
Disciple, Podia, Thinkific, LearnWorlds, Kajabi and Open Social are all chasing the same tired-of-renting creator. Here is how the fight over who owns your audience actually breaks down.

Six software companies - LearnWorlds, Open Social, Social Strata, Bevy, Forumbee and Bettermode - are selling the same quiet promise: stop renting your audience from Facebook and Discord, and build a community you actually keep.

Open Social and CMNTY are both Dutch, both say they build community, and both are right - one hands you a network you own, the other turns a crowd's opinions into research data. Here is why the same word points at two very different businesses.