Pensil
All in one community platform·pensil.in
Pensil is an all-in-one community engagement platform that lets organizations create branded online communities, forums, cohort-based courses, and live sessions. It supports custom branding, mobile apps, payments, newsletters, and integrations with tools like Zapier, Webflow, Notion, Wix, and Airtable. Users can host discussions, run live video events, monetize content, and manage community members from a single platform. It also offers a self-hosted deployment option for custom development.
What it's for
Features 19
- Bulk import & export
- Community analytics
- Community forum with public and private discussion spaces
- Custom branding and white-labeling
- Custom domain support
- Customized greeting messages
- Direct messaging
- Embed community into external websites via script
- Gamification (karma points, badges, milestones)
- Group chat and post-based sections
- In-app notifications
- Live video sessions and webinars with recording
- Mobile apps for Android and iOS
- Newsletter sending to community members
- Payment gateway for monetizing courses/content
- Self-hosted deployment option
- SEO optimized content pages
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Zapier integration
At a glance
Integrations
Pricing
Enterprise plan is quote-based (contact sales). Annual prices as stated on site do not exactly match a straightforward 10/15/20% discount off the monthly rate.
Annual price stated as $972/year, described as '10% discount on monthly plan'.
1000 Members, 1GB Storage, 1 Admin, Live session up to 10 hours
Annual price stated as $2040/year, described as '15% discount on monthly plan'.
10,000 Members, 10GB Storage, 5 Admin & 10 Moderators, Live session up to 25 hours
Annual price stated as $3360/year, described as '20% discount on monthly plan'.
25,000 Members, 25GB Storage, 10 Admin & 50 Moderators, Live session up to 50 hours
Quote-only via contact email.
Unlimited Members
10% discount on monthly plan for Basic annual billing