Free
Perfect for one gathering. Free forever.
$0forever
Included:
- Up to 8 family members
- 1 family tree
- 50 photos
- Realtime collaboration
- Invite via link or QR
BanyanBanyan family tree
Create a private family tree your relatives can fill in.
Share one link at the gathering, let each branch add what they know, and see relationship paths in plain English.
Built for live family gatherings, not solo genealogy research.
No credit cardInvite-onlyNo public search
Rahman Family Tree
Built for 60-90 person family gatherings
Relative added
Mei Ling · aunt
Tok Wan
Tok Nek
Razif
Siti
Mei Lingyour aunt
Hakim
Aisha
Wei Jian- 1Create tree
- 2Add yourself
- 3Add first relative
- 4Share QR/link
- 5See relationship answer
Build it together
Start with one link. Let every branch add their part.
Banyan is for the moment family knowledge is in the room. Capture it while people are gathered, then keep it useful after everyone goes home.
- 1
Open a tree at the gathering
Start with yourself, then show one QR code or send one link to the family chat.
- 2
Relatives add what only they know
Each branch can add names, photos, and connections without turning one organizer into the family data clerk.
- 3
Ask how anyone connects
Pick a person and Banyan explains the path in everyday language, including cousins, aunties, and in-laws.
Start small, expand when ready
Pick the tree size that matches the family in the room.
Create the first tree without a card. Upgrade only when the family outgrows the starter limits or needs exports, more trees, and elder-friendly governance.
Start free
Most families
Family
For growing trees that need more relatives, photos, and exports.
$4USD / month
Billed monthly or USD $36/year
Everything most families need:
- Unlimited family members
- Up to 5 family trees
- Unlimited photos
- PDF poster & GEDCOM exports
- Weekly email digest
- Event memory (photos, attendance, stories)
Clan
For diaspora-scale families across chapters.
$12USD / month
Billed monthly or USD $120/year
For larger clans:
- Everything in Family
- Custom domain (e.g. tan.family)
- Multi-elder governance
- Priority support
- Larger tree-linking graph
- GEDCOM import
Why Banyan is different
Built for live family gatherings, not solo genealogy research.
Read the origin storyA real field note
The public origin story starts at a Hari Raya 2025 gathering with forty-something relatives in one living room.
A named workflow
Banyan is designed for the family registrar: the person already explaining every branch out loud.
Stress-tested patterns
The relationship model is checked against 60-person, 90-person, and five-country family shapes before it reaches the page.
Live proof
See exactly how relatives connect.
A family tree is only useful when people can read it. Select someone below and Banyan turns the line into a sentence.
Mei Ling is your aunt.Your father's sister
Private by default
Family data should feel owned by the family.
Banyan treats family records as a shared private workspace: invited relatives can help fill gaps, placeholder profiles can be corrected or removed, and the tree is not turned into a public search profile for strangers.
Only invited family can see it
Trees are not public, indexed, or searchable. Private tree pages check membership instead of exposing a public profile.
Roles protect edits
Members can contribute, while trusted elders and admins manage invitations, role changes, and cleanup.
Invite leaks have a fix
If a family-chat link spreads too far, rotate the invite code and keep the existing tree intact.
Placeholder profiles stay private
Relatives can be added before they join, but those profiles live inside the invited tree. They are not public identity pages.
You can take data with you
Paid Family trees include PDF poster and GEDCOM exports. Account deletion is available in settings.
Not a DNA database
Banyan is for family-gathering memory, not public-record search, DNA matching, or ancestry scraping.
Real gathering use cases
Useful before, during, and after the reunion.
The goal is not genealogy perfection. It is making names, faces, and relationships available at the exact moment someone needs them.
At a crowded reunion
Show one QR code, let each household add their people, and stop rebuilding the same tree from memory every year.
When someone asks how they connect
Pick the relative and show the answer: cousin, aunt, in-law, grandparent path, written in plain language.
When the tree gets serious
Start free with 8 members. Upgrade later for larger trees, more photos, and PDF/GEDCOM exports.
Start before the next gathering.
Add yourself, invite your relatives, and let the family fill in what only they know.