We built it for our own community first.
Kladeo was founded by two brothers: an engineer and a designer. Between us, years of building products at some of the world’s best-known tech companies. Now that experience goes into every community app on Kladeo.
Every community we were part of had the people and the trust, but no real home.
We’ve been part of Korean communities across the country, in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Michigan and California. Everywhere, they lived in group chats, Facebook Groups, or old websites with hundreds of links on one page. None of them had an app.
Almost every community leader we met had the same problem. A real app takes an engineer, a designer and tens of thousands of dollars, and most leaders have none of those.
Founders with 20+ combined years building consumer products used by millions.
- Amazon
- Samsung
- SoFi
A home for every community.
To get there, we lower the barrier as far as it goes. Every leader gets the tools a big company would build for itself, and we take the risk with you: Kladeo is free to launch, our team builds and runs it with you, and we only earn when your community does.
Here’s how that compares with the other ways to get there.
| KladeoYour community’s own app | Group chatsWhatsApp, Facebook Groups, KakaoTalk, Discord | Community platformsLike Mighty Networks, Circle, Skool | AI app buildersLike Lovable, Bolt | Dev agencyFreelancers and app studios | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to start | Free to launch | Free | Monthly subscription | Monthly plan, plus usage | Typically $50K–$200K upfront |
| Your own branded iPhone and Android app | Included as you grow | Not available | Only on custom-priced top plans, where offered | A few hundred dollars a year, plus your time to build and publish | $50K–$200K to build, plus a retainer |
| Features | All features included: forums, places, events, shop and videos | Group chats and announcements | Courses, paid memberships and events | Whatever you build | Whatever you pay for |
| Who builds and runs it | Our team, with you | You moderate, under the platform’s rules | You, with their tools | You | The agency, on a retainer |
| How they make money | Only when your community earns | Ads (on Facebook) | Monthly subscription | Subscription plus usage credits | Upfront fee plus retainer |
Costs for community platforms, AI app builders and dev agencies are typical ranges and vary by plan or project. Company names are examples of each type, not a full list. As of October 2026.
You know your members. We know how to build for them.
Anyone can make an app now. Making one your members open every day is the hard part: knowing what they’ll actually use, how your community can earn from it, and getting every detail right. We’ve done that work for years.
You make the calls. We bring the experience and handle the tech.
Why “Kladeo” A group that shares a common root and grows from it. Every community starts that way: a language, a faith, a neighborhood, a love of something.
An engineer and a designer. Brothers.
Free to launch. We only earn when your community does.
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How your community can earn, moving members from group chats, and your iPhone and Android app.
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