SorrelSites vs MemberClicks
SorrelSites vs MemberClicks
Both can run your membership. Only one keeps running when your board does, moving you in for free and updating your website for you. MemberClicks is built for mid-size trade associations that want everything bundled — and it comes with quote-based pricing and contracts that punish you for leaving. SorrelSites is the opposite.
Association management system, now part of Momentive (was Personify)
Is SorrelSites a better fit than MemberClicks for a small organization?
For a small organization, SorrelSites is usually the better fit than MemberClicks, because MemberClicks is built and priced for mid-size trade associations: its published plans start around $3,500 a year for MC Trade and $4,500 a year for MC Professional, with the final price set by quote and setup quoted on top. SorrelSites' paid plans start at $99 a month for up to 100 active members, month to month, with no setup fee, no cut of your dues, and no penalty if you decide to leave. SorrelSites also runs the board itself — Sprout drafts the minutes with motions and votes on the record, approved minutes lock, and follow-ups chase their owners — where MemberClicks files committee agendas and minutes as records and leaves the drafting, the approval, and the chasing to you. Where MemberClicks genuinely wins is bundled breadth — a mid-size trade association that specifically wants the Higher Logic community or an LMS plus a job board in one ecosystem is the org MemberClicks was built for.
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.
- MemberClicks
- Its parent's MomentiveIQ is pointed at scoring and sorting members, not serving them — it won't welcome people curious about joining, 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.
- MemberClicks
- Committee records — rosters, agendas, and minutes filed as documents — but the writing, the approval, and the follow-up chasing stay manual.
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.
- MemberClicks
- Event registration is built in; live audience engagement means a separate conference-app add-on your attendees download, and nothing turns last year's plan into this year's checklist.
Knowing the price up front
- SorrelSites
- One clear, published price — no 'contact sales.' (See our pricing page.)
- MemberClicks
- Published plans start around $3,500/yr (MC Trade) to $4,500/yr (MC Professional), with the final price by quote.
Being free to leave
- SorrelSites
- Month to month, with no penalty if you ever decide to leave.
- MemberClicks
- Contracts reported as punishing — including an 80% penalty to cancel and 60 days' notice required.
Changing your website
- SorrelSites
- Type the change you want, see a preview, and publish — no code, no webmaster.
- MemberClicks
- A visual editor its own users call limited and awkward — fine-tuning often means dropping into HTML/CSS.
Moving in
- SorrelSites
- Sprout maps your member list and reimagines your website, then accounts for every page — kept, merged, left behind, or needs a photo. Free, for you to approve. And if something didn't come across the way you wanted, a real person here fixes it with you.
- MemberClicks
- Getting set up is quote-based and high-touch.
Setup fees
- SorrelSites
- No setup fees, ever.
- MemberClicks
- Setup is quoted (figures vary by source).
SorrelSites points its AI at the organization's own work — Sprout drafts board minutes, event pages and website updates for a person to approve — while MemberClicks' parent Momentive points MomentiveIQ at scoring and sorting members, not at doing the org's work.
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 MemberClicks files committee rosters, agendas and minutes as records and leaves the drafting, the approval and the follow-up chasing manual.
SorrelSites turns last year's event-planning spreadsheet into a live checklist with owners and due dates and runs the event day — check-in, announcements, live polls, floor Q&A — from one screen with no second app, while MemberClicks covers registration and offers live engagement through a separate conference-app add-on that attendees download.
SorrelSites publishes its paid prices — $99 a month for up to 100 active members, $199 for up to 300, $399 for up to 750 and $699 for up to 2,000, with 10% off when you pay annually — while MemberClicks publishes plans starting around $3,500 a year for MC Trade and $4,500 a year for MC Professional and sets the final price by quote.
SorrelSites is month to month with no long contract and no penalty for leaving, whereas MemberClicks contracts are reported as punishing, including an 80% penalty to cancel and 60 days' notice required.
With SorrelSites you change your website by describing the change, previewing it and publishing it, with no code and no webmaster, while MemberClicks offers a visual editor its own users call limited and awkward, where fine-tuning often means dropping into HTML and CSS.
SorrelSites reimagines your website and maps your member list for you to approve at no charge, accounting for every page at the end — kept, merged, left behind, or needs a photo — and a real person at SorrelSites fixes anything that did not come across the way you wanted, whereas getting set up on MemberClicks is quote-based and high-touch.
SorrelSites charges no setup fee on any plan, while setup on MemberClicks is quoted, with the published figures varying by source.
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.
When is MemberClicks the better choice?
Sometimes it is, and we'd rather you land in the right place than the wrong one. MemberClicks can be the better choice if:
- You're a mid-size trade association that specifically wants the Higher Logic community or LMS plus a job board in one ecosystem.
- You're committed to the broader Momentive ecosystem and bundled breadth matters more than published, month-to-month pricing.
Looking at other options too? See our pricing or the move-in story.
How the move from MemberClicks 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.
Export your profiles from MemberClicks
In MemberClicks, tag the profiles you want and use Export Profiles (or the Export button on a member list) 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.
Leaving something else, or not sure yet? The move-in story covers what carries over whoever you're coming from.
SorrelSites and MemberClicks: common questions
How do we get our data out of MemberClicks?
See it next to MemberClicks, 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.