Most chambers that call us aren't leaving GrowthZone because it's broken. They're leaving because nobody will tell them the price, the website costs extra, and getting one number for the board turns into a project. We built ours the other way round. The price is on the site. The website and email come with it. Under 50 members, it's free.
We built ChamberBuilder for our own chamber first, so we've sat where you're sitting.
The things chambers tell us about GrowthZone are pretty consistent. You need to be half a web developer to find your way around the back end. The report screen has so many options you can't tell which one gives you the number the board asked for. And the bill is a base price plus modules, so you're never quite sure what you're paying for.
That's not really a knock on them. They're serving big associations too, and that's a different job. It's just not the job a two-person chamber office needs done.
So we did it differently. The price is on the website before you talk to anyone. The website builder and the email tool come with it. The reports your board asks for are already built and sitting there. And when you email us, you get the people who actually built it.
Have a look at what each plan costs and see if the numbers work for you.
These are the four things we hear most from chambers moving off GrowthZone. Here's where we landed on each one.
We hear this one constantly. So we built the reports instead of building a report builder. Profit and loss. Who owes you money and how late they are. What's renewing. What came in. Pick one, or have it emailed to your treasurer every month. Nothing to set up.
Ours isn't. Pick a theme, change a page, post an event, update the directory. It's in every paid plan and there's no design fee to get going. If you want us to move your old site across, ask.
Build it block by block. Text, images, buttons, columns, however you want it. Schedule the send, then see who opened it. We also check your SPF, DKIM and DMARC so your mail actually lands, which is the part most chambers find out about too late.
You shouldn't have to be. Members, dues and payments live in one record per business, lapsed members get flagged for you, and money goes straight to the chamber's account through Stripe. If something in here needs explaining, email us. Usually we'd rather fix it than explain it.
| What you're comparing | ChamberBuilder | GrowthZone |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Chambers of all sizes | Associations of all sizes |
| Pricing | Free up to 50 members, then $249, $449 or $799 a month | Custom quote; chambers report starting around $3,900 a year |
| Smallest chambers | Free up to 50 members | Quoted like everyone else |
| Setup and onboarding fees | None | Ask about onboarding and website design fees |
| Contract | Month to month, cancel any time | Often annual, check your agreement |
| Data migration | We import your data for you at no extra cost | You export your data and manage the move from there |
| Website builder | Included in every paid plan | Separate module, with a design fee reported around $3,500 |
| Email and newsletters | Included, with SPF, DKIM and DMARC checks built in | Separate module |
| Financial reporting | Seven reports built in, schedulable by email | Report builder users describe as hard to navigate |
| Support experience | Direct support from the ChamberBuilder team | Support team and ticket-based support |
GrowthZone's pricing and terms depend on your contract, so check your agreement for the exact numbers. This reflects what chambers tell us when they come to us, not a quote from them.
Pull your members, events, and history out of GrowthZone. If you're not sure how, tell us and we'll walk you through exactly which export to run.
Send us the export and we load it into ChamberBuilder. Members, businesses, renewal dates, and history come across. This is included, not a paid migration.
You check the import against your old system before anything is public. Nothing flips over until you're happy it's right.
Point your domain at ChamberBuilder, tell your members, and close out GrowthZone at the end of your term. We'll be on the other end of the line if anything comes up.
Don't see yours? Email [email protected] . A real person responds same-day. Or read the full pricing breakdown .
That's who we built it for. GrowthZone serves everything from chambers to big associations, and covering that much ground makes it heavier than a two-person office needs. We only do chambers. Members, dues, events, email, website, all in one place, and you can see the price before you talk to anyone.
Close enough for this page. GrowthZone is the parent company and ChamberMaster is its chamber-branded version, built on much the same platform. If you're looking at either one, everything here applies.
Yes, and we do it, not you. Send us your export and we load your members, businesses, events and renewal history in. You check it against your old system before anything goes live. We don't charge for this.
Ours is on the site: free up to 50 members, then $249, $449 or $799 a month, and yearly billing charged at ten months for twelve if you pay yearly. GrowthZone quotes you, and chambers tell us it starts around $3,900 a year before the website design fee and any modules. Ask for their full number, not the base one, or you're not comparing the same thing.
No. Month to month, cancel whenever. No setup fee either.
The import and your review take most of it, not the setup. Start a free trial with your real data and you'll know within a day or two.
ChamberBuilder brings members, billing, events, directory, website, and email into one place so your team can spend less time managing software and more time running the chamber.
