# Forumbee

> Forumbee is a cloud-based community and knowledge base platform that helps organizations build branded online communities for customer support, employee engagement, and member collaboration. Founded in 2012 by Chris Greener, the bootstrapped company gives companies discussion forums, Q&A, a searchable knowledge base, ideation and moderation tools so users can help each other, deflect support tickets, and turn customer feedback into product direction. Its customers range from SaaS startups to Fortune 500s and non-profits, including Accenture, Turnitin, Kiva, Girl Scouts and Wag!.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** Bellingham, Washington, United States
- **Founders:** Chris Greener (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** 11-50 employees
- **Products:** Discussion Forums, Community Q&A, Knowledge Base, Ideation, Moderation Tools
- **Notable:** Bootstrapped and profitable community software company operating since 2012 with no outside funding, Serves Fortune 500 and global brands including Accenture, Turnitin, Fox Entertainment and the Government of Canada, Powers mission-driven communities for Kiva, Girl Scouts and non-profits

## Products & services

- **Discussion Forums** — Branded discussion boards for peer-to-peer conversation, customer engagement and employee collaboration.
- **Community Q&A** — Question-and-answer forums where members ask questions and mark accepted answers, building a searchable support archive.
- **Knowledge Base** — Hierarchical help-article system with categories, tags, SEO-friendly canonical URLs, Open Graph and custom meta tags.
- **Ideation** — Idea forums where members submit and vote on suggestions, feeding a live product roadmap.
- **Moderation Tools** — Mobile-friendly moderation, access controls and member management to keep communities healthy.
- **Community Analytics** — Real-time reporting and statistics on engagement, content and members.
- **Gamification Module** — Points, badges and recognition to reward active members; sold as an Enterprise add-on.

## Achievements

- Bootstrapped and profitable community software company operating since 2012 with no outside funding
- Serves Fortune 500 and global brands including Accenture, Turnitin, Fox Entertainment and the Government of Canada
- Powers mission-driven communities for Kiva, Girl Scouts and non-profits
- Wag! runs its Trust & Safety Center on the Forumbee knowledge base

## Latest updates

- **2019-09** — Launched a redesigned website with new pricing plans and service offerings.

## Links

- Website: https://forumbee.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/forumbee
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/forumbee
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forumbee/

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