wild apricot competitors
Wild Apricot competitors, with the prices they actually publish.
Wild Apricot shows up on almost every "membership software" shortlist, so the question we hear most isn't "is Wild Apricot good," it's "what else is out there, and what does it actually cost." The honest answer is that none of these seven price the same way, so a side-by-side table that puts them all on one axis would be lying to you before you've even picked one. Below is what each vendor publishes, read straight from their own pricing pages, plus who each one is genuinely built for.
Where a subscription is the right call for your organization, we'll say so. We build custom membership platforms for organizations that have outgrown renting one, but that's not every organization, and this page isn't trying to talk you into anything.
the baseline
Wild Apricot itself, for reference
Pricing read 26 October 2026.
At 100 contacts: $66.00/month billed monthly, $59.40/month prepaid one year (saving $79.20/year), or $56.10/month prepaid two years (saving $118.80/year). It publishes tiers at 100, 250, 500, 2,000, 5,000, 15,000 and 50,000 contacts, but only the 100-contact price actually renders on the page.
seven competitors
What each one publishes, and who it suits
Every figure below is quoted from that vendor's own pricing page, linked, with the date we read it. Software pricing moves, so check before you budget.
Springly
Pricing read 26 October 2026.
- Liberty: $0/month, payments and forms only.
- Serenity: $45/month, up to 250 contacts.
- Professional: $119/month, up to 250 contacts. This is the tier that adds API access and accounting tools.
- Network Management: quote only.
Who it suits: A small or growing nonprofit or association that wants membership, payments, and events handled in one tool without needing tech skills to run it. It's a weaker fit once you need the API or real accounting, since those sit behind the $119 tier rather than the $45 one, or once your organization has chapters, since chapter setup lives in the Network Management tier, which is quote-only rather than published.
MemberPlanet
Pricing read 26 October 2026.
- Essentials: $50/month plus a 2% platform fee.
- Pro: $100/month plus a 1% platform fee.
- Premium: $175/month plus a 1% platform fee.
- All three tiers also carry a 3% + $0.30 payment-processing charge per transaction.
Who it suits: MemberPlanet's own list of who it serves runs from associations, nonprofits and schools to booster clubs, PTAs, homeowners associations, and fraternity and sorority chapters and alumni groups. It's a natural fit for volunteer-run groups that collect dues and run events and want unlimited members and admins on every plan. The fees stack, though: a platform fee plus processing lands on every transaction, so they add up faster than the headline monthly number suggests.
MemberClicks
Pricing read 26 October 2026.
- When your members are individuals: starting at $4,500 annually.
- When your members are organizations: starting at $3,500 annually.
- Both are "based on organization and functionality needs," with no published price tied to a member count.
Who it suits: Professional and trade associations and chambers of commerce (it keeps a page built just for chambers) that want a full association-management system, with dues, renewals, events and reporting in one place, and are ready for a sales-led, custom quote rather than a self-serve monthly plan. Not the right fit if you want to see a real price before talking to anyone.
Neon CRM
Pricing read 26 October 2026.
- Starts at $99/month, priced on your organization's revenue rather than your number of records.
- Optional modules add a percentage on top of that base fee: +10% for Memberships and Volunteers, +20% for Events.
- So a membership organization pays at least $99 plus 10%.
Who it suits: Nonprofits whose core relationship is with donors, where membership is one more program layered on top of fundraising rather than the main thing being tracked. If dues and member renewals are the whole job, Neon's donor-first, revenue-based pricing makes it a less natural fit than something built around membership from the start.
Join It
Pricing read 26 October 2026.
- Starter: $29/month with a 3.0% service fee on online transactions.
- Total: $99/month at 2.0%.
- Extra: $199/month at 1.5%.
- Enterprise: a custom, negotiated fee, with "Unlimited Members" listed on the page.
- Annual billing is 10% off every tier, and nonprofits get a further 10% off. Stripe's own processing is charged separately from Join It's service fee.
Who it suits: Clubs, associations, nonprofits and community groups, in its own words, that want a simple system they can be live on quickly, on a flat monthly fee, and are comfortable with a per-transaction service fee that drops as they move up tiers. Do the math on your actual transaction volume before picking a tier, since the fee percentage is really the price that matters.
TidyHQ
Pricing read 26 October 2026.
- Free: $0/month, unlimited contacts, with a 3% + $0.20 service fee per transaction.
- Pro: $69/month month-to-month, or $690/year (about $58/month), unlimited contacts, with a 1% + $0.20 service fee.
- Enterprise: tailored, contact sales.
Who it suits: Volunteer-run clubs and small associations that want to start free and are willing to pay a per-transaction fee rather than a higher flat monthly rate. A good fit if your transaction volume is light; the fee adds up quickly for a group processing a lot of dues or ticket sales.
Member365
Pricing read 26 October 2026.
- Starting at $299/month plus setup.
- Setup is a one-time fee "based on the complexity of your onboarding & implementation," with no amount published.
- Everything past the base is modular add-ons on a custom quote, with no published tier table.
Who it suits: Associations, chambers of commerce, nonprofits, professional societies and unions, all named in its own FAQ, that want a full-featured platform configured with a dedicated onboarding guide and are ready for a sales conversation and an unpublished setup fee rather than a self-serve signup. Not for an organization that wants the whole price before it calls anyone.
the honest version
Why none of this fits on one chart
These seven vendors don't price on the same basis, so putting any two side by side as if one simply costs more than the other would be misleading. Wild Apricot and Springly price by contact count, but at different thresholds (100 contacts versus 250). Join It and TidyHQ price by feature tier with no contact cap, and add a transaction fee on top. Neon CRM prices on your organization's revenue, not your member count. MemberClicks and Member365 publish only a starting figure and quote the rest. Every number above is quoted exactly as that vendor publishes it, with the date we read it next to it. If you want the real cost for your organization, that means running your own member count and transaction volume against the vendor's actual terms, not comparing two headline numbers.
our honest take
Which one, if any
If your group is small, volunteer-run, and your transaction volume is light, TidyHQ's free tier or Join It's Starter plan will do the job for less than it would cost to build anything custom. If you're already paying a sales-led vendor like MemberClicks or Member365 for features you don't use, a self-serve tool on this list is worth pricing out before you renew.
Where owning your platform starts to make sense is further down the road, once the per-member or per-transaction math stops shrinking and starts looking like rent with no end date. We've made a real Wild Apricot move before: we moved HAULYP (Houston Area Urban League Young Professionals) off Wild Apricot onto Circle. That's the kind of migration conversation we're set up to have, not a sales pitch dressed up as a comparison chart.
For the longer, numbers-first breakdown on any one matchup, see Springly vs. Wild Apricot, Wild Apricot vs. MemberPlanet, and MemberClicks vs. Wild Apricot. If you're trying to decide whether to switch vendors at all, or to stop renting a platform entirely, start with our Wild Apricot alternative page.
rent vs own
The option that isn't on the list
Every product above is a rental. That is not a criticism - renting is the right call for plenty of organizations. But once the bill renews indefinitely, the trade is worth seeing plainly.
| Renting a platform | Owning one | |
|---|---|---|
| Setup speed | Fast on the self-serve tools; an implementation project on the sales-led ones | Slower - it's built for you, over weeks |
| Upfront cost | Low to moderate | Higher - it's a real build |
| Cost over time | Recurring, and it rises with your contacts, your revenue or your transaction volume | You own the asset; hosting + care, not per-member rent |
| Capability ceiling | Whatever the tier or module you're paying for includes | Whatever you need built, when you need it |
| Chapters & committees | A quote-only tier on most of them | Modeled on how your org is actually organized |
| Your data & content | Lives inside their platform | Yours - export it, move it, own it |
| If you outgrow or leave | Migration and lock-in to untangle | You already own it - nothing to escape |
| Who maintains it | They do - you're a tenant | We do, on a Care Plan - or your team. Either way it's yours |
platforms we've shipped
HAULYP
A Houston chapter moved off Wild Apricot onto Circle for community management, then run on systems built to keep working when volunteers, deadlines, and live members depend on them.
Read the case study
Urban League of Greater Atlanta YP
A chapter site rebuilt around the membership platform it already ran on, with events pulled in automatically and the member portal still authenticating against it. Every existing member credential carried across intact - nobody had to re-register or reset a password to keep access.
Read the case study
AAMA
A live membership platform for a marketing association: member portal, admin dashboard, payments, events, and automated communications - owned by the org, not rented.
Read the case study
Pulse Awards
A full platform from zero: submissions, Stripe payments, judge scoring, and a multi-section admin dashboard. Proof that custom association tooling ships.
Read the case studycommon questions
What's the cheapest Wild Apricot alternative?
On headline price alone, TidyHQ's free tier and Join It's $29/month Starter plan are the lowest entry points, but both charge a per-transaction fee on top (TidyHQ 3% + $0.20 on the free tier, Join It 3.0% on Starter). If your organization processes a meaningful amount in dues or ticket sales, run that fee against your actual volume before assuming either is cheaper than a flat-fee tool like Wild Apricot.
Is there a Wild Apricot competitor with no per-transaction fee?
Wild Apricot itself states it has no per-transaction fee, which is unusual on this list. Most of the others (MemberPlanet, Join It, TidyHQ) charge one on top of a monthly or annual price.
Which of these is built for organizations with chapters?
Three of them sell a separate, quote-only offer for a network of chapters or groups: Springly's Network Management tier, where its pricing page puts chapter setup; MemberPlanet's Enterprise Pricing, which it describes as for multi-tiered and national organizations; and TidyHQ's TidyConnect, for running a whole network. None of the three publishes a price for it, so a chaptered organization gets its real number from a sales call either way.
Should we switch off Wild Apricot, or stay?
That depends on what's actually not working. If the cost is the complaint, run the real numbers above against your member count first. If the complaint is that you don't own your data, your design, or your member relationships, that's a different conversation, and not one any subscription on this list solves. See our Wild Apricot alternative page for that side of it.
Has Howard Creative Co. actually moved anyone off Wild Apricot?
Yes. We moved HAULYP, an Urban League young-professionals chapter, off Wild Apricot onto Circle. We don't have a published cost or timeline for that move to share here, but it's real, completed work, not a hypothetical.
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Not sure which of these fits?
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