Covey vs. YourMembership
Mid-market AMS for associations 500–5,000 members, bundled inside the Momentive ecosystem. Career center and online community as differentiators. Here is how Covey compares, where YourMembership still makes sense, and where it does not.
Choose Covey if
Associations frustrated by the "outdated and slow" UI, opaque enterprise pricing, and upgrade-to-get-a-modern-website pattern. Covey's flat pricing, modern UI, and 48h migration address the three loudest YM complaints head-on.
Choose YourMembership if
Mid-sized associations needing a career center and online community in one bundled AMS, particularly if they already run other Momentive products and want data portability within that ecosystem.
01 · At a glance
02 · Feature by feature
Custom fields, tags, membership levels, audit trail, CSV import and export, household memberships (one payer, a login and directory entry per person)
Member profiles, committees, chapters
Ticket types with member pricing, waitlists, non-member registration, coupon codes, check-in, and a cart for up to 10 events in one checkout
Event registration with limited cart behavior
Recurring dues, invoicing, coupons, donations and automatic renewal reminders, with card payments through your own Stripe account. Covey takes 0% of payments. Installment plans for annual levels (monthly or quarterly)
Recurring dues; "weak financial functionality" per TrustRadius — many orgs keep separate accounting
Composer with templates, segments, and open and click tracking; A/B subject lines on broadcasts; no per-email charges on any plan
Email marketing module
Modern drag-and-drop builder with considered typography, member-only pages, and a custom domain on every plan
Base websites are basic; "modern templates cost extra"
Coming soon. Forums and private groups are on the roadmap and not in Covey yet
Online community module (bundled)
Priced by active members, not contacts: $49 (100), $79 (250), $139 (500), $229 (2,000) a month; annual billing is 2 months free; every feature on every plan; migration included
Quote + implementation; "dedicated support" on Enterprise only
Human, every plan
Tiered; Enterprise-only dedicated support
03 · Pricing, in real numbers
YourMembership does not publish pricing. Third-party sources report a $3,000–$20,000/yr range. Modern website templates and dedicated support are often Enterprise-only upgrades.
Pricing NOT published on yourmembership.com. Figures from PricingNow, SmartThoughts, and reviewer reports. Implementation fees often apply.
Priced by active members; event-only guests and prospects don't count. Every plan has every feature, including a custom domain, migration, and human support. No setup fees. Covey takes 0% of your dues and event payments, and there are no per-email charges. 30-day free trial, no card required.
04 · Year-one total cost
YourMembership's year-one is inflated by the implementation fee and the "upgrade to a modern website" pattern. If you need modern design, you are paying for both the AMS and the site upgrade.
For a mid-sized association, YourMembership year-one cost typically runs 2× Covey, driven by platform fees plus the implementation. If you need a modern member-facing website, add the YM website upgrade fee.
05 · Integrations
Not all Momentive-family integrations are cross-compatible; confirm per-product before committing.
06 · What users actually say
YourMembership has a mixed review profile. Reviewers acknowledge the feature bundle but consistently flag an outdated UI and the "paid upgrade for a modern website" pattern.
What people praise
What people complain about
Sources: G2, Capterra, TrustRadius, reviewer analysis April 2026
07 · If your organization looks like this
If you are: An association already deep in the Momentive/Community Brands stack (Higher Logic, Nimble, Crowd Wisdom LMS)
Better choice: YourMembership
The ecosystem lock-in is real. Switching one product means reconnecting integrations. If you're happy with the stack, upgrade within it.
If you are: A 1,000-member association fed up with the "clunky, outdated and slow" UI
Better choice: Covey
This is the exact pain point Covey was designed around. Modern UI on every plan, no "upgrade to a modern website" fee.
08 · Where Covey is different
Legacy membership platforms feel like they were designed in 2008. Covey is built by a small team that treats typography, spacing, and the quiet details as the product.
A real human moves your members, levels, and renewal dates from your existing platform and rebuilds your upcoming events and email templates. You're live on Covey inside 48 hours, not six weeks.
No support tiers, no ticket queues that take four business days. Every plan includes a real person answering your questions, often the same person who wrote the feature.
One page, plain numbers. Plans are priced by active members, not contacts, and every plan has every feature. Migration is included, onboarding is included, support is included.
What YourMembership does well
Where YourMembership falls short
Switching from YourMembership?
Imports from YourMembership cover members, membership types, renewal dates, and custom fields. Covey runs one organization per account, so chapters are reviewed with you first. Community Brands integrations (LMS, career center) do not carry over.
09 · Support, when it matters
10 · Frequently asked
Covey is designed specifically for organizations considering a move off YourMembership. A real human moves your members, membership levels, renewal dates and custom fields, and rebuilds your upcoming events and email templates, in a single 48-hour engagement.
Covey is priced by active members, with every feature on every plan: $49/month for up to 100 active members, $79 for 250, $139 for 500, and $229 for 2,000 (annual billing is 2 months free; over 2,000, talk to us). Migration is included and Covey takes 0% of your payments. YourMembership: Quote-based via demo request. Reported range $3,000–$20,000/yr (PricingNow, SmartThoughts), with basic plans around $3,990/yr billed annually.
Imports from YourMembership cover members, membership types, renewal dates, and custom fields. Covey runs one organization per account, so chapters are reviewed with you first. Community Brands integrations (LMS, career center) do not carry over.
"Clunky platform that is very outdated and slow" (G2/Capterra) "Minimal updates; Community Brands/Momentive focuses more on other applications" (TrustRadius) "Weak financial functionality forces many to maintain separate accounting systems" (TrustRadius)
Mid-sized associations needing a career center and online community in one bundled AMS, particularly if they already run other Momentive products and want data portability within that ecosystem.
No. Covey covers member management, events, dues, email and your website. Community forums are coming soon. YourMembership has more breadth in niche areas accumulated over a decade-plus of product history. Covey is newer and opinionated about how those workflows should feel. If you need a specific YourMembership feature you rely on daily, ask us before you decide.
Yes. Covey is generally available: start a 30-day free trial with no card required, then plans start at $49/month. YourMembership has the longer track record and a deeper back catalogue of niche features. Covey is the newer platform, built for 2026, with a faster release cadence and migration from YourMembership included on every plan.
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