Many recurring community groups rely on large US-run platforms that have gradually become more expensive and more extractive: price increases, algorithmic feeds that hide events unless organisers pay to promote them, and data practices that make it hard to leave with your community’s history intact.
MeetAgain is built differently - not because we have solved those problems with features, but because we are structured differently. The platform is priced to cover costs and fund development, not to maximise revenue. The open source core means the software exists independently of the hosted service. EU hosting, EUPL licence, and European payment processing mean your community’s data never leaves Europe.
At €2/month per group - €24/year - MeetAgain costs a fraction of comparable platforms for the same recurring community use case. Members are always free. And if you ever want to move to self-hosting, everything comes with you.
The hobby organiser who has been running a hiking club or board game night for years and resents paying €30/month for platform features that used to be cheaper or free. They want their group to have its own space, its event history, and no big-tech dependency.
The workflow-first community - a book club that has been meeting monthly for five years, a film club that votes on what to watch, a dinner group that plans menus in advance. These groups already have members. They just want tools that fit how they actually work, not a generic event platform bolted onto their routine.
The privacy-conscious organiser who cannot recommend an ad-funded social platform to their members in good conscience, or who works in an organisation with GDPR obligations that a US-hosted platform cannot satisfy. MeetAgain is EU-hosted, uses a European payment provider, and applies GDPR principles as a default - not as a compliance checkbox.
The expat group in Berlin, Munich, or Hamburg looking for a home that works without everyone needing an existing social media account. Language exchanges, social meetups, cultural evenings - the kinds of recurring community activities that need a reliable, well-organised platform, not an algorithmic feed.
