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Companies that use Discourse

383 companies use Discourse, as of October 2026.

Discourse: Community forum. We've found 383 companies using Discourse, most often in Software (42%) and Internet (7%), typically with 51–200 employees and 66% based in United States.

Customers383companies use it
Most popular withInfrastructure42× more likely than average
Typical customer51–200employees · mostly United States
  1. Fly.iofly.ioCloud Hosting · United States
    11–50 employeesSeen Oct 2026
  2. Since Jul 2026
  3. Since Aug 2026
  4. Seen Oct 2026
  5. OpenAIopenai.comArtificial Intelligence · United States
    1,001–5,000 employeesSeen Oct 2026
  6. F5f5.comTechnology · United States
    Seen Oct 2026
  7. Seen Oct 2026
  8. Ipinfoipinfo.ioInternet · United States
    11–50 employeesSeen Oct 2026
  9. Docker, Inc.docker.comBusiness Software · United States
    201–1,000 employeesSeen Oct 2026
  10. Perplexity AIperplexity.aiArtificial Intelligence · United States
    51–200 employeesSeen Oct 2026
  11. Seen Oct 2026
  12. Tailscale Inc.tailscale.comSoftware · Canada
    Seen Oct 2026
  13. Auth0auth0.comUnited States
    Seen Oct 2026
  14. Seen Oct 2026
  15. Seen Oct 2026

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Discourse customers also use

How much more likely Discourse customers are to use each tool than the average company.

What kind of companies use Discourse

Segments where Discourse customers are more common than among all the companies we track.

  • Infrastructure4% of customers42×more likely
  • Productivity2% of customers42×more likely
  • Engineering, Product and Design3% of customers23×more likely
  • B2B2% of customers12×more likely
  • Software32% of customers5.4×more likely
  • Internet5% of customers1.8×more likely
  • 11–50 employees27% of customers1.7×more likely
  • 1–10 employees9% of customers1.5×more likely

Industry

  1. Software42%
  2. Internet7%
  3. IT Services6%
  4. Financial Services5%
  5. Infrastructure5%
  6. Engineering, Product and Design4%
  7. B2B3%
  8. Productivity3%

Company size

  1. 1–10 employees9%
  2. 11–50 employees27%
  3. 51–200 employees32%
  4. 201–1,000 employees23%
  5. 1,001–5,000 employees7%
  6. 5,001–10,000 employees1%
  7. 10,000+ employees0%

Country

  1. United States66%
  2. United Kingdom9%
  3. Canada4%
  4. Germany4%
  5. India3%
  6. Israel2%
  7. France1%
  8. Czechia1%

Breakdowns cover the 294 customers with company details so far.

Alternatives to Discourse

Other tools in the same category, by how many companies use them.

Discourse FAQ

How many companies use Discourse?

We've found 383 companies using Discourse among the 186,346 we've scanned so far. We only count a company when a direct public record backs it up.

What kind of companies use Discourse?

Discourse customers are most often in Software (42%), Internet (7%) and IT Services (6%). The most common company size is 51–200 employees (32% of customers with a known size).

Which countries use Discourse the most?

Most Discourse customers we've found are in United States (66%), United Kingdom (9%) and Canada (4%).

What are the alternatives to Discourse?

The most used alternatives in the same category are Zendesk (16,421 companies), WhatsApp Business (4,608 companies), Freshdesk (4,423 companies) and Intercom (2,092 companies).

How does runsonwhat know a company uses Discourse?

We read public traces only. For Discourse that means a subdomain that points at Discourse and the company's published subprocessor list. Every match keeps the record it came from.