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Meetup alternative
The Meetup alternative built by people who run meetups.
Junction is the platform we built to run our own 18 tech communities and 13 conferences. Events, tickets, speakers, sponsors, memberships and your own website, in one place. Free for communities up to 500 members.
- Up to 500 members
- £0
- Up to 500 members
- Launching 2026
- 16 Oct
- Launching 2026
- Communities run on it
- 18
- Communities run on it
- Your data, exportable
- 100%
- Your data, exportable
Why we built it
We were Meetup organisers first.
Community Stack runs tech meetups and conferences across the UK. Junction exists because the tools we were paying for stopped working for us.
$7,500
A year, and rising
Our own platform bill went from $100 to over $7,500 a year on Meetup alone. That's money that should have paid for pizza, venues and speaker travel.
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Tools to run one event
Meetup for discovery, something else for tickets, a form for talks, a spreadsheet for sponsors, another tool for email. Every handoff is a gap.
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Ownership
Members, history and reputation built up over years sit on someone else's platform, under their terms and at their price.
What you get
Discovery and RSVPs, plus everything else you were stitching together.
Junction covers what you use Meetup for today, then adds the tools you currently run somewhere else.
Events of every size
From a twelve-person meetup to a multi-track conference, online, hybrid or multi-day, with scheduling that spots double-booked speakers.
Tickets without a platform cut
Free or paid tickets through Stripe Connect, offline-first QR check-in, and community rate tiers so price isn't a barrier.
Speakers and calls for papers
Run your call for speakers, review submissions and keep every talk linked to its speaker in a searchable archive.
Sponsors and memberships
Sell sponsorship packages and memberships in the same place you run events, so the community can pay for itself.
Your own website
A branded site for your community, built from your events and talks, not a page on someone else's domain.
A network, not just a listing
Members find your community through a shared network of tech communities, with one profile and talk history across all of them.
Switching from Meetup
Move your group without starting again.
- 01Tell us where you are nowMeetup, Eventbrite, Bevy or Luma. We'll look at your group and what needs to come with you.
- 02Bring your community acrossMigration adapters move members, past events and history, so nothing you've built is lost.
- 03Invite members and keep goingAnnounce the move, link your old group to the new home, and run your next event the same week.
Proven in production
Built on Community Engine, the platform behind every Community Stack meetup and conference.
Questions
Switching from Meetup, answered.
How much does Junction cost?
Junction is free for communities up to 500 members. Above that it's £39 a month (or £390 a year), with a £149 a month plan for larger communities and organisations. Prices exclude VAT.
Can I move my group from Meetup to Junction?
Yes. Migration adapters bring members, events and history across from Meetup, Eventbrite, Bevy and Luma, and your data can be exported in full at any time at no cost.
What's the difference between Junction and Community Engine?
Community Engine is the platform: events, ticketing, speakers, sponsors, memberships and websites, with an open source core. Junction is Engine set up for technical communities, with a shared network on top so members can discover communities and keep one profile and talk history across them.
Do I need to be a tech community to use it?
No. Junction is tuned for technical communities, but Community Engine runs any community, from a single meetup to a portfolio of chapters or an internal community of practice.
When does Junction launch?
Junction and Community Engine launch on 16 October 2026.
Your community, on your terms.
Free up to 500 members. Launching 16 October 2026.