Reign vs Bettermode.

Questions people ask before moving.

Is Bettermode the same as Tribe?

Yes. Tribe rebranded to Bettermode, and you will still find both names in older comparisons and documentation. If you are on a legacy Tribe plan it is worth checking what your current terms actually say, because they have changed more than once.

What replaces the Bettermode ideas board?

Product Roadmap, free to install. Members submit ideas, vote on them and follow what you are building, which is the same loop. It is a WordPress plugin rather than a module of a hosted platform, so it lives on your domain with everything else.

Can I move my content programmatically?

Yes, and you should. Bettermode exposes posts, spaces and members through its API, which makes this one of the more tractable migrations here. Script the extraction, map spaces to Jetonomy spaces, and keep the old URL shapes close enough that redirects are simple.

Do I keep my custom fields and structure?

Mostly, with work. WordPress custom fields and taxonomies are flexible enough to model what Bettermode calls collections and spaces, but the mapping is a design decision rather than an automatic one. Plan that mapping before you start moving data, not while you are moving it.

What about SEO on the content I move?

Better than you would expect, because Bettermode content is publicly indexable and so is a WordPress site. The thing that decides the outcome is redirects. Map every old URL to its new one and serve 301s, and rankings follow. Skip that and you start again.

What happens to our API integrations?

They need rebuilding against the WordPress REST API, which is well documented and broad but different. Scope this before anything else, because for a product team wired into a customer-data stack it is usually the largest single piece of work in the move.

Can we keep our custom domain and branding?

Yes, and more completely than on a hosted plan. The site runs on your domain by default, and Reign gives you full control of colours, typography and layout without a vendor's theming limits. There is no tier that unlocks branding.

Does the roadmap support voting and statuses?

Yes. Product Roadmap, free to install, handles member submissions, voting and status tracking so people can see what you are building and what you have shipped. Statuses are yours to define rather than fixed by a vendor's model.

What does hosting actually cost?

Hosting is the running cost people forget to budget. A small community runs comfortably on shared or entry-level managed WordPress hosting for a few hundred dollars a year. Past a few thousand active members you want managed hosting with object caching, which is more like $50 to $100 a month. That is still an order of magnitude below a plan that scales with members and admins, and unlike a subscription it buys you infrastructure you control rather than access you rent.

How long does the migration take?

For a community of moderate size, plan a few weeks rather than a weekend. The API makes extraction quick; the time goes into mapping spaces, rebuilding integrations and testing the redirects. Product teams usually find the integration work, not the content move, is what sets the schedule, so scope that first and everything else fits around it.