StarChapter
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StarChapter Pricing
StarChapter plans have a monthly fee and a one-time setup fee. To find your pricing, choose the plan with the number of members in your organization: STARTER plan: Under 50 members, $44/month, $399 one-time setup fee. ESSENTIAL plan: 51-150 members, $83/month (billed annually), $779 one-time setup fee. GROWTH plan: 151-300 members, $105/month (billed annually), $1,079 one-time setup fee. ADVANCED plan: 301-600 members, $133/month (billed annually), $1,319 one-time setup fee. PRO plan: 601-1,200 members, $165/month (billed annually), $1,559 one-time setup fee. Do you have more than 1,200 members? Talk to a StarChapter Account Executive to learn more. Get a 90-day satisfaction guarantee (excludes Starter).
Starting price:
$53.00 per month
Free trial:
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Most Helpful Reviews for StarChapter
1 - 5 of 616 Reviews
LaToya
Management Consulting, 1 employee
Used more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
Reviewed April 2022
Local CMSA Chapter
Patrick M.
Verified reviewer
Real Estate, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2021
Service, Price and Functionality
I've used StarChapter for more than 10 years. The platform is very user-friendly and customer service is top notch. The knowledge base is thorough and easy to navigate.
CONSWhen membership dues are variable based on size, the platform isn't intuitive. Flat dues work great!
Reason for choosing StarChapter
We never received a response from the other provider.
Reasons for switching to StarChapter
We switched because we needed an actual member directory and event registration.
Vendor Response
Wow thank you for being a long time StarChapter user and for taking the time to share your experience, we really appreciate your feedback.
Replied August 2021
Anonymous
2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2020
Membership management software that covers all bases!
StarChapter appears to be a very professional software company that has provided a great solution for organization membership management.
PROSStarChapter set everything up The training they provided was comprehensive The support is excellent. I had a few questions and received a response back within hours or even minutes. Once you get the hang of how it works, it is easy to make changes The price is incredible! We are a very small non-profit with a limited budget. Our users love the software. The admins really like the back end and the information it provides. Our members love the website and how easy it is to renew membership, sign up for classes and events.
CONSReporting is a little weak: I can find everything I need but it isn't as easy as I think it could be. (That said it could be that I haven't figured everything out yet.) I can get a list of new members, members that have renewed, and members that have not renewed BUT it does not produce a very attractive output. This would definitely not stop me from recommending this software.
Reason for choosing StarChapter
Cost and functionality were the key drivers in rejecting other software options. We use PayPal as our payment processor with a non-profit rate for fees. StarChapter gives us the flexibility to continue using PayPal which saves us more than the software costs!
Reasons for switching to StarChapter
Wild Apricot was getting expensive unless you used their payment processing gateway (which we did not want to do as it would cost us even more as a non-profit organization). Wild Apricot was unpleasant to use both for the member and the administrator. - hard to get reports, hard to see what was happening with member status - new and old. Everyone in my organization hated it!
David
Design, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed April 2024
ASHRAE StarChapter Review
Overall experience has been positive. StarChapter looks so much better than our previous website. Even with its cost and difficulties I believe StarChapter still allows for easy updates for the important things like events.
PROSStarChapter makes it easy to schedule events and email reminders about the events.
CONSThe emails all have the same sort of bland look to them and they seem hard to customize. Certain file storage options are not easy to use on the website. Creating and managing pages can be difficult and the content customization seems to crash frequently.
Reasons for switching to StarChapter
We could not customize our website with any frequency.
Edna
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
1
VALUE FOR MONEY
2
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed March 2024
Starchapter review
Has many features to assisy managing an organization
CONSThe features are not easy to manage, customer service is lackluster with self learning videos.