Alternatives To Ning: Guide To The Best Social Networking Platforms And Online Group Services

Here the criteria I have used for my comparison:

• Member profiles: Personal profile page where users can add a small bio, personal information, a picture and social media connections.
 
• Blog: Collaborative blog where users can share information with all group members or (if permitted) with only selected group users.
 
• Forum discussion: Built-in personal forum sporting all standard forum features like threads, reply, forum search and more..
 
• Shared calendar: Calendar to track shared group activities and events.
 
• Photo galleries: Uploading and sharing of a collection of pictures and images inside the online group.
 
• Video: Uploading and sharing of video clips inside the online group.
 
• Free / Premium: Free and pro starting plan of each social networking platform.
 
• Extra features: Additional features that further extend what you can do with your own social networking platform.