Socials by Detor · Amsterdam

Socials vs Groupvibe

Last updated 1 November 2026

Groupvibe (formerly Vibend) and Socials by Detor are the two Amsterdam services that match a small group of people who have not met and send them to a café or restaurant. We are Socials, so this comparison is written by one side. What it says about Groupvibe comes from groupvibe.com on the date at the top of this page, and where their site was silent, the table says so.

Side by side

	Socials by Detor	Groupvibe
What you book	A social table (dinner, drinks, coffee, brunch), an activity meetup, an event, or a free hobby club	A meeting with a group at a café or restaurant
Group size	About 6, never fewer than 4 or more than 12	4 to 6
Matching	A few answers given once (language, age range, what you came for); a person checks every group	Their app matches "like-minded" people
Before you meet	No names until the table's chat opens, an hour before; no profiles, nothing to browse	Not stated on their site
The venue	We book it and tell you the address the day before	A café or restaurant in Amsterdam
Paying	A seat price per session, shown before you pay; your own bill at the venue	Not stated on their site
Bring a friend	Yes, one, in the same group	Not stated on their site
Where	Amsterdam, Utrecht, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona, Vilnius	Amsterdam and San Francisco
Who runs it	Detor B.V., Utrecht	Groupvibe, formerly Vibend

Where Groupvibe is the better pick

If all you want is a café meeting with a small group, in an app that does only that, Groupvibe keeps it simple. Its Amsterdam page says more than ten thousand people have signed up, so there is a large crowd to match from.

And if you are in San Francisco, it is the only one of the two that is there.

Where Socials is the better pick

More kinds of meeting. Besides dinner, drinks, coffee and brunch tables, there are activity meetups such as bouldering, a run or board games, events open to everyone, and free hobby clubs where you keep meeting the same people.

Privacy until you meet. Nobody sees a name until the table's chat opens, an hour before, and there are no profiles.

A person in the loop. A person checks every group before it is final, and the group chat hides phone numbers.

Six cities. Utrecht, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona and Vilnius as well as Amsterdam.

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Questions people ask

Is Socials a Groupvibe alternative?

Yes. Both match four to six people who have not met and send them to a café or restaurant in Amsterdam. Socials also has activity meetups, events and free hobby clubs. It shows no names until the table's chat opens, prices each seat per session, and runs in five more cities.

Which is better for making friends in Amsterdam, Socials or Groupvibe?

Both put you at a table with people who came to meet people, and that is usually the hard part. Socials gives you more ways to see the same people again, through activity meetups and clubs; Groupvibe sticks to the café meeting. Try whichever has a next date that fits your week.

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