Most organizations leave MemberClicks because its total price requires a quote, and the community, member app and LMS pieces are add-ons. Stay if you are a staffed association that needs committees and review panels.
Ordered by how well each one fits the organizations that usually outgrow MemberClicks.
Memberships, programs, facilities and volunteers on one record
Communal keeps memberships, programs, facility rentals, donations with automatic tax receipts, volunteer shifts and POS on one member record, with no annual contract.
Check first: No website builder, committee tooling or LMS; it is built for member operations rather than a full AMS stack.
Website builder, events and email from the same parent
Wild Apricot includes a website builder, events, email and donations at every tier, with a 60-day trial and no contract.
Check first: It counts every contact, not just members, and steers you toward its own payment processor.
Membership, events and built-in accounting
Springly bundles a member CRM, events, email, a website builder and fund accounting.
Check first: It counts contacts rather than members, and the processor is fixed at Adyen.
Chamber of commerce and trade association AMS
GrowthZone (ChamberMaster) has the deepest chamber workflows of the group: business directories, sponsorships, committees, certifications and a member app, plus a REST API.
Check first: Quote-only with additional modules; ask for the exact term, renewal and cancellation conditions.
Traditional small-staff association AMS
YourMembership covers the member database, dues automation, events, a website CMS, online community, e-commerce and donations, with an open API.
Check first: Quote-only; current contract and cancellation details were not published on the pricing page.
Event-led membership platform with a branded member app
Glue Up pairs CRM, email and invoicing with a strong event toolset, a branded My Glue app and in-app membership cards.
Check first: Demo-led with annual billing, and chapters, community and the website are extra power-ups.
Best if fundraising matters more than association mechanics
Neon CRM gives you unlimited records and users on every plan, with an open API in the base platform and memberships, events and volunteers as optional modules.
Check first: The base subscription focuses on fundraising, and there is no website builder.
Official pages checked 9 October 2026. Entry prices are not equivalent bundles. Unpublished or inaccessible amounts are marked explicitly; ask for total processing, setup, module and renewal costs.
| Platform | Subscription | Fees and tips | Contract and source |
|---|---|---|---|
| MemberClicks | Request pricing; current amount not verified | Implementation, add-ons and payment costs require written confirmation. | Current term and cancellation details not verified; request written terms. Official pricing sourceChecked 2026-10-09 |
| Communal | $75/mo flat to 250 members; Programs +$50/mo; Facilities from +$65/mo | Card-processing application fee set in your agreement, often 2%; no monthly minimums; confirm total processing and currency. No donor tip prompt. | No contracts, prorated billing, cancel any module any time Official pricing sourceChecked 2026-10-09 |
| Wild Apricot | US$66/month, 100 contacts; $59.40/month annual prepay; $56.10/month 2-year prepay | Payment systems can carry additional fees; confirm your gateway and current fee policy. | Monthly, 1-year and 2-year prepay options; confirm refund terms. Official pricing sourceChecked 2026-10-09 |
| Springly | Amount not verified; official pricing page returned no readable plan details | Processing rates and tipping terms not verified in this check. | Contract terms not verified; request written terms. Official pricing sourceChecked 2026-10-09 |
| GrowthZone | Custom quote; no amount published | Confirm payment fees and required community, LMS and website add-ons. | Term and cancellation details not published on pricing page. Official pricing sourceChecked 2026-10-09 |
| YourMembership | Personalized quote; no amount published | Confirm processing, implementation and module charges. | Term and cancellation details not published on pricing page. Official pricing sourceChecked 2026-10-09 |
| Glue Up | $3,000–$6,500/year Professional; $8,000–$18,500/year Advanced; Enterprise quote | Confirm currency, payment gateway fees and required add-ons. | All plans billed annually; vendor says special project pricing can be discussed. Official pricing sourceChecked 2026-10-09 |
| Neon CRM | From $99/month; revenue-based pricing | Membership module +10% of CRM subscription, events +20%, volunteers +10%. Processing rates not published on this pricing page. | Contract term not verified; request written renewal and cancellation terms. Official pricing sourceChecked 2026-10-09 |
| Feature | Communal | MemberClicks | Wild Apricot | Springly | GrowthZone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Not listed | Partial | Not offered | Not offered |
| Event registration & ticketing | Add-onPrograms & events add-on | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Program & class registration | Add-onWaitlists, capacity, attendance, rosters | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Facility booking & rentals | Add-onApprovals, invoices, agreements, iCal | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| Volunteer shifts & hour tracking | IncludedShifts, hours, auto volunteer discounts | Not offered | Not offered | Partial | Partial |
| Donations & fundraising | IncludedIncluded; donor covers fees option | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Automatic tax receipts | IncludedAutomatic | Not listed | PartialDonation receipts | Included | Not listed |
| Member self-service portal | Included | Included | IncludedMember app | Included | Included |
| Email campaigns | IncludedCampaigns and segments | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Website builder | Not offeredWorks beside your site | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Built-in accounting | Not offeredCSV/XLSX exports with GL codes; no QuickBooks sync | Not offeredAccounting integrations | Not offeredQuickBooks sync | Add-onProfessional tier | Not offeredAccounting integrations |
| Public API | IncludedREST API, Zapier webhooks, MCP server | Included | Included | Partial | Included |
| Chapters & federations | IncludedFederated leagues and chapters | Included | Not offered | Add-onNetwork Management, quote | Included |
There is no self-serve signup and no free trial, so you cannot see what the system does for you until you have been through sales.
Confirm the initial term, automatic renewal, cancellation notice and implementation charges in writing. We could not verify current contract terms on the accessible official pricing page.
Community, the member app, Classroom (LMS), Registration Tech, Job Board, Data Insights and Smart Newsletter are each sold on top of the base AMS.
MemberClicks has no native volunteer management and no room or facility booking, so clubs and chapters that schedule volunteers or rent a hall run a second tool beside the AMS.
MemberClicks and Wild Apricot are both Personify products, so organizations comparing the two are weighing the same parent company twice.
Volunteer shifts with hour tracking and donor receipting are in the base plan, and programs, events and facility booking are modules you can turn on or off any month. MemberClicks has no native volunteer or facility module.
Communal publishes what it charges and runs with no contract. Ask MemberClicks to confirm its subscription, implementation costs and contract term in the quote.
Apple and Google Wallet passes, resident vs non-resident pricing by map boundary and a federation model that routes members to the right chapter are core features; the EFCL runs 163 community leagues on it. MemberClicks does not list wallet cards.
Every Communal plan has unlimited admin accounts with scoped roles, a 30-day self-serve trial with no card and a free scoped data migration. MemberClicks offers a sales demo rather than a trial.
Stay on MemberClicks if you have staff and actively use committees, review panels, the LMS or the job board. Those are real capabilities the alternatives do not replicate, and a migration only pays back if the gaps above describe your week.
YourMembership or GrowthZone if you need the full staffed-association stack and accept a quote. Communal for smaller associations and chapters that mainly need tiers, renewals, events, a directory and volunteers.
GrowthZone. ChamberMaster has decades of chamber-specific workflow for business directories, sponsorships and organizational memberships, and is the usual second quote beside MC Trade. MembershipWorks suits a small chamber that already has a website.
Communal. Hall and court rentals, kids programs, volunteer shifts and resident vs non-resident pricing are the core of the product, with no contract. Wild Apricot fits a club that wants a website builder and only needs dues and events.
Neon CRM. Unlimited records, donor pipeline and campaign tooling matter more than association mechanics, and memberships, events and volunteers can be added as optional modules.
MemberClicks exports members, membership types, transactions and event history as CSV; we map the fields and most moves finish inside a renewal cycle.
Export member profiles, membership levels with renewal dates, organizational (MC Trade) relationships, custom fields and event history from MemberClicks; we run a validation pass before anything is imported.
Set up membership types, chapters, boundaries, facilities and programs in Communal, then import members with their existing renewal dates so nobody renews early or late.
Point the join and renew links on your website at the Communal portal, issue wallet cards, and run both systems briefly while the first renewals come through.
The EFCL runs 163 Edmonton community leagues on Communal as a federation, with each league billing its own members and the federation routing residents to the right league by address. Read the EFCL 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.
It depends on who you are. Communal fits community associations, clubs, chapters and smaller associations that want memberships, programs, facility rentals and volunteers on one system with no contract. YourMembership or GrowthZone are the closest swaps for a staffed association or chamber that needs a full AMS.
Communal offers a free trial and month-to-month billing. Wild Apricot has monthly and prepay options, and MembershipWorks states that no contract is required. Current Springly and MemberClicks terms were not verified in this check; ask for trial and cancellation details.
Yes, and the scoped migration is free. We import member profiles, membership types, renewal dates, custom fields, transactions and event history from the MemberClicks CSV 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, volunteers, POS, email campaigns and reporting. It has no committee management, job board, LMS or website builder. If those are central to your association, MemberClicks, YourMembership or GrowthZone is the better choice.
Springly for a small, volunteer-run association that wants a self-serve product with a website builder and built-in accounting; MemberClicks for a staffed association that needs committees, review panels and an AMS-grade community. See the full Springly vs MemberClicks comparison.
Both require a quote for current AMS pricing and terms for small-staff associations with dues automation, events, a website CMS and community. MemberClicks splits into MC Professional and MC Trade for chambers and organizational memberships. Neither has volunteer shifts or facility booking. See MemberClicks vs YourMembership.