What is the minimum price to build a community with FluentCommunity? (Cost/Benchmark of using FluentCommunity)
Includes costs such as: Hosting, suitable Theme and essential Plugins 😏
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It seems we might not need a powerful hosting plan, as the Fluent community is fast even on basic hosting.
This could make a big difference and reduce costs. Moreover, the theme doesn’t matter—just use any free theme to lower costs even further.
Moha Alabri I will start, in fact, with the Hello Elementor, which is a very basic theme, so that I can focus only on what is necessary for the community.
Elisa Faria Sounds perfect! Hello Elementor is a lightweight theme and a great choice.
Elisa Faria I prefer Blocksy Theme because it is compatible with more use cases, Fast, lightweight and Easy to use with high stability, One of the top Themes in the WordPress Directory.
Hoang Hxn Yes, I am also using Blocksy for free but there are tons of paid features in other Pro Themes. It is awesome 😍
Moha Alabri You can get away with a decent hosting plan for $60 p/m to start with and scale from there accordingly
Hoang Hxn As far as I know, for a website I need:
- Hosting at least $360
- Theme can be free (Or paid)
- FluentCommunity Plugin $199
- FluentCRM Plugin $77
- Fluent Forms $47
- Video hosting service about: $100
TOTAL: $783
Not including other Plugins such as:
- AffiliateWP
- FluentSupport
- WooCommerce Subscriptions
If you count other things, it will be equivalent to the cost as:
- Skool is $1,188
- Circle will be higher at $2,388 (but has more advanced features)
PS: I hope you can suggest more, especially suitable Hosting in Vietnam 🙏
Nang Ha In Vietnam you can use Azdigi, the service quality is very good, customer care is enthusiastic and thoughtful. Technical support 24/7 within 5 minutes. They have a server cluster located in Vietnam for very fast access speed, no worries about broken cables. Helps the website operate stably and smoothly 😏
Nang Ha You can cut that hosting down by at least 50% by going with Cloudways server.
Considering all the necessary resources and concerns about server management, plugin updates, WordPress updates, media storage setup and costs, SMTP setup, and email service costs, I can't convince my clients that FluentCommunity is more worthwhile than Circle.
They will have all the concerns above, and they will still feel insecure because they know they need technical knowledge to keep the service running, meaning that in the end the monthly costs will not be attractive enough for them to leave Circle and start using FluentCommunity.