Your group, your circle
Wherever your people gather, CircleUp fits.
These are the kinds of groups that use CircleUp — not because it's the most powerful tool, but because it gets out of the way and lets people actually connect.
Neighborhood groups
Your block association doesn't need a 45-minute Zoom call with the gallery view and someone's dog barking in the background. CircleUp keeps it focused — one topic, one voice, real conversation.
- Block association and HOA meetings
- Neighbor check-ins and social nights
- Community garden collectives
- Local civic & planning groups
Book clubs & social circles
Book clubs, dinner circles, movie nights, old friends who live across the country now — CircleUp gives you a place to talk where it feels like being in the same room, not a conference call.
- Monthly book clubs
- Long-distance friend groups
- Hobby and interest circles
- Extended family gatherings
Faith & spiritual communities
Many faith communities have found that the intimacy of a small group — prayer circles, study groups, pastoral care — is hard to replicate online. CircleUp's format comes closer than most.
- Small group bible study
- Prayer and meditation circles
- Pastoral care gatherings
- Interfaith community conversations
Parent & caregiver circles
New parents, sandwich generation caregivers, adoptive families — people carrying a lot who need space to speak and be heard, not another meeting with a chat sidebar and someone still on mute.
- New parents support circles
- Foster and adoptive family networks
- Elderly caregiver support groups
- Single parent communities
Men's groups
Men's circles have been making a quiet comeback — accountability groups, grief and loss conversations, fathers talking about fatherhood. These conversations need a container where nothing leaks out.
- Men's accountability and growth circles
- Father's groups and dads' networks
- Veterans and first responder circles
- Grief, divorce, and transition groups
- Brotherhood and mentorship circles
Women's circles
Women's circles — from moon circles to book clubs to mothers navigating the same season of life — are one of the oldest forms of community. CircleUp gives that ancient format a home online.
- Women's empowerment and sisterhood circles
- Mothers' and grandmothers' groups
- Menopause, fertility, and women's health circles
- Divorce and life-transition gatherings
- Creative and professional women's groups
Support groups
Recovery, grief, illness, healing — the conversations that ask the most of us also need the most privacy. CircleUp holds them gently: one voice at a time, nothing recorded, nothing stored.
- Grief and bereavement circles
- Recovery and sobriety groups
- Chronic illness and patient support
- Mental health peer support
- Caregiver and loss support groups
Any group, really
CircleUp isn't built for one use case — it's built for presence. If your people come together to talk and to listen, the format works, whatever you happen to call yourselves.
- Clubs, collectives, and hobby groups
- Volunteer teams and mutual aid
- Classes, cohorts, and alumni groups
- Anyone who'd rather talk than meet
Why not just Zoom?
Zoom is a fine tool. CircleUp is just a different experience.
Zoom was built for work meetings. It does that well. But neighborhood groups and personal circles have different needs — less structure, more presence, real listening.
When your group gathers…
Zoom
CircleUp
People talking over each other
Happens constantly
Can't happen — one mic at a time
Side chats & distractions
Chat sidebar, reactions, emojis
None. Just the circle.
Recording & transcripts
Default-on, AI summaries
Never recorded, nothing stored
Feeling of the gathering
Doing, work, action, energy
Presence, being together, around a fire
Your data
Collected, analyzed
Nothing collected
About your privacy
CircleUp collects zero user data. No names, no conversation content, no analytics on your group. What's said in your circle stays in your circle — not because of a policy, but because nothing is ever stored.
Your neighborhood group can talk honestly. Your men's group can be vulnerable. Your women's circle can go deep. None of it feeds an algorithm.
How it works
You send a link.
Everyone shows up.
No downloads, no accounts. Open it on a computer or tablet in any browser. It takes about 30 seconds to explain to your whole group.
A
You get your circle link
We send you a link for your group. Text it, email it, or drop it in your group chat — however you already communicate.
B
Everyone clicks it
Opens right in Chrome, Safari, or Firefox. No app. No login. Works on any computer or tablet. Intentionally doesn't work on phones.
C
Your group appears around the fire
Everyone appears in their seat in a circle around a live campfire. Something about it makes people slow down and settle in.
D
Spacebar passes the talking stick
Tap spacebar to speak — your seat glows green. Tap again when you're done and it passes to whoever raised their hand next.
spacebar
That's the whole interface.
One key to speak, one key to pass. No mute buttons, no raise-your-hand emoji, no one fumbling with settings. Your group will figure it out in the first two minutes.
Get access
Your group can try it. It's free during beta.
CircleUp is in private beta. We're starting with neighborhood groups, men's groups, women's circles, and community organizers who want a different experience from another Zoom call.
- Neighborhood associations and block groups
- Men's groups, dads' circles, and brotherhood gatherings
- Women's circles, mothers' groups, and sisterhood networks
- Book clubs, social groups, and old friend circles
- Faith communities and spiritual small groups
Request access for your group
Free during beta — just tell us a little about your circle.
Your request is in.
We'll reach out with your circle link. No spam, ever. Come circle around the campfire.