I found this semi vanilla SMP where the main idea is community and building while still feeling like real survival.
It has a diamond based economy so people trade with diamonds and set up player shops. There is also a shops menu so you can browse stores fast or make your own.
You can protect your builds with land claiming using golden shovels. The server is PvE focused with no griefing and there is no keep inventory.
It supports Java and Bedrock crossplay so more friends can join. There is a live world map you can check in your browser and separate resource worlds so the main world stays clean.
They run weekly events and have ranks plus vote rewards that give you perks just for playing.
Semi Vanilla SMP With Shops And Claims
GG.MINEWIND.NET New Server IPChill Towny SMP With Player Economy
I found GamerHub Towny and it is a super new Towny SMP that started as a streaming server and now it is trying to grow bigger.
The vibe is chill and griefing and stealing are not allowed. The world never resets so your builds can stay forever. Most players are in the Oceania region and people seem pretty welcoming to new players.
It has a mostly player economy with player shops and player warps plus a player built market. There is also a sell only server shop. You can do jobs to make money and there is an ingame ranking system that uses ingame money.
It also runs Dynmap and MCMMO. They said there are around 25 daily active players and it gets busiest when the server is live on twitch with 8 or more online sometimes. Version is 1.21.10 or close to that.GG.MINEWIND.NET New Server IP