Three Places to Host Your Club in 2024

We take a quick look at three membership management software choices this year.

Membership software serves as a combination of a CRM and e-commerce platform for organizations, managing membership tiers and facilitating sales and renewals. Clubs, associations, and organization tracks member details and integrate with other systems like event ticking and emails.

Operational features (i.e. how your run your club or association) vary based on organizational needs, including membership check-in and digital cards. Affordability varies between SMB and enterprise solutions, below we’ll list a couple of good options today along with their pros and cons

Membership Software for Clubs & Associations

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embolt.app

embolt is the easiest membership software platform to get started on. You’ll link a PayPal, create a form, then share your hub with members to register.

Pros

No bank account required, easy to setup and import, no monthly charge

Cons

Does not support integrations with other tools

Join It

Join It offers a lot of integrations and member database tools

Pros

Battle tested, lots of features

Cons

Monthly fees, requires some expertise to use effectively

Wild Apricot

Wild Apricot is an old-school player in the space and provides an all-in-one solution from website design to member management.

Pros

Includes a white-label website on top of the software

Cons

Monthly fees, user interface trends old school, must use their website builder

Heylo.co

Heylo is a hybrid solution between a Meetup.com and member management tool, designed to host communities (and) clubs.

Pros

Community space for members complete with mobile app

Cons

Requires a bank account, hard to move members to download a new app

Conclusion

The mentioned services above represent our favorite tools for membership management in 2024. There’s likely lots of other tools out there, but it ultimately comes down to your own needs for your club, association, or organization.