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About us

Software built for and by your peers.

Communal exists for the organizations that hold communities together: associations, non-profits, clubs, cultural centres, and camps. The same groups that run on passion, volunteers, and careful budgets.

From Calgary to hundreds of organizations across North America and the UK, we’ve developed this platform in collaboration with the people who use it. Your feedback informs what we ship, what we fix, and what we prioritize next. You’ll still reach real humans when you need help, not a faceless queue.

Communal team outside the tree farm in Calgary
People

Meet the team behind Communal.

They build the product, run onboarding, and answer support, and they carry what we hear from organizations like yours into roadmap and design conversations every week.

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Team

Wade Jacques

Co-Founder

Wade co-founded Communal and leads client services, sales, and onboarding. If you book a demo or need help getting set up, you're probably talking to Wade.

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Team

Matt Elliott

Co-Founder

Matt co-founded Communal and leads product and engineering. He writes the code, shapes the roadmap, and still jumps into customer conversations when a gnarly problem comes up.

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Team

MacKenna Posey

Client Services Specialist

MacKenna came to Communal from inside the non-profit sector and spends her days helping customers get more out of the platform, from onboarding calls to the trickiest support questions.

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Team

Devon McClure

Software Developer

Devon is a full-stack developer who loves digging into gnarly technical challenges. She's the reason the platform keeps getting faster, smarter, and more reliable release after release.

Difference

Why organizations stick with us.

What organizations tell us matters, including how that shows up in the product, support, and long-term partnership.

01Developed alongside hundreds of orgs
We prioritize what community associations, non-profits, and member-driven groups actually do, not a generic enterprise spec sheet. Your real workflows inform what we build.
02Feedback that reaches the roadmap
When you share what’s working or what’s stuck, it gets to people who can act on it. Support, product, and engineering stay in the same conversation as the organizations we serve.
03Built for community budgets
Every feature is aimed at volunteer boards, part-time staff, and real-world budgets, not Fortune 500 IT departments.
04Migration included
We’ll move your data from Wild Apricot, Bloomerang, Little Green Light, spreadsheets, or wherever you’re stuck, at no extra cost.

We’re in this for the long haul with community organizations. Your feedback helps us get it right, release after release. That partnership is the point.

Verified reviews

From teams who stopped taping tools together.

Community associations, rec centers, and member-based nonprofits across North America moved to Communal when their spreadsheet, booking calendar, and payment system stopped keeping up.

Capterra 4.7 rating
№ 01Community association
5 / 5

“Revenue from membership sales and renewals increased, and we save a significant amount of staff time and paperwork. The customer service is outstanding and the team at Communal continues to add helpful features.”

Renee D.

North Glenmore Park Community Association

800+ members
№ 02Switched providers
5 / 5

“My experience with the software and the team has been overwhelmingly positive. We switched from another provider and the difference was night-and-day!”

Jon N.

Tuscany Community Association

Switched from another provider
№ 03One application
5 / 5

“We are finally able to communicate with our members, run booking software and a program payment platform all in one application. The cost to our Community is very reasonable and the team is fantastic to work with.”

Sandra I.

Oakridge Community Association

Members · Bookings · Programs
See it on your workflows

Bring us your messiest workflow — we'll walk it with you.

How the hall gets booked, how program pricing works, how you chase renewals. No canned tour. We walk Communal through your real process so you can see the fit before you decide.

  • 30 min · real workflows
  • Free migration
  • Live in 24 h
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