# Hiveway vs MemberClicks

> MemberClicks MC Trade vs Hiveway for chambers: a $3,500 a year starting price on one-year contracts, against one flat monthly price.

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MemberClicks is association management software owned by Personify; its MC Trade product serves organizations whose members are businesses, including chambers.

Honest comparison · Checked October 2026 · 2 sources

## Choose MemberClicks if

You want a broad association platform with committees, an online store, sales management and optional apps, and your budget fits an annual contract.

- You need committees, sales management, an online store or a member app.
- You run a larger chamber or trade association with staff who'll use the depth.
- An annual contract suits your board.

## Choose Hiveway if

You want the chamber essentials, the website built and hosted for you, and one flat price month to month.

- You want a published price that doesn't depend on a sales call.
- You want to pay month to month.
- You want a directory where each member is a real page that AI can read and recommend.
- You want dues 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)

MemberClicks is a serious association platform, and its MC Trade edition is built for organizations whose members are companies, which is what a chamber is. It has a website builder, a directory, dues, events, email automation and committee tools. The questions a chamber director runs into are the price that starts at a floor and goes up from there, and a contract that usually runs a year.

Here's what MemberClicks publishes, next to what Hiveway includes.

## Twelve things, checked.

| What | MemberClicks | Hiveway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | MC Trade from $3,500 a year; MemberClicks says pricing depends on your organization and the features you need | $299 a month, flat, for every chamber of any size |
| Contract | "Our typical contracts are for 1 year," with discounts for multi-year terms | Month to month. No annual contract, no setup fee |
| Setup fee | Not published; professional services packages are listed without prices | None. Setup is included |
| Website | A website builder is included | 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 | Dues calculation and collection, with specialty pricing for chambers | Card, ACH, or an invoice paid by check and marked paid; reminders, grace and lapse handled for you |
| Directory and AI-readable pages | An online directory | Every member is a real page on your own domain that search engines and AI can read |
| Events and tickets | Event management | Member and non-member prices, tables of 8 named later, QR check-in from a phone |
| Email and newsletter | Email automation; Smart Newsletter is a separately listed add-on | Drafted from what's happening at your chamber, sent from your own domain |
| Moving off your old system | Professional services packages, priced by quote | We move you off your old system ourselves, and redirect every old directory link |
| Support | Not detailed on the pricing page | Email, answered by Jeff or Amara, who built it |
| Company | MemberClicks, owned by Personify, which also owns WildApricot | Independent, no investors, the builders answer your email |

## The honest math.

MemberClicks publishes starting prices: MC Trade from $3,500 a year, and MC Pro, for associations of individuals, from $4,500 a year. It says pricing depends on your organization and the features you need, and add-ons such as Smart Newsletter, the member app and the job board have no published price.

Its pricing page says typical contracts are for one year, with discounts for multi-year terms.

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 MemberClicks.

**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 MemberClicks cost for a chamber?

MC Trade, the edition for organizations whose members are businesses, starts at $3,500 a year. Your price depends on size and features, and add-ons are extra.

### Does MemberClicks require a contract?

Its pricing page says typical contracts are for one year, with a discount for longer terms. Hiveway is month to month.

### 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.

### Who owns MemberClicks?

Personify, which also owns WildApricot.

## Sources, checked October 2026

1. [MemberClicks pricing page](https://www.memberclicks.com/pricing/)
2. [MediaPost: Personify acquires MemberClicks](https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/358995/)

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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)

Source: https://hiveway.org/compare/memberclicks