Membership management software

One membership management system for records, payments, and chapter structure, replacing spreadsheets and a patchwork of separate tools.

  • Manage registration, profiles, membership fees, and chapter permissions in one place
  • Scale from a single local chapter to a national federation
  • Import existing member records in bulk

Built for associations, nonprofits, professional bodies, and multi-chapter organizations.

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Admin roles scoped to each level of the organization

Membership features at a glance

Member records Members (login accounts) and contacts (no login), converted via a single action, with history preserved
Membership fees Fixed cycle set by your organization, with proration for mid-cycle joins; national and local fees charged and processed independently
Directory List, gallery, and map views; filterable by fee status, account status, chapter, or interest; every export logged
Chapter membership One home chapter, plus optional secondary chapters, transferable with admin approval
Renewal reminders Configurable automatic reminders (e.g. one month before, seven days before, on the renewal day, and after a lapse)
Member types Custom, defined by your organization, not a fixed list
Duplicate handling Automatic detection based on matching name, email, or phone; merge tool with a 30-day rollback

The membership system for

Orgs leaving legacy systems

Existing member records and payment history come over in one import, not a fresh start.

Chapters that need autonomy

Each chapter runs its own registration and admin, while national leadership keeps oversight across all of them.

Admins who want oversight

Financial, HR, or event admins each see only the tools and data relevant to their role.

Everything you need to manage your members

Registration & onboarding

Orgo supports more than one way for a new member to join, and your organization chooses which of these to enable.

Registration and onboarding overview in Orgo

New members can join in more than one way, and your organization chooses which to enable:

  • Your organization's public registration form
  • An invitation link sent by an existing member
  • A formal application an admin reviews and approves, if your organization requires it
Public registration form in Orgo

If your organization has more than one chapter, members can choose their chapter directly on the registration form.

Chapter selection upon signup in Orgo

If your organization has more than one member type, such as members and volunteers, each type can get its own registration form with its own questions.

Signup forms according to member type in Orgo

Your organization can add its own required and optional fields to the registration form, on top of the standard ones.

Custom registration fields in Orgo

After signing up, new members verify their email, select their groups, and complete their profile through a guided first-login flow with a progress bar showing what's left.

Guided first login in Orgo

Members can sign in with:

  • A one-time password sent to their email (the most common option)
  • Google, Microsoft, Facebook, or Apple
  • A standard email and password
Sign-in options in Orgo

Member profiles & data

Orgo stores each member's standard details, custom fields, and role history in a single profile, shared between the member and your organization.

Member profiles and data overview in Orgo

A member's profile includes fields such as name, email, phone, age, town, and profession, plus any custom fields your organization defines.

Profile fields in Orgo

Members can restrict which of these are visible to other members versus admins only, field by field, though only within limits an admin has already set; members can narrow visibility further, not expand past it.

Privacy controls in Orgo

Your organization defines its own member types rather than choosing from a fixed list, for example member, volunteer, and supporter for a community group, or full member, associate, and student for a professional association. Each type can carry its own required profile fields.

Configurable member types in Orgo

A parent who is already a member can create a child account from their own profile, rather than the child registering independently. Your organization sets a minimum age below which a child cannot self-register, and child accounts link to the parent's automatically.

Family and child accounts in Orgo

Orgo detects likely duplicate member records automatically, based on matching names, emails, or phone numbers, and suggests them for review. Merging combines two records into one, letting you choose which data to keep, and the merge can be rolled back for up to 30 days.

Duplicate detection and merging in Orgo

Member directory & search

Orgo gives your organization a searchable member directory instead of a flat list or spreadsheet.

The member directory can be shown in three views:

  • List
  • Gallery of profile cards
  • Map, with members located by pin

You can choose not to display the full directory to everyone, depending on how open you want member visibility to be.

Member directory map view in Orgo, with members located by pin

Members can be found by:

  • Searching by interest or industry
  • Filtering by fee-paid status, account status, or chapter
Filtering and search in the Orgo member directory

Member data is fully accessible and owned by your organization. Admins with sufficient permissions can export it at any time.

Every export of member data is logged, so admins can see who exported what and when.

Membership fees & payments

Orgo collects membership fees through Stripe or bank transfer and tracks who has paid from a single dashboard.

Membership fees and payments overview in Orgo

Members can pay in two ways:

  • By card through Stripe, in more than 120 currencies
  • By bank transfer, tracked manually
Payment methods in Orgo

Membership fee cycles are configurable to fit your organization:

  • Monthly, annual, multi-year (e.g. every two years), or lifetime (one-time)
  • Different member types can run on different cycle lengths within the same organization
  • Cycle start and end dates are configurable, not fixed to the calendar year (e.g. October to September)
  • Prorated payments are available for members who join partway through a cycle
Billing cycles in Orgo

If your organization has multiple chapters, you can charge fees in two ways:

  • A national fee and a separate chapter-level fee, each processed independently through its own Stripe account
  • One combined payment, automatically split between local and national at a set percentage
National and local fees in Orgo

Roles & permissions

Orgo assigns admin access through distinct roles rather than a single all-powerful admin account, and each role can be scoped to your whole organization, a parent-level grouping, or one chapter.

Roles and permissions overview in Orgo

Admin access in Orgo is split across multiple customizable roles rather than one shared login, so different admins can be limited to only the tools and data relevant to their part of your organization.

Role-based access in Orgo

Each role can be scoped to:

  • Your whole organization
  • A parent grouping of chapters
  • A single chapter

This lets you give local admins control over their own chapter without exposing other chapters' member or financial data.

Permissions at three organizational levels in Orgo

Member lifecycle & renewals

A member's status changes as they move through your organization, and Orgo tracks this automatically.

Member lifecycle and renewals overview in Orgo

Orgo tracks four member statuses:

  • Active
  • Unapproved
  • Inactive - login kept, but the member is prompted to reactivate
  • Suspended - access blocked immediately

Status changes access only, never a member's underlying profile or role data.

Account status tracking in Orgo

Orgo sends configurable renewal reminders automatically:

  • One month before an annual fee is due
  • Seven days before
  • On the renewal day itself
  • A follow-up about a week after, if still unpaid

Recurring payments also get automatic confirmation or failure emails.

Automated renewal reminders in Orgo

You can put new applicants on a waiting list with priority tiers (high, normal, low) and self-removal enabled by default. When space opens, an admin approves entries individually or in bulk, which sends the applicant an invitation to register.

Waitlists in Orgo
Registration and onboarding overview in Orgo
Public registration form in Orgo
Chapter selection upon signup in Orgo
Signup forms according to member type in Orgo
Custom registration fields in Orgo
Guided first login in Orgo
Sign-in options in Orgo
Member profiles and data overview in Orgo
Profile fields in Orgo
Privacy controls in Orgo
Configurable member types in Orgo
Family and child accounts in Orgo
Duplicate detection and merging in Orgo
Member directory map view in Orgo, with members located by pin
Filtering and search in the Orgo member directory
Membership fees and payments overview in Orgo
Payment methods in Orgo
Billing cycles in Orgo
National and local fees in Orgo
Roles and permissions overview in Orgo
Role-based access in Orgo
Permissions at three organizational levels in Orgo
Member lifecycle and renewals overview in Orgo
Account status tracking in Orgo
Automated renewal reminders in Orgo
Waitlists in Orgo

“With an organization of 8,000 members and more than 80 chapters coordinated almost exclusively by volunteers, Orgo is at the heart of our digitisation process, allowing us to focus on our mission - learning by doing, nature, and personal development.”

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Andrei Avram

President, Romanian Scouts

Membership management FAQ

Membership management software is a system that stores member records, tracks who has paid, and manages an organization's structure in one place, replacing spreadsheets and separate tools for payments, communication, and record-keeping. Most organizations adopt one once manual tracking across spreadsheets and email becomes too error-prone or time-consuming to keep current.

Moving member records out of a spreadsheet usually means exporting to CSV, mapping the existing columns to the new system's fields, and importing in bulk rather than re-entering records by hand. The time this takes depends mostly on how clean the existing spreadsheet is, since duplicate or inconsistent entries need resolving before or after import.

No. Membership databases commonly distinguish between members who have a login account and contacts who are tracked without one, such as a donor or a family member who isn't a direct member. Organizations can convert a contact into a full member later without losing their existing history.

Organizations commonly charge different membership fees by defining separate member categories, such as standard members, students, or volunteers, each with its own price. This lets a single system handle a student discount and a standard adult fee without manual fee tracking outside the platform.

Yes. Orgo supports bulk CSV import, so you upload a file, map your columns to Orgo's profile fields, and import in one step. You can also add custom fields first, so no data tracked in your old system gets left out.

See our data privacy page for details on data hosting, encryption, and GDPR compliance.

Orgo flags likely duplicate member records automatically, based on matching names, emails, or phone numbers, and suggests them for review. Merging combines the records into one, and the merge can be rolled back for up to 30 days if needed.

Yes. A member has one home chapter, but can also hold membership in one or more secondary chapters, for example if they have moved or split time between locations. Moving between chapters happens through a transfer request that an admin can approve.

Both are configurable. Organizations define their own member types rather than choosing from a fixed list, and each type can carry its own required profile fields and its own fee.

See Orgo on your own membership

  1. 1 Pick a 30-minute slot. You talk to the people who built Orgo, not an account executive working from a script.
  2. 2 We set up Orgo on your real organization during the call and configure your membership types, dues, and renewal rules.
  3. 3 You keep the sandbox to evaluate with your team, plus a written plan for migrating the data you already have.
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