Konnectors vs Meetup: Spontaneous Hangouts or Organised Groups?

The short answer

Choose Meetup if you want a long-running interest group with regular scheduled events, such as a weekly book club or a professional network. Choose Konnectors if you want to meet people nearby today, join small hangouts, find travel buddies or meet people while you travel.

How Meetup works

Meetup is built around groups run by organisers, who create and schedule events for their members. Organisers pay a subscription to run groups. It works best for established communities with a regular rhythm, especially in large cities.

How Konnectors works

On Konnectors anyone can create a hangout in a few taps, and people nearby can see it and join. You can also check in at a place so your nearby connections know you are around, which makes last-minute plans easy. Communities are there for ongoing groups, so you get both the spontaneous and the regular.

Small groups versus big events

Many Meetup events are large, which suits networking but can make it hard to really talk to anyone. Konnectors hangouts tend to be small plans like a coffee, a walk or a match, which makes it easier to turn a first meeting into a friendship.

Travel and moving to a new city

Meetup groups are local and usually take a few events to settle into. Konnectors adds travel buddies, shared trip plans and hosting, so you can line up company before you even arrive somewhere new.

Cost and availability

Konnectors is free to join and to create hangouts, with an optional premium plan, on Google Play for Android and on the web; iOS is coming soon. Meetup is free to join for members, while organisers pay to run groups; check its website for current pricing.

Side by side

• Who creates plans: Meetup, organisers who run groups; Konnectors, anyone, in a few taps.
• Typical size: Meetup events can be large; Konnectors hangouts are usually small.
• Best for: Meetup, a clear hobby or professional network; Konnectors, spontaneous plans, new cities and travel.
• Travel: Meetup groups are local; Konnectors adds travel buddies and shared trip plans.

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Using both

Many people join one Meetup group for a hobby they love and use Konnectors for everything in between: a coffee this afternoon, a hike at the weekend, company on a trip. Repetition is what makes either one work.

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