ClubExpress vs MemberMatters
ClubExpress
clubexpress.comMemberMatters
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| Figure | ClubExpress | MemberMatters |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.30/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 10 | 0 |
| Spec score · Membership Management Software | 9.1 (#3) | 7.4 (#82) |
| Spec score · Nonprofit Membership Management Software | 9.1 (#3) | 7.6 (#20) |
| Hosting | ClubExpress is cloud-hosted on AWS, with AWS also storing selected documents, photos and audio/video files. | The project says its officially supported deployment is the Docker Hub image on an Ubuntu Server LTS host, with AMD64 and ARM64 builds for each release. |
| Integrations | The Zapier integration can send membership, donation, renewal, and event data to services such as HubSpot, Google Calendar, and Mailchimp; it is designed for incremental synchronization rather than historical migration. | The project lists Canvas or Moodle induction courses, OIDC and Discourse SSO, SendGrid or Postmark email, Twilio SMS, and Discord swipe notifications as integrations. |
| Intended users | ClubExpress describes its service as supporting membership-based organizations, including clubs and associations, with websites, events, finances, and communications. | The project describes MemberMatters as intended for makerspaces and community groups and lists makerspaces that use or trial it. |
| Payments | ClubExpress handles online cards, ACH, Apple Pay, Google Pay, checks, cash, donations and Stripe-reader point-of-sale transactions. | The software supports recurring credit-card membership payments through Stripe and on-site and in-portal Memberbucks payments. |
| Purpose | ClubExpress provides clubs and associations with a website, member login and database, renewals, discussion forums, and other organization management features. | MemberMatters is an open source membership, billing, and access control solution for makerspaces and community groups. |
| Security | ClubExpress says it uses nightly offsite backups, real-time database backups, salted and hashed passwords, and HTTPS with a minimum of TLS 1.2. | The maker says production deployments should use HTTPS behind a reverse proxy and recommends nginx with Let’s Encrypt. |
| Support | The vendor advertises U.S.-based phone and email Customer Success support plus context-sensitive online help, webinars and tutorials. | The project says its limited resources focus on features and bug fixes and invites users to open an issue or discussion with suggestions. |
Plans
ClubExpress
- 501–1000 members$0.30 a month
- 301–500 members$0.34 a month
- 201–300 members$0.38 a month
- Up to 200 members$0.42 a month
- 501-1000 Members$30 a month
- 301-500 Members$34 a month
- 201-300 Members$38 a month
- Up to 200 Members$42 a month
- Basic Setup$150, paid once
- Organizations larger than 1000 membersPriced on request
In their own words
ClubExpress
ClubExpress gives clubs and associations a website, member login and database, and tools for managing membership and organization activity. Members can sign up online, select configurable membership types, and handle renewals and expirations. The platform includes more than 22 purpose-built modules, such as committees, forums, documents, photo albums, surveys, blogs, event calendars, and volunteering. Its member-focused mobile app runs on Apple iOS and Google Android, alongside web and API support. A Zapier integration can send membership, donation, renewal, and event data to services such as HubSpot, Google Calendar, and Mailchimp; it is intended for incremental synchronization rather than historical migration. Optional QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop integrations export transactions, payments, credits, fees, and customer records. ClubExpress says its servers are hosted on AWS behind a firewall, and lists nightly offsite and real-time database backups, salted and hashed passwords, and HTTPS with a minimum of TLS 1.2. It states that it is a PCI Level 2 merchant. The paid service offers a 60-day trial, limited to 10 manually entered members; credit card processing and non-member database imports are disabled during the trial.
MemberMatters
MemberMatters has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.