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Gather Commons
What Gather Commons is
Gather Commons is a web-based community engagement platform for neighborhoods, swim and tennis clubs, and homeowners associations. Communities can publish events, collect RSVPs and payments, coordinate volunteers, and run potlucks or contests. Members can reserve courts and facilities with rules, approvals, and conflict-free scheduling. A private searchable directory organizes households, roles, and leadership. Online dues and event payments use Stripe or Square, while cash and check payments can be recorded. Payments feed a ledger with budgets, cash-flow projections, capital planning, and year-end close tools. Core costs $124 a month and includes events, reservations, clubhouse rentals with deposits, online dues and reminders, documents, and a branded custom-domain website. Premium costs $208 a month and adds SMS, waiting lists, change logs, analytics, sponsor tools, and priority support. The service offers a 14-day trial, no free plan, and no native mobile app.
Who it suits
It suits neighborhoods, clubs, and HOAs that need web-based events, reservations, member directories, payments, and community finances.
What it does well
- Handles events, RSVPs, payments, and volunteer sign-ups
- Supports rules-based court and facility reservations
- Provides a private searchable member directory
- Tracks dues and payments in a community ledger
- Offers custom-domain websites and Premium audit logs
What to know first
- Core costs $124 a month
- Premium costs $208 a month
- No free plan or native mobile app
- Does not provide payroll, bank feeds, or audited statements
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Core | $124/mo · Events, RSVPs & announcements · Court & facility reservations · Clubhouse rentals with deposits · Online dues, payments & reminders · Member directory & documents · Branded website on your own domain | $124 a month |
| Premium | $208/mo · Everything in Core · SMS notifications · Waiting lists for events & courts · Audit log of every change · Analytics & reporting · Sponsor tools · Priority support | $208 a month |
| Core | $1490 billed yearly · Events, RSVPs & announcements · Court & facility reservations · Clubhouse rentals with deposits · Online dues, payments & reminders · Member directory & documents · Branded website on your own domain | $1,490 a year |
| Premium | $2490 billed yearly · Everything in Core · SMS notifications · Waiting lists for events & courts · Audit log of every change · Analytics & reporting · Sponsor tools · Priority support | $2,490 a year |
As gathercommons.com lists them, read 11 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Gather Commons combines community activities, facility scheduling, member information, and payment records in a browser-based service. Core covers essential operations, while Premium adds communications, waitlists, auditing, reporting, and sponsor tools at a higher monthly cost.
Facts from Gather Commons's own pages
- Accounting limits
- Gather Commons says it does not provide accounts payable, payroll, bank feeds, or formal and audited financial statements. · gathercommons.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Community finances
- Payments post to a ledger, and the product includes budgets, cash-flow projections, capital planning, and year-end close. · gathercommons.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Custom domain
- Yes · gathercommons.com, 22 Sept 2026
- Data ownership
- The privacy policy says communities control Community Data and Gather Commons processes it on their instructions; it also says data is processed and stored in the United States. · gathercommons.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Directory
- The member directory is private and searchable, with households, roles, and leadership. · gathercommons.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Event hosting
- Yes · gathercommons.com, 22 Sept 2026
- Events
- Communities can publish events, collect RSVPs and payments, organize volunteer sign-ups, and run potlucks and contests. · gathercommons.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- No · gathercommons.com, 22 Sept 2026
- Governance limits
- The FAQ says the product does not handle violations or architectural review. · gathercommons.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States · gathercommons.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- The privacy policy names Stripe and Square for payments, Brevo for transactional email, and cloud hosting and database providers. · gathercommons.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Maker and location
- The service is operated by Gather Commons LLC, formed in Georgia, and its privacy policy lists an Atlanta, Georgia address. · gathercommons.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Mobile access
- Gather Commons says it has no native app and is designed for use in a mobile browser without installation. · gathercommons.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Mobile apps
- none · gathercommons.com, 22 Sept 2026
- Payments
- Gather Commons supports online dues and event payments through Stripe or Square, and also supports recording cash and check payments. · gathercommons.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Private spaces
- Yes · gathercommons.com, 22 Sept 2026
- Purpose
- Gather Commons is a community engagement platform for neighborhoods, swim and tennis clubs, and HOAs. · gathercommons.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Reservations
- Members can reserve courts and facilities with rules, approvals, and conflict-free scheduling. · gathercommons.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The privacy policy says the service uses encryption in transit, hashed and tokenized credentials, scoped access controls between communities, and passkeys. · gathercommons.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 124 · gathercommons.com, 22 Sept 2026
- Support
- Premium includes priority support; the privacy policy lists [email protected] for privacy requests and support matters. · gathercommons.com, 11 Oct 2026
Where Gather Commons stands on Freedom251
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