Mighty Networks vs UNA

Mighty Networks is a paid platform for creating and running online communities. It supports private spaces, groups, cohorts, moderation, and custom domains, as well as online and in-person events, live courses, and challenges. Members can use the web platform or apps for iOS and Android. Plans list unlimited members and spaces, while storage and the number of hosts and moderators vary by tier.

Launch costs $79 a month and includes 200 GB of storage, three hosts, and 10 moderators. Scale is $179 a month with 500 GB, five hosts, and 15 moderators; Growth is $354 a month with 1 TB, 10 hosts, and 100 moderators. Mighty Pro has custom pricing and lists 4 TB of storage with unlimited hosts and moderators. Transaction fees are 2% on Launch, 1% on Scale, and 0.5% on Growth and Mighty Pro. A 14-day trial provides Growth Plan access. Plans include access to the Mighty Trust Portal, and the platform is SOC2 Type II compliant. Mighty Networks was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

UNA is an open-source platform for building community sites, social networks, collaboration spaces, and educational portals. Its core tools include feeds, posts, groups, events, messaging, courses, discussions, a wiki, and collaboration features. Studio provides no-code controls for apps, roles, pages, forms, menus, design, and languages. UNA offers a REST API and OAuth 2.0 server, and can run as a full platform or a headless backend. Listed integrations include Stripe, Shopify, Snipcart, Mailchimp, Intercom, Google Tag Manager, and Rocket.Chat through the Chat+ app. AI agents can use 13 model providers, including local models through Ollama, and connect to vector stores such as Pinecone and Qdrant. UNA runs on a customer’s domain and servers, with files stored on local disk or S3-compatible storage. The maker lists SSL, antispam, audit logs, two-factor sign-in, and regular security fixes, and says it helps customers prepare for GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA. Standard is free; Pro is $20 a month; Max is $100 a month. All plans list unlimited projects and deployments.