Wild Apricot runs clubs, nonprofits, hobby groups. All sorts. Which means a chamber ends up bending itself around a contact list. One membership category per person. Counts that mix members and contacts together. And a surcharge if you'd rather use your own card processor. We only do chambers, we don't take a cut of your payments, and under 50 members it's free.
Here's the thing about general membership software: it has to work for a book club and a national association at the same time. That's a hard job, and they do it well. It's just not the same job as running a chamber.
The three that come up most when chambers call us: one person can only hold one membership category, so the guy who owns two member businesses doesn't really fit anywhere. Member counts and contact counts blur together, so you're never sure which number your renewal is based on. And there's a surcharge on every payment if you don't use their gateway.
We start from businesses, not contacts. One person can belong to as many member businesses as they actually belong to. Payments run through your own Stripe account and we don't take a percentage. The money goes to the chamber's bank. We built it for our own chamber first, so dues and renewals already work the way you do them.
You don't have to take our word for it. Start a 14-day free trial with your own data, or read exactly what one price includes before you decide.
Everything a chamber runs day to day lives in the same login, shaped around businesses and dues instead of a generic contact list. Here's what you stop working around.
The owner with two member businesses is one person in your directory here, attached to both. Not two half-broken records you have to remember are the same guy.
Not with us. Dues and tickets run through your own Stripe account and the money lands in the chamber's bank. We don't take a percentage for you not using ours, because we don't have one.
This one was. Public directory, sponsorship packages, hot deals, ribbon cuttings, ambassadors, and committees with agendas, motions and minutes. None of it bolted on afterwards.
Plans go by active members, not by how many email addresses you've collected. Add contacts without the bill moving. Events, the member portal and SMS are all in there too.
| What you're comparing | ChamberBuilder | Wild Apricot |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Chambers of commerce | All membership organizations |
| Pricing | Free up to 50 members, then $249, $449 or $799 a month | Tiered by contact count, from free at 50 contacts |
| Payment surcharge | None: your own Stripe account | 20% surcharge reported if you don't use their gateway |
| One person, two businesses | Supported | Reviewers report one membership category per person |
| Website builder | Included in every paid plan | Included, though reviewers call the designs templated |
| Email and newsletters | Included, with SPF, DKIM and DMARC checks built in | Limited by your contact tier |
| Setup and onboarding fees | None | Ask about setup fees |
| Contract | Month to month, cancel any time | Annual tiers by contact count |
| Moving your data over | We import it for you, free | You're exporting out of it |
Wild Apricot's plans are tiered by contact count and change over time, so check their current plans 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 Wild Apricot. 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 Wild Apricot 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. Wild Apricot is general membership software used by clubs, nonprofits and associations of every kind, so a chamber ends up adapting to something that was never built around businesses and dues. We only do chambers, and under 50 members it's free.
Yes, and we do it for you. Send us the export and we load your members, businesses, events and renewal history in. You check it before anything goes live.
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. Wild Apricot charges by how many contacts you've got, so the bill climbs as your list grows, and people report a 20% surcharge if you use your own payment gateway. Compare your actual tier, not the entry price.
No. Our plans go by active members, not contacts. That's one of the most common reasons chambers call us. They're paying more because they collected email addresses.
Yes. That's normal in a chamber and it's how we built it. Wild Apricot users report you can't do it there, which is a real headache if you've got owners with more than one business in town.
No. Month to month, cancel whenever, no setup fee.
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.
