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tixxt by mixxt vs HumHub hosted by CUZY

tixxt or HumHub: a social intranet for associations and organizations

tixxt and HumHub both give an organization a private network of groups, news, events and files, with a mobile app. tixxt is a proprietary product from Bonn sold on request by user quotas and one-year contracts. HumHub is open source, and CUZY hosts it at a published flat price with unlimited members.

What tixxt is

tixxt is a social intranet and extranet made by mixxt GmbH in Bonn, Germany (founded 2007), used by associations, chambers and federations such as Bitkom, IHK Berlin and DSGV. In November 2026 its pricing page lists four plans without prices (on request): tixxtCloud Essentials, tixxtCloud Business, IndividualCloud Enterprise and IndividualCloud Maxx, sized by quotas of 500, 1,000, 2,000 and 5,000 standard users and 2, 3, 10 and 20 administrators, hosted in Germany, with a one-year contract.

Facts about tixxt come from the vendor's own pages, checked in November 2026: tixxt pricing, About tixxt and mixxt GmbH. Prices are those published by the vendor (no published prices); they may have changed since. Tell us about an error on the contact page and we correct it.

What HumHub hosted by CUZY is

An open-source social network and intranet platform (spaces, streams, wiki, files, calendar, tasks, polls, messaging, member directory, mobile app), extended by the HumHub marketplace and by every CUZY module, hosted by CUZY in the region you choose, with a flat price and unlimited members.

tixxt and CUZY, criterion by criterion

The questions a buyer, an IT reviewer or a data-protection officer asks both vendors.

Criteriontixxt by mixxtHumHub hosted by CUZY
PricingNot published: four plans on request, sized by quotas of 500, 1,000, 2,000 and 5,000 standard users; one-year contract, renewed for a year unless canceled three months aheadTeam €90/month or €900/year, Business €450/month or €4,500/year, unlimited members, 14-day free trial
Fees on paymentsNo payment feature on the pricing page; setup costs invoiced at the start of the term (amount not published)None. Payments made with the eCommerce module go through your own Stripe account; CUZY takes no commission
Single sign-onActive Directory/LDAP and OAuth2 from the Enterprise plan (private cloud); not on Essentials or BusinessOn every plan, trial included, through OpenID Connect and OAuth modules (Keycloak, Microsoft Entra, Google, LinkedIn, GitHub) and SAML-capable identity providers
APIOwn API: a paid option on Enterprise, included on Maxx; not on Essentials or BusinessHumHub REST API module on every plan
Open sourceNo: proprietary software of mixxt GmbHYes. HumHub under the AGPL, every CUZY module under the AGPL or the CUZY license. 100% of the code a community runs can be browsed and downloaded through read-only SFTP (Team and Business)
Data ownership and exitNot publishedComplete export of the database and files from the dashboard, once a day, on every paid plan; recreate the same platform self-hosted or on HumHub's own hosting; stop at any time, the remaining days refunded pro rata
Hosting region and isolationGermany only: managed cloud on Essentials and Business, private cloud from Enterprise, on-premises on Maxx; ISO 27001 and ISO 9001Hosted in the region you choose, Germany (EU), the USA or Singapore (APAC); one isolated stack per community, its database encrypted at rest; encrypted backups with a second provider in the same region
ExtensibilityApp Creator for your own modules and applications on every plan; custom CSS on Maxx onlyThe whole HumHub marketplace plus every CUZY module on every plan; on Business, modules and themes written for your community by your developers or by CUZY, deployed after review
AI and your contentWriting assistant, knowledge assistant for members and DeepL translation on every plan, with yearly AI credits (1,200 to 6,000)No AI service processes your community's data, as the privacy policy and the Data Processing Agreement state

Where CUZY is the stronger choice

A price on the page

Team €90 and Business €450 a month, billed monthly or yearly, and a 14-day trial you start yourself.

No user quota

Unlimited members on every plan, where tixxt plans are sized from 500 to 5,000 standard users; on Business, unlimited administrators too.

Single sign-on on every plan

Google, Keycloak, Microsoft Entra and OpenID Connect sign-in from the trial onward; tixxt offers LDAP and OAuth2 from its Enterprise plan.

Open source, and free to leave

HumHub is AGPL: a CUZY community exports as a standard HumHub that runs on any server, and you stop at any time, the remaining days refunded pro rata, without a one-year term.

Every CUZY module on Business

Maps, surveys, eCommerce, LMS, mass notifications and the rest included on Business and the trial, with modules and themes written for your community on request.

Where tixxt fits better

tixxt is the better fit for a German federation or chamber that wants a German vendor with ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certification, sub-organizations with analyses per legal entity, mobile apps published in its own name, built-in AI assistants, or an on-premises installation run by the vendor.

Switching from tixxt

Start a free trial, import members and content with our help, connect your identity provider, and run both platforms side by side until you are ready. Subscribers can export everything from CUZY once a day, so the move is never a one-way door. Tell us about your current setup and we assess what can be carried over.

tixxt vs CUZY: questions

Is HumHub an alternative to tixxt?

Yes. Both give an organization groups, a news stream, events, files, profiles and a mobile app. HumHub is open source with a marketplace of more than 120 modules; CUZY hosts it at a published flat price with unlimited members.

Is tixxt open source?

No. tixxt is proprietary software developed by mixxt GmbH in Bonn. HumHub is open source under the AGPL.

What does tixxt cost?

tixxt publishes no prices: its four plans are quoted on request, sized by user quotas, with setup costs and a one-year contract (November 2026). CUZY Team is €90 a month with unlimited members.

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