# SorrelSites vs Join It *SorrelSites vs Join It: an honest comparison. SorrelSites moves you in for free and updates your website for you, with no fee on top of Stripe and one clear month-to-month price.* SorrelSites vs Join It ## SorrelSites vs Join It Both can run your membership. Only one keeps running when your board does, moving you in for free and updating your website for you. Join It is genuinely easy and a fair fit for tiny clubs — but the move and the website edits are still on you, and there's a fee stacked on top of your payment processor. Modern, independent membership tool (2016) [Talk with our team](/evaluate/#request)[See the comparison](/vs/join-it#comparison) On this page - Compare the everyday work - See Sprout at work - When Join It fits better - How the move works - Common questions ### Is SorrelSites a better fit than Join It for a small organization? SorrelSites is the better fit for a small organization that collects real dues online and wants the move and the website work handled for it; Join It is the better fit for a very small club whose first priority is the lowest entry price. Join It starts at $29 a month and is genuinely easy to use, but it charges a percentage service fee on top of Stripe — about 3% on Starter, 2% on Total and 1.5% on Extra — and moving your data over to Join It is a do-it-yourself job. SorrelSites' paid plans start at $99 a month for up to 100 active members, month to month, with no setup fee and no cut of your dues. SorrelSites also lists every page on your old site so you tick what comes with you before anything is copied, and maps your member list for you during the move, and afterwards you change the site by describing the change, previewing it, and publishing. And SorrelSites is 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 Join It leaves the board's paperwork and the event run-up in documents, email, and spreadsheets. | | SorrelSites | Join It | | --- | --- | --- | | 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 doesn't welcome people curious about joining or do your org's real work the way Sprout does — and it won't move you in or change your website for you. | | 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. | Nothing for the board — minutes, motions, and follow-ups live in Word, email, and shared drives. | | 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. | Sign-ups and door check-in are built in, but there is no planning checklist and nothing live in the room — no announcements, live polls, or floor Q&A. | | Moving in | Moving in is free: Sprout reimagines your website — and if you like the look you have, one of the designs it offers is the closest match to 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. | Easy to get started, but moving your data over is a do-it-yourself job. | | Changing your website | Type the change you want, see a preview, and publish when you're ready. | Comes with its own simple website builder, with embeddable widgets and your own web address on the Extra tier — lightweight, but real. | | Event sign-ups | Built-in event sign-ups with the ticket options you need and check-in at the door. | Built-in sign-ups and member check-in, with native paid registration for members (new); Eventbrite is optional, mainly for public ticket sales. | | Fees on your dues | No fees on your dues — you pay your processor, nothing extra to us. | A percentage fee on top of Stripe (about 3% Starter / 2% Total / 1.5% Extra). | | 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. | $29 Starter / $99 Total / $199 Extra / Enterprise custom. | | Connecting other tools | Built in — no need to jump to a pricier plan to connect other tools. | Connecting other tools is held back to the $99+ tiers. | #### 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. Join It Its AI doesn't welcome people curious about joining or do your org's real work the way Sprout does — and it won't move you in or change your website for you. #### 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. Join It Nothing for the board — minutes, motions, and follow-ups live in Word, email, and shared drives. #### 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. Join It Sign-ups and door check-in are built in, but there is no planning checklist and nothing live in the room — no announcements, live polls, or floor Q&A. #### Moving in SorrelSites Moving in is free: Sprout reimagines your website — and if you like the look you have, one of the designs it offers is the closest match to 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. Join It Easy to get started, but moving your data over is a do-it-yourself job. #### Changing your website SorrelSites Type the change you want, see a preview, and publish when you're ready. Join It Comes with its own simple website builder, with embeddable widgets and your own web address on the Extra tier — lightweight, but real. #### Event sign-ups SorrelSites Built-in event sign-ups with the ticket options you need and check-in at the door. Join It Built-in sign-ups and member check-in, with native paid registration for members (new); Eventbrite is optional, mainly for public ticket sales. #### Fees on your dues SorrelSites No fees on your dues — you pay your processor, nothing extra to us. Join It A percentage fee on top of Stripe (about 3% Starter / 2% Total / 1.5% Extra). #### 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. Join It $29 Starter / $99 Total / $199 Extra / Enterprise custom. #### Connecting other tools SorrelSites Built in — no need to jump to a pricier plan to connect other tools. Join It Connecting other tools is held back to the $99+ tiers. SorrelSites points Sprout, its AI, at the organization's own work — drafting board minutes, event pages and website updates for a person to approve, and welcoming people curious about joining — while Join It leaves moving your data in and changing your website as jobs your volunteers do themselves. 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 Join It has nothing for the board, leaving minutes, motions and follow-ups in Word, email and shared drives. 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 Join It covers sign-ups and door check-in but has no planning checklist and nothing live in the room. SorrelSites reimagines your website, offering the closest look in its catalog to the colors and type on your site today, and maps your member list for you to approve at no charge, with a real person to fix anything that did not come across the way you wanted; Join It is easy to get started with, but moving your data over to Join It is a do-it-yourself job. With SorrelSites you change your website by typing the change you want, seeing a preview, and publishing when you are ready; Join It comes with its own simple website builder, with embeddable widgets and your own web address on its Extra tier — lightweight, but real. Events are not a reason to choose between them: SorrelSites has built-in event sign-ups with the ticket options you need and check-in at the door, and Join It has built-in sign-ups and member check-in too, including native paid registration for members as a new addition, with Eventbrite an optional extra used mainly for public ticket sales. SorrelSites takes no cut of your dues — dues and event payments land in your organization's own Stripe account and you pay your processor directly — while Join It charges a percentage fee on top of Stripe of about 3% on Starter, 2% on Total and 1.5% on Extra. Join It costs $29 a month on Starter, $99 on Total and $199 on Extra, with Enterprise priced custom, while SorrelSites' paid plans cost $99 a month for up to 100 active members and $199 for up to 300, billed month to month with no setup fee and 10% off if you pay annually. SorrelSites' plan size counts only memberships that are currently active, so lapsed, expired and cancelled members and captured contacts do not push your organization into a bigger plan. Join It holds connecting other tools back to its $99-and-up tiers, so a club on Join It's $29 Starter plan cannot use them, while SorrelSites does not make you move up to a pricier plan to connect other tools. 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 Join It the better choice? Sometimes it is, and we'd rather you land in the right place than the wrong one. Join It can be the better choice if: - You run a very small club, want the lowest entry price (Starter at $29), and value extreme simplicity. - You don't need much depth and you're comfortable with a lightweight site builder and responsive support. Looking at other options too? See our [pricing](/pricing/) or the [move-in story](/switch/). ### How the move from Join It 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 Join It In Join It, open your member table and use Export Members to run a report of your list — it downloads as a spreadsheet. It's all yours to take with you, and 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 Join It: common questions How do we get our data out of Join It? Export your data from Join It. In Join It, open your member table and use Export Members to run a report of your list — it downloads as a spreadsheet. It's all yours to take with you, and that's what Sprout brings across for you. ### See it next to Join It, 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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