GIFs, embeds, mentions, and screen shares. Courses organize video, text, PDFs, and embeds into ordered modules and lessons. Native events offer 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 offers an installable Progressive Web App for mobile and desktop with push notifications and no app-store download required. Pricing is listed from $19/mo (annual), and there is no free plan. The 14-day trial requires no credit card, uses Launch, and does not include testing the store, white label, Zapier, or API integrations. Swarm describes itself as a poor fit for text-only communities or people who do not want to appear on camera.
For and against
For
- Supports threaded conversations with video and screen shares.
- Courses can include video, text, PDFs, and embeds.
- Events include meeting or webinar modes and co-hosts.
- The Progressive Web App offers push notifications.
Against
- There is no free plan.
- Trial excludes store, white label, Zapier, and API testing.
- Not suited to text-only communities.
- Trial uses the Launch plan.
The verdict
Swarm brings community, courses, live events, and paid creator offerings into one platform. Consider the trial’s Launch-only scope and the listed limitations before choosing a plan.
Who it suits
Swarm suits coaches and experts whose teaching is visual, physical, or personal, and who want community conversations, courses, events, or paid offerings. It is a poor fit for text-only communities or people who do not want to appear on camera.
Plans and prices
Launch
1 space · 1,000 members · 10% transaction fee · live events up to 30 minutes
Read 30 Sep 2026 · help.swarm.to
Launch
1 space · 1,000 members · 10% transaction fee · live events up to 30 minutes
Read 30 Sep 2026 · help.swarm.to
Growth
5 spaces · 5,000 members · 2% transaction fee · live events up to 60 minutes
Read 30 Sep 2026 · help.swarm.to
Growth
5 spaces · 5,000 members · 2% transaction fee · live events up to 60 minutes
Read 30 Sep 2026 · help.swarm.to
Scale
Unlimited spaces and members per space · 0.5% transaction fee · live events up to 90 minutes · live rooms up to 100 members
Read 30 Sep 2026 · help.swarm.to
Scale
Unlimited spaces and members per space · 0.5% transaction fee · live events up to 90 minutes · live rooms up to 100 members
Read 30 Sep 2026 · help.swarm.to
On the record
- Community conversations
- Discussions support threaded text, video, voice notes, images, GIFs, embeds, mentions and screen shares.swarm.to · read 30 Sep 2026
- Courses
- Course builders support ordered modules and lessons containing video, text, PDFs and embeds.swarm.to · read 30 Sep 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 · read 30 Sep 2026
- Events
- Swarm supports native live events with meeting or webinar modes, co-hosts, and recordings that can be posted automatically.swarm.to · read 30 Sep 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 · read 30 Sep 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 · read 30 Sep 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 · read 30 Sep 2026
- Payment processing
- Swarm connects to Stripe for paid space memberships and storefront payments.help.swarm.to · read 30 Sep 2026
- Payments
- Creators can sell memberships, courses, downloads, event tickets and bookings through a branded storefront.swarm.to · read 30 Sep 2026
- Product
- Swarm is a video-first community platform for online experts and coaches.swarm.to · read 30 Sep 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 · read 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- Swarm provides a Help Center with guidance on getting started, member management, live events, billing, stores, courses and troubleshooting.help.swarm.to · read 30 Sep 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 · read 30 Sep 2026
