Comments and Reviews of Wild Apricot Membership Website Software

"I greatly appreciate the timesavings we've achieved with Wild Apricot. I no longer have to waste time mailing and emailing application forms to potential fund-seekers. And volunteers can quickly access up-to-date information online. Using Wild Apricot has not only resulted in time-savings of at least five hours per week, but we have significantly reduced spending on postage, envelopes and letterheads."

"Membership signup, online payments, email blasts, registration for events... Outstanding tools. A+.

We are coming on with a second website, we are so pleased with the look and feel, ease of use, feature-rich environment."

"We are a volunteer organization of trainers within a unique professional niche. We don't have a technical person; I'm it. Our need is for communication, taking questions and getting feedback, announcing training opportunities, and for promoting and registering people for our annual conference.

The incredible ease of making changes, adding and subtracting pages, and of sending out e-mails to all registered... I'm totally satisfied; best decision we ever made. I couldn't make any changes on our previous platform; now I can make them in a second - and I'm totally untechnical!"

"You guys have found the holy grail of customer satisfaction....responding to questions in a very timely matter, even when they are repeated again and again.

Excellent and far above anything I have experienced, and I have 40+ years in telecommunications, 23 years working with the internet and in marketing/sales, a degree in Computer Science, worked in 14 countries in the world and been to 2 goat ropings ;-)

Integrated functions, e.g. payments, subscriber maintenance, emailings, themes, ability to make your version, plus many other functions...all integrated at a very, very reasonable price.

This has saved us not only money to buy in all those functions but the time (and learning curve) to implement them."

" This system is great. I run into a few problems here and there but I can always fix it with no troubles. And the help is always available. My emails are answered fast which enables me to get my work done without skipping a beat."

"I have literally spent $1000s of dollars and 5 years trying to automate my club membership program online. All of this time and money was wasted. In 2 weeks, I accomplished more with Wild Apricot than in all of my previous efforts combined. I could not be happier with the program."

"We are a Not for profit that needed to manage volunteer lists, members and subscriptions over the web so that we can all access the data.

We had spent many months searching for a solution that allowed us to simply manage and store volunteers and members. We researched 33 different solutions ranging from enterprise packages through to public domain solutions, they were either overblown, ridiculously overpriced or half baked and unworkable.

WildApricot does exactly what we need. Within 2 hours we had developed custom interface and volunteer fields created with a web page that our users and members could readily access. We can now stop using excel as a membership manager and start managing, not just coping with volunteers"

"We are glad to pay the monthly fee and will continue to grow the user base and support this cost as we grow, rather than some of the massive up front costs and consulting fees that other solutions incurred"

"Whenever I have a question or problem, someone from Wild Apricot gets back to me quickly, sometimes within a few hours, sometimes within minutes. Also, I have suggested features that have been implemented."

"This year we decided to try out Wild Apricot to handle the hassle of event registrations for our annual Computer Refurbishers Summit. I'm no computer whiz, just your average Microsoft Word user, but I found it extremely easy and user-friendly. Most importantly, I spent 50% less time this year getting everyone registered compared to previous years."

"After looking at and evaluating many membership-oriented, web-based systems, I still like Wild Apricot probably the best of all that is available... it is easy to use, it is effective, and it has a relatively low cost of entry. It's Web 2.0 but it is also user-friendly."

"Wild Apricot lets us focus on our organization instead of organizing. We found the event management tools excellent and our members liked how easy it was to sign up. We love how it easy it was to plan for an event and sign up members!"

"...You are the only company/webdevelopers who are genuinely unselfish and customer oriented. Thank you for being what you are #1 The Best in your highly competitive field!..."

"I had a problem with using Wild Apricot and called technical support. A real human answered my call and solved the problem right away. I was very impressed with the technical support."

"I love how it's easy for any authorized person to update the website. We don't have to rely on one technical person to do it."

"OriginsUSA previously had a website that was managed by a volunteer using DreamWeaver. We went through three webmasters. Each time, there was one person being stuck with all the work of updating our website, and if the person was not available, our website remained out of date. It was a lot of work for the webmaster volunteer, and if we changed our mind about what we wanted, we'd have to ask her to re-do all her work. Now, any designated person can go in and easily update the website. Keeping our website up-to-date has helped us do a much better job of showing visitors to our site what the organization is doing."

"...Thanks again for making my crazy life just a little more manageable!..."

" ...we had just made FGI history - everyone had registered online for an event! I also canceled the age old telephone answering / registration service, which was such a thrill..."

"...incredibly responsive and helpful. Outstanding."

"Wonderful system for membership organizations. Love all the automated features which is why we went to it, in combo with the web hosting."

"Easy to use and set up, great automated features such as event reminders, membership expiration, etc."

"It is great to have the website creation, member database/dues management all in the same place. This is exactly what a small, new organization like ours needed. Not hard at all to learn how to use it, which I appreciate. It is so useful to members sign up themselves, update their own info, etc. That means I don't have to do it manually!"

"the quality is high--design looks good and everything works the way it's supposed to."

"...support staff has responded to questions and comments immediately through both email and the forums. I am beyond pleased with the technical support and ongoing improvements."

"I have followed your release notes and see you implement improvements based on user response. Outstanding!"

"I would highly recommend Wild Apricot to any client or peer that needs a similar system"

"Wild Apricot is a GREAT service!"

"I have found the response to be very quick when I send a support request."

"When I first started uysing the system for LEHDER I sent in suggestions which have already been implemented!"

"If it weren't for Wild Apricot we would not have a website, because as a small organization we have a tight budget. We simply could not afford the far more expensive alternatives available in the market. We find Wild Apricot's event management and e-mail facilities really convenient and are using it to improve internal and external communications. We've already received delightful comments from website visitors."

"... we're a volunteer organization with a rotating, working board. To be able to store everything online is invaluable..."

"i've been using the free trial of your software and love it! i was told that i would not be able to get this kind of thing unless i paid tons of money to have all the code and stuff written. turns out that your site does exactly what i need it to."

"I have to say you guys are extremely responsive to problems/questions which is only one of the reasons I have moved our stuff to the WA site!"

"I am an rabid fan of Wild Apricot! While the website is very young and will continue to improve, I think it is a great example how Wild Apricot can be used to bring a Neighborhood Association together and put the vital information at their fingertips. Also, with 95% of our site not requiring a password, it brings info to non-members while also allowing easy access to existing members without requiring them to sign in.

Also this site was designed by someone who is not a web designer! Your product is easy to use and very powerful. I highly recommend it!

Thank you!"

"I've been creating a business, but up until now couldn't figure out how I would get it online.

I am fairly technical, but for some reason, I don't "get" the internet, this makes it possible.

Thanks again!"

"Over the last 2 years I have been attempting to get all of our Scout Group systems online, and have found it very difficult. Then I came across Wild Apricot and since I migrated the old website to your system, the uptake had been terrific and has made life so much easier for everyone."

"I used software that I wrote. I spent many hours developing a ColdFusion/SQL server solution. In only six hours I was able to complete the WA setup with a more robust interface that I had previously."

"I have been a user of WildApricot for about 4 months now. Your website and service is outstanding! I can't wait for the next release, especially the multiple members-only sections"

"I work for an accounting firm and we have a very specialized service that we offer to a particular group of people. I found Wild Apricot useful in supplying these individuals with 24 hour access to information, articles, and documents. Wild Apricot allows me to have complete control over the website and content offered, as well as the ability to customize and update my website on an as-needed basis without needing web-based or coding expertise. The possibilities are almost endless. I have never used a service with such outstanding customer support."

"...Very simple and easy to use. Intuitive...This will save us so much time."

"Wild Apricot has definitely improved our efficiency. I can concentrate on what I need to do, which is planning events and talking to members, as opposed to managing the website."

"My technical know-how is below average, but Wild Apricot delivered on its promise of being intuitive and easy to pick up on. It didn't take us more than two weeks to experience increased sign-ups, and an overwhelming response from our members, wanting to submit pictures and videos to our collection. I would recommend Wild Apricot to every small non-profit."

"Seriously, you guys are saving my life. I can now sleep, find paying work and relax once in a while."

"I am really depending on the membership aspect. ... Now that I've set it up, it just works for me so I can concentrate on interesting content to drive traffic to our site"

"Wild Apricot works really well at very reasonable price and if you don't use it, it's your loss. Wild Apricot wasn't known to me when I started my research and I almost gave up. I am so glad I took one last look for a CMS solution. I AM WA's biggest fan. I have to be."

"Easy, Cheap, Effective."

"I am very appreciative of wildapricot, it's saved me tremendous time and effort."

"I've been happy with having this service and ability to get a site up quickly. I had been trying to learn Civcrm and Drupal, and this seems to give both."

"...many thanks - your support is EXCELLENT - a pleasure to see - PS we love your product. If you ever need a reference account, just let me know:)"

"I have been using Apricot for our on-line event registration system for several weeks now. I really like how easy it was to understand and use as well as the pricing model - it makes Apricot I believe the most affordable and usable system. We host regular (up to 15) events per month and having this system has dramatically changed and improved our ability to deliver events In a timely and professional manner. I must also complement you on your OUTSTANDING support. As Apricot is inexpensive, and as such, I expected poor support, but each and every time that I have a question or needed assistance, you and your team have be incredibly responsive to my requests. THANKS FOR A GREAT SOLUTION!"

"A very easy to use CMS solution. fast, simple and small learning curve."

"Simple tool to centralize all of your organizations needs."

"Real time registration. Real time reports"

"The most useful for me is automated membership renewal system, and the ability for members to log in with unique log in to change their profile and access member only pages. This is awesome. I like the directory too."

"The support staff was personable and understanding to my organizations processes and needs. Awesome product and great service. I look forward to more business with Wild!"

"The membership management part is HUGE for us as that is a key part of our growing organization."

"...great for anyone looking to keep track of members and you are tired of managing your members in a db or Excel file. The tool is flexible and relatively inexpensive for those on a budget."

"The product is well deserving of great recognition. I have already recommended the product to a couple of organizations."