What are cloud computing communities?

Communities for engineers and architects working with AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and multi-cloud infrastructure. Slack and Discord host the most active spaces, with communities often tied to specific platforms or certifications, plus vendor-run communities for practitioners building on their products.

Where do most cloud computing communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (36% of 14 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

93% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical cloud computing community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 43K members and the median is 42K.

What do these communities usually include?

Forum is the most common (71%). Others that show up often include live chat.

How does Hive Index collect this data?

Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.

Where can I see the full list?

The full directory is on Hive Index's Cloud Computing topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Cloud Computing Communities Report: Stats, Platforms,...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 14 cloud computing communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: In this smaller sample, most cloud computing communities are free to join, so the space is easy to explore.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-06-07

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Communities: 14
Platforms: 5
Avg members: 43K
Median members: 42K

Where Cloud Computing Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
5(36%)
Slack
3(21%)
Reddit
3(21%)
Facebook
2(14%)
Discord
1(7%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
10(71%)
Chat communities
4(29%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (71%), but chat communities is also well represented (29%).

Independent Platforms leads (36% of listings).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
1(7%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
0(0%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
6(43%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
0(0%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

7 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

Most communities are free to join.

How Cloud Computing Differs From Other Categories

Cloud Computing is more free-to-join, and larger, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Cloud Computing	Hive Index average
Free to join	93%	85%
Median members	42K	25K
Average members	43K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	7%	15%
Live chat	36%	38%
Discord share	7%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
71%
Live Chat
36%

Niche Features

Courses
14%
Newsletter
14%
Online/Offline Events
14%
Job Board
7%
Paid Community
7%
Tools
7%

Forum appears on 71% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 24

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	5	36%	4	20%
Slack	3	21%	11	55%
Facebook	2	14%	3	15%
Discord	1	7%	2	10%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Slack gets 55% of clicks but only 21% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
13(65%)
Forum / feed-based
7(35%)

Most-clicked features

Forum
14(70%)
Live Chat
13(65%)
Online/Offline Events
11(55%)
Courses
8(40%)
Job Board
7(35%)
Newsletter
3(15%)

Clicks by access model

Free to join
18(90%)
Paid or apply-to-join
2(10%)

Top-clicked listings

KodeKloud
7(35%)
F5 DevCentral
4(20%)
Chef
3(15%)

Most clicks go to chat communities and forum / feed-based communities.

Trends

Founded year

2007

2009

2012

2023

9 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2009.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Cloud Computing. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.

•We only have a handful of listings so far, so treat these numbers as directional.
•Last updated 2026-06-07

FAQ

: Communities for engineers and architects working with AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and multi-cloud infrastructure. Slack and Discord host the most active spaces, with communities often tied to specific platforms or certifications, plus vendor-run communities for practitioners building on their products.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (36% of 14 listings).
: 93% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 43K members and the median is 42K.
: Forum is the most common (71%). Others that show up often include live chat.
: Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.
: The full directory is on Hive Index's Cloud Computing topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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