# CMNTY Corporation

> CMNTY Corporation is the company behind CMNTY Platform, a research SaaS product for creating branded insight communities and running qualitative and quantitative studies. Founded by Maxim Schram in 2007, the business evolved from crowdsourced design into an all-in-one workspace for forums, diaries, co-creation, surveys, live focus groups, recruitment, moderation, analysis and reporting. UmbrellaBrand Group acquired CMNTY in 2021, and the product is now operated by MarketResponse for research agencies, insights teams and brands conducting short projects or continuous customer communities.

- **Founded:** 2007
- **Headquarters:** New York City, United States; product operations in Utrecht, Netherlands
- **Founders:** Maxim Schram (Founder and former CEO)
- **Team size:** Standalone headcount is not publicly reported; CMNTY is operated within MarketResponse, which reports more than 90 people across its wider organization.
- **Products:** CMNTY Platform, CMNTY Focus, CMNTY Pulse, Research services
- **Notable:** Founded in 2007 and developed through more than a decade of research-and-development iterations., Opened a New York office in 2015 after earlier expansion into the United Kingdom., Supported more than 13 languages by 2015; G2 currently lists support for 20 languages.

## Products & services

- **CMNTY Platform** — All-in-one SaaS for short-term studies and continuous insight communities, including forums, journals, co-creation challenges, questionnaires, visual research, engagement management, analysis and export.
- **CMNTY Focus** — Live video software for online focus groups and in-depth interviews with whiteboards, polls, media sharing, backroom chat, clipping, transcription and analysis.
- **CMNTY Pulse** — Central moderation and insight dashboard for tracking activity, completion, comments, bookmarks and intermediate study results.
- **Research services** — Onboarding, branded setup, recruitment, segmentation, research-design review, implementation, engagement strategy, project management and participant support.

## Achievements

- Founded in 2007 and developed through more than a decade of research-and-development iterations.
- Opened a New York office in 2015 after earlier expansion into the United Kingdom.
- Supported more than 13 languages by 2015; G2 currently lists support for 20 languages.
- Partnered with Dynata in 2020 to integrate large-scale participant recruitment.
- Acquired by UmbrellaBrand Group in October 2021 and integrated into the MarketResponse portfolio.
- MarketResponse says CMNTY has helped more than 1,000 companies turn data into insight.
- Rated 4.6 out of 5 from 35 reviews on Capterra/GetApp at the time of research.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — MarketResponse published a case describing how Škoda Auto CZ uses CMNTY to centralize dealer updates, documents, polls and structured feedback.
- **2024-07** — MarketResponse presented Focus as CMNTY's live qualitative research product, with clipping, automated transcription, whiteboards, polling and backroom chat.
- **2023-10** — CMNTY's product identity was updated to 'CMNTY by MarketResponse' across current product materials.
- **2021-10** — UmbrellaBrand Group acquired CMNTY Corporation to build a marketing-software operation and enter the US market.

## Links

- Website: https://cmnty.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/marketresponse-group-international
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6-PWGzYJBc

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Last updated: 2026-08-05