--- description: Learn more about BuddyPress price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in New Zealand. Read verified software reviews and find tools that fit your business needs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: BuddyPress Pricing, Reviews & Features - Capterra New Zealand 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Social Networking Tools](/directory/10043/social-networking/software) > [BuddyPress](/software/129371/buddypress) # BuddyPress Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/129371/buddypress Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/129371/buddypress?page=2) > Open-source plugin that helps build community websites inside WordPress using user profiles, groups, messaging, and activity streams. > > Verdict: Rated **4.2/5** by 17 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses BuddyPress? BuddyPress is a social networking solution designed for online communities, teams, and groups using WordPress. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.2/5** | 17 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: BuddyPress ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$0.00 - **Pricing model**: (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: BuddyPress is available free of cost. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Windows (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Alerts/Notifications - Real-Time Chat ## Integrations (1 total) - WordPress ## Support Options - FAQs/Forum ## Category - [Social Networking Tools](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/10043/social-networking/software) ## Alternatives 1. [Instagram](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/210721/instagram) — 4.7/5 (5144 reviews) 2. [Twitter/X](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/214056/twitter) — 4.5/5 (1793 reviews) 3. [Meta for Business](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/213257/facebook) — 4.4/5 (2372 reviews) 4. [Microsoft Viva Engage](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/113729/yammer) — 4.2/5 (819 reviews) 5. [Workplace from Meta](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/168669/workplace) — 4.4/5 (1351 reviews) ## Reviews ### "It's a okay alternative for WordPress" — 2.0/5 > **Danny** | *12 October 2024* | Entertainment | Recommendation rating: 4.0/10 > > **Pros**: It's an alternative and solution for social networking using Wordpress. > > **Cons**: It's not very comprehensive and very clunky from a backend standpoint. But that's just my POV off management of WordPress as I am not a fan of the CMS > > It was a project, and the client selected the application; it wasn't as feature-rich and required effort in customizing features. ----- ### "BuddyPress has no real rivals in community building for WordPress sites" — 5.0/5 > **Rick** | *12 September 2019* | Design | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: It's WordPress so I understood immediately how to get things set up. But to be fair, BP is dead easy to set up. Default pages are created automatically and mapped to their proper functions. Creating a small social network that's ready to accept new members takes about 20 minutes as long as you're familiar with the basics of WordPress. Buddypress has been around a while so there's lots of support and it's a mature product. Lots of free addons and plugins. > > **Cons**: No built-in chat. Profile editing and customization is basic. No built-in media uploading. There are addons for this but it seems crazy that users can't add photos to updates and statuses without first researching plugins, installing one and setting it up. Activity updates are similarly crippled. There's no text editor so users can't even add inline hypertext links. What? > > I've always had fun setting up Buddypress networks but it's always hard to explain to clients that they'll have to pay for some pretty basic functions. ----- ### "Best community addon for wordpress." — 4.0/5 > **Nujan** | *25 October 2022* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: BuddyPress really is a magic. It works seamlessly with WordPress which makes simple CMS to fully designed well developed and full of feature community / social website. We just need to install the plugin and It's good to go. No need to have high level coding experience or any technical skills to get used to with BuddyPress. It's simple, Easy to use and really, really helpful for small sector businesses / communities. BuddyPress is free and packed with tons of features which basically we expects from any community and social websites. > > **Cons**: BuddyPress can improve their front-end UI which is overall okay but not that user friendly. We need to install custom BuddyPress integrated themes to get enough good customization. ----- ### "Online Community Made Easy" — 5.0/5 > **Foluke** | *29 December 2018* | Online Media | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: With BuddyPress, you get to make your website social and interactive. I wanted to create a website where people could talk and interact but i was not sure i could handle a forum. Someone recommended BuddyPress, i sought for alternatives but kept coming back to it. It is easy to customize and also free > > **Cons**: Compatibility issue is one thing BuddyPress user may battle with, especially on WordPress users. The plugin may npt work well with some themes and plugins ----- ### "A decent open source software to build your own social media platform on your site" — 4.0/5 > **Michael** | *10 February 2022* | Broadcast Media | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: We wanted to have a social media-like platform on our site since our product is very community-driven, so we chose to integrate our membership plugin with Buddy Press. The biggest pro to BuddyPress is that it's free. Whereas some other products out there cost money, Buddy Press remains open-source. The things I like about it: you can create your own profile picture, banner, and my favorite--groups. > > **Cons**: On the downside, it's not easy to integrate with other plugins (in this case, our membership plugin) and there are features that would still be nice to see added that could be unique to Buddy Press because at the moment, it feels more like I replica of the old Facebook. Meaning, each platform like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. has its unique special features they bring to the table. It would be nice to see Buddy Press offer something of its own that's unique. > > Overall, the integration process was a pain and it needs to be said: you need a decent amount of storage space available to have Buddy Press because when you add a bunch of members who add their own photos and data, it can take up A LOT of room since it's hosted on your site and not as a subdomain on another site. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/129371/buddypress?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/129371/buddypress) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | ----- ## Structured Data