GatherAMS vs Glue Up: the Glue Up alternative, priced honestly
An all-in-one engagement platform for larger associations and chambers, strong on events and international operations, sold as an annual contract.
An association with staff, a real events programme and a five-figure software budget, that wants CRM, events, memberships and campaigns from one vendor with a dedicated success manager.
What each one costs you
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Everyone in the database — what our plans are counted in.
Dues, tickets and donations taken by card in a year.
- Subscription, yearly
- $1,068
- Payment markup
- None
- Card processing
- $1,740
Processing is Stripe’s own 2.9% + 30¢, billed to you by Stripe. We add nothing to it.
- Subscription, yearly
- $3,000
- Card processing
- $1,740
Processing assumed at the same 2.9% — they do not resell it either. Plus essentials starts at $3,000–$6,500 a year; advanced at $8,000–$18,500; enterprise is custom.
Glue Up pricing as published by them, checked July 2026. Our own price is exact. Card processing figures are estimates from published rates, not quotes, and your negotiated rate may differ. Sources: Glue Up pricing.
Where the two genuinely differ
Billed annually by default, with published entry points of $3,000 and $8,000 a year depending on tier.
Monthly or annual, no minimum term, and a published ladder from $45 to $329 a month that you can price yourself without a call.
Associations with staff. The feature set — CPD credits, multi-chapter, a success manager — assumes somebody's full-time job is running it.
Assumes the opposite: a volunteer treasurer with a day job. If you have a membership team, they will out-feature us.
Published as ranges, with the actual number arrived at through sales.
One published number per plan. The same number for everyone, on the page.
Payments and invoicing are part of the platform.
Your own Stripe account at your own rate, 0% added by us — worth checking against whatever any platform quotes you.
Glue Up questions, answered straight
What does Glue Up cost?
Glue Up publishes ranges rather than a price: Essentials from $3,000–$6,500 a year, Advanced from $8,000–$18,500, and Enterprise as custom. All contracts are billed annually by default. Where in a range you land is settled through their sales process. GatherAMS publishes one number per plan, from $45 to $329 a month, and you can work out your own without talking to anyone.
Is Glue Up worth it?
For the organization it is built for, quite possibly. If you have staff, a real events programme, CPD credits to track, chapters in more than one country and a five-figure software budget, it does things we do not and a dedicated success manager is worth paying for. We are built for an organization run by volunteers, and we would rather point you there than sell you something that does not fit.
What is the smallest organization Glue Up suits?
Their own published entry point is $3,000 a year, which is roughly five times our Club plan and more than an average volunteer-run club spends on all its software combined. Below a few hundred members with no paid staff, the annual commitment is usually the deciding factor rather than the feature comparison.
Can I leave if it does not work out?
That is worth asking them directly, because contracts billed annually by default are the ones where the exit terms matter most. GatherAMS has no minimum term and no contract: monthly or annual, cancel whenever, and a full CSV export of your members, payments and history at any time without asking us for it.
Do not take our word for any of this
Open a live demo and check the claims yourself. An email address, no card, no call.
The other comparisons
Same shape, same sourcing: their published prices, ours exact, and the part where they suit you better than we do.