Ning announced today that they will be eliminating their free offering. Existing Ning networks will have to either start paying or move elsewhere.

Grouply offers a free alternative to Ning. A “social group” on Grouply provides much of the same functionality as a Ning network, including a customizable community website, event management, discussion forums, an activity feed, and an app store with dozens of useful applications. In addition, Grouply’s “social groups” provide benefits not found on Ning networks such as:

• Comprehensive email interface – Post and receive all content via email if you like.
• Group analytics – Gain useful insights with charts and graphs showing the most active members, the most popular topics, and member participation over time.
• Advanced website privacy – Make some pages public, some for visitors, and others for members only.
• Cross-group admin dashboard – Review and approve members and messages for all your groups in one place.

To learn more about Grouply, take a tour.  Or create a new social group on Grouply now.  It’s free!   And Grouply has no intention of ever discontinuing our free offering. Grouply also offers premium services similar to Ning’s should they make sense for your group.

We are committed to making it as easy as possible to migrate your Ning network to Grouply. In fact, you can import members of your Ning network into a Grouply social group right now! In the coming days, we will provide details on a more comprehensive “Ning to Grouply” migration tool that is already in the works.

If you are a Ning Network Creator interested in Grouply, please contact us at feedback@grouply.com and let us know your requirements. We’d love to work with you to make your migration to Grouply as seamless as possible!

Mark Robins
CEO, Grouply

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 15th, 2010 at 4:16 pm and is filed under Company.