# The Owned-Community Software Landscape

> A landscape look at the branded online-community software market through six players. LearnWorlds bundles community into course-selling; Open Social builds open-source community for institutions like the UN and World Bank; Social Strata has hosted forums since 1998; Bevy powers in-person and virtual events for enterprises and owns the CMX community-professional network; Forumbee folds a forum and knowledge base into customer support; and Bettermode (formerly Tribe) offers a modular, API-first customer community. All six sell the same idea - own the crowd you built - into a market valued around $6.5 billion in 2024 and growing double digits a year.

## Achievements

- Open Social powers communities for the United Nations, the World Bank Group, the European Commission and IATA
- Bevy's platform runs community events for large enterprises and it owns CMX, the field's leading professional organization
- LearnWorlds reports users in more than 120 countries and raised $32M from Insight Partners
- Social Strata has operated community software continuously since 1998, serving brands including Bose and Pinterest
- Bettermode (formerly Tribe) raised a $7.5M seed co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners and CRV

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Online community management software market estimated around $6.5-6.7 billion, with forecasts for double-digit annual growth through the early 2030s

## Links

- Website: https://bettermode.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bettermode
- GitHub: https://github.com/goalgorilla/open_social

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Last updated: 2026-08-09