The price of staying
Meetup got expensive. Fast.
Since Bending Spoons took over, the organizer fee climbed to around €23.99 a month, roughly €285 a year, with no free tier. Then they paywalled members too. On Traube, hosting a community is free.
Meetup
€23.99/mo
to host, no free tier- Organizers pay to host
- Members pay to message (Meetup+)
- No contact export
Traube
Free
to host your community- Free to host, forever
- Members chat for free
- Import and export anytime
Free for everyone
Your members can actually talk to each other.
Meetup put member-to-member messages behind a paywall. Traube gives every community a general chat and free direct messages, so your people connect without anyone reaching for a card.
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General chat
Neukölln Run Club · 1,240 members
Lena
Anyone want to carpool to Sunday's run?
Marco
I'm driving, 2 spots free 🚗
Yuki
First run with you all, any tips?
Welcome! Easy pace at the front, you'll be grand.
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This week's runs
From: Neukölln Run Club
To: Your members
Neukölln Run Club
See you Sunday
Long run Sunday 10:00 from Tempelhofer Feld, all paces welcome. Book club Tuesday. Everything's free, as always.
Sun, 15 Jun · 10:00
Sunday Long Run
Tempelhofer Feld
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How it stacks up
Meetup, Eventbrite, Traube.
| Meetup | Eventbrite | Traube | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | €23.99/mo | Fees per ticket | Free forever |
| Members per group | Capped per plan | No groups | Unlimited, free |
| Member chat | Paywalled | No | Free |
| Newsletters | No | No | Pro |
| Export your contacts | No | No | Yes, anytime |
| Friends and a social graph | No | No | Yes |
| Reach your followers, in order | Limited | Limited | Yes |
| Made in | New York | San Francisco | Berlin |
From the scene
Hosts who moved over.
I stopped paying €24 a month to run a group of 200 people. Moved everyone to Traube in a weekend. The chat after each night is the part I didn't know I needed.
N
Nina
Supper club, Neukölln
People used to come once and vanish. Now they're friends on here, so they see the next gig and bring someone. Our Tuesday jazz nights are full again.
D
Deniz
Jazz night, Kreuzberg
Three people in Berlin building it and you can tell. Bugs get fixed fast, they answer DMs. It feels like ours, not a platform renting space to us.
M
Mara
Gallery openings, Mitte
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€0to run a group
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