💪 A Solid Platform With Excellent Support
💯 Pensil Is A Must Buy
💎 I run a community for creative professionals. I needed a straightforward platform for my members to communicate information with each other during project collaboration, share community event schedules, and host educational materials. After 6 weeks of testing and production, Pensil fits the bill.
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🏆 Pros:
✏️ Clean Interface - Simple design is easy for my users to navigate.
✏️ Fast and Responsive - I have over 100 active users and I have had zero complaints about speed or connectivity. GTMetrix rates my site A/96/88.
✏️ White Label - CNAME works perfectly with my subdomain. Emails come from my domain (there was an additional one-time fee for the email.)
✏️ Embedded Sections - This is a killer feature that allows for forms and other embeddable apps to be easily integrated within the site.
✏️ Support - Support from Pensil has been excellent. They have addressed every issue and request within 12 hours or less. Feature requests have been implemented in days, not weeks or months (or never) like some of the other SaaS tools I’ve used.
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👁️🗨️ Things I’d like to see:
Sub Sections for the Embeds and the Links
Newsletter/Group Email (Coming in June?)
Pabbly Integration
Direct Notion embeds
Less Confusing Registration Link
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👉 BOTTOM LINE
🚗 I’m daily driving Pensil and my community is actively using it with no complaints. Pensil is a relatively new platform run by a small but enthusiastic team. It is not as feature-rich as BuddyPress or Circles - yet. There have been no speed or access issues and support has been excellent. I feel lucky to have gotten in on the ground floor of this solid product.