Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to The Community Industry Awards (CIA's)

Celebrating the best in the community industry.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Community Industry Awards (CIA's) launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Community Academy▲171

   Content templates for community leaders

   2018 · communityacademy.co · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Rise Awards▲361

   Awards series celebrating top talent, at all positions

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Led by Community Newsletter▲196

   The newsletter, job board and events for community pros

   2023 · ledby.community · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Golden Kitty Awards 2016▲552

   A celebration of products, makers & PH community members 🏆😻

   2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Ontario Business Awards▲6

   Your community, your vote, your top local businesses.

   2025 · ontariobusinessawards.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Golden Kitty Awards 2017▲659

   A celebration of products, makers & PH community members 🏆😻

   2018 · its alternatives →

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   Social Creative Awards▲65

   The awards for best social media content

   2022 · socialcreativeawards.com · its alternatives →

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   Community Hub▲130

   Boost community activity, crush marketing KPIs

   2023 · sesamelabs.xyz · its alternatives →

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   Community List▲252

   Find hundreds of communities to promote your product

   2021 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Community Tools Index by Orbit▲208

    300+ tools ranked by usage among community builders

    2022 · orbit.love · its alternatives →

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    The Community Catalog by Community Hunt▲194

    Discover 1500+ great communities across 20+ domains

    2022 · thebuilderstudio.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Community Stack by Threado▲293

    Discover what tools the world’s best communities run on

    2022 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Communities List▲178

    Find the best communities for makers & entrepreneurs.

    2017 · communitieslist.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Community Benchmark Report ’23▲182

    Get insights from 800+ communities across 6 sectors

    2023 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Community Hub by UUKI▲310

    Trending communities across categories

    2022 · uuki.live · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Miitra Analytics▲160

    Data-driven engagement scores for digital communities

    2024 · joinmiitra.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Company Culture Index▲141

    A database of company culture initiatives to be inspired by

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Community RoundUp by Threado▲286

    Get a Spotify like recap of your Slack/Discord community

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Community Finder▲73

    Curated Directory of Online Communities | Submit Yours

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Community for Agencies▲18

    Human than AI. Share lessons. Grow with other agency folks!

    2025 · kdvwlbqpgtd.typeform.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    State of Community Tools Report by Orbit▲184

    The community tooling trends and insights you need to know

    2021 · orbit.love · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Ops Community▲93

    Level up your developer workflows

    2020 · cto.ai · its alternatives →

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    Disco▲193

    Celebrate your people

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    The Masters of Community Podcast▲126

    Learn from the world's top community experts

    2020 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →