VK is a Russian-language social network and messaging platform with profiles, communities and media sharing. It is a good fit for reaching Russian-speaking audiences through community pages, and staying in touch with friends and groups.

No. VK is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to VK include Mastodon and diaspora*.

What are some alternatives to VK?

VK competes with Facebook, Telegram and Weibo. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source VK alternatives.

VK: features, pricing and alternatives

About VK

VK is a social network and messaging platform that serves mainly Russian-language users. People create profiles, connect with friends, join communities and exchange messages through its website and apps.

The service is a hosted consumer platform, and organizations also use it to run public community pages for their audiences. The homepage fetched for this entry only showed a browser-update notice in Bengali, so the details here are limited to its general purpose.

Key features

Personal profiles and friend connections
Private messaging between users
Public communities and pages
Photo, music and video sharing

Good fit for

→Reaching Russian-speaking audiences through community pages
→Staying in touch with friends and groups

Tags: social-network; messaging; communities; russian-market; consumer-app

VK: questions and answers

What is VK used for?: VK is a Russian-language social network and messaging platform with profiles, communities and media sharing. It is a good fit for reaching Russian-speaking audiences through community pages, and staying in touch with friends and groups.
Is VK free?: Yes. VK is free to use.
Is VK open source?: No. VK is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to VK include Mastodon and diaspora*.
What are some alternatives to VK?: VK competes with Facebook, Telegram and Weibo. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source VK alternatives.