--- description: Review of Open Social Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice New Zealand. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Open Social | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice NZ --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Customer Engagement Software](/directory/508/customer-engagement/software) > [Open Social](/software/145387/open-social) # Open Social Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/145387/open-social Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/145387/open-social?page=2) > Open Social is a cloud-based community engagement solution that helps organizations manage collaboration, communication, and engagement with external or internal stakeholders using digital spaces. The platform enables managers to maintain member profiles, create and edit cookies consent and data policies and activate Google Analytics for web pages. Open Social offers a host of features such as private messaging, Single Sign-On (SSO), activity monitoring, tagging, push notifications, email encryption, multilingual translation and more. Using the built-in white-labelling capabilities, administrators can personalize the interface with custom menus, images, colours and other attributes. Additionally, members can develop custom content, manage visibility across groups and modify login, privacy, notifications and other account settings. Open Social lets managers create landing pages to promote events, discussion or groups and send email notifications about activities, news or announcements. Pricing includes monthly subscriptions and support is provided via phone, email and other online measures. > > Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 14 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 14 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Open Social - **Founded**: 2016 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Open Social offers a free and paid plans. Contact Open Social directly for more details. - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - @mentions - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Tracking - Alerts/Notifications - Application Management - Attendance Tracking - Calendar Management - Commenting/Notes - Committee Management - Communication Management - Content Management - Customisable Forms - Customizable Fields - Discussions/Forums - Email Marketing - Email Reminders - Enrollments/Onboarding - Event Management - Filtering ## Integrations (6 total) - BigBlueButton - LinkedIn for Business - Meta for Business - Microsoft 365 - Twitter/X - Zoom Workplace ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Customer Engagement Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/508/customer-engagement/software) ## Related Categories - [Customer Engagement Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/508/customer-engagement/software) - [Volunteer Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/416/volunteer-management-software/software) - [Association Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/447/association-management/software) - [Membership Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4395/membership-management/software) - [Community Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4515/community/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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That is off course understandable from a development point of view but that makes you more dependent of the Open Social support team. > > Start up and implementing of our old knowledge base has been rather easy for us. The monthly sessions with our customer success manager \[SENSITIVE CONTENT\] are very nice for getting additional support in terms of developing and expanding the community. Also technical support is usually pretty quick and effective. ----- ### "Drupal social" — 5.0/5 > **mhamed** | *7 October 2023* | Recreational Facilities & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: the whole dev is an artist work i really love the all the orchestra ,I really started a social site with more than what was facebook or twitter It was a dream, Easy accessible and can go on with a lot free goodness to start a business from poverty. > > **Cons**: It was the top of drupal distribution for me on the time of drupal 7 and most of 8 but it become a little difficult on the the updates lot of issius , I love the dist but i ve lost a lot to make it standing . on drupal 9 I can not even work locally on it if not the updates of drupal there are updates of php or mysql and sometimes my mac updates something and nothing goes . ----- ### "Drupal rebranded" — 1.0/5 > **Olariu Romeo** | *27 September 2022* | Newspapers | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: Nothing except the template part, which is only partially their merit, the 90% credit must be given to the bootstrap community > > **Cons**: OpenSocial is not a software, it's just a template that makes small changes to the standard source code of drupal, which they try to sell probably for gold to uninformed people. I think that drupal should ban this project because opensocial does not bring anything new, many of the modules created by them, are now abandoned, or is not covered by the security advisory policy.so opensocial practically does not contribute to drupal, it just tries to sell drupal that is free > > Opensocial just wants to rebrand drupal and make money on con the back of ontributors' work. If we analyze well, opensocial is actually just a template, with small modifications of the drupal source code and some modules created by drupal contributors and the support service only wants to extort money from customers. They also have the insensitivity of not informing what their list price is, many of the clients probably don't even know that they use drupal, an opensource software. The administration interface is all rebranded with opensocial logos and links. I asked for a price list for their modules that are for money, but they didn't want to tell me the price. They said that at this stage they do not communicate prices by email, after two weeks of almost daily conversations with an individual from their team. They are probably looking for large corporations, who are not interested in prices, I did not understand well what their sales policy is, their prices are not transparent and they do not respect European laws regarding price transparency. ----- ### "Overall Kudos" — 4.0/5 > **Bruce** | *7 October 2020* | Entertainment | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: It serves the goals and needs I have been searching for many years. It is set to replace a 20 year old non CMS that I programmed with the same features philosophy (Social Media) and tools in mind however technology has surpassed its capabilities\! Flexibility: The ability to reconstruct many features to conform to my needs\! The Open Source Community, while seemingly minimal in manpower is committed and engaged\! > > **Cons**: Regarding pricing, I use the Open Source version as the SaaS version is seeming targeted at multinational and very large organizations. Hence well beyond my means. Huge learning curve which is as much a Drupal issue as it is Open Social. Turnaround on support is slow (however, considering that it is Open Source that is to be expected) I have received feedback from many Beta Testers (Lay Users) that the navigation is hard to understand and even though I have provided comprehensive documentation on the platform, still find it technically difficult\! Several joined but have not returned\! Note: these beta testers come from the World of Facebook and Twitter\! > > I am pleased with the versatility and future possibilities\! As an Open Source user, however I wish there was a more direct way to get help even if it were on a modest fee basis\! I can afford very little in the development stage but believe once fully in production can develop enough income via a advert model to pay for additional tech. Whether that future tech comes from within the Open Social Community or outside, it would still require strong interaction due to the unique elements within its structure\! ----- ### "Great tool for Community Development" — 5.0/5 > **David** | *23 February 2021* | Public Policy | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: We needed to create a regional social network for a smart cities initiative, and Open Social was incredibly easy to deploy and set up. We've had some great uptick in our community and everyone finds it very easy to use. > > **Cons**: You're limited in design (e.g. fonts), although extensions like dashboards are really helpful. > > Very positive. Great company to partner with. 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