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Best Online Community Platforms in 2026 — page 2
- 54 apps
- Research read 23 Sept 2026
- How the order is worked out
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phpBB
Free plan Self-hostedWebphpBB offers forum-building tools with extension and style customization at no software cost.
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Question2Answer
Free plan Self-hostedWebChoose Question2Answer for a self-hosted community that needs member questions, answers, roles and moderation tools in free, open-source software.
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Tripoto
Free plan AndroidiPhoneWebTripoto combines travel discovery, itinerary publishing, community features, and marketplace listings.
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Wisdo
Free plan AndroidiPhoneWebWisdo combines moderated peer communities, direct conversations, coaching, matching, and check-ins across major platforms.
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Rooster
Free plan WebRooster offers a free, moderated space for local sharing, with address privacy measures described in its FAQ.
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Snapzu
Free plan WebSnapzu combines content curation with community-run tribes and promotion tools. Prospective members should account for invite requirements, posting limits, and the platform’s content restrictions.
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Circle
Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+3Circle combines community management with courses, events, and related business tools, with web, mobile, and desktop access.
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TruckPulse
Free plan WebTruckPulse combines recruitment, convoy planning, Hub rankings and telemetry, with a free tier and two paid tiers.
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Communi
Free trial AndroidiPhoneWebChoose Communi if you want to run a community alongside courses, events, and payments, with web, Android, and iOS access.
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Invision Community
Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+2Choose Invision Community if you want community discussions, publishing, events, pages, and learning tools in one platform.
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Crowdstack
Free trial WebCrowdstack provides community publishing, administration, messaging, and paid-membership tools in a web app.
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Heartbeat
Free trial AndroidiPhoneChoose Heartbeat if you need a community platform with mobile apps, events, moderation, and capacity that can grow across three plans.
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Higher Logic Thrive
by Higher Logic ThrivePaid AndroidAPIiPhone+1Pick Higher Logic Thrive if your association or professional organization wants community, marketing, and event tools tied to member engagement.
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Forums.net
Paid AndroidiPhoneWebChoose Forums.net if your organization needs a hosted community with discussion features, access controls and support options.
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Jatra
Free trial WebJatra combines community publishing, engagement tools, moderation, and search-oriented public pages.
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WoltLab Suite
Free trial ExtensionSelf-hostedWebWoltLab Suite combines community software with cloud hosting and self-hosting choices.
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Bettermode
by BettermodePaid WebBettermode provides community features across plans with different member and collaborator allowances. Review the listed billing terms and note that mobile apps are not available.
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Hivebrite
by HivebritePaid WebiPhoneAndroidConsider Hivebrite if you need web and mobile community access with event hosting, private spaces, custom domains, and moderation.
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Khoros Communities
by Khoros CommunitiesPaid AndroidAPIiPhone+1Choose Khoros Communities if your brand needs a configurable space for customer self-service, peer support, and varied forms of engagement.
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Gainsight Customer Communities
by Gainsight Customer CommunitiesPaid APIWebGainsight Customer Communities combines customer discussion, knowledge sharing, events, and feedback features with listed AI capabilities and integrations.
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Mighty Networks
by Mighty NetworksPaid AndroidiPhoneWebMighty Networks combines community spaces with events and learning activities across web and mobile.
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Higher Logic Vanilla
by Higher Logic VanillaPaid APIWebHigher Logic Vanilla brings self-service content, community tools, automation, and AI features together.
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Influitive
by InfluitivePaid APIWebChoose Influitive if your company needs structured advocacy programs, with options for rewards, referral workflows, and integrations.
