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Top Rated Community Software with Free trial - Page 2

Last updated: November 2026

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Forumbee logo

Custom community forum creation tool

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Forumbee is a community forum creation tool which enables users to create public, restricted-access, and hidden forums for discussion, Q&As, feedback, and more

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Circle logo

The all-in-one platform for world-class community builders

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Circle’s all-in-one platform brings together your community, courses, and content in one beautiful, user-friendly tool.

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phpFox logo

Social networking software for businesses and communities

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phpFox is a social networking platform that helps businesses manage activity feeds, user profiles, events, groups, campaigns and subscriptions, among other processes. The members page lets users view community members based on multiple criteria, including gender, location, age, and other keywords.

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Herd logo

Communication for School Communities

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Herd is a private communication network that connects students, teachers, administrators, and parents on a single platform. Our user-friendly dashboard allows for simple oversight and management of all communication channels. Herd works by connecting your school community.

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Potentiality logo

CRM and alumni management platform.

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Cloud based CRM / alumni management platform that creates a safe and interesting community space and helps with community engagement, online booking, event management, payments, reports, fundraising, archived photos, business networking and mentoring directory.

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Mentessa logo

We drive know-how exchange in the new world of work.

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Mentessa is the next-generation community platform that connects your organization for know-how exchange and purpose-driven work.

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myClubhouse logo

Software for managing clubs, societies, and events.

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myClubhouse is an easy to use and highly flexible, online club management system to let you run your club the way you want.
With us you'll get a premium experience, no adverts, no hidden fees and exceptional quality client-driven features. Support includes free site set-up and data import.

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NetAnswer logo

Association & Network Management

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Netanswer is a complete platform that offers all the tools necessary to manage, develop, and animate an alumni community and support groups. It is customizable and easy to use so you can adapt it to your specific needs.

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Alumni Reach logo

The comprehensive all-in-one community engagement platform.

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Alumni Reach is the comprehensive online community management and engagement platform. Tailored for online communities from diverse sectors, Alumni Reach caters to both compact groups with finite resources and expansive global networks with intricate requirements.

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SelfCommunity logo

SelfCommunity: Your Social. Your Users. Your Data.

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SelfCommunity is a native, no-code, high-performance and scalable cloud Community creation and management platform, which can be integrated into any external digital ecosystem (Website, App, E-commerce) through APIs, Webhooks and Frontend SDKs.

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Refresh logo

Employee benefits, wellness and engagement platform

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Our modular, customizable platform highlights and features tools based on each employee's specific situation eliminating clutter, increasing utilization, and providing a better experience. Combining comms tools (scrolling news feeds/text/push/email) with scheduling, eLearning, challenges and more.

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CampusGroups logo

Campus engagement software

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CampusGroups is a cloud-based community engagement software designed to help small to large higher education institutions create and manage communities. The platform enables organizations to handle student organizations, teams, departments, and other groups using different modules.

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GroupFlow logo

Website builder, with an event and members platform

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Attract new members with an engaging website and events platform for your member-based community. Efficiently connect with members for your in-person or online events. Manage memberships, charge dues, and charge for event tickets.

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Base logo

Cloud-based customer lifecycle platform for B2B SaaS

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Cloud-based AI-driven platform for B2B SaaS teams that unifies post-sale customer data, advocacy, onboarding, and retention workflows.

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Meetmaps logo

Event management software

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Meetmaps hub is the perfect platform to share constant knowledge with your community through valuable content and enabling participants interaction with group channels, private chats and 1 to 1 meetings, among other funtionalities that Meetmaps event management software provide you as event manager.

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Podia logo

Website builder, community platform, and online courses

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Podia is a platform that lets you build a free, no-code website, host a community (free or paid), and sell your digital products. With Podia, you get all the tools you need to start and grow an online business — for free.

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ARCS logo

Cloud-based panel management tool for research institutions

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ARCS is a panel management software designed to help research organizations manage participants and streamline processes for research studies. Supervisors can utilize the member portal to schedule study sessions, build personalized profiles for participants, and conduct screenings through surveys.

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Ervy logo

AI-Powered Microlearning for Microsoft Teams

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Ervy is a cloud-based microlearning solution that helps mid-sized organizations deliver corporate training via artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The platform operates natively within Microsoft Teams, allowing employees to access training directly within their workflow without separate logins.

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StellarUp logo

Enable Connection. Share knowledge. Empower Progress

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The StellarUp community-building platform (white-label SaaS) helps you create and maintain a buzzing community through connection and knowledge sharing.

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Participate logo

Social learning platform for educational institutions

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Participate is a social learning platform designed to help educational institutions and organizations create and maintain communities of practice (COPs) using collaboration tools, discussions, direct messaging capabilities, peer-to-peer mentorships, and more. Managers can create self-paced online courses for upskilling employees and academic initiatives.

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iFlyChat logo

Real-time chat SDK & messaging API for web and mobile apps

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iFlyChat is a real-time chat plugin and messaging API which helps small to large businesses manage and streamline in-app communication for community applications. The cloud-based solution comes with customizable, embedded chat rooms where users can engage with specific groups or anonymous visitors.

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VoyagerNetz logo

Multi-channel messaging

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VoyagerNetz helps businesses connect with customers and build communities. Their core product, VoyagerNetz Engage, lets companies chat with customers on their preferred platforms like text message, Facebook Messenger, or WhatsApp. This makes communication easier and faster.

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Meeds logo

Empower communities with engagement and recognition.

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Meeds is a customizable platform designed for building thriving communities. With tools like token rewards, gamification, multi-language support, and self-branded mobile apps, Meeds fosters engagement, collaboration, and meaningful connections in purpose-driven communities.

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NodeBB logo

Community solution for businesses of all sizes

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NodeBB is a cloud-based community solution for gaming, hardware, software, entertainment & education sectors, which helps improve customer engagement by providing discussion forums for businesses, letting users interact with multiple teams through video streaming, social media posts & real-time chat

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Join It logo

Simple membership management software

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Membership management software for associations, clubs and nonprofits. Automate renewals, collect recurring payments, manage your member database, and run events - without spreadsheets or manual follow-up.

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