# Hiveway vs Chamber Nation

> Chamber Nation vs Hiveway: per-member pricing with a setup fee and website hosting, against one flat monthly price with no setup fee.

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Chamber Nation is chamber management software priced per member, bundled with Pippily, a community publishing system it manages for each client.

Honest comparison · Checked October 2026 · 1 source

## Choose Chamber Nation if

You want a chamber-specific system with a published per-member price, done-for-you member profiles at launch, and Pippily's publishing.

- You want your members' profiles researched and built for you at launch.
- You want QuickBooks integration today.
- You want text messaging to members built in.

## Choose Hiveway if

You want one flat price whatever your size, no setup fee, and your website built and hosted as part of it.

- Your chamber is growing and you don't want the bill to grow with it.
- You'd rather not pay a setup fee or a separate hosting fee.
- You want dues and tickets paid into your own Stripe account with no cut.

**The short version:** Hiveway for Chambers is $299 a month, flat, month to month. (ChamberMaster starts at $3,900 a year, before a website) [About Hiveway for Chambers](https://hiveway.org/chambers)

Chamber Nation does two things this market rarely does: it publishes a full price table, and it's month to month. Credit where it's due. It also builds your members' profiles for you at the start, and includes a 10-page website in setup.

The differences are in the shape of the bill: a price that rises with your member count, a setup fee from $1,250 to over $6,000, and a monthly hosting fee on the website.

## Twelve things, checked.

| What | Chamber Nation | Hiveway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Per member: $135 a month at up to 100 members, $250 at 200, $420 at 400, $475 at 500 | $299 a month, flat, for every chamber of any size |
| Contract | Month to month; cancel with 30 days' notice | Month to month. No annual contract, no setup fee |
| Setup fee | One-time: $1,250 at up to 100 members, $2,500 from 200 to 400, $3,125 at 500 | None. Setup is included |
| Website | A 10-page website in setup, plus a $25 monthly hosting fee | Included: a WordPress website we build and host, with a page for every member |
| Payment processing | Not published | Dues and tickets paid into your own Stripe account. We take no cut, ever |
| Dues invoicing, including checks | Membership management automation; QuickBooks integration $500 once plus $25 a month | Card, ACH, or an invoice paid by check and marked paid; reminders, grace and lapse handled for you |
| Directory and AI-readable pages | Member profiles built for you at launch ("buildouts"), plus Pippily's community publishing | Every member is a real page on your own domain that search engines and AI can read |
| Events and tickets | Included in the management system | Member and non-member prices, tables of 8 named later, QR check-in from a phone |
| Email and newsletter | "Extensive communication options"; texting $20 a month for 1,000 messages | Drafted from what's happening at your chamber, sent from your own domain |
| Moving off your old system | Setup includes building your first member profiles; extra profiles $12.50 each at signup | We move you off your old system ourselves, and redirect every old directory link |
| Support | An admin support portal, member how-to resources and webinars | Email, answered by Jeff or Amara, who built it |
| Company | Chamber Nation, software built for chambers, bundled with Pippily | Independent, no investors, the builders answer your email |

## The honest math.

Chamber Nation publishes its table. Monthly: $135 at up to 100 members, $250 at 200, $345 at 300, $420 at 400, $427.50 at 450, $475 at 500. One-time setup: $1,250 at up to 100 members (its text also says setup "starts at $1,450"), $2,500 from 200 to 400, $2,812.50 at 450, $3,125 at 500. The site carries a $25 monthly hosting fee.

So a 400-member chamber pays $5,040 a year plus a $2,500 setup fee in year one, by Chamber Nation's own table.

Hiveway for Chambers is $299 a month ($3,588 a year), the same for a chamber of 80 members or 800, with the website, setup and the move off your old system included. If you want one of us doing the work with you every month (your newsletter, your pages, your events), that's $599 a month on top, and never required.

## We move you ourselves.

At no charge, from an export of Chamber Nation.

**One honest note** Hiveway is in its founding season. We're building it now with our first chamber, so it isn't something you can sign up for off the shelf today.

[Apply as a Chamber](https://hiveway.org/apply?type=chamber)

1. Your members and their contacts
2. Payment history and renewal dates
3. Every old directory link, redirected to the member's new page so their rankings come with them
4. Your website, rebuilt and hosted as part of the price

## Questions, answered plainly.

### How much does Chamber Nation cost?

It's priced per member: $250 a month at 200 members and $420 at 400, plus a one-time setup fee of $2,500 at those sizes and $25 a month for website hosting.

### Does Chamber Nation require a contract?

No. It's month to month, with 30 days' notice to cancel. Hiveway is month to month too.

### Does Hiveway take a cut of dues or tickets?

No. Dues and tickets are paid into your chamber's own Stripe account. Stripe charges its normal processing fee; we add nothing on top, ever.

### Will we lose our directory's search rankings if we switch?

Not if the old links are redirected. We move your members ourselves and redirect every old directory URL to the member's new page on your own domain, so links people and search engines already have keep working.

## Sources, checked October 2026

1. [Chamber Nation pricing page](https://www.chambernation.com/pricing)

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## Fill your hive.

Tell us how many members you have and what you use now. One of us reads every application and writes back by email.

[Apply as a Chamber](https://hiveway.org/apply?type=chamber)

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