The Wild Apricot alternative built for clubs with a front gate.
Wild Apricot keeps a tidy membership list. Memberley runs the club itself — dues, guest passes, reservations, QR check-in at the gate — with unlimited members, payments into your Stripe account, and no per-contact pricing tiers.
Free migration off Wild Apricot · Unlimited members · 45-day trial, no card
Moving from Wild Apricot 
Four reasons clubs move to Memberley.
- Unlimited members — contacts aren't a meter
- Wild Apricot prices by the size of your database: every lapsed member, prospect, and newsletter subscriber counts toward your contact tier, and the bill steps up as the list grows. Memberley includes unlimited members on every plan, starting at $0/yr with a 3% payment fee.
- Built for the front gate, not just the database
- Wild Apricot is general-purpose membership software: directory, website, newsletters, events. Memberley runs the club itself — seasonal dues, guest passes that auto-charge, lane and court reservations, and QR check-in at the gate — out of the box.
- Your own Stripe — and your own brand
- Wild Apricot routes cards through its integrated Personify Payments at 2.9% + 30¢, and other processors cost extra. With Memberley you connect your own Stripe account: payouts typically reach your bank in 1–2 business days, and the portal and every email carry your club's branding.
- We move you over for free
- Export your Wild Apricot contacts, send them to us, and we import your roster, set up your branded portal, and have you live before registration opens next season. No spreadsheets, no downtime.
Memberley vs. Wild Apricot.
 Memberley | | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $0/yr + 3%, or $500/yr with no payment fees | From $66/mo (100-contact tier) |
| Unlimited members included | Priced by contact tier | |
| One-time setup fee | None | None |
| Payments | Your own Stripe · 1–2 day payouts | Personify Payments · 2.9% + 30¢ |
| Member portal embeds in the website you already have | Widgets or hosted site | |
| White-label branding on portal & emails | — | |
| Built-in email broadcasts & member segments | ||
| SMS broadcasts & one-to-one texts | — | |
| Online dues & auto-renewal | ||
| Capital fees & special assessments | Tenure-based · one-time · initiation | Application fee · optional extras |
| Guest passes & QR gate check-in | — | |
| Reservations (lanes / courts / rooms) | — | |
| Point of sale & snack bar | — | |
| Digital waivers with e-signature | — | |
| Classes, lessons & programs | Event registration | |
| Mobile member experience | Browser-based — nothing to install | Member app |
| Free white-glove migration | Complimentary onboarding |
* Wild Apricot pricing & features as published on wildapricot.com (2026). “—” means not advertised by Wild Apricot; verify current terms before relying on them.
Wild Apricot is mature, widely used membership software — now part of Momentive Software — with a 60-day free trial, a hosted website builder, a member app, and nonprofit features like donations. If you're running a professional association or a nonprofit chapter, it's a credible choice. Memberley is for clubs with a physical facility — pools, swim & tennis clubs, and HOAs — where dues, guest passes, reservations, and gate check-in need to work as one system.
Club operations that come built in.
The parts of running a real facility that general membership software leaves to spreadsheets and clipboards.
Switching questions, answered.
- Is Memberley a good Wild Apricot alternative for pools and clubs?
- Yes — if your organization has a physical facility, Memberley is purpose-built for it: seasonal membership tiers, online dues with auto-renewal, guest passes that auto-charge at the gate, QR check-in, lane and court reservations, and waitlists. Wild Apricot is strong general membership software, but those club operations aren't part of its published feature set.
- How does pricing compare to Wild Apricot?
- Wild Apricot prices by contact-database size, starting at $66/month for a tier of just 100 contacts, and every prospect, lapsed member, and newsletter subscriber counts toward the tier. Memberley starts at $0/yr with unlimited members and a 3% payment fee — or a $500/yr Community plan with zero payment fees — and add-on modules are free for your entire first year. Standard Stripe processing fees apply, as with any provider.
- What counts as a contact in Wild Apricot?
- Everyone in the database — active members, lapsed members, event attendees, and newsletter subscribers all count toward your contact tier. A 350-family pool with spouses and a mailing list can outgrow a tier quickly. Memberley has no member or contact caps on any plan.
- Where does the money go when members pay?
- Into your own Stripe account. You connect Stripe in under 10 minutes, and dues, renewals, and guest fees typically deposit to your bank in 1–2 business days — no integrated processor in the middle. Wild Apricot's integrated Personify Payments charges 2.9% + 30¢ per transaction.
- Can we keep our existing club website?
- Yes. Memberley's member portal embeds into the site you already have, themed to match. Wild Apricot's strength is its hosted website builder — great if you want the vendor to run your site, unnecessary if you already have one you like.
- Do you work with Northern Virginia pools?
- Yes — Memberley is based in Northern Virginia and we'll happily meet your board in person to walk through setup and migration.
Stop counting contacts. Start running the club.
Start a 45-day free trial and see your club in Memberley in minutes, or send us your Wild Apricot export and we'll set everything up for you, free, before next season.