Best Online Community Management Software

Products Buyer's Guide
9.4
Disciple
★★★★★

Disciple

Disciple is a platform for communities that builds dedicated apps for community-builders to create deeper, more valuable relationships with their fans & followers.

The complete community solution - Brandon B.

Ease of use
9.2
Support
9.3
Ease of Setup
0.0

Languages supported: English

Platforms: Mac, Win, Linux

Price: $$$$$

Business Size: 1

8.2
phpBB
★★★★★

phpBB

phpBB is a free flat-forum bulletin board software solution that can be used to stay in touch with a group of people.

Awesome Open-Source Forum-making Software - nourhaan (nour) m.

Ease of use
8.3
Support
8.1
Ease of Setup
6.0
8.6
Centercode
★★★★★

Centercode

Centercode provides beta test management software and services to companies, so they can get customer validation of their products.

I love the customization and quick support but this is not an intuitive platform - Gwendolyn E.

Ease of use
7.4
Support
8.6
Ease of Setup
7.4

Languages supported: English

Platforms: Mac, Win, Linux

Price: $$$$$

Business Size: 0

8.8
Vanilla Online Community
★★★★★

Vanilla Online Community

Vanilla Forums allows you to create a customized community that rewards positive participation, automatically curates content and lets members drive moderation.

Quick to get set up and very flexible product - Administrator in Information Technology and Services

Ease of use
8.6
Support
8.9
Ease of Setup
0.0

Languages supported: Arabic, German, English, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified)

10.0
PeerBoard
★★★★★

PeerBoard

PeerBoard is an online community software that can be easily embedded into any website

Excellent Community Software - Has a Simplicity that is still loaded w/features & possibilities! - Chris K.

Ease of use
10.0
Support
9.8
Ease of Setup
10.0

Languages supported: German, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified)

9.2
Mobilize
★★★★★

Mobilize

Mobilize helps you easily communicate with and organize your group members from one place. It's a way to send group messages, manage your member directory, and build community where no member login required.

An intuitive community platform that fosters high engagement - Karen Z.

Ease of use
9.1
Support
9.2
Ease of Setup
8.6

Languages supported: English

Platforms: Mac, Win, Linux

Price: $$$$$

Business Size: 1

8.8
Brilliant Directories
★★★★★

Brilliant Directories

Brilliant Directories is online directory software for any industry.

Easily build a directory business using Brilliant Directories - User in Marketing and Advertising

Ease of use
8.3
Support
8.8
Ease of Setup
8.1
7.2
vBulletin Cloud
★★★★★

vBulletin Cloud

You get a fully functioning and customizable vBulletin site with all the key admin controls, while vBulletin handles the back-end infrastructure for you.

vBulletin Review - Anna E.

Ease of use
Support
Ease of Setup
9.6
Tribe Community Platform
★★★★★

Tribe Community Platform

Tribe is a white label solution, empowering the new generation of online communities. Tribe is a cloud-based community platform, empowering the new generation of online branded communities.

Easy to use and integrate with other services - Celia M.

Ease of use
9.3
Support
9.8
Ease of Setup
10.0

Languages supported: Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, English, Persian, French, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Turkish, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)

8.8
inSided Online Community Platform
★★★★★

inSided Online Community Platform

Build, integrate and manage branded customer communities across digital touchpoints and devices

Excellent community platform with fast time to value and a great team - Alex F.

Ease of use
8.9
Support
8.6
Ease of Setup
0.0

Languages supported: German, English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified)

7.8
Discourse
★★★★★

Discourse

Discourse is the 100% open source discussion platform built/

Discourse is the best there is - it has no competition - John G.

Ease of use
8.5
Support
7.5
Ease of Setup
8.6
6.6
PlushForums
★★★★★

PlushForums

PlushForums builds beautiful, modern discussion forums, for everyone.

Basic forum solution that works as advertised, but beware attempts to cancel - Chris B.

Ease of use
Support
Ease of Setup
8.4
Khoros Communities
★★★★★

Khoros Communities

Transform your website into a social destination. Harness customer passion and knowledge to attract new visitors, crowdsource support and grow revenue. Khoros Communities (formerly Lithium+Spredfast) help customers create better, more valuable digital customer experiences that give them a leg up on their competition.

If you put in the work, so will Khoros - Administrator in Information Technology and Services

Ease of use
8.3
Support
8.3
Ease of Setup
7.8

Languages supported: Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Malay, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Albanian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified)

Platforms: Mac, Win, Linux

Price: $$$$$

Business Size: 1

9.8
GroupFire
★★★★★

GroupFire

GroupFire creates a modern digital home that solves your communication challenges. It lifts you out of email and into a powerful set of organizational tools

Next level member engagement / communication tool! - Administrator in Events Services

Ease of use
Support
Ease of Setup
10.0
GetSocial
★★★★★

GetSocial

GetSocial is a software as a service solution for mobile apps designed to empowerr marketing and product teams with growth tools to maximize user acquisition, engagement, and retention.

Awesome social networking SDK to take your games K-Factor to the next level... - Greg Q.

Ease of use
Support
Ease of Setup

Languages supported: English

8.2
Wild Apricot
★★★★★

Wild Apricot

Wild Apricot is online membership software for small associations, non-profits, clubs, and subscription websites, with features including Membership Management, Website Software, Event Registration, and Online Fundraising.

Wild Apricot - Very good solution for many needs from organizations to small businesses. - Ron G.

Ease of use
7.2
Support
8.1
Ease of Setup
6.5

Languages supported: English

Platforms: Mac, Win, Linux

Price: $$$$$

Business Size: 1

9.6
MemberHub
★★★★★

MemberHub

The easier it is for teachers and parents to communicate the more involved everyone becomes. We keep MemberHub simple and give schools just the tools they need to communicate effectively.

Great Tool for PTAs - Andrea H.

Ease of use
Support
Ease of Setup
7.4
Packback
★★★★★

Packback

Packback creates AI-powered inquiry-based learning communities designedd to improve critical thinking and support curiosity in college students.

It is amazing! - User in Higher Education

Ease of use
Support
Ease of Setup
9.4
Rungway
★★★★★

Rungway

Rungway is a platform that empowers employees to give and seek advice on work and life challenges. Rungway's platform provides a safe place for always on peer-to-peer support where employees seek advice publicly or anonymously on their smartphone or desktop, and give bite-sized advice at their convenience.

Building a safer workplace - Marine P.

Ease of use
9.1
Support
9.5
Ease of Setup
9.1

Languages supported: English

9.0
JomSocial
★★★★★

JomSocial

Open Source Social Networking Software. Award winning open source community software by JomSocial. This social networking software is widely used by many Joomla users.

The perfect complement to your social networks - David B.

Ease of use
Support
Ease of Setup
8.6
Codementor
★★★★★

Codementor

Codementor is an online marketplace connecting developers with experts for on-demand 1:1 help via screen sharing, video and text chat.

Codementor review - User in Computer Software

Ease of use
Support
Ease of Setup
10.0
Honeycommb
★★★★★

Honeycommb

Honeycommb is the only consumer grade, complete, custom social network solution in the world that gives you total control and ownership over all data and content.

Scalable Social Network platform for launching indie networks! - Sam H.

Ease of use
Support
Ease of Setup
10.0
EngagementHQ
★★★★★

EngagementHQ

EngagementHQ is an online public engagement software that gets people involved in the conversations that are important to the organization.

Community Engagement Made Easy in a Pandemic - Steven M.

Ease of use
Support
Ease of Setup

Languages supported: English, French, Spanish

10.0
Forumbee
★★★★★

Forumbee

Forumbee is a modern cloud-based community platform which allows to create a branded online community with Q&A, discussions, idea generation and knowledge base articles.

I love this app - User in Real Estate

Ease of use
Support
Ease of Setup

Platforms: Mac, Win, Linux

Price: $$$$$

Business Size: 1

8.4
Hivebrite
★★★★★

Hivebrite

Hivebrite is an all-in-one community management and engagement platform designed to help users build brand engagement and opportunities for their private community.

Experience with HiveBrite - Alexandra S.

Ease of use
8.8
Support
8.2
Ease of Setup
9.4

Languages supported: German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish

Platforms: Mac, Win, Linux

Price: $$$$$

Business Size: 1

9.2
Zapnito
★★★★★

Zapnito

Zapnito is the next-generation communication and expert community platform that delivers deeper user engagement

Zapnito has become central to our engagement strategy - Matthias G.

Ease of use
8.9
Support
9.4
Ease of Setup
9.0

Languages supported: English

Platforms: Mac, Win, Linux

Price: $$$$$

Business Size: 1

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