Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Meetup

The 20 closest event discovery and community groups alternatives to Meetup, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 11 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Meetup? The closest matches are Eventbrite, Tinder and Facebook. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
4,032
Vector
384-d
Query
13 ms

01 · Entity

About Meetup

Meetup meetup.com

Meetup | Find Local Groups, Events, and Activities Near You

Find Meetup events, join groups, or start your own. Make new friends and connect with like-minded people. Meet people near you who share your interests.

Wikidata: social network

Top 10K · #1,913 English 11 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Meetup

Summary by Claude

Meetup is a service for finding and joining local interest-based groups and events, both in-person and online, and for organizers to create and run their own groups.

Who it’s for
People seeking local social, hobby and professional events; group organizers
Business model
Organizer subscriptions and paid member tiers

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Meetup’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

DeviantArtThe BlowersCalendlyLuma9GAGGrindrProduct HuntLinkedInTinderEventbrite

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Meetup

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Meetup, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English

Startups challenging Meetup

All challengers

Younger companies going after Meetup, often too small to rank among its nearest neighbours yet.

  • Luma

    Event pages that look good with no design work.

  1. 01
    Eventbrite eventbrite.com Top 1K English

    Eventbrite - Discover the Best Local Events & Things to Do

    Eventbrite - Discover the Best Local Events & Things to Do

  2. 02
    Tinder gotinder.com Top 10K English

    Tinder | Dating, Make Friends & Meet New People

    With 55 billion matches to date, Tinder® is the world’s most popular dating app, making it the place to meet new people.

  3. 03
    LinkedIn linkedin.com Top 100 English

    LinkedIn: Log In or Sign Up

    1 billion members | Manage your professional identity. Build and engage with your professional network. Access knowledge, insights and opportunities.

  4. 04
    Product Hunt producthunt.com Top 10K English

    product discovery website

  5. 05
    Grindr grindr.com Top 10K English

    Grindr: The World’s Largest Social Networking App for LGBTQ People.

    Grindr is the world’s largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. Download Grindr today to discover, connect to, and explore the queer world around you.

  6. 06
    9GAG 9gag.com Top 10K English

    9GAG - Best Funny Memes and Breaking News

    Your daily dose of funny memes, GIFs, videos and weird news stories. We deliver hundreds of new memes daily and much more humor anywhere you go.

  7. 07
    Luma luma.com Top 10K English

    Luma

    Discover and host memorable events effortlessly with Luma. Invite friends, sell tickets, and find great events happening near you.

  8. 08
    500px 500px.com Top 10K English

    photo sharing website

  9. 09
    match.com Top 10K English

    dating website

  10. 10
    Bumble bumble.com Top 10K English

    Bumble | Date, Chat & Meet New People

    Bumble is a social network that allows you to feel empowered while making connections, whether you're dating or looking for friends.

  11. 11
    Calendly calendly.com Top 1K English

    Meeting Scheduling Software and AI Meeting Tools | Calendly

    Calendly connects and simplifies all of the work around meetings, from scheduling, payments, and meeting prep to notetaking, contact management, and follow-up.

  12. 12
    The Blowers theblowers.com Top 10K English

    smartphone dating/hookup application

  13. 13
    DeviantArt deviantart.com Top 1K English

    DeviantArt - The Largest Online Art Gallery and Community

    DeviantArt is where art and community thrive. Explore over 650 million pieces of art while connecting to fellow artists and art enthusiasts.

  14. 14
    BetterHelp betterhelp.com Top 10K English

    BetterHelp | Professional Therapy With A Licensed Therapist

    Get matched easily with a licensed, board-accredited therapist. More than 31000 therapists with 492 million+ counseling sessions are ready to help you!

  15. 15
    Freelancer freelancer.com Top 10K English

    Hire Freelancers & Find Freelance Jobs Online | Freelancer

    Access the world's largest cloud workforce. 25.9+ million jobs completed across 3400+ skills. Post your job free, compare quotes, and hire top talent today.

  16. 16
    Stack Exchange stackexchange.com Top 10K English

    Hot Questions - Stack Exchange

    Stack Overflow – 180+ community-powered knowledge sites.

  17. 17
    Instructables instructables.com Top 10K English

    Yours for the making

    Instructables is a community for people who like to make things. Come explore, share, and make your next project with us!

  18. 18
    SignUpGenius signupgenius.com Top 10K English

    SignUpGenius: Free Sign Up Sheets, Fundraisers & Online Payments

    Create free sign up sheets, collect dues, run fundraisers, sell tickets, and more. Every way your group organizes and collects, in one place. Free to start.

  19. 19
    Viator viator.com Top 10K English

    viator.com

    online travel marketplace

  20. 20
    Groupon groupon.com Top 10K English

    Groupon Status Page | Access Restricted

    American worldwide e-commerce marketplace

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to meetup.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Meetup uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Meetup is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

JavaScript frameworks
  • Next.js page source: /_next/static/
  • React implied by Next.js (page source: /_next/static/)
Tag managers
Live chat & support
  • Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:mail.zendesk.com include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.…
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • SparkPost TXT v=spf1 include:mail.zendesk.com include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.…
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=0a856615-3cca-4967-af2e-aa849ca42de2
  • GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=hnJMGmZ5nxkDzoVy5--BmuTT2DIF9hm5OQ87d…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=JU1AoGj_pC_wB0Jxu62NnaIktGqrX8wTvBo9i8XRwHw
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=rgyjx6tabxhbz0vs8jznk3h7kw9igq

Stack changes

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Meetup adds or drops shows up here.

SimilarSiteSearch

Competitors by meaning, stacks from the source. Data from public homepages and DNS.

About our crawler