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Wild Apricot is the self-serve choice for clubs and small associations that want a website, member records, events and email in one tool, with a 60-day trial and month-to-month billing. MemberClicks (from $3,500/yr) is the staffed-association system, with committee management, organizational members, chapters and paid implementation on an annual contract. Neither books facilities or schedules volunteer shifts, so groups that do should look at a third option.","2026-08-19",{"title":16,"text":17},"Flat monthly pricing with facilities, programs and volunteers","Communal prices by members, not contacts or a negotiated contract: $75/mo to 250 members with volunteer and donor management included, programs +$50/mo and facility booking from +$50/mo. No annual contract, no implementation fee, free migration.",[19,22,25,28,31,34],{"question":20,"answer":21},"Wild Apricot vs MemberClicks: what is the difference?","Both belong to Personify. Wild Apricot is the self-serve product: published pricing from $66/mo for 100 contacts, a 60-day free trial, month-to-month billing and a drag-and-drop website builder. MemberClicks is the association management system: quote-based annual contracts from $3,500/yr (MC Trade) or $4,500/yr (MC Professional), implementation packages, committee management, organizational memberships and a catalog of add-ons such as a member app, LMS and job board.",{"question":23,"answer":24},"Is MemberClicks more expensive than Wild Apricot?","Yes, at every size that Wild Apricot publishes. Wild Apricot runs from $66/mo at 100 contacts to roughly $462/mo at 5,000 contacts per third-party listings, with no setup fee. MemberClicks starts at $3,500/yr to $4,500/yr before implementation and add-ons, and it does not publish a price list. At a few thousand contacts the two can approach each other; below that Wild Apricot is clearly cheaper.",{"question":26,"answer":27},"Should a small association pick Wild Apricot or MemberClicks?","Wild Apricot, unless you have staff. A volunteer-run club or association under a couple of thousand contacts gets a website, member directory, events, email and a member app at every tier, with a 60-day trial and no contract. MemberClicks is sized for staffed professional and trade associations and chambers that need dues automation across member types, committees, review panels and multi-chapter structures, and can budget an annual contract plus implementation.",{"question":29,"answer":30},"Do Wild Apricot and MemberClicks charge payment fees?","Wild Apricot charges no platform fee when you use its Personify Payments processor (processor rates not published), but using an outside gateway such as Stripe or PayPal adds a Payment System Servicing Fee of 20% of your subscription price. MemberClicks integrates with a partner processor (a Payroc/NMI gateway is noted at $16.95/mo customer rate) and does not publish per-transaction percentages; no surcharge for external gateways was found.",{"question":32,"answer":33},"Which has the better website builder?","Wild Apricot. Its drag-and-drop builder, themes, member-only pages and WordPress widgets are the product's center of gravity and are included at every tier. MemberClicks also provides a website and member portal, but it is delivered as part of an implemented AMS rather than a self-serve builder.",{"question":35,"answer":36},"What if we also book rooms or run programs?","Neither Wild Apricot nor MemberClicks has facility booking or volunteer shift scheduling, and program registration is limited to events. Communal covers memberships, program registration with waitlists and attendance, facility booking with approvals and invoices, donations with tax receipts and volunteer shifts in one member database at a flat price by member count, starting at $75/mo to 250 members.",{"type":38,"children":39,"toc":309},"root",[40,49,70,76,131,137,190,196,201,207,298,304],{"type":41,"tag":42,"props":43,"children":45},"element","h2",{"id":44},"the-short-version",[46],{"type":47,"value":48},"text","The short version",{"type":41,"tag":50,"props":51,"children":52},"p",{},[53,55,61,63,68],{"type":47,"value":54},"Pick ",{"type":41,"tag":56,"props":57,"children":58},"strong",{},[59],{"type":47,"value":60},"Wild Apricot",{"type":47,"value":62}," if you are a club or association with a small staff or none, a contact list in the hundreds or low thousands, and you want a website, member database, events and email from one vendor you can set up yourself in a 60-day trial. 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Lapsed members, prospects and newsletter subscribers all count, so clean the list before you price it. MemberClicks bills annually by organization size, from $3,500/yr (MC Trade) or $4,500/yr (MC Professional), with implementation packages and add-ons on top; for most buyers that is several thousand dollars a year before payments. On fees, Wild Apricot is free of platform fees on Personify Payments but adds 20% of your subscription for Stripe or PayPal; MemberClicks routes through a partner processor with unpublished percentages. 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