Dots

What Dots does

Dots, operating through its legal entity SedimentIQ Corp. and headquartered at 169 Madison Ave, New York, NY, provides a no-code automation and analytics platform purpose-built for community managers running Discord and Slack communities. The product centers on a visual flow builder that allows users to design onboarding journeys, support routing, role-based access control, and engagement automations without writing code — functionality the company describes as "Zapier for communities." Complementing the builder are a Member CRM for tracking and segmenting community members, an analytics dashboard that surfaces engagement patterns and drop-off signals, and a feature for creating member-specific private onboarding channels. The product integrates natively with Discord and Slack, with Zapier available on the Pro tier and a Mailchimp integration in onboarding flows.

Commercially, Dots operates a self-serve, product-led growth model with a 14-day free trial that requires no credit card. Its pricing ladder starts at a free tier (3 flows, 1 seat) and ascends through Pro at $29/month (unlimited flows, Member CRM, Zapier, 2 seats), Business from $99/month (engagement insights, unlimited data export, 3+ seats, enterprise integrations, priority support), and a Community-led Organizations tier from $99/month with size-based scaling and mass DM capabilities. The company is a Y Combinator Summer 2021 batch alumnus (with $125,000 of disclosed seed funding alongside Antler, FundersClub, and TRAC) and reports roughly 2 million community members served across customers and more than 150,000 automations powered to date. Named customers span Web3/NFT (Meta Angels, QuickNode, Chainlink), music and creator platforms (Splice), gaming/esports (Mobalytics), talent networks (Braintrust, On Deck), and consumer brands (SoleSavy); the company has a 1-10 headcount, with co-founders Sanket Chauhan and Pranav Badami as the named leadership.

Go-to-market is community-led and lightweight: marketing presence concentrates on Product Hunt (top-post badge, 500+ engaged Product Hunters), Twitter/X (@dots_hq), a proprietary Discord, blog content, and event activations like VidCon. Distribution is fully self-serve through app.dots.community with global web access. The company does not disclose revenue, headcount trend, or runway; all available commercial signals point to an early-stage, founder-led product that has validated early demand within Web3 and creator communities but remains pre-scale relative to the broader community management software category.

Name

Dots

Legal name

SedimentIQ Corp.

Website

https://dots.community

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Dots is a no-code automation and member analytics platform for community managers running Discord and Slack communities. It enables onboarding flows, role-based automation, a member CRM, and engagement dashboards, sold on a freemium-to-paid SaaS ladder up to $99+/month.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Management Software

NAICS

Business Service Centers (56143)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Reporting & Pixel-Perfect Reporting (HDAEAMAB)

Keywords

• Community automation software
• Discord management tools
• Slack community platform
• Member engagement analytics
• No-code community bots

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription - Free Tier: Free tier offering limited automation capabilities (3 flows), 2-week data export limit, and 1 seat. Serves as a funnel to paid tiers.
2. Subscription - Pro Tier: $29/month subscription with unlimited flows, member CRM, Zapier integration, 1-month data export, and 2 seats. Targets growing communities.
3. Subscription - Business Tier: Starting at $99/month for businesses requiring engagement insights, unlimited data export, 3+ seats, and enterprise integrations.
4. Community-Led Orgs Pricing: Starting at $99/month with pricing scaling based on community size. Includes mass DMs, automations, detailed insights, and priority support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Dots is a no-code automation and analytics platform built specifically for Discord and Slack community managers. It enables users to create custom onboarding flows, support automations, and engagement workflows without coding, and includes a member CRM and analytics dashboard to identify high-value members and surface community health insights.

Product overview

Dots is a unified community management platform offering no-code automation and member insights for Discord and Slack communities. The core product is the no-code automation flow builder (described as 'like Zapier but for communities') which enables community managers to create onboarding flows, support automations, and engagement workflows without coding. The platform includes a member analytics dashboard and member CRM. The product integrates natively with Discord and Slack, supports Zapier on Pro plans, and offers tiered pricing: Free (3 flows, limited export), Pro at $29/month (unlimited flows, Zapier integration, Member CRM), and Business at $99+/month (engagement insights, unlimited export, enterprise integrations). Community-led organizations have custom pricing from $99/month.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Automation Flow Builder

Quantifiable outcome

• Communities see 15%+ increase in early engagement on Discord
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• VidConminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDots hosted sessions and provided mentors for Creator and Pro pass holders at VidCon 2026, a global convention for content creators and influencers.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Common Room: Community-led growth platform that provides member analytics, segmentation, and engagement tooling for community managers. Directly comparable to Dots in its community-manager persona, member insights, and PLG-style expansion, though broader in channel coverage (Slack, Discord, Circle, etc.).
• Orbit: Community relationship management platform that aggregates member activity across channels and provides scoring and outreach automations. Highly comparable to Dots in member CRM, analytics, and the community-manager target persona, with stronger B2B SaaS positioning.
• Circle: White-labeled community platform offering its own communities, automations, and engagement analytics. Overlaps with Dots in providing community management tooling, although Circle is the community host itself while Dots integrates with Discord/Slack.
• Bevy: Enterprise community platform built around community-led growth for brands and enterprise customers. Comparable to Dots at the upper end of the market for businesses operating large communities, though Bevy is more enterprise-focused and hosts communities itself.

Broad incumbents

• Mighty Networks: Established community platform with broad feature coverage including courses, events, and memberships. Comparable to Dots in serving community-led organizations and SMB community operators, but as a full-stack platform rather than an automation/insights layer atop Discord/Slack.
• Zapier: Horizontal automation platform that competes with Dots' 'no-code flow builder' positioning. Dots actually integrates with Zapier today, but Zapier represents the broader alternative customers might choose for community workflows, especially in B2B/enterprise contexts.
• Discord (first-party bots and automations): Platform itself offers server boosting, automations, and an app directory of partner bots that compete with Dots' native Discord product. As Dots' primary host platform, Discord's roadmap decisions directly shape the competitive landscape Dots operates in.

Emerging players

• Guild: Community platform for smaller, organized groups with messaging integrations. Comparable to Dots in targeting community organizers with messaging-centric tools, though more focused on hosting and discovery than Dots' automation and analytics depth.
• Geneva: Multi-purpose community app for groups with messaging, events, and member directories. Overlaps with Dots in serving community managers who want consolidated engagement tooling, though Geneva is more of a hosted community hub than an automation/insights layer.

Others

• Trolli/Bot frameworks (Discord.js, Slack Bolt): Developer frameworks that power many community bots and serve as a build-it-yourself alternative to Dots' no-code flow builder. Relevant peer as a 'do-nothing' substitute that technically sophisticated community teams might choose instead of paying for Dots.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dots_hq
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dots-community

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors4 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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