Open Social

7.0easy start · #5 of 54
in Online Community Platforms

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workyes

Runs on Android, api, iOS, self-hosted, Web.

Open Social is ranked #5 of 54 in online community platforms on The Geeks Club. It runs on Android, API, iOS, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan.

Open Social plans and pricing

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Community Management System (open-source core) Free Core software available free in the Drupal community; implement in your own projects getopensocial.com · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on online community platforms

Private groups: Yes
Mobile apps: native apps

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The record

Product: Open Social is a Community Collaboration Platform for organizations to connect, engage and collaborate within their communities.
Audience: The maker describes its platform as supporting cross-organisation collaboration and complex, multi-layered organizational structures.
Platform suite: The platform comprises six products: Community Management System, Cloud Platform, Gaia AI, Engagement Studio, Connection Hub and Lumina Insights.
Community management: The Community Management System supports custom roles, permission structures and organizational arrangements.
AI: Gaia AI helps with workflows, content moderation and advanced search.
Integrations: Connection Hub supports integrations with external systems such as Salesforce and Snowflake, plus GraphQL, webhooks, Kafka and no-code Zapier connections.
Document collaboration: The Document Collaboration Suite add-on supports real-time co-editing of documents, spreadsheets, presentations and drawings, and works with formats including docx, xlsx, pptx, odf and visio.
Mobile app: A branded native app add-on is available for iOS and Android, with push notifications.
Security: The maker says it is ISO 27001 certified; its Cloud Platform page also cites GDPR standards and isolated single-tenant hosting.
Data residency: For EU/EEA deployments, the maker says primary storage and routine customer-data processing remain in the EEA, subject to limited safeguarded cross-border transfers for essential functions.
Open-source edition: The core Community Management System is available free in the Drupal community, while its SaaS subscription includes hosting, additional products and professional services.
Support: SaaS customers can receive professional support and enterprise services including maintenance, security audits, performance optimization and developer training.
Hosting option: The Cloud Platform page describes an on-premise hosting solution for organizations with policy or in-house infrastructure requirements.
Company: Open Social describes itself as a Dutch company with exclusively Dutch investors and identifies Amsterdam, The Netherlands as its base.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Online Community Platforms in 2026#5 of 54

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Sources

getopensocial.com/products· checked 4 Oct 2026
getopensocial.com/product/community-management-system· checked 4 Oct 2026
getopensocial.com· checked 4 Oct 2026
getopensocial.com/product/connection-hub· checked 4 Oct 2026
getopensocial.com/product/cloud-platform· checked 4 Oct 2026
getopensocial.com/subprocessors· checked 4 Oct 2026
getopensocial.com/about· checked 4 Oct 2026
drupal.org/project/social· checked 4 Oct 2026