Commons KitWebsites for communities of every kind
A community website your team can run and your people can actually use.
News, events, alerts, forms and updates in one accessible platform, for towns, schools, nonprofits, clubs and teams. No developer needed.
- Free trial on every plan
- Published pricing
- No long-term contract
How can we help?
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Community websites shouldn't be this hard.
Most website platforms are slow to change, hard to use and costly to leave. Here is what changes with Commons Kit.
Before: Every update waits on a vendor ticket.
With Commons Kit: Your team updates pages, news and alerts themselves.
Before: Accessibility audits find the same problems again.
With Commons Kit: Accessible templates, with accessibility checks you can run on any page.
Before: Pricing only arrives after a long sales process.
With Commons Kit: Prices are published. Start with a free trial.
Before: Multi-year contracts make it hard to leave.
With Commons Kit: No long-term contract. Your content stays yours.
Before: A new website takes many months.
With Commons Kit: Import your old site and launch in weeks.
Built for communities of every kind
The same tools work whether you serve a county or a youth soccer league.
Local government
Cities, towns, villages and counties
- Emergency alerts by banner and text
- Departments, documents and staff directory
- Resident newsletters by topic
Schools and districts
Schools, districts and PTAs
- Closure alerts by text
- Event calendars families can subscribe to
- Forms and surveys for families
Nonprofits and associations
Charities, neighborhood and member groups
- Program and resource directories
- Volunteer and sign-up forms
- Member newsletters
Clubs and teams
Sports leagues, hobby clubs and societies
- Schedules on a shared calendar
- Cancellation alerts by text
- Member accounts and sign-up forms
One platform, two sides
What your community sees, and what your team uses to run it.
A public site that works on any phone, in any language, for everyone you serve.
Site-wide alerts
Urgent notices appear as a banner on every page, with optional text messages.
Search everything
Fast search across pages, news, events and documents.
Events calendar
Recurring events, event types and iCal feeds residents can add to their own calendar.
News and updates
Categories, tags and an RSS feed for every post.
Documents library
Searchable documents, including the text inside uploaded files.
Directories
Parks, facilities, local businesses and more, with list and detail pages.
Teams and people
Who does what, with hours and contact details.
Subscribe to topics
People choose topics and get emails right away, daily or weekly.
Urgent alerts
When it matters, one step reaches everyone.
Post a boil water notice, school closure or cancelled game once. It shows as a banner on every page of your site and goes out by text message.
New alert
Title
Boil water advisory for Elm St and Oak Ave
Show
Now until Friday, 6:00 PM
✓Show banner on every page
✓Send SMS to alert subscribers
Publish alert
On every page
Boil water advisory for Elm St and Oak Ave, until Friday 6 PM.
By text message
Town of Millbrook: Boil water advisory for Elm St and Oak Ave until Fri 6 PM. Details at millbrook.gov/alerts. Reply STOP to opt out.
STOP, HELP and quiet hours are handled for you.
For everyday news
Publish a post and email subscribers get it right away, or in a daily or weekly digest. It also goes to your RSS feed.
Accessible to everyone, in their language.
Your website is often the first place people look for you. Commons Kit is built so everyone can use it, however they browse.
Accessible by default
- Templates designed for WCAG 2.2 AA
- Skip links and full keyboard support
- An accessibility widget visitors can use to adjust text and contrast
- Accessibility (axe) checks you can run on any page, and as you build
- A public accessibility page for your site
Built-in translation
A language switcher on every page lets visitors read news, events and navigation in their language, powered by Google Translate.
For IT and security teams
Built to pass your IT review.
Modern sign-in, clear controls and a full record of changes. Your content stays yours.
- Single sign-on
- Google, Microsoft Entra, Apple and SAML.
- MFA and passkeys
- Set multi-factor policies for your organization. Passkeys supported.
- Role-based access
- Give each person only the access they need.
- Audit logs
- See who changed what, and when.
- Separate admin
- Your admin is kept apart from your public site.
- Managed HTTPS
- Custom domains with guided DNS setup and automatic certificates.
Launch in weeks, not months.
Our import tool reads your current website and does most of the moving for you.
Step 1: Share your current site
Tell us the address of the website you have today.
Step 2: We import your pages
Our tool crawls your site and converts pages into Commons Kit blocks.
Step 3: Review what’s flagged
Anything that needs a human look is flagged for your team.
Step 4: Connect your domain
Guided DNS setup and HTTPS, then you’re live.
Works with the tools you already use
Keep directories in a spreadsheet, pull media from cloud storage, and send from your own email and SMS accounts.
- Data sync
- Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel, Airtable
- Media import
- Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox
- SendGrid or any SMTP service
- Text messages
- Twilio
- Translation
- Google Translate
Published pricing. No procurement maze.
Plans named for who they are for, from $515 a month for a small group up to plans for whole cities. Every plan starts with a free trial, and there is no long-term contract.
Community and clubs
Groups, teams, leagues, nonprofits and congregations.
From $515/mo
- Small group
- Sports team
- Nonprofit & congregation
- League & club
Residences
Apartment buildings, complexes and property managers, priced by units.
From $579/mo
- Apartment building
- Apartment complex
- Property portfolio
Government
Villages, towns, cities and counties, priced by population. Special districts and libraries too.
From $719/mo
- Village & small town
- Town & small city
- City & county
- Large cities and states
Education
Schools, districts, colleges and universities.
From $719/mo
- School
- School district
- College & university
Campaigns
Candidates, parties and PACs. Campaign plans are monthly only, so you can pause after the election.
From $549/mo
- Local campaign
- District campaign
- Statewide & federal campaign
- Party & PAC
Enterprise
Several entities, white-labelling and API access, quoted for you.
From $2,500/mo, quoted
- Enterprise
Questions we hear often
Something else? Email hello@commonskit.com.
What kinds of organizations is Commons Kit for?
Local governments, schools and districts, residential buildings and property managers, nonprofits and congregations, clubs and teams, and political campaigns. Plans are named after who they are for, from a small group or a single apartment building to a city or a statewide campaign. Each organization gets its own public website, at its own domain on most plans (or with the custom domain add-on).
How does Commons Kit handle accessibility?
Our templates are designed for WCAG 2.2 AA. Every site includes skip links, keyboard support, an accessibility widget for residents, a public accessibility page, and accessibility (axe) checks staff can run on any page, plus checks in the page builder as you edit.
What does it integrate with?
Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel and Airtable for data, Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox for media, SendGrid or SMTP for email, Twilio for text messages, and Google Translate.
Do our staff need technical skills?
No. If your team can use email and a word processor, they can build pages, post news and send alerts.
How long does it take to launch?
Most of the work is done by our import tool, which converts your current pages into Commons Kit. Your team reviews anything flagged, connects your domain, and you go live.
What if we want to leave?
There is no long-term contract, so you can cancel at the end of your billing period. Your content stays yours.
See what your community's website could be.
Start a free trial today, or talk with us first.