Most organizations leave Member365 because they are paying association prices for club needs: CE tracking, an LMS, a job board and voting they never open, on a plan that starts at $299/mo plus setup. Stay on Member365 if you issue continuing-education credits or run courses for members.
Ordered by how well each one fits the organizations that usually outgrow Member365.
Memberships, programs, facility booking and volunteers in one subscription
Communal keeps memberships, programs, facility rentals, donations with automatic CRA and US tax receipts, volunteer shifts and POS on one member record, with no contract and no setup fee.
Check first: No CE credit tracking, LMS, job board or voting module; if those are why you bought Member365, Communal does not replace them.
A website builder and a 60-day trial, with no setup fee
Wild Apricot includes the website builder, events, email, store and donations at every published tier, month to month with no setup fee.
Check first: Every contact counts toward the tier, and there is a 20% subscription surcharge for using a gateway other than Personify Payments.
Flat per-admin pricing with unlimited members, built for chambers
Membee, also Canadian, prices by admin seat rather than by member, with unlimited member records, no setup fee, no vendor transaction fee and a choice of 8 payment gateways.
Check first: No public API, no wallet cards, no volunteer or facility tools, and reviewers describe the admin UI as desktop-only.
The US association-management equivalent, with committees and review panels
MemberClicks (Personify) adds committees, grant and award review panels, CE tracking and a broad add-on catalog, sold by quote with implementation.
Check first: Annual contracts, implementation billed separately and no trial; it costs more than Member365, not less.
Event-led membership platform with a branded member app and CPD credits
Glue Up bundles CRM, email, invoicing, CPD credits and a strong event toolset with a branded My Glue app.
Check first: Billed annually, no trial, and community, chapters, certification and website are paid power-ups.
Low-cost membership and events with built-in accounting
Springly covers member management, events and email, and adds double-entry accounting and an API on its Professional tier, with a free Liberty plan for payment forms.
Check first: Pricing counts contacts rather than members, the processor is fixed at Adyen, and there are no wallet cards or facility booking.
Free memberships, ticketing and donation forms for Canadian and US nonprofits
Zeffy charges the nonprofit nothing and is funded by an optional donor tip at checkout, which makes it the floor any paid platform has to beat.
Check first: A limited member portal, no volunteer shifts, no facility booking, a read-only API, and every member sees a tip prompt at checkout.
| Feature | Communal | Member365 | Wild Apricot | Membee | MemberClicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Membership management | IncludedTiers, custom fields, segments | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Automated renewals | IncludedReminders and auto-renew | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Digital membership cards (Apple / Google Wallet) | IncludedIncluded in every plan | Partial | Partial | Not offered | Not listed |
| Event registration & ticketing | Add-onPrograms & events, +$50/mo | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Program & class registration | Add-onWaitlists, capacity, attendance, rosters | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Facility booking & rentals | Add-onFrom +$50/mo; approvals, invoices, agreements, iCal | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| Volunteer shifts & hour tracking | IncludedShifts, hours, auto volunteer discounts | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| Donations & fundraising | IncludedIncluded; donor covers fees option | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Automatic tax receipts | IncludedAutomatic | Not listed | PartialDonation receipts | Not listed | Not listed |
| Member self-service portal | Included | Included | IncludedMember app | Included | Included |
| Email campaigns | IncludedCampaigns and segments | Add-onEmail module | Included | Included | Included |
| Website builder | Not offeredWorks beside your site | Partial | Included | Partial | Included |
| Public API | IncludedREST API, Zapier webhooks, MCP server | Included | Included | Not offered | Included |
| Detail | Communal | Member365 | Wild Apricot | Membee | MemberClicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $75/mo | From $299/mo + setup | From $66/mo | From $98/mo | From $3,500/yr |
| Pricing model | Flat, by member band (to 250 members at the floor) | Base platform plus modules; quote | Per contact, tiered | Per admin seat; unlimited members | Annual quote by org size |
| Contract | No contracts, prorated billing, cancel any module any time | Not published | Month-to-month available;Detailsoptional 1-year and 2-year prepay discounts; no cancellation fees | Membee: month-to-month, cancel anytime.DetailsMembee Complete: 1-year subscription paid monthly, then month-to-month. | Typically 1-year contracts;Detailsmulti-year contracts offered at a discounted rate |
| Payment fees | Card-processing application fee set in your agreement, often 2%; no monthly minimums | Uses third-party processors (Worldline, Authorize.net, Stripe);Detailsprocessor rates apply. No Member365 transaction fee or external-gateway surcharge published. | No per-transaction fee from WildApricot itself when using the integrated Personify Payments processor (processor rates not published on the pricing page).DetailsUsing a third-party gateway (Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.Net) triggers a Payment System Servicing Fee described in the help center as 20% of the subscription plan price, applied to US/Canada accounts; vendor pricing page calls this 'an additional fee'. | 0% Membee transaction fee;Detailsyou pay only your own gateway's fees. 8 supported gateways (incl. Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net, Bambora, eWAY, Moneris); no surcharge for using your own gateway. | Integrated payment processing via partner (Payroc/NMI gateway noted in help center at $16.95/mo customer rate with setup fee waived);Detailsper-transaction processor percentages not published on vendor pricing page. No published surcharge for external gateways found. |
| Free trial | Free trial, no credit card | Vendor pricing page states a free trial is offered (length not stated) | 60-day free trial, no credit card required; no permanently free plan | First month free (billing starts the day member data is imported); no free plan | No free trial or free plan advertised; demo via sales |
Member365 plans start at $299/mo, and the vendor adds a one-time setup fee sized to your onboarding that needs a quote. For a 300-member club that needs dues, renewals and a calendar, that is four times what flat-priced tools charge.
CE credit tracking, certificates, an LMS, a job board, surveys and voting are the reason professional bodies choose Member365. Community associations and clubs pay for that depth whether or not they open the modules.
Member365 has no volunteer shift module and no room or facility booking, so groups that rent a hall or court, or schedule volunteers for events, run a second system beside the member database.
Member365 membership cards are downloadable PDFs in the portal. Members who expect an Apple Wallet or Google Wallet pass that updates itself on renewal do not get one.
Volunteer shifts with hour tracking are in the base plan, and programs and events and facility booking with approvals, invoices and rental agreements are add-on modules. Member365 has neither a volunteer nor a facility module.
Communal issues Apple Wallet and Google Wallet passes in every plan, push-updated when a membership renews or lapses, with scan-in check-in. Member365 cards are downloadable PDFs in the portal.
Communal is Canadian, bills in CAD or USD, supports Canadian pre-authorized debit and Interac on terminals, issues CRA-format and US-format tax receipts automatically, and ships the member portal in fr-CA as well as English.
Communal is $75/mo for up to 250 members with volunteers, donations and POS software included, no setup fee, no contract and a free scoped migration. Member365 has a floor four times higher plus a one-time setup fee that requires a quote.
Stay on Member365 if you are a professional body or mid-size association that uses the CE, learning, voting or job-board modules. Those features are the product, and none of the flat-priced alternatives replicate them. The move only makes sense if you are paying association prices for club needs.
Communal. Hall and court rentals, programs, volunteer shifts and resident vs non-resident pricing are the core of the product, and a whole association runs on one flat monthly price with no contract. Wild Apricot fits a club that mainly wants a website builder plus dues and events.
Membee. Flat per-admin pricing with unlimited members, zero vendor transaction fees and a choice of 8 gateways suits a chamber that wants a predictable bill and hands-on support. GrowthZone is the fuller chamber AMS if you accept a quote and an annual contract.
MemberClicks or Glue Up if you still need an AMS with committees, CE or CPD and an association website. Communal for smaller associations and chapters that mainly need tiers, renewals, events, a directory and volunteers at a published monthly price.
Zeffy if you need memberships, ticketing and CRA receipts at zero cost and can accept the donor tip prompt. Communal if you also run programs, rent space or schedule volunteers and want a member portal, wallet cards and automatic CRA receipts on one record.
Member365 exports members, membership records and transactions from its reports and API; we handle the mapping and most moves finish inside one renewal cycle.
Export member profiles, membership categories with renewal dates, custom fields, invoices and event history from Member365; we validate the files and map each category to a Communal membership type before importing.
Set up membership types, boundaries, programs and facilities in Communal, import members with their existing renewal dates so nobody renews early or late, and load historical memberships so tenure carries over.
Replace the join and renew links on your website with the Communal portal, issue wallet cards to members, and run both systems briefly while the first renewals come through.
The Big Apple Knitters Guild moved 400 members off PayPal and Excel onto Communal and now runs renewals and member cards from one place. Read the case study.
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.
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For community associations, clubs and small charities, Communal: memberships, programs, facility rentals, donations and volunteers on one flat-priced system at $75/mo with no setup fee. For chambers of commerce, Membee. For staffed professional associations that still need CE tracking and committees, MemberClicks or Glue Up. Wild Apricot is the published-price option with a website builder.
Member365 says plans start at $299/mo, with a one-time setup fee based on the complexity of your onboarding. It does not publish member or contact tiers; modules such as events, community, email marketing, CE, LMS, job board and store extend the base package, so the total needs a quote. A free trial is offered.
Yes. Communal is $75/mo for up to 250 members, bills in CAD, supports pre-authorized debit and issues CRA-format receipts automatically. Membee is $98/mo per admin seat on annual billing with unlimited members. Zeffy is free for Canadian nonprofits that only need forms and basic memberships. See Communal pricing for the member bands.
Yes, and the scoped migration is free. We import member profiles, membership categories, renewal dates, custom fields, invoices and event history from the Member365 export, validate the mapping with you, and keep existing renewal dates intact so the move does not disrupt a dues cycle.
No. Communal covers memberships, programs and events, facility booking, donations with tax receipts, volunteers, POS, email campaigns and reporting. It does not track continuing-education credits, host courses, run a job board or hold votes. If those are central to your association, Member365 remains the better fit.
Wild Apricot for a small association that wants a published price (from $66/mo for 100 contacts), a website builder and a 60-day trial. Member365 for a professional body that needs CE tracking, an LMS, voting and a member community and has budget for $299/mo plus setup. Neither has volunteer shifts or facility booking; Communal covers both from $75/mo.