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Mateflow compared with ibuildinpublic
DetailMateflow logo Mateflowibuildinpublic logo ibuildinpublic
What it doesAI-native community platform for creators and businesses to launch, grow, monetize, and operate branded community sites Ship in public. Actually get found.
StageEstablished Not given
Founded2016 Not given
Based inUS Not given
Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingFree: $0/mo (8% transaction fee, up to 100 members). Starter: $49/mo (3% transaction fee). Growth: $129/mo (2% transaction fee). Business: $399/mo (1% transaction fee). Enterprise: Custom pricing (0% transaction fee). All paid plans include 14-day free trial. Free plan: $0 forever with 1 product page, 1 post per day (300 characters), 1 poll per day, 15 quick reviews per day, unlimited experiences, feed, daily missions and group chat, nofollow links, and basic support. Premium plan: $19/month (billed yearly) with unlimited product pages, unlimited posts (
Key features
  • AI Copilot answers questions from your community content and knowledge base on every plan
  • Custom domain and branding on every plan, with full white-label from Business
  • Live video rooms, audio rooms and webinars in the browser with replays kept in the community
  • Mobile apps for iOS and Android included on every plan
  • Courses with lessons, quizzes and verifiable certificates
  • Member moderation with report queues, auto-mod rules and audit logs
  • REST API, webhooks and SSO (SAML + OIDC) for integrations
  • Points, badges, leaderboards and engagement rewards for gamification
  • Export member list anytime on every plan, subscriber revenue goes to your Stripe account
  • Builder and product pages
  • Experiences and posts to share what you build
  • Feed and catalog browsing
  • Group chats and direct messaging
  • Analytics and impressions tracking
  • Leaderboards and XP badges
  • Quick reviews from community members
  • Daily missions for engagement
  • Dofollow links for Premium members
  • Podcast hub
What makes it different
  • Community ownership: your members, data and revenue stay yours on your own domain
  • AI built in by default, not as an add-on: Copilot on every plan answers from your community's content
  • Complete feature set in one platform: no need to stitch together forums, chat, courses, events and payments
  • Built for operations after launch with moderation tools, analytics and roles for day-to-day community management
  • Lower fees on higher plans incentivize growth: platform fee drops from 8% to 0% as you upgrade
  • Built specifically for builders shipping in public
  • Get discovered for the work you actually built
  • Real-time feedback and help from the community
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)17 +4 (up) since last check29 +2 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)75
Citation Flow (Majestic)2723
Referring domains (Majestic)4825

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