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## Tech Talks
[https://techtalks.io/](https://techtalks.io/)
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### Pros
- A focus on tech events.
- Generous free tier offering unlimited events and members.
- Big focus on supporting and fostering the tech community.
- Great support for both virtual and physical events.
- Includes a profile for speakers to include their talks slides and videos which can be used by other event organisers to discover new speakers for their events.
- A strong focus on making the content from events available by including videos from events.
- Also provides a tier aimed at those running a conference.
- Communities also have a place for discussions and <abbr title="Today I Learnt">TIL's</abbr> with a very nice rich text editor.
- Communities can have multiple organisers.
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### Cons
- Limited branding available (colour, logo and header).
- Limitation on avatar and logo sizes - uploaded image must be square, no option to crop.
- No ability to create draft or hidden events.
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### Comments
I'm really liking TechTalks and think it has a lot of potential. It's set up by [Adam Butler](https://twitter.com/labfoo) who wrote the blog post several years back that I linked to in the into section. With the focus on fostering community and providing a focused place to tech-related events I think this has a lot of promise to be a much sought after replacement for Meetup for a log of events.
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# Wrap up
I don't see any clear winner that will suit everyone as a replacement to Meetup but I do think there is something in this list for everyone. There's a lot of strong contenders here (especially if you already have a website where you post events) and even more with future potential. The major thing all these options lack is the discoverability that Meetup provides but I feel this is likely to change as people more to alternatives.
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# _Changelog_
* 2019-10-21 - Migrated from a [Notion page](https://www.notion.so/jsoxford/Meetup-Alternatives-36d73649d34f4bba9e2065f1fa8cd03f) to my blog. Added Eventsyay, Mixily and Helm.
* 2020-09-30 - Added section covering TechTalks.io.