Wikispaces

{{Short description|Former wiki hosting service}}

{{Infobox company

| logo = Wikispaces-logo.png

| type = private

| foundation = 2005

| defunct = March 2014 (purchased by Tes Global); January 2019 (site taken offline)

| location = San Francisco, California, U.S.

| key_people = James Byers, Adam Frey (co-founders), Dominick Bellizzi

| num_employees =

| industry = Dot-com

| products = Wiki hosting

| revenue =

| website = [http://www.wikispaces.com/ www.wikispaces.com]

}}

Wikispaces was a wiki hosting service based in San Francisco, California. Launched by Tangient LLC in March 2005, Wikispaces was purchased by Tes Global (formerly TSL Education) on March 9, 2014.{{cite news |url=https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-03-04-tsl-education-acquires-wikispaces | title=TSL Education acquires Wikispaces |work=EdSurge | date=March 4, 2014 |last=Wan |first=Tony }} It competed with PBworks, Wetpaint, Wikia, and Google Sites (formerly JotSpot).{{cite news |title=Veni, vidi, wiki |first=Ryan |last=Singel |url= http://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/09/71733 |newspaper=Wired News |date=September 7, 2006 |access-date=November 6, 2014}} It was among the largest wiki hosts.{{Citation needed|date=November 2014}}

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 or higher education would remain free.{{cite web|url=http://blog.wikispaces.com/2014/09/wikispaces-is-no-longer-offering-free-non-education-wikis.html|title=Wikispaces is no longer offering free non-education wikis|publisher=Wikispaces|date=September 16, 2014|access-date=22 December 2017}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10041911-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware |title=A quarter million teachers to get free wikis |work=CNET | date=September 15, 2008 |last=Terdiman |first=Daniel }}

Since 2010, Wikispaces had cooperated with Web 2.0 education platform Glogster EDU. Glogster EDU embedded Glogs into Wikispaces services.{{Citation needed|date=November 2014}}

Due to cost issues, classroom and free-level Wikispaces closed on July 31, 2018, while private Wikispaces closed on January 31, 2019.{{cite web |url=http://blog.wikispaces.com/ |publisher=Wikispaces |title=It's time for us to say farewell... |date=February 2018 |access-date=12 February 2018}}