Your team's knowledge, organized and searchable.
Apache Answer is a question-and-answer platform where your team or community can ask questions, share solutions, and build a searchable knowledge base. Think of it as your own private Q&A space — perfect for replacing scattered emails, lost Slack threads, and outdated documentation.
What makes Answer worth launching.
Upvote the best answers and earn reputation points and badges — quality content naturally rises to the top.
Organize every question with tags and find what you need instantly with powerful filters and real-time suggestions.
Set roles like admin, moderator, and user so the right people manage content while everyone contributes.
Write rich questions and answers with Markdown formatting and see a live preview as you type.
Extend your platform with plugins for third-party login, enhanced search, file storage, and more.
Make your community global with support for 40+ languages, translated by the community.
If you fit one of these, Answer is probably built for you.
Practical scenarios where Answer makes a real difference.
Stop searching through Slack messages and emails — create one central place where your team can ask and answer questions.
Let customers help themselves by searching previously answered questions, reducing support ticket volume.
Give your users a dedicated forum where they can ask questions and the community can share solutions.
Onboard new hires faster with a searchable library of questions and answers about company processes and tools.
Apache Answer is a modern Q&A platform built by the Apache Software Foundation. It lets you create a dedicated space where people can ask questions, post answers, vote on the best solutions, and organize everything with tags. Whether you need an internal knowledge base for your team, a customer support forum, or a community hub for your project, Answer gives you all the tools to make knowledge easy to find. It includes a reputation and badge system to encourage great contributions, role-based permissions so you control who sees what, and a clean, responsive design that works on any device. Best of all, it's backed by an active open-source community that keeps adding new features and plugins.
Apache Answer is built by the Apache Software Foundation and trusted by thousands of teams worldwide. It combines the best elements of popular Q&A platforms like Stack Overflow with the flexibility of a fully customizable community space. Whether you're running a small internal team wiki or a large public forum, Answer scales with you. People love it because it turns scattered knowledge into an organized, searchable library that everyone can contribute to and benefit from.
No per-seat pricing
Add your whole team for one flat fee.
Your data stays yours
Nothing passes through a third-party cloud.
Use your own domain
Run it on yourdomain.com with free SSL.
No terminal. No config. No docs.
Workflow automation
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Monitors, fixes & deploys 24/7
One platform. Every app. No surprises.
Your own private server — no shared hosting, no slowdowns.
Deploy Answer and as many other apps as you want — no per-app charges, ever.
Full ownership. No third-party access. Export anytime.
Unlimited apps, unlimited users, unlimited traffic. One bill.
SSL, backups, and updates run automatically behind the scenes.
Cancel anytime. Take your data with you. No questions asked.
What others charge for just the empty server.
Server costs only. Prices checked June 2026.
4 vCPU cores, 8 GB RAM, 150 GB storage
A solid place to start
| Provider | Their price | You save |
|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | $48/mo | $29 (60%) |
| Vultr | $40/mo | $21 (53%) |
| Linode | $48/mo | $29 (60%) |
| AWS Lightsail | $84/mo | $65 (77%) |
| Google Cloud E2 | $103.45/mo | $84.45 (82%) |
8 vCPU cores, 24 GB RAM, 400 GB storage
The sweet spot for most people
| Provider | Their price | You save |
|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | $144/mo | $95 (66%) |
| Vultr | $144/mo | $95 (66%) |
| Linode | $192/mo | $143 (74%) |
| AWS Lightsail | $164/mo | $115 (70%) |
| Google Cloud E2 | $231.17/mo | $182.17 (79%) |
16 vCPU cores, 64 GB RAM, 600 GB storage
For power users
| Provider | Their price | You save |
|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | $384/mo | $285 (74%) |
| Vultr | $320/mo | $221 (69%) |
| Linode | $384/mo | $285 (74%) |
| AWS Lightsail | $384/mo | $285 (74%) |
| Google Cloud E2 | $474.53/mo | $375.53 (79%) |
Prices checked June 2026. Excludes taxes, credits, backups, bandwidth.
Everything you need to know about launching Answer on OpenZapps.
It's a Q&A platform — like a private version of Stack Overflow — where your team or community can ask questions, share answers, and build a searchable knowledge base.
Not at all. OpenZapps handles everything behind the scenes. Once it's launched, you just log in and start using it like any other website.
You pay OpenZapps a flat monthly fee to run Apache Answer (or any other app from our catalog). There are no additional per-user charges or surprise fees.
Yes. Your Apache Answer instance is private by default. You control who can sign up, what content is visible, and who has access to your community.
Absolutely. Through OpenZapps, you can connect your own custom domain so your Q&A platform lives at your branded URL.
Try something new — same platform, same flat price.
Start free, launch Answer in seconds, and cancel whenever you want — zero risk.
Plans start at $29/month. Cancel anytime.
