Beabee is the next-generation toolkit for local journalism that helps you turn audiences into engaged communities, and trust into revenue.
TRUSTED BY LOCAL NEWSROOMS AROUND EUROPE
Before getting into the features,
here’s why we’re different
Built by newsrooms, for newsrooms
We build beabee as “public interest software” in collaboration with a strong network of newsrooms who are committed to changing how journalism is produced and funded.
Trust-focused
We build beabee as “public interest software” in collaboration with a strong network of newsrooms who are committed to changing how journalism is produced and funded.
Privacy-first
We put the power over your data back into your hands, and also allow you to be independent from tools that sell out your data. We stay away from privacy-violating design practices.
Relationship-driven
We focus on building the tools that help you deepen relationships with your community and increase the joy of participation.
How it works
Organise
With our Lightweight CRM you keep track of who is who in your community.
All your contacts in one central database
Synchronises with your email provider
Tagging and segmentation to activate sub-communities
Analyse
Find your key metrics and insights in beabee’s dashboard
Stay on top of your community engagement and revenue
Keep track of the size and who is in your community
Get to know your community for deeper relationships
Collaborate
With Callouts you keep your community engaged
Gather input, create surveys, or run crowd investigations
Collect and review community contributions
Use best-practice templates shared by other newsrooms
Drive revenue
The Membership Builder lets you set up your membership scheme
Allow people to sign up directly with you, not a third party
Collect and manage membership payments
Give members their own user area to manage their data
beabee is open source
and also works out‑of‑the‑box
Either way, it’s yours: your tools, your data, your brand, your community.
Founded by leading community newsrooms
and trusted by 11 community partners
Frequently asked questions
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beabee connects to payment providers, giving you and your readers a straightforward interface to manage subscriptions and billing.
beabee currently supports Stripe and GoCardless as payment backends.
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Beabee can be set up to run on your own subdomain and styled according to your newsroom’s look and feel.
We can help migrate your existing subscriber data so that you can quickly take advantage of Beabee’s audience segmentation features.
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You give us money, we give you joy. More money, more joy. Let’s do bizniz.
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You definitely can: if your newsroom has the expertise to set up self-hosted applications, beabee is open-source and the installation process is well documented.
We can also run it for you and take care of everything so that you can quickly get up and running.
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Yes, yes, Let’s write something about contributions and documentation and link you to the repository and maybe the slack channel?
I have other questions!
Please get in touch, we would love to clear up any detail and help you get started with Beabee.
“Building a community like our ‘Freundeskreis’ is a lot of work. With beabee we get a tool that solves our admin pain points and gain time for more journalistic community collaboration.”
Georg Watzlawek
Bürgerportal Bergisch-Gladbach
“An open source CRM for community-centered approaches to journalism is something I’ve dreamed for years. I have a lot of hope it will solve the issues we have at the Bristol Cable, and that other find empowering.”
Lucas Batt
The Bristol Cable
Ready for the next step?
You can quickly book a 15 minute demo with us
Fill out a simple form to see if beabee is right for you
Or just get in touch and we’ll answer all your questions