Free Websites, Free Social Websites, Get More. 9 Free Ning Alternatives And Some Open Source Solutions - Jon Bi. Many people have started communities on the popular network creation site Ning since its inception. On April 15th they announced they would no longer offer their free services. Realize this isn’t the end of Ning as they point out The tens of thousands of you who already use our paid service represent over 75% of our traffic So I imagine most of the popular networks you belong to on Ning will remain in place. However, for the other 25% that might navigate elsewhere you have several options. Hosted Solutions Spruz Spruz seems to be the network of choice for most ex-ningers. Webs Webs gets 30 times the traffic of Spruz and any other network on this list falling short only to Ning at two-thirds its traffic. [Post from Webs welcoming Ning users] WackWall I guess being in beta it wouldn’t be fair to compare their traffic to some of the other sites on the list.
[Post from WackWall welcoming Ning users] Grou.ps Grou.ps is another great choice based on open source software. Grouply BigTent Zerista Groupsite. BuddyPress.org | Home.