Chamber Culture vs Wild Apricot
Wild Apricot is popular with small membership groups. Here is how it compares with a platform built only for chambers.
Reviewed November 2026 from each company's public website.
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The short answer
Wild Apricot is a good, low-cost start for small groups, with a website, member and admin apps and a 60-day free trial. For a chamber, the differences are how you are priced and how you get paid.
Wild Apricot prices by contacts, and event registrants count as contacts, so a busy events calendar can move you up a tier. Chamber Culture prices by members only, and your dues and ticket money go through your own processor with 0% to us. Wild Apricot adds a 20% surcharge on your subscription price (US and Canada) if you use a payment processor other than Personify Payments.
Side by side
| Feature | Chamber Culture | Wild Apricot |
|---|---|---|
| Priced by | Members only: $150, $300 or $500/mo | Contacts, including event registrants: $66/mo at 100 to $485/mo at 5,000 |
| Payments | Your own Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net or Elavon; we take 0% | Personify Payments at 2.99% + $0.30 (Visa, MasterCard, Discover), or a 20% surcharge on your subscription price (US and Canada) if you use another processor |
| Built for | Chambers of commerce only | Membership organizations of every kind |
| Chamber website | Included on every plan, synced from the CRM | Included |
| Mobile apps | iPhone app on the App Store | Member and admin apps |
| Try it first | Self-serve live demo, no sign-up | 60-day free trial, no card |
| Sponsorships | Pipeline plus proposals sponsors sign online | Not compared here |
| Moving over | AI-assisted mapping, dry run, one-click rollback, redirect list | n/a |
| Missing feature? | We build it into the platform | Not stated |
Wild Apricot details are from wildapricot.com in November 2026. "Not compared here" means we did not check it, not that it is missing. Ask Wild Apricot directly. Source for the payment fee.
Who each is best for
Choose Chamber Culture if
- ✓ You want to know the price before a call
- ✓ You want the website included, not a second bill
- ✓ You want to open a working demo chamber today
- ✓ You sell sponsorships and want them signed online
- ✓ You want to keep your own payment processor
- ✓ You want a vendor that builds what you ask for
Choose Wild Apricot if
- • You are a small group and want the lowest entry price
- • You want a long free trial to set things up yourself
- • You depend on its existing integrations
If it is missing, we build it
Your requests become features
Chamber Culture is built by Champlin Enterprises, a software company. Chamber Connect, Event Playbooks and sponsor e-sign all started as chamber requests. Tell us what your chamber needs and we build it.
How custom development works →Frequently asked questions
Is Wild Apricot good for a chamber of commerce?
It works, especially for a small chamber starting out. Chamber Culture is built only for chambers, so the directory, sponsorships, dues and events are designed around how a chamber runs, and the price does not rise with your event attendance.
How does pricing compare?
Chamber Culture is $150, $300 or $500 a month by member count, with the website included and no contract. Wild Apricot prices by contacts, which include event registrants: $66 a month at 100 contacts up to $485 a month at 5,000 (as of November 2026).
What does Wild Apricot charge for payments?
Wild Apricot's own Personify Payments is listed at 2.99% + $0.30 per transaction (Visa, MasterCard, Discover), and its help center describes a 20% surcharge on your subscription price (US and Canada) if you use a payment processor other than Personify Payments. Chamber Culture takes 0%: you connect your own Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net or Elavon account.
How hard is it to move from Wild Apricot?
We do the migration with you. Chamber Culture uses AI-assisted field mapping with a dry-run preview and one-click rollback, so you see your members, dues and history in the new system before anything is final, and we hand you a redirect list so old links keep working. Setup and guided migration are free.
What if Chamber Culture does not have a feature we need?
Tell us and we build it. Chamber Culture is built by Champlin Enterprises, a software company. Chamber Connect, Event Playbooks and sponsor e-sign all started as chamber requests, and work only your chamber needs is scoped with you and built.
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