--- title: OpenWeb Reviews meta\_title: 'OpenWeb Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 19 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how OpenWeb works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.2 review\_count: 19 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Marketing url: https://www.g2.com/categories/marketing --- # OpenWeb Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by OpenWeb but has limited features. Are you part of the OpenWeb team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! OpenWeb powers communities across the open internet, turning real participation into direct audience relationships, actionable insights, and revenue. OpenWeb’s mission is to to build the community infrastructure that powers trusted engagement across the open internet for real people, publishers, and brands alike. OpenWeb works with more than 5,000 partners, hosting more than 150 million active users each month. Founded in 2015, OpenWeb has over 350 employees in New York City, Tel Aviv, Kiev, San Diego, Canada, London and Paris and is backed by world-class investors including Insight Partners, Georgian, Entrée Capital, The New York Times Company, Samsung Next, Dentsu, and ScaleUp. To learn more about OpenWeb’s platform visit OpenWeb.com or follow @OpenWebHQ on LinkedIn. * * * Seller [OpenWeb](https://www.g2.com/sellers/openweb) Discussions [OpenWeb Community](https://www.g2.com/products/openweb/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Viafoura](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Viafoura") Viafoura 4.6/5(142) ](https://www.g2.com/products/viafoura/reviews) [ ![Mighty Networks](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mighty Networks") Mighty Networks 4.5/5(768) ](https://www.g2.com/products/mighty-networks/reviews) [ ![Higher Logic Thrive](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Higher Logic Thrive") Higher Logic Thrive 4.4/5(435) ](https://www.g2.com/products/higher-logic-thrive/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/openweb/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 19 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Newspapers](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Newspapers") AN Verified User in Newspapers Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/24/2022 "OpenWeb vs MundoDeportivo" 5/5 What do you like best about OpenWeb? They are very professional. They maintain a constant relationship with us, have active listening, and pay attention to the needs we may demand. Always willing to help with any problem we may have. When we have had any requests towards them, they are very active in seeking to provide the best solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenWeb? in particular, I don't dislike anything, our experience with them has always been satisfactory. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenWeb: It is a good bet, good deal, good product, good reaction in case of problems, and flexible in negotiation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenWeb solving and how is that benefiting you? - Initially, we solved many security problems that our comment systems previously had, which took us a lot of management time. - With your system, we gain in: - security in the comments. - higher quality and control in the conversations. - lower cost in moderation on our part. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller inviteAI Translated ![Verified User in Online Media](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Online Media") AO Verified User in Online Media Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/15/2022 "RNS review of OpenWeb" 5/5 What do you like best about OpenWeb? I appreciate the personal touch that OpenWeb brings -- it feels like a real partnership. They have been very responsive and generous with their time and efforts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenWeb? I don't dislike anything -- but I think it would be great to do biannual monthly analytics reviews with the team or have reports sent to us so that we can learn how to use the data points better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenWeb: You are lucky to be working with such a responsive team -- be sure to take advantage of that as possible (given OpenWeb's availability!). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenWeb solving and how is that benefiting you? We are raising a lot of revenue through various ad placements, including "sponsored" / client ad placements that OpenWeb was kind enough to help us build out, and we are also getting a lot of great engagement on the site through comments and click throughs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Writing and Editing](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Writing and Editing") UW Verified User in Writing and Editing Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/25/2022 "Amazing Responsive Team" 5/5 What do you like best about OpenWeb? I love how quick anyone from OpenWeb responds to any requests. Be it creating new accounts, or any troubleshooting. They are right on top of it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenWeb? Some of the limitations of our own CMS prevent us from utilizing some of the great tools that OpenWeb has. Hoping this gets resolved with a new CMS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenWeb: I would highly recommend OpenWeb to any newsroom that wants to get information out faster to their audience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenWeb solving and how is that benefiting you? Utilizing the blogs helps us get our information out faster to our viewers. In the past, we'd have to get a full story up in our CMS. Now we can put a line in a blog and send it out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite JC Jordi C. Chief Operating Officer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/30/2022 "OpenWeb has proven to be agile and easy to use to manage comments in our website" 5/5 What do you like best about OpenWeb? For the moderation team it is very easy to use. Fast and intuitive. It has not required a learning curve. Also the implementation process it was easy and we were in contact with the team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenWeb? Nothing concrete right now, but we'll keep an eye out for platform updates Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenWeb: Definitely I recommended OpenWeb Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenWeb solving and how is that benefiting you? The management of comments on LaVanguardia.com. The speed and reliability of automatic filters is essential to make the best possible management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Publishing](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Publishing") AP Verified User in Publishing Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/30/2022 "OpenWeb is a great platform that delivers traffic, revenues and a manageable commenting system" 4.5/5 What do you like best about OpenWeb? The interface and moderation system is largely easy to use, and the commenting platform is straightforward enough for most users to use it without issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenWeb? The search function for users is a bit clunky, and the account management area could use some streamlining. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenWeb solving and how is that benefiting you? It's much easier to use for moderating discussions and comments and makes it simpler to prohibit and control bad actors than other commenting platforms we've used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Oleg S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Oleg S.") OS Oleg S. Chief Technology Officer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/5/2021 "One of my favorite partners" 4.5/5 What do you like best about OpenWeb? Being open. Literally. Support your needs. We had custom features development during onboarding time: we were collaborating together to add missing languages, as well as to add custom integration for our own SSO system as well as custom support of our paid subscribers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenWeb? Served ads might still hurt your SEO metrics. Though OpenWeb is always open: they are doing their best to expedite scripts' loading time as well to reduce spare calls. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenWeb solving and how is that benefiting you? \* Fresh and modern look. Ability to customize \* Ratings, likes, conversaiton trees, avatars, influencer statuses \* Translation to 17 languages (ability to translate by ourselves) \* Support of our SSO and paid subscription \* RevShare option Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Online Media](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Online Media") AO Verified User in Online Media Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/9/2021 "Very good" 4.5/5 What do you like best about OpenWeb? Helpful, informative, provide good ideas and insights Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenWeb? Hard to receive full details in terms of OpenWeb and my company's agreement and also to get other metrics reports such as viewability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenWeb solving and how is that benefiting you? I am getting additional engagement on my content and get additional revenue and proposed articles on-site to encourage additional site page views Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Trent C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Trent C.") TC Trent C. Head of Web Development Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/5/2021 "Engage audiences and generate revenue" 5/5 What do you like best about OpenWeb? Many ways to keep readers engaged, great moderation tools, flexibility in design and layout Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenWeb? Could improve integration with WordPress, but not too difficult if you have some technical expertise Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenWeb solving and how is that benefiting you? They provide our readers with a place to discuss news and we generate revenue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![אלכס .](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "אלכס .") א אלכס . CEO Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/15/2021 "Very useful" 5/5 What do you like best about OpenWeb? Renewable system, does not require much tracking of unwanted talkbacks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenWeb? There are not so many modular options . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenWeb solving and how is that benefiting you? Block unwanted words in comments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Sports](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Sports") US Verified User in Sports Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/6/2021 "Excellent communication - clear and frequent." 4.5/5 What do you like best about OpenWeb? Very clear comms, regular updates around revenue, product updates. Questions are quickly answered. New revenue opportunities are communicated. Revenue has been climbing this year. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenWeb? Expand the product offering further. Products that don't require dev resource is the grand ideal! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenWeb solving and how is that benefiting you? Monetising engagement. Secondly, monetising an area of our website where viewability typically struggles. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ## Questions about OpenWeb? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about OpenWeb ](https://www.g2.com/products/openweb/discussions/new) GU Guest User What is OpenWeb used for? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-openweb-used-for) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/openweb/discuss) ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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