Verified · Trustpilot
The codebase was well documented and AI Agent friendly and security has been taken as a foundational component, not an afterthought as in many "vibe coded" products.
Kerry Patrick
Seedly CRM owner, agency
Community Chat Platform
Chat that lives where your community lives.
DMs, group threads, reactions, and typing indicators built into the same platform as your feed, classroom, and events. One login for your members, one database for you.
community.yourbrand.com
One payment. Full source code. Unlimited members, forever.
$399
One-time, not per month
0%
Platform transaction fee
Unlimited
Members, seats, and admins
100%
Source code, yours to own
Owner Reviews - The Receipts
Don't take our word for it. Take theirs.
Every review 5 out of 5 on Trustpilot. These are Seedly owners on the code they were handed and whether I stood behind it. I build Seedly Communities the same way.
Read every review →Verified · Trustpilot
The ability to customize to the specific needs and functionality we need is immeasurably valuable.
Roc
Seedly CRM owner, agency
Verified · Trustpilot
The codebase made that far easier than it had any right to be: clear structure, sensible boundaries, and comments that explain why something works the way it does rather than restating the code.
Mike Wallerich
Seedly CRM owner, builds on the source
Verified · Trustpilot
You get the entire code base. So, you can just use Claude to add features or customize it any way you want.
Aaron Burleson
Seedly CRM owner
Verified · Trustpilot
Even if you do have some technical knowledge, what you're able to build on top of it and integrate with everything is just very impressive.
Will Hamilton
Seedly CRM owner, in-house dev team
Verified · Trustpilot
Andrew (the developer) did a great job and has always provided support.
Steve D
Seedly CRM owner
Verified · Trustpilot
Own your tech! No longer held hostage to features and unwanted downtimes at the most inconvenient time.
Jason Jackson
Seedly CRM owner
Verified · Trustpilot
The code is well documented and has plenty of help steps along the way that make setup and installation much simpler than they would otherwise be.
Jeremiah Svaren
Seedly CRM owner, resells to clients
Verified · Trustpilot
Andrew has been fair, and sometimes more than fair, in his interactions I've seen with prospects and customers (including me).
Matt Gordon
Seedly CRM owner
Verified · Trustpilot
Absolutely recommend to anyone who wants to be able to create the build of their dreams without starting from scratch.
Rain Delaware
Seedly CRM owner
Verified · Trustpilot
The reason I love Seedly is ownership, because you own the codebase instead of renting and watching the provider change things constantly.
Joshua Lockhart
Seedly CRM owner
Verified · Trustpilot
A true masterpiece of software that has a completely different model. You buy it, you own it, you have full control of it.
John Marx
Seedly CRM owner
Verified · Trustpilot
Andrew has created a tool that grows with you and doesn't lock you into anything you don't want.
Aaron Rountree
Seedly CRM owner
Verified · Trustpilot
It's expertly packaged, which makes it easy to work and build with. I'm not too technical myself, so the ease of use for this is why I recommend it to even beginners.
Christian Peralta
Seedly CRM owner
Verified · Trustpilot
Very well designed, completely worth the money.
Justin Deleon
Seedly CRM owner
Verified · Trustpilot
Andrew knows his stuff and has built an amazing software. Not only a solution for any business, but built with the end user truly in mind.
Lewis Vandervalk
Seedly CRM owner
Every review, 5 out of 5.
Read all reviews on Trustpilot →
What It Does
Everything you get, in the same source you own.
Direct and group messages
1-on-1 DMs and group conversations with the people who matter.
Typing indicators
Members see the conversation is alive.
Emoji reactions and reply threading
React fast or branch a proper thread.
File and image attachments
Share files without leaving the conversation.
Full message search
Find that link from three weeks ago in seconds.
Edit and delete
Fix typos, remove mistakes.
Per-thread mute and unread badges
Mute any thread with the bell in the chat header. Members control their own noise.
A closer look
Seedly Communities, up close.
Every conversation in one inbox
Direct messages and group threads share a single searchable list with unread and group filters. Members find the thread they need without ever leaving the community.
A real-time thread, not a relay
Messages land instantly with day dividers, timestamps, and sent and received bubbles side by side. It reads like the chat app your members already live in.
The math
The conversation home, rented versus owned.
Skool Pro$99/mo$5,940 + 2.9% fees
Skool Hobby$9/mo + 10% of revenue$540 + 10% of revenue
Seedly Communities$399 once + your own hosting$399 once
Five-year totals at prices publicly listed July 2026, verify before you rely on them. Chat, feed, classroom, events, live video, and payments are all the same one-time price here, because they are all the same platform.
How It Works
In plain English.
1
Members message from any page
Chat rides along the whole platform.
2
Conversations thread and react
Fast replies stay fast, deep ones branch.
3
Search finds everything
Full-text search across message history.
4
You keep the archive
Every message lands in a database you control.
Your conversations are a business asset. Own them.
Bolt-on chat tools split a community in two. The conversation lives in one app while the content, events, and payments live in another, and the archive sits on somebody's free tier under somebody else's rules.
Here chat is one module of a platform you own, right next to the feed, the classroom, the events, and the payments. One login for your members, one database for you, and the full message history sits in storage you control. Skool Pro is $1,188 a year, every year. This whole platform is $399 once.
Your member conversations should not live on a platform that can change the rules tomorrow.
community.yourbrand.com
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Why not just use Discord or Slack?
Use them if free chat is all you need. The trouble starts when the community becomes a business. Discord holds no member emails for you, has no courses and no payments, and the server belongs to Discord. Here chat sits beside your classroom, events, and Stripe-powered memberships, and the whole thing is yours.
Do members get notified of new messages?
Yes. Unread badges and per-thread controls in the app, plus email notifications members tune themselves, type by type.
Can members limit who DMs them?
Yes. Each member chooses who can message them, everyone or no one, and the choice applies to every message, not just the first one. A reply to a conversation the member started is still allowed. They can also mute any conversation with the bell in the chat header.
Is there message moderation?
Posts and comments run through keyword auto-filters and a report queue. Inside chat the tools are edit, delete, and member-level enforcement. Suspending or banning a member cuts them off everywhere, chat included.
Can I search old messages?
Yes. Full-text search runs across message history, so the link somebody shared three weeks ago takes seconds to find, not a scroll marathon.
Can I import Discord history?
No. There is no Discord importer, and we would rather say that plainly than imply one. Bring your members over with invite links and start the archive fresh, in a database you own this time.
What does it cost to run?
The license is $399 once. After that you pay your own hosting and the accounts the platform runs on, which for a typical community lands in the tens of dollars a month, not hundreds. There is no per-member fee and no cut of your revenue.
Want the step-by-step version? Read the full feature breakdown in the docs.
$399Once
One-time payment. No subscriptions. No per-member fees.
- Full platform source code
- Unlimited members and seats
- Feed, chat, courses, events, live video, webinars, and coaching
- Membership billing via your own Stripe
- 0% platform transaction fee
- Step-by-step setup documentation
- Commercial license included
Secure checkout via Stripe. Your license key is emailed instantly.
The Rest Of The Hive
It is one platform, not a stack of subscriptions.
Every module ships in the same source code you own. Slide through the rest of the hive.