# Wikispaces

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Former wiki hosting service

Wikispaces Type private Industry Dot-com Defunct March 2014 (purchased by Tes Global); January 2019 (site taken offline) Key people James Byers, Adam Frey (co-founders), Dominick Bellizzi Products Wiki hosting Website www.wikispaces.com

**Wikispaces** was a [wiki hosting service](/source/Wiki_hosting_service) based in San Francisco, California. Launched by Tangient LLC in March 2005, Wikispaces was purchased by [Tes Global](/source/TES_Global) (formerly TSL Education) on March 9, 2014.[1] It competed with [PBworks](/source/PBworks), [Wetpaint](/source/Wetpaint), [Wikia](/source/Fandom_(website)), and [Google Sites](/source/Google_Sites) (formerly JotSpot).[2] It was among the largest wiki hosts.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

In September 2014, Tes announced that free hosting of non-educational wikis would cease. Those wikis faced a 14 November 2014 shutdown deadline. Only wikis used exclusively in [K–12](/source/K%E2%80%9312) or higher education would remain free.[3] Private wikis with advanced features for businesses, non-profits and educators remained available for an annual fee. Wikispaces also gave away more than 100,000 premium wikis to K–12 educators.[4]

Since 2010, Wikispaces had cooperated with [Web 2.0](/source/Web_2.0) education platform [Glogster EDU](/source/Glogster_EDU). Glogster EDU embedded Glogs into Wikispaces services.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

Due to cost issues, classroom and free-level Wikispaces closed on July 31, 2018, while private Wikispaces closed on January 31, 2019.[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Wan, Tony (March 4, 2014). ["TSL Education acquires Wikispaces"](https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-03-04-tsl-education-acquires-wikispaces). *[EdSurge](/source/EdSurge)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Singel, Ryan (September 7, 2006). ["Veni, vidi, wiki"](http://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/09/71733). *Wired News*. Retrieved November 6, 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Wikispaces is no longer offering free non-education wikis"](http://blog.wikispaces.com/2014/09/wikispaces-is-no-longer-offering-free-non-education-wikis.html). Wikispaces. September 16, 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Terdiman, Daniel (September 15, 2008). ["A quarter million teachers to get free wikis"](https://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10041911-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware). *[CNET](/source/CNET)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["It's time for us to say farewell..."](http://web.archive.org/web/20180301003634/http://blog.wikispaces.com/) *Wikispaces*. Tangient LLC. February 2018. Archived from [the original](http://blog.wikispaces.com/) on 1 March 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

- Abramson, Larry (November 29, 2007). ["Illinois School Looks to Tech Tools to Teach"](https://www.npr.org/2007/11/29/16709807/illinois-school-looks-to-tech-tools-to-teach). *[Morning Edition](/source/Morning_Edition)*. [NPR](/source/NPR).

- Hagopian, Peter (September 10, 2007). ["Everything You Need To Know To Get Started With Content Management Systems"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110316130740/http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201805279&pgno=4&queryText=&isPrev=). *[Information Week](/source/Information_Week)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201805279&pgno=4&queryText=&isPrev=) on March 16, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2008.

- Etherington, Darrell (December 8, 2008). ["3 Key Web Working Tools for Students"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090209223053/http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/12/08/3-key-web-working-tools-for-students/). *WebWorkerDaily*. [GigaOM](/source/GigaOM). Archived from the original on February 9, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2008.

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