Join It alternative
The Join It alternative built for associations.
Join It sells memberships. FullRoster runs the whole association: every member's dues, events, emails, courses and payments on one record, newsletters drafted for you, CE credits, and QuickBooks entries that match your bank. It's free for up to 1,000 active members, with no fee on top of the card rate, and we move your data over for you.
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Why do associations switch from Join It?
$0
a month for up to 1,000 active members, with every feature included
4.5% + 30¢
per card payment on Free, all in, with no service fee added on top
Unlimited
admin users and contacts on every plan
Free
data migration from Join It, done for you
What does FullRoster do?
One record for every person
Every member's dues, events, emails, course credits and payments sit on one timeline your whole team can see. People who register for an event or donate become contacts automatically, and contacts never count toward your price.
- A timeline of everything each person has done
- Unlimited custom fields that become filters and columns
- Saved views like Lapsed or Prospects, ready to email
Ask anything about your members
Type a question the way you would ask a colleague, like which lapsed members came to three or more events, and get the answer from your own data as a list you can act on.
- Ask from any screen, in plain English
- Save any answer as a report you can run again next month
- Board reports and a dashboard built in from day one
Newsletters drafted for you
Describe what's happening and FullRoster drafts the newsletter in your voice, with your upcoming events and a Register button. Send it to any level, section or group, from your own domain.
- A block editor that works in every inbox, no HTML needed
- Welcome, renewal and win-back series ready to go
- Opens and clicks logged on each person’s record
Renewals that run themselves
Members who pay by card renew automatically, with reminders before each renewal, retries for failed cards and a grace period before anyone lapses.
- Members choose auto-renew, an invoice, or not renewing
- Sections and extras on one invoice, prorated mid-year
- Applications approved before anyone is charged
QuickBooks entries that match your bank
Each payout that lands in your bank becomes one QuickBooks Online entry that explains that exact deposit, split by dues, events, donations and education, fees included.
- Matches the bank deposit to the penny
- Account mapping set up once, with suggested defaults
- Optional QuickBooks classes for year-end reporting
Events with member pricing and phone check-in
Members see their price when they sign in, with no promo codes to type. Check people in by scanning the QR code in their confirmation, and CE credits post at check-in.
- An event page drafted from one sentence
- Cancellations and refunds handled for you
- Confirmation, reminder and thank-you emails by default
Courses and CE credits
Sell courses built from the YouTube, Vimeo or Zoom recordings you already have, add a quiz with a pass mark, and issue credits and certificates automatically.
- Credits from events and courses on every record
- A PDF certificate for every credit
- Member and non-member prices
A portal members sign into without a password
Members renew, register, take courses and find documents in one portal on your own domain, signing in with a one-time link or with Google.
- Members manage their own membership and card
- Registrations with tickets and QR codes
- Members-only resources by section or for the board
And when you need something different, we build it in.
Chapters with their own dues, a credential registry, a conference with tracks, a link to another system. Our team builds it into your FullRoster at a fixed price and maintains it, so you never outgrow the product. How custom features work →
Less taken from every renewal
Join It adds its own service fee to every paid membership and event registration, and Stripe charges its processing fee on top. FullRoster has one all-in rate. Here is what each plan takes from a $100 renewal.
| Plan | Fees on a $100 renewal |
|---|---|
| Join It StarterFrom $29 a month · 3.0% service fee + Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢ | $6.20 |
| Join It TotalFrom $99 a month · 2.0% service fee + Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢ | $5.20 |
| Join It ExtraFrom $199 a month · 1.5% service fee + Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢ | $4.70 |
| FullRoster Free$0, up to 1,000 active members · 4.5% + 30¢, all in | $4.80 |
| FullRoster StandardFrom $199 a month · 3.5% + 30¢, all in | $3.80 |
US card payments. Join It plan prices billed monthly, from joinit.com; Stripe's standard US card rate from stripe.com. Checked November 2, 2026.
A year, side by side
Here is a year of software and payment fees together for three associations on FullRoster's Free plan. For Join It we picked whichever of its plans costs least at that size, billed yearly.
| Association | Join It, cheapest plan | FullRoster Free | You save each year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 150 members$15,000 in card payments a year | $1,258Starter | $735Free | $523 |
| 400 members$60,000 in card payments a year | $4,141Starter | $2,880Free | $1,261 |
| 900 members$135,000 in card payments a year | $8,260Total | $6,435Free | $1,825 |
Assumes dues and event payments by US card, averaging about $75 to $115 each. Registered nonprofits get another 10% off Join It's subscription, which changes these totals by less than $130 a year.
How does Join It compare with FullRoster?
| Join It | FullRoster | |
|---|---|---|
| Free option | A free trial | A Free plan for up to 1,000 active members, with every feature and no time limit |
| Fees on each payment | A Join It service fee of 1.5% to 3% by plan, plus Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢ | One all-in rate: 4.5% + 30¢ on Free, 3.5% + 30¢ on Standard. Cash and checks you record carry no fee |
| Admin users | 3, 5 or 10, by plan | Unlimited on every plan |
| Your own domain | Extra plan only, from $199 a month | Every plan, including Free |
| API access | Total and Extra plans | Every plan, including Free |
Join It figures checked November 2, 2026: Join It pricing, Stripe pricing.
When might Join It be the better pick?
If all you need is a way to sell memberships online, and you're happy to keep events, email and accounting in other tools, Join It is a simple place to start. Once you want them in one place, with one record for every member, FullRoster includes them all, and it's free for up to 1,000 active members.
How do you switch from Join It to FullRoster?
We do the moving, at no cost, and a typical move takes a few weeks from your export to launch.
- Export from Join It. Download your members and memberships as a spreadsheet and send it to us.
- We bring it over. We set up your levels and bring over your members, families, company memberships, lapsed members and renewal dates.
- You check it. Nothing goes live until you've looked through it and said it's right.
- You launch. Tell members about the change in your own words, with an announcement you preview and edit first.
More detail is in Switching to FullRoster.
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Built for every kind of association
FullRoster is shaped around how each kind of organization actually runs, from a local club to a national association with chapters.
Common questions
- Why switch from Join It to FullRoster?
- FullRoster is built to run a whole association, not just sell memberships: one record for every person, an AI assistant that answers questions from your own data, newsletters drafted for you, events with CE credits, courses, and QuickBooks entries that match your bank. And it is free for up to 1,000 active members.
- Is FullRoster cheaper than Join It?
- For associations with up to 1,000 active members, yes. FullRoster Free has no subscription and takes 4.5% + 30¢ per card payment, all in. On Join It you pay a subscription, a 1.5% to 3% service fee and Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢.
- Does FullRoster add a fee on top of card processing?
- No. The card rate is all in: 4.5% + 30¢ on Free and 3.5% + 30¢ on Standard, with no separate processor fee. Cash and check payments you record by hand carry no fee at all.
- How long does switching take?
- A typical move takes a few weeks from your export to launch, and we do the moving for free. Most of that time is you checking the data and getting ready to tell members.
- Do members need to set up new passwords?
- No. Members sign in with a one-time link sent to their email, or with Google, so there are no passwords to create or reset.
- Does FullRoster handle family and company memberships?
- Yes. A household or firm gets one membership, one invoice and one renewal, while every person in it keeps their own sign-in, record and member pricing.
- What if we need something FullRoster doesn't do?
- Our team builds it into your FullRoster at a fixed price and maintains it, from chapter dues splits to a credential registry.
About FullRoster. FullRoster is association management software that's free for up to 1,000 active members. Members, dues, events, email, courses and payments in one place, and we move your data over for you. See how it works →
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