MembershipWorks vs. Join It
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Looking for a Join It Alternative?
Both MembershipWorks and Join It serve a wide variety of organizations, from small social clubs and non profits to large Chambers of Commerce and professional associations. Every group is different, but when comparing the two choices, many find their membership needs met with MembershipWorks for a lower total cost.
How MembershipWorks is better than Join It
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- No added transaction fees. With Join It, not only will you pay a transaction fee to your payment gateway, but Join It will also charge you added transaction fees on top of gateway fees. These additional transaction fees start at 1.5% and go up to 3% depending upon the pricing plan. When Join It’s fees are combined with your payment gateway fees, you could be looking at losing up to 5.9% for each online purchase. MembershipWorks charges no additional transaction fees beyond what your payment gateway charges.
- All paid plans can access all features. MembershipWorks enables smaller organizations on paid plans to access all of the same features that larger groups can access. With Join It, features such as the member directory are not available for those with the Starter Package.
- Member only content for all plans. All MembershipWorks customers can create password-protected pages on their website that logged in members can access. Member only content increases the value of membership and can aid in member retention. With Join It, this feature is not available for those with the Starter Package.
- Unlimited admins for all paid plans. With Join It, the number of administrators is limited according to which pricing plan you have chosen. On the other hand, a MembershipWorks primary admin on any paid plan can add as many secondary admins as needed without added cost.
- Members can create their own board listings. While Join It allows admins to create posts and members to comment on those posts, MembershipWorks allows members and non-members to create their own separate listings on a board. MembershipWorks customers can also charge users per listing, which can provide another source of income for your organization.
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Key Setup Differences
Admin Roles – MembershipWorks allows flexible permission settings for secondary admins. For example, you can give an admin permission to only be able to edit or view members in particular folders. In Join It, there are 4 basic roles that can be selected for admins and the permissions for those roles cannot be edited. So if you give an admin access to edit member accounts, you cannot specify which accounts they can edit.
Fixed-anniversary date membership billing – MembershipWorks provides an option to pro-rate or schedule discounts for members who sign up for a membership with a fixed anniversary date in the middle of a membership period. In Join It, members who join in the middle of a billing cycle are always charged the full amount of dues. This means that admins would need to refund them as needed in order to provide a discount.
Increase Membership Dues – When increasing membership dues in MembershipWorks, our system will attempt to migrate all members on automatic recurring billing to the new pricing. In Join It, members on auto-recurring billing will not be migrated to the new pricing.
Member Directory Integration – You can seamlessly add multiple member directories to pages on your website with MembershipWorks. The Join It member directory can only add one directory to your website and it is embedded into an iframe, so it does not look seamless.
Explore MembershipWorks Features
 Membership Management |
 Event Calendar & Registrations |
 Online Payments |
 Donations, Carts & Forms |
 Job Board |
 Announcement Board |
 Classified Ads |
 Member Directory |
 Members Only Content/Items |
Updated 2026 – Note that pricing and features may change from the information we have gathered here. Providers regularly evolve their product offerings and prices.
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