Top 10 Free Alternatives to Chief in 2027

WomenCEO says it serves women executives, founders and senior leaders, including CEOs, C-suite and fractional executives. Joining as a user is free: you apply on its home page, and after approval you choose a tier. Members get peer networks, mentorship, events and a pay equity initiative. Tier prices are not shown on its home page.

Women in Revenue is a nonprofit for women in sales, marketing, customer success and revenue operations, founded in 2018. Membership is free, it reports 10,000+ members, and its mentor program serves more than 800 women.

Rise & Lead Women develops women for senior, executive and board leadership and reports 5,000+ community members. Its community tier is free (€0 a year); the Individual membership is €240 a year and the CEO Collective, with peer advisory circles, is €1,000 a year, so the executive circles are not free.

Lean In Circles are free to start and join: peer groups of 8 to 12 people who meet monthly or twice a month. Lean In reports over 170,000 Circles in 180+ countries. You build the group yourself, which is the free version of Chief’s peer groups.

All Raise offers free membership to women and nonbinary investors at venture firms, Associates and above. It describes a community of 1300+ and offers virtual events, volunteer opportunities and a digital platform.

Women Tech Council, founded in 2007, says joining is free. It focuses on the economic impact of women in tech from K-12 to the C-suite, and its programs include Women in the C-Suite and a CEO Roundtable.

Fairygodboss says membership is free, always. It combines a job search, career advice and community support, plus virtual career fairs and webinars, and calls itself the largest online career community for women.

AnitaB.org, founded in 1997, has a free Essential tier with community forums, local and global networking events, curated tech resources and volunteer roles; Premium adds mentorship and event discounts. It is best known for the Grace Hopper Celebration.

Tech Ladies has a free membership with a job board and career resources, 50+ online and in-person events a year, and 140,000+ members per its free-membership section. Pro is the paid tier.

Girl Geek X says joining is free. It has hosted 250+ events over the past decade, spotlighting 1,000+ female speakers, including a sold-out dinner on AI. It is a dinner-and-talk circuit rather than a private executive group.