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core.club vs
Wild Apricot
Wild Apricot is one of the best-known membership tools for associations and nonprofits. It handles the member database, a website builder, event registration and dues, and it gives members a native app for browsing the directory and signing up for events. That has been its sweet spot for years. core.club handles the same membership and dues work, then adds the pieces association software usually skips: class and session booking, facility reservations, leagues and ladders, and member chat. Pricing runs on the money you process rather than how many contacts you store.
How the two line up, row by row
Where Wild Apricot shines
Where core.club does more
A club members actually open
core.club turns your membership into a native app with events, a directory, chat, and payments, not an admin database members rarely see like Wild Apricot.
Frequently asked
Is core.club a good Wild Apricot alternative?+
Yes. Both give members a native app for memberships and events. core.club also does class and facility booking, leagues and ladders, and member chat in the same app, and it starts free.
What does Wild Apricot do that core.club does not?+
Wild Apricot has a full drag-and-drop website builder and donation and nonprofit tools. core.club gives each club a simpler public page and puts its weight behind day-to-day operations (and it does email campaigns too). If a themed marketing site or fundraising is central to how you run things, Wild Apricot is the stronger pick there.
How is core.club pricing different from Wild Apricot?+
Wild Apricot charges a monthly subscription that scales with your contact count. core.club is free to start and takes a 2.5% fee on payments you process through it. A $29/month Pro plan caps those fees at $250 a month per location; on the free plan the 2.5% is uncapped.
Does Wild Apricot have a member app?+
Yes. Wild Apricot has a native member app for the directory and event registration. core.club has a native app too, and adds class and facility booking, leagues and member chat on top of memberships and events.
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