# SorrelSites vs ClubExpress *SorrelSites vs ClubExpress: an honest comparison. SorrelSites moves you in for free and updates your website for you, with one clear month-to-month price and no setup package to buy.* SorrelSites vs ClubExpress ## SorrelSites vs ClubExpress Both can run your membership. Only one keeps running when your board does, moving you in for free and updating your website for you. ClubExpress is a deep, low-cost toolkit for volunteer-run clubs — but its own users find the interface dated, and the everyday work is hands-on. Club & association software, independent [Talk with our team](/evaluate/#request)[See the comparison](/vs/clubexpress#comparison) On this page - Compare the everyday work - See Sprout at work - When ClubExpress fits better - How the move works - Common questions ### Is SorrelSites a better fit than ClubExpress for a small organization? For a small organization that wants the switch and the ongoing website work handled for it, not done by volunteers, SorrelSites is the better fit; for an all-volunteer club whose first priority is the lowest possible monthly bill, ClubExpress still wins on price. ClubExpress costs about $0.30 to $0.42 per member each month with a $24 to $30 monthly minimum and has well-reviewed, responsive support, but getting started there means a setup package that runs from about $150 to $4,550, and its own users describe the page editor as awkward and dated. SorrelSites' paid plans start at $99 a month for up to 100 active members, month to month with no long contract, no setup fee, no cut of your dues, and real help on every paid plan. Sprout, SorrelSites' AI, turns your website into three new designs built from your own writing and pictures and maps your member list during the move, and afterwards you change the site by describing the change, previewing it, and publishing. SorrelSites is also the only side of this comparison that runs the board and keeps the event plan — Sprout drafts the minutes with motions and votes on the record, and turns last year's planning spreadsheet into a live checklist — while ClubExpress leaves the board's paperwork and the event run-of-show in documents and spreadsheets. | | SorrelSites | ClubExpress | | --- | --- | --- | | Who the AI actually serves | Sprout, SorrelSites' AI, does the org's real work — it drafts board minutes, event pages, and website updates for you to approve, and it welcomes people curious about joining in your org's voice. Behind the scenes it also moves you in and reimagines your website — it asks four short questions about what the site should do and builds the new design from your answers; afterward you change your site just by describing it, preview first, then publish. | Its AI won't welcome people curious about joining, move you in, or rebuild a page from a sentence — that work stays on your plate. | | Running the board | Your board runs here too. Sprout drafts the minutes — motions, votes, and action items on the record — from your notes, a transcript, or the recap email you forward to your organization's own Sprout address. Approved minutes lock, follow-ups chase their owners, and every new director gets a briefing built from the last year of minutes. | No board workflow — minutes, motions, and follow-ups stay in documents and email. | | Planning & running events | Paste last year's planning spreadsheet and Sprout turns it into a live checklist with owners and due dates. On the day, check people in by QR from your phone — per session, on a conference day — and push announcements, run live polls, and take floor questions from one screen, with no second app. The thank-you sends itself afterward, and the plan stays with your organization, not on a volunteer's laptop. | Deep event registration, but nothing turns last year's plan into a checklist, and the room has no live announcements, polls, or floor Q&A. | | Moving in | At no charge, Sprout lists every page on your old site so you tick what comes with you before anything is copied, then reimagines it and maps your member list for you to approve. And if something didn't come across the way you wanted, a real person here fixes it with you. | You bring your data over with help during a paid setup package. | | Changing your website | Type the change you want, see a preview, and publish when you're ready. | A page editor its own users describe as awkward and dated. | | Getting started | No setup fee, ever. | A setup package from about $150 to $4,550. | | Keeping accounts safe | We never email your password; sign-in is secure by default. | Reported to send a temporary password by email in plain text. | | What it costs | $99 a month for up to 100 active members, $199 for up to 300, $399 for up to 750, $699 for up to 2,000. | About $0.30–$0.42 per member each month, with a $24–$30 monthly minimum. | #### Who the AI actually serves SorrelSites Sprout, SorrelSites' AI, does the org's real work — it drafts board minutes, event pages, and website updates for you to approve, and it welcomes people curious about joining in your org's voice. Behind the scenes it also moves you in and reimagines your website — it asks four short questions about what the site should do and builds the new design from your answers; afterward you change your site just by describing it, preview first, then publish. ClubExpress Its AI won't welcome people curious about joining, move you in, or rebuild a page from a sentence — that work stays on your plate. #### Running the board SorrelSites Your board runs here too. Sprout drafts the minutes — motions, votes, and action items on the record — from your notes, a transcript, or the recap email you forward to your organization's own Sprout address. Approved minutes lock, follow-ups chase their owners, and every new director gets a briefing built from the last year of minutes. ClubExpress No board workflow — minutes, motions, and follow-ups stay in documents and email. #### Planning & running events SorrelSites Paste last year's planning spreadsheet and Sprout turns it into a live checklist with owners and due dates. On the day, check people in by QR from your phone — per session, on a conference day — and push announcements, run live polls, and take floor questions from one screen, with no second app. The thank-you sends itself afterward, and the plan stays with your organization, not on a volunteer's laptop. ClubExpress Deep event registration, but nothing turns last year's plan into a checklist, and the room has no live announcements, polls, or floor Q&A. #### Moving in SorrelSites At no charge, Sprout lists every page on your old site so you tick what comes with you before anything is copied, then reimagines it and maps your member list for you to approve. And if something didn't come across the way you wanted, a real person here fixes it with you. ClubExpress You bring your data over with help during a paid setup package. #### Changing your website SorrelSites Type the change you want, see a preview, and publish when you're ready. ClubExpress A page editor its own users describe as awkward and dated. #### Getting started SorrelSites No setup fee, ever. ClubExpress A setup package from about $150 to $4,550. #### Keeping accounts safe SorrelSites We never email your password; sign-in is secure by default. ClubExpress Reported to send a temporary password by email in plain text. #### What it costs SorrelSites $99 a month for up to 100 active members, $199 for up to 300, $399 for up to 750, $699 for up to 2,000. ClubExpress About $0.30–$0.42 per member each month, with a $24–$30 monthly minimum. SorrelSites points its AI at the organization's own work — Sprout drafts board minutes, event pages and website updates for a person to approve, and it welcomes people curious about joining in your org's voice — whereas with ClubExpress, welcoming prospective members, moving your data in, and rebuilding a page from a sentence stay on your plate. SorrelSites runs the board itself — Sprout drafts minutes with motions, votes and action items on the record, approved minutes lock, and every new director gets a briefing built from the last year of minutes — while ClubExpress has no board workflow, leaving minutes, motions and follow-ups in documents and email. SorrelSites turns last year's event-planning spreadsheet into a live checklist with owners and due dates and runs the event day from one screen — QR check-in, announcements, live polls and floor Q&A — while ClubExpress offers deep event registration but no planning checklist and nothing live in the room. SorrelSites lists every page on your old site so you choose what comes with you, reimagines it, and maps your member list for you to approve at no charge, with a real person here to fix anything that didn't come across the way you wanted, while moving to ClubExpress means bringing your data over with help during a paid setup package. In SorrelSites you change your website by typing the change you want, seeing a preview, and publishing when you're ready; in ClubExpress those edits go through a page editor its own users describe as awkward and dated. SorrelSites charges no setup fee on any plan, while getting started with ClubExpress involves a setup package running from about $150 to $4,550. SorrelSites never emails your password and makes sign-in secure by default; ClubExpress is reported to send a temporary password by email in plain text. SorrelSites' paid plans cost $99 a month for up to 100 active members and $199 a month for up to 300, billed month to month with no long contract and no penalty for leaving, while ClubExpress charges about $0.30 to $0.42 per member each month with a $24 to $30 monthly minimum — the lower monthly price for a small club. SorrelSites bills only for memberships that are currently active, so lapsed, expired and cancelled members and captured contacts do not count toward your plan size. A closer look ### From the meeting to the record. Sprout drafts your minutes for you to review. Here is how a motion and its vote appear in the record. Real screenshot. Example organization, sample data. ### When is ClubExpress the better choice? Sometimes it is, and we'd rather you land in the right place than the wrong one. ClubExpress can be the better choice if: - You're an all-volunteer hobby club that wants 20+ niche modules (photo albums, surveys, forums) in one tool and don't mind a dated interface. - You value a low per-member price and ClubExpress's well-reviewed, responsive support. Looking at other options too? See our [pricing](/pricing/) or the [move-in story](/switch/). ### How the move from ClubExpress works Moving in is included — no moving fee, no setup fee — and Sprout does the carrying, so you're checking the work, not re-typing it. Every column of the old export, read and matched: the membership level enrolled on a plan, the unknown columns proposed as new fields for you to accept. Real screenshot. Example organization, sample data. - #### Export your data from ClubExpress In ClubExpress, go to the Control Panel and use Data Exports (or run a member report and choose CSV or Excel) to download your list as a spreadsheet. It's all yours to take with you — that's what Sprout brings across for you. - #### Start your free trial Fourteen days, no card. Confirm your email and your site is live right away at yourname.sorrelsites.com — nothing to install. - #### Let Sprout do the moving Hand Sprout your member file and point it at your old site. It lists every page it finds so you tick what comes with you, brings that across, and reimagines it — then shows you a preview. You're checking the work, not re-typing it. - #### Review and go live Look it over and change anything you like. If something didn't come across the way you wanted, say so — a real person here will fix it with you. Publish when you're happy, and add your own web address whenever you're ready. #### And you're not doing it alone. If something didn't come across the way you wanted, tell us while you're settling in and a real person here will get in and fix it with you — no charge, no ticket to file. Email [support@joinsorrel.com](mailto:support@joinsorrel.com). - [Will our members' automatic payments survive the move?](/guides/switch-without-losing-auto-renewing-dues/) - [When in our renewal year should we move?](/guides/when-to-switch-membership-software/) Leaving something else, or not sure yet? The [move-in story](/switch/) covers what carries over whoever you're coming from. ### SorrelSites and ClubExpress: common questions How do we get our data out of ClubExpress? Export your data from ClubExpress. In ClubExpress, go to the Control Panel and use Data Exports (or run a member report and choose CSV or Excel) to download your list as a spreadsheet. It's all yours to take with you — that's what Sprout brings across for you. ### See it next to ClubExpress, using the work you do Bring your members, your dues and the tasks that keep coming back. We'll walk through the work together and give you an honest answer about fit, including when staying put is the right call. 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