Collective Club ‑ Forum vs Social Place ‑ Community Forum
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Sep 18, 2026 for Collective Club, Oct 29, 2026 for Social Place.
The short answer
- On the Shopify App Store: Collective Club 5.0 from 7 reviews and Social Place 5.0 from 3 reviews.
- Only Collective Club lists a free plan.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Community Builder
- · AI assistant + sidekick integration
- · Categories, polls, @mentions and GIFs
- · Full customization: colors and fonts
- · Gamification: levels and badges
- · Live channels and private messages
- · Open or private community
- · 100% automatic sync, nothing to copy
- · All Community Builder features
- · Feed synced with your Instagram posts
- · Instagram mentions become member posts
- · Reels playable in your forum
- · Up to 1,000 posts & comments every month
Scale
- · Built for high-traffic communities
- · Everything in Instagram
- · Unlimited member posts and comments
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureAdd a complete forum to your Shopify store. Your customers create content, share their experiences, and keep coming back. Collective Club turns your buyers into active members of a loyal community. They ask questions, share tips, and recommend your products, generating fresh content that boosts your SEO. Integrates seamlessly with your design without slowing down your site.
Social Place turns your store into a gathering place for your customers. Instead of building an audience on social networks you don't own, host the conversation on your own site: customers create posts, comment, react, vote in polls, and share photos or videos in a forum that matches your theme.
- Forum natif sur votre boutique en ligne
- Posts, commentaires et réactions clients
- Fidélisez vos acheteurs et engagez-les
- Inscription automatique via les comptes Shopify existants
- Community forum embedded in your storefront and matching your theme
- Posts, comments, reactions, polls, photo and video sharing
- Badges and member roles, assigned automatically based on purchases
- Private community option: restrict access to members or buyers of a product
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  Collective Club |  Social Place |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Collective Club | Social Place |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | 7(ahead) | 3 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Collective Club | Social Place |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $29.99/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 7 days |
| Plans listed | Not published | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Collective Club | Social Place |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #9 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Feb 17, 2026 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 18 |
| Developer | Trivial | Trivial Apps |
FAQ
Collective Club and Social Place: common questions
- Is Collective Club or Social Place cheaper?
- Only Collective Club lists a free plan. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- Which has better reviews, Collective Club or Social Place?
- On the Shopify App Store: Collective Club 5.0 from 7 reviews and Social Place 5.0 from 3 reviews.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Sep 18, 2026 for Collective Club, Oct 29, 2026 for Social Place; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Sep 18, 2026 for Collective Club, Oct 29, 2026 for Social Place. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.