Radius
Ranked 2 of 7 event platforms by recommenders
Recommended for organising local meetups and events, with free tiers for groups. Critics find the first impression confusing and see little over Meetup or Facebook Events.
Recommended for organising local meetups and events, with free tiers for groups. Critics find the first impression confusing and see little over Meetup or Facebook Events.
23 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 10
- approval share
- 57%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Helps people meet in person
“facilitating people actually getting together in the real world, through events, activities and shared interests”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative” “to give individual users something useful to do even before we have that critical mass of established groups”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative” Free features and fair pricing for groups
“Pricing is a flat £12/month for Pro groups, and things like our Events API, embeddable event widgets, calendar subscriptions, guest RSVPs and waitlists are all available for free groups as well.”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative” “with fairer organiser pricing for smaller groups”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Confusing, unfocused first-time experience
“the product itself not making the happy path very useful or confusing”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative” “Overall, not a very pleasant first impression.”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative” “your landing page makes the activity feed/posting something prominent for some reason”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative” - Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative”
Few relevant local events yet
“What's the point in showing me events half way across the country?”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative” “it took longer than expected to find activities near me”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative” “"Nothing happening near you yet" womp”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative” Unclear why switch from current tools
“I really appreciate the work and polish put into the project, but I would always think why would someone switch from direct communication”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative” “Right now you are not offering much over Facebook Events or Meetup”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative” Bugs in search and suggestions
“Bug: When typing a zip code in, the "powered by Google" popup only appears until you type the final digit, then it disappears, and pressing enter does nothing”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative” “the suggestions no longer appear. I had to refresh the page to get them back”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative”
Other event platforms people recommend
The four most recommended other event platforms, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meetup.com | 26 | 44 | 37% | 9 | 10 yrs3 owners | — |
| RadiusThis page | 13 | 10 | 57% | 4 | — | — |
| Luma | 11 | 4 | 73% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Partiful | 9 | 9 | 50% | 6 | — | — |
| Whirligig | 9 | 1 | 90% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
25 of the 31 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Gave it a try, neat idea. I would like something better suited for more ad-hoc meetups”
“cool! although keyboard navigation doesn't quite work”
“Overall, not a very pleasant first impression.”
“Yes, this project will very likely die, because of this alone.”
“with no option to change it to light, let alone reading the OS’s”
“Bug: When typing a zip code in, the "powered by Google" popup only appears until you type the final digit, then it disappears, and pressing enter does nothing”
“That matters for discovery, but lots of event organizers and hosts just need a consistent, simple UX for event signups”
“the site is quite bad, unfocused, disappointing essentially by design”
“the suggestions no longer appear. I had to refresh the page to get them back”
“Right now you are not offering much over Facebook Events or Meetup”
“"Nothing happening near you yet" womp”
“your landing page makes the activity feed/posting something prominent for some reason”
“the product itself not making the happy path very useful or confusing”
“to give individual users something useful to do even before we have that critical mass of established groups”
“it took longer than expected to find activities near me”
“facilitating people actually getting together in the real world, through events, activities and shared interests”
“Pricing is a flat £12/month for Pro groups, and things like our Events API, embeddable event widgets, calendar subscriptions, guest RSVPs and waitlists are all available for free groups as well.”
“What's the point in showing me events half way across the country?”
“I really appreciate the work and polish put into the project, but I would always think why would someone switch from direct communication”
“I like that someone can just say “I’m cycling next week,” let people join, and figure out the time afterwards”
“with fairer organiser pricing for smaller groups”
“The power of a shared execution environment is that these interaction patterns don't need to be anticipated”
“Radius is solving "can you execute a million conditional state transitions per second at sub-penny costs?"”
“charge effectively free rates (we're at 10m tx/usd)”
“Love the location based discovery”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.