For brands
Community as a service, for brands
Give your customers one place to talk to you and to each other: on your website, in your own app and on Brane. You bring the brand and the people. Brane runs everything else.
Free to start. iPhone, Android, the web and your own site.
✓ Nothing to build or host
✓ On your site in one line
✓ Inside your own app
✓ One link for every social bio
What community as a service means
Instead of building a forum, running a group chat on somebody's personal phone or renting space on a social platform, you plug in a community that already works. Brane handles the accounts, the chat, notifications and the apps on every platform, so your team only has to show up and talk.
Why brands use it
One community, everywhere your customers are
The same chat on every surface
Your Crowd is one conversation, whether somebody opens it on your website, in your app, in the Brane app or in a browser at brane.chat.
Customers talk to each other
A Crowd is a group chat for your brand, so customers answer each other's questions. A private chat embed gives them a one to one line to your team as well.
New people find you
Public Crowds show on the Brane map and in search for their topics, and each one has a web page at brane.im/c/your-crowd-name that anyone can open and join from.
Three ways to run it
Pick one, or run all three
Your website
Embed the chat
One line of script puts your Crowd, or a one to one chat with your team, on any page. Visitors sign in with an email code and start talking, with no app to install. It takes your brand colour.
See how embedding worksYour app
Run it inside your app
The Brane SDK puts the same chat inside your own Flutter app, in your theme. Members are signed in with the account they already have with you, so there is no second login.
Ask about the SDKYour socials
Share one link everywhere
Put brane.im/c/your-crowd-name, or your team's brane.im/u/your-username, in every social bio. Anyone can join or message you from their browser, and every conversation lands in one place.
Read the FAQ
Launches and meetups
Turn your community into a crowd in the room
Launches, store openings, watch parties and meetups can each be an event on Brane, with their own chat from the moment you create them.
Events Near You shows them to people within 100km, and they appear on the map and in search.
Add to Calendar is one tap, with your real start and end times.
When it ends the chat stays open, so the people who came stay in touch with you and with each other.
Getting started
Live in an afternoon
01
Create your Crowd
A picture, a name and a description. It takes a minute in the app.
02
Add it to your site
Paste one line of script, or follow the setup guide.
03
Share your link
Your brane.im link in every bio, email footer and post.
04
Bring it into your app
Optional. Talk to us about the SDK when you are ready.
Common questions
What is community as a service?
A ready-made community you plug into your own brand, rather than one you build and host yourself. With Brane that means a Crowd your customers can reach from your website, your app, your social profiles and the Brane apps.
Do customers need the Brane app?
No. They can talk in the chat on your website, in your own app, or in any browser at brane.chat.
Can Brane run inside our own app?
Yes, if your app is built with Flutter. The SDK signs members in with your existing accounts and takes your theme. Get in touch to set it up.
Is it free?
Crowds, events and the website embed are free. Talk to us about running Brane inside your app.
Can we use our brand colours?
Yes. The website embed takes your colour with one attribute, and the SDK uses your app's own theme.
Can we keep it private?
Yes, add a Join Code and only people you share it with can join. Keep the Crowd public if you want it on your website.
Give your customers somewhere to talk
Start with a free Crowd today, and bring it into your app when you are ready.