Wild Apricot vs. Competitors

Wondering how Wild Apricot stacks up against the competition?

You’re probably here because you want answers to one or all of the following questions:

How much does Wild Apricot cost?
How does the price compare with alternatives?
How do Wild Apricot's features compare with alternatives?

Our mission at Wild Apricot is to be the #1 resource for small organizations everywhere. Even if you do not choose our software in the end, we have created this page so that you and your organization can make the best possible decision for your future.

Scroll down to quickly compare Wild Apricot's pricing, features, resources, and setup fees to our competitors.

Price Comparison (USD)

Number of members	Wild Apricot	ClubExpress	Tendenci	MemberClicks
250	$40	$90	$169	$238
500	$70	$150	$169	$296
2,000	$130	$360	$249	$375
5,000	$240	$500	$249	$455
15,000	$270	Call	$399	Call

Wild Apricot Ranks #1

Wild Apricot Ranked the #1 Membership Management Software

Wild Apricot received the coveted #1 spot in Capterra's Top 20 Membership Management Software Infographic for the fourth year in a row. Capterra, an authority on business software noted, "for the purpose of this ranking, Capterra focused specifically on solutions that include membership management as their core function". Read more

Features Comparison

Why is this comparison important?

Wild Apricot is an all-in-one solution with industry leading features and benefits. This table compares some of Wild Apricot’s standard functionality vs. competitors.

	Wild Apricot	ClubExpress	Tendenci	Member Clicks
Membership database With your membership information stored in the cloud, administrators can access the always up-to-date database from anywhere	✔	✔	✔	✔
Drag & drop website builder Lets anyone in your organization build and maintain web pages - zero coding required	✔	✘	✘	✘
Ready-to-use mobile friendly themes Choose from one of our fully responsive website themes that scale automatically to fit mobile phones and tablets	✔	✔	✔	✔
Event registration and tracking Post event listings, take registrations and accept online payments all on your Wild Apricot website.	✔	✔	✔	✔
Online payments and automatic invoicing Securely accept event registration payments, membership dues and donations	✔	✔	✔	✔
No payment processing fees No additional fees for online payment transactions	✔	✔	✔	✔
Emails and newsletter management Choose from a variety of professionally designed email templates to send and track emails and newsletters.	✔	✔	✘	✔
Unlimited emails to members Send an unlimited number of emails to all of your contacts.	✔	✔	✘	✔
iOS & Android Mobile App Check in event attendees at the door and update /add new contacts to your membership database on the spot using only your phone	✔	✘	✘	✘
Built-in forums Activate your community by using online discussion forums with the ability to limit access by membership level or group	✔	✔	✘	✔
Built-in Blog Create blogs or news articles to post your organization’s latest updates	✔	✔	✘	✘
WordPress plugin Allow admins to add member-only content from your Wild Apricot site into your WordPress site, withoutadditional authentication	✔	✘	✘	✘

Unmatched Resources

Why is this comparison important?

Despite being the most cost-friendly platform on the market, Wild Apricot’s goal is to empower you with the knowledge, expert advice, and peer support because you need more than just membership software to meet your organization’s reason for existence.

With over 16,636 client organizations, 55,000 administrators and 5 million members, we are in a unique position to be the world’s preeminent guide for small membership organizations to be successful.

In addition to your Wild Apricot account, you get free and unrestricted access to:

	Wild Apricot	ClubExpress	Tendenci	Member Clicks
Live Expert Webinars Authors & consultants offer their expert insight during live online presentations	✔	✘	✔	✘
Practical Guides and Articles A library of in-depth how-to guides and articles	✔	✘	✔	✔
Updates via our Blog Latest industry news and updates from our in-house bloggers	✔	✘	✔	✔

Setup Fees

Why is this comparison important?

Many software providers charge set-up fees and other miscellaneous one-time charges. This causes initial first-year costs to be high. With Wild Apricot there are no setup fees, your costs for the first year and every subsequent year thereafter will always remain the same. This chart compares prices for the first, and following years of use.

	Wild Apricot	ClubExpress	Tendenci	MemberClicks
Setup Fees	Free unlimited support	$150 - $1,920	Call for a quote	$2,495

The Bottom Line

We want to work with organizations who share our vision, value the value we provide and are driven to make their organization succeed.

We are confident that the extra value we have already added and will keep adding will bring you many times the return — more members, stronger organizations, happier volunteers, more everything.

Tying our success to yours, as closely as possible, is the only way we want Wild Apricot to succeed.

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