WildApricot

Pros: The promises we were told that we could use our existing wordpress website with WA handling events, gating content, etc.

Cons: That the onboarding and support reps do not having training on how to set up WA with an existing wordpress website. We've wasted 2+ months with email and chat loops without answers and with support reps that provide conflicting information

Pros: I loved how easy it is to create and maintain our website, host events, manage payments. I was in charge of the migration to WildApricot and it was a breeze

Cons: Sometimes the format options for designing webpages and emails could be a little clunky.

Pros: Our whole ski club is run using Wild Apricot. It's a very comprehensive system to broadcast events, track registrants and collect payments. As director I found it extremely helpful to oversee event status, and track sales as they occur.

Cons: Admin access needs to be more granular. Giving someone admin access exposes major parts of the system. Our need is to limit admin access to a specific event or event grouping. Considerable computer experience is necessary to manage the system and our volunteers don't all have the same level required. This puts the system at risk of unintended damage.

Pros: Most efficient platform. It genuinely supports manhour savings. What takes 100 manhours to achieve, is literally less than 20 manhours to achieve using all features of wild apricot. Imagine an 80% cost savings on manhours!

Cons: Email verification during registration. Unfortunately, some register with an email error. If there were an email verification during registration, it would further save manhours in contacting the registrants to correct email error.

Pros: It is generally very easy to use and we have really good success with member use.

Cons: My main issue, and it's a big one for me, is that there is no live support. I just can't accept that there is no way for your company to offer support personel for training or trouble shooting. The other important thing that could really be useful is the reporting. The options are not great and I find it hard to get data in a way that could be useful for our organization.

Pros: It has lots of great features like the forums and all the different letters you can generate and set up dates to have them automatically sent out. It’s also great for setting up events and then attaching all the reminders. It’s just all very difficult to do though.

Cons: It’s not intuitive and very difficult to work with.

Pros: That it is an one-stop-shop for all things membership & event & website management. Plus, it has all the Finance features, fantastic reporting, and Paypal integration.

Cons: No way to identify Duplications in the Contact List. We have to manually figure out which contacts to MERGE.

Pros: It's flexibility and simplicity. You don't need a degree to use it, it can be learned by almost anyone.

Cons: Not enough features on using the App, compared to the website. For example, we have a carpool page on the website but unable to see it on the app.

Pros: It allows me to have a secure place to make tickets to a class I teach for injury prevention.

Cons: I wish there was a way to incorporate more admins at no charge and more geared to classes not fund raising.

Pros: I have used wild Apricot to build 4 websites since 2008 and several sites are still issue today. The User Friendliness in Building a website for a non-developer. The COMPLETE features to include e-mail marketing and SaaS. (Members can join and update their details and register for events.

Cons: Storage space can sometimes limit keeping organizational files in the cloud. I would like to set more udpated plug and play web pages.

Pros: $87

Cons: I'm still trying to figure out the best way to do newsletters for non OPA members. It seems that a non-member could sign up for a newsletter, and then their email is in our system, but it kind of gets muddy when we want to only send a newsletter out for our members (member only events, get togethers at peoples houses, etc. ) and public events (come to our big pottery show). I also get confused then, when I see all of the numbers in the system - who is a member and who do we just have their email. We sometimes write grants and we like to share our reach for certain events we do - it would just be nice if it was clearer to separate the members/non members in our system. Maybe there is, and I just haven't quite figured it out.

Pros: WildApricot provides an excellent platform for the website for our arts and crafts guild. The website development tools are powerful and easy to use and customize. The platform allowed us to build our website ourselves without incurring costs for an outside web developer. Our organization is membership-based, requiring that all participants in our events and activities be current paid-up members. The Wild Apricot platform ensures that this criteria is met at all times. Great membership and event management features include customizable membership and registration forms, a helpful mobile app for administrators, easy payment processing, and effective search and reporting tools.

Cons: The main limitation of WildApricot for our organization is the inability for a individual to hold more than one category of membership at a time.

Pros: Great and easy software to use. Would recommend to anyone

Cons: I have no complaints about the software

Pros: Nothing that was offered by them for use in my club

Cons: Operation that was offered by them for us ein my club

Pros: Even people with no computer know-how can easily used this app.

Cons: Computer glitches may occur. One need to update the program every now and then to avoid errors in entries.

Pros: The customer support was good as its live chat and email. It facilitated a members only database. There is a mobile app and supports mobile payments.

Cons: It links with Wordpress but has limited other integrations. Does not have advanced social media intergrations.

Pros: This software is a one-stop shop for membership management. It also manages your website, event management, payments, subscriptions, members only content, and more!

Cons: It has a learning curve for setting up, configuration, and for daily administration of the software.

Pros: they promoted ease of use, quality of support, ease of launching and transferring data from last provider. None of those were accurate.

Cons: ease of use, technical support, transfer of data, general user interface

Pros: Wild Apricot is a fully featured membership platform covering both the back office administration as well as member-facing website/portal. It would be a solid choice for an organisation that is willing to fully adopt the "Wild Apricot way", i.e. working in the way the system works rather than trying to do anything unique.

Cons: Wild Apricot is from North America. This means many of the settings are geared towards organisations based in the US/Canada. Customers elsewhere (e.g. UK) may find certain important features don't exist, or are slow to be offered. Examples would be Gift Aid on donations and BACS Direct Debit.

Pros: The best thing is that it is an all-in-one software. So with the backend management system you have a web-site sitting on top of it. It makes everything super simple for us to only have to use one main software.

Cons: Honestly, nothing. It does take a bit of time to figure it all out and their are limitations of it in terms of website design. But from what you pay for it is a solid software.

Pros: Comprehensive membership management and membership data.

Cons: no customer service. I am locked out of our web site and WA does nopt answer.

Pros: Member management and communications is good.Event management is good.Support is good.

Cons: Financial management needs work - only shows income not expenditure so no P&L view.Some permissions for admins need to be more fine-grained (e.g. FOH in event management with the app.)The contact-based pricing hurts organisations like us... the value is in our 300 members, the cost is in our 1000 other contacts.