Most associations leave YourMembership over sales-led pricing that is never published, annual license contracts, and a platform built for staffed associations that small-staff and volunteer-run groups pay for but do not fully use. Stay on YourMembership if you need its job board, LMS and community modules in one AMS.
Ordered by how well each one fits the organizations that usually outgrow YourMembership.
Memberships, renewals, invoicing, volunteers and wallet cards on one member record
Membership tiers, automated renewals, wallet cards, donations with tax receipts, volunteer shifts, invoicing with payment plans and POS, with programs, events and facility booking as modules.
Check first: No website CMS, no job board, no LMS and no community forum; Communal is a member portal beside your existing site, not a full AMS.
The most direct AMS replacement, with committees, dues automation and events
MemberClicks runs MC Trade for chambers and MC Professional for professional societies, with dues automation, committees, event management, forms, review panels and an OAuth REST API.
Check first: Quote-only beyond the starting price, annual contracts, and community, member app, LMS and registration tech are paid add-ons.
Website, member database and events from one vendor, self-serve
Wild Apricot bundles a site builder, contacts database, events, email and a store at every tier, with a 60-day no-card trial and month-to-month billing.
Check first: Priced by total contacts, a 20% subscription surcharge for outside payment gateways, no volunteer or facility tools.
Chamber and trade association AMS with integrated payments, CMS and LMS
GrowthZone (ChamberMaster lineage since 1998) covers sponsorships, business directories, committees, certifications and a fundraiser module, with GZ Pay processing, a REST API and a member app.
Check first: Quote-only pricing, annual or multi-year contracts, and website, community, LMS and newsletter tools are priced add-ons.
Canadian AMS with CE tracking, an LMS and community included
Member365 includes a member portal and community, CE credit tracking, certificates, an LMS, a job board, committees and an online store.
Check first: Setup fee and quote for exact pricing, PDF cards rather than wallet passes, no volunteer scheduling or facility booking.
Event-led membership with CRM, community and a branded app
Glue Up combines membership, event management, CRM, email and a community with a branded My Glue app, and handles multi-chapter and multi-currency structures.
Check first: Annual billing, demo only, and chapters, community, certifications and the app are separately priced power-ups.
Unlimited member records and no vendor payment fees, for smaller chambers
Membee bills by admin seat rather than by member, so member records are unlimited, and it includes 60+ reports, eight gateway choices and implementation.
Check first: No public API, no QuickBooks sync, no wallet cards, and reviewers call the mobile admin experience poor.
| Feature | Communal | YourMembership | MemberClicks | Wild Apricot | 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 | Not listed | Partial | Not offered |
| 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 | Partial | Not offered | Not offered | Partial |
| Donations & fundraising | IncludedIncluded; donor covers fees option | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Automatic tax receipts | IncludedAutomatic | Not listed | Not listed | PartialDonation receipts | Not listed |
| Invoicing | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Member self-service portal | Included | Included | Included | IncludedMember app | Included |
| Email campaigns | IncludedCampaigns and segments | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Website builder | Not offeredWorks beside your site | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Chapters & federations | IncludedFederated leagues and chapters | Included | Included | Not offered | Included |
| Public API | IncludedREST API, Zapier webhooks, MCP server | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Detail | Communal | YourMembership | MemberClicks | Wild Apricot | GrowthZone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $75/mo | Quote only | From $3,500/yr | From $66/mo | Quote only |
| Pricing model | Flat, by member band (to 250 members at the floor) | Annual license, quote | Annual quote by org size | Per contact, tiered | Annual license, quote |
| Contract | No contracts, prorated billing, cancel any module any time | Annual contract (quote); term details not published | Typically 1-year contracts;Detailsmulti-year contracts offered at a discounted rate | Month-to-month available;Detailsoptional 1-year and 2-year prepay discounts; no cancellation fees | Annual (multi-year common per third-party reviews); no monthly option advertised |
| Payment fees | Card-processing application fee set in your agreement, often 2%; no monthly minimums | Not published; vendor markets 'integrated payment processing' but rates and gateway fees are not disclosed publicly | 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. | 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'. | GZ Pay (integrated processor): helpdesk-reported 2.89% + $0.45 per card transaction (3.99% Amex), with a rate update effective May 1, 2026 whose new figures…DetailsGZ Pay (integrated processor): helpdesk-reported 2.89% + $0.45 per card transaction (3.99% Amex), with a rate update effective May 1, 2026 whose new figures were not retrievable; vendor page says 'no setup fees', 'no hidden gateway or batch fees'. Supports card, ACH, Apple Pay and Google Pay. Fees for using external gateways: not published. |
| Free trial | Free trial, no credit card | No free trial or free plan; demo only | No free trial or free plan advertised; demo via sales | 60-day free trial, no credit card required; no permanently free plan | No (demo only) |
YourMembership's pricing page is a request-a-quote form, and third-party estimates that the vendor does not confirm put entry pricing in the low thousands of dollars per year. You cannot open an account, import a member list and test a renewal before you sign.
YourMembership is sold on an annual contract through Momentive Software (formerly Community Brands). Term details are not published, and small associations that want to leave mid-year usually cannot.
The vendor markets integrated payment processing, but rates and gateway fees are not published. Treasurers who want to forecast the cost of dues collection have to ask sales and compare against Stripe-based tools that publish their rates.
Job Board, Learning Management System, Online Community and E-commerce & Donations are add-on modules. The core AMS is priced for a staffed association, and the add-ons that make it worth the price each carry their own line.
There is no published facility or room booking module and no Apple or Google Wallet membership cards. Volunteers are handled through committee and chapter tools rather than a shift and hour-tracking module.
Communal publishes a flat $75/mo price for up to 250 members that scales by member band, with every module add-on listed on the public pricing page. There is no contract, billing is prorated and you can cancel any module at any time, while YourMembership publishes nothing and sells on annual contracts.
The card application fee is set in your agreement, there are no monthly minimums, deposits arrive weekly in your own Stripe Connect account, and donors can cover fees at checkout. YourMembership does not disclose processing rates.
Volunteer opportunities with shifts, clock in and out hours and automatic volunteer discounts are included, the facilities module handles booking approvals and rental invoicing, and Apple and Google Wallet passes are in every plan. YourMembership has none of the three as published features.
Communal runs each chapter as its own tenant under a parent, with its own Stripe account, federation fees, parent-level custom fields and address-based routing of members. The EFCL runs 163 leagues this way, and you can try the whole model on a 30-day trial with no card.
Stay on YourMembership if you are a staffed professional or trade association using the CMS, community, job board or LMS every week and the annual license fits your budget. It is a capable AMS for that buyer. The alternatives above make sense when you are paying for modules you do not use, want a published monthly price you can leave, or need volunteer shifts, facility booking or wallet cards.
MemberClicks if you still want a full AMS with committees, review panels and implementation services. Communal if the association mainly needs tiers, renewals, events, invoices, a directory and wallet cards month to month, with Member365 sitting between the two for CE tracking and community.
GrowthZone is the chamber-specialist AMS with sponsorship, directory and LMS tooling, while Membee gives smaller chambers unlimited member records and no vendor transaction fees. Both are built around the chamber workflow.
Communal. Each chapter is its own tenant with its own Stripe account, the parent pushes fields and fees down, and members are routed to the right chapter by address; the EFCL runs 163 leagues on this model, at the published price rather than a quote.
Communal. Community associations and clubs rarely need a job board or LMS; they need renewals, family memberships, program registration, hall and court rentals and volunteer shifts, while Wild Apricot suits a group that mainly wants a website builder and membership from one vendor.
YourMembership exports members, dues history, event and invoice data; we map the export into Communal and run the import for you at no charge.
Export member profiles, member types, dues expiry dates, custom fields, committee and chapter assignments, event attendance and invoice history from YourMembership; we map member types to Communal membership types, committees and chapters to tags or child organizations, and run a dry-run import with validation.
Set up membership types and renewal rules, chapters, programs, volunteer opportunities and donation forms in Communal, then import members with their existing expiry dates intact so nobody is billed early or late.
Point your website and email links at the Communal portal, send members their Apple and Google Wallet cards, and keep YourMembership read-only through the first renewal cycle while you confirm everything reconciles.
The EFCL runs 163 Edmonton community leagues on one Communal federation, with each league as its own tenant and members routed by address. 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 a staffed professional or trade association that wants a full AMS, MemberClicks (from $3,500/yr) or GrowthZone. For small-staff associations, chapters and community organizations that want a published monthly price with renewals, events, invoices, volunteers and wallet cards, Communal at $75/mo. For a website and database together at low cost, Wild Apricot. See Communal pricing for module details.
YourMembership does not publish pricing; the pricing page is a request-a-quote and demo form. Third-party estimates, not confirmed by the vendor, put entry pricing in the low thousands of dollars per year on an annual contract, with Job Board, LMS, Online Community and E-commerce & Donations sold as add-on modules. Payment processing rates are also not published.
Yes. Communal is $75/mo for up to 250 members, month to month, with renewals, wallet cards, invoicing, donations and volunteers included. Wild Apricot starts at $66/mo for 100 contacts with a 60-day trial. Membee is $109/mo for the first admin seat with unlimited members. All three publish their prices and can be started without a sales call.
Yes, and migration is free. We import member profiles, member types, dues expiry dates, custom fields, chapter assignments, event history and invoices from your YourMembership export, validate the mapping with you, and keep renewal dates intact. You can test the import during the 30-day trial before committing.
No. Communal is a member portal and operations platform that runs beside the website you already have, with branding, logo and custom CSS only. It has no job board, LMS or community forum. If those modules are why you bought an AMS, MemberClicks, GrowthZone or Member365 is the better comparison.
Both are sales-led AMS products for staffed associations on annual contracts, and both sell community, job board and LMS as add-on modules. MemberClicks publishes starting prices ($3,500/yr MC Trade, $4,500/yr MC Professional) and YourMembership does not; YourMembership includes website CMS and hosting in the core AMS. Read the full MemberClicks vs YourMembership comparison.
Wild Apricot for a small association that wants a website, member database and events from $66/mo with a 60-day trial and month-to-month billing. YourMembership for a staffed association that needs a full AMS with CMS, community, job board and LMS and can sign an annual contract at an unpublished price.