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Associ8 vs MemberMatters
Both stand on membership billing software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Paid Web
Choose Associ8 if your organisation needs one platform for recurring memberships, renewals, finance, events and governance. Contact the provider to discuss a custom quote, migration and rollout for your organisation.
Visit Associ8 Paid LinuxSelf-hostedWeb
Choose MemberMatters if your makerspace or community group wants open-source membership management with recurring Stripe billing and physical access controls. Look elsewhere if you need a hosted service or precompiled kiosk binaries; organizations run their own instance and must build the kiosk app.
Visit MemberMattersThe facts
| Associ8 | MemberMatters | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not published | Not published |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | Web | Linux, Self-hosted, Web |
| Lowest paid plan | Free or on request | Not published |
| Plans published | 1 | None |
| Maker | Not published | MemberMatters |
| Website | connolegroup.com | github.com |
| On membership billing software | #29 of 34 | #33 of 34 |
Associ8: what it does well
- Tracks individual and organisation profiles with extensive membership details.
- Supports self-service renewals and automated renewal workflows.
- Manages committees, branches, permissions and branch-level visibility.
- Connects invoices, receivables, payments and revenue tracking.
- Handles event registration and follow-up using member data.
What to know first
- Paid plans use custom pricing on request.
- The listed platform is web.
MemberMatters: what it does well
- Open-source software under the MIT license.
- Supports recurring Stripe card payments and self-service billing.
- Manual account activation is available without a Stripe subscription.
- Access tools include swipe logs and overdue-payment card deactivation.
- Single sign-on supports OIDC and the Discourse protocol.
What to know first
- Organizations must host and maintain their own instance.
- A valid Postmark API key is required for correct operation.
- The Electron kiosk app has no precompiled download.
- Production deployment should use HTTPS behind a reverse proxy.
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