{"id":5054,"date":"2026-09-23T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kannect.co\/blog\/?p=5054"},"modified":"2026-09-07T17:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T17:36:21","slug":"neighborhood-association-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kannect.co\/blog\/compare\/neighborhood-association-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighborhood and Civic Group Tools That Are Not Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most neighborhood associations run on a Facebook group, a spreadsheet of who&#8217;s paid, and one person&#8217;s personal phone number. That works right up until it doesn&#8217;t. The treasurer moves away, the group gets taken over by an argument about parking, and nobody can remember who the members actually are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neighborhood association software is a small and slightly odd category. Half of it&#8217;s HOA accounting software built for property managers and priced by the unit. The other half is community platforms designed for something else entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We read every vendor&#8217;s own pricing page on 5 September 2026. Here&#8217;s what each one costs and which of those two halves it belongs to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>On this page<\/h2><nav><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#facebook\">What actually goes wrong with a Facebook group<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#two-halves\">The category is two different products<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#at-a-glance\">Six neighborhood association software options at a glance<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#the-list\">Each one in detail<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#choosing\">How to choose neighborhood association software<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#kannect\">Where Kannect fits<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#sources\">Where these neighborhood association software prices came from<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"facebook\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What actually goes wrong with a Facebook group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facebook groups are free and everyone is already there, which is a real advantage and the reason so many neighborhood groups stay. Four things break, usually in this order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The algorithm decides who sees the meeting notice.<\/strong> You can&#8217;t see that number, you can&#8217;t change it, and it isn&#8217;t everyone. For a group whose whole purpose is telling neighbors things, that&#8217;s the wrong foundation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>There&#8217;s no membership record.<\/strong> Who has paid dues, who lives at which address, who agreed to be on the phone tree. None of that exists in a Facebook group.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Money moves through a person.<\/strong> Dues collected by Venmo to the treasurer&#8217;s personal account is the single most common structural risk in a small civic group, and it&#8217;s a real problem when the treasurer changes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nothing hands over.<\/strong> The admin who set up the group in 2017 has moved. Nobody can remove them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not all of that requires software to fix. But if you&#8217;re collecting money and holding meetings, the last two are worth solving deliberately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"two-halves\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The category is two different products<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This matters more than any feature comparison, because buying from the wrong half is expensive and frustrating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tools split into two halves that barely overlap, and picking the wrong half is the most common and most expensive mistake here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HOA and property software<\/strong> is built around units, dues and compliance. It assumes a defined set of properties, an assessment schedule, and someone accountable for collecting. HOA Express, PayHOA and Buildium live here. If your group has formal dues and a legal structure, this half will feel like it was made for you, and the payment tooling is the strongest part of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Community platforms<\/strong> are built around people talking to each other: posts, events, directories, announcements. Nextdoor, Front Porch Forum and Kannect live here. If your group is voluntary, has no legal obligation to collect anything, and mostly needs people to show up and stay in touch, this half fits better. A Facebook group sits in neither camp, since it takes no payments and keeps no records you own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Tool<\/th><th>Entry price<\/th><th>Priced by<\/th><th>Platform fee<\/th><th>Free trial<\/th><th>Publishes pricing<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Kannect<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>$29\/mo, or $276\/yr<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>People, 500 on the entry plan<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>2%<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>7 days, card required<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Yes, in full<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Facebook group<\/td><td>Free<\/td><td>Not applicable<\/td><td>None, it takes no payments<\/td><td>Not applicable<\/td><td>Not applicable<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nextdoor<\/td><td>Free business page<\/td><td>Not applicable<\/td><td>Not applicable, no payments<\/td><td>Not applicable<\/td><td>Not applicable<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Front Porch Forum<\/td><td>Free, Vermont and parts of New York only<\/td><td>Not applicable<\/td><td>Not applicable, no payments<\/td><td>Not applicable<\/td><td>Not applicable<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HOA Express<\/td><td>Free, then from $15\/mo billed yearly<\/td><td>Households, free to 50<\/td><td>Not published, though the Engage plan can pass fees to residents<\/td><td>30 days, no card<\/td><td>Yes, in full<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>PayHOA<\/td><td>From $49\/mo billed yearly<\/td><td>Units, nine size tiers<\/td><td>Not broken out, 3.5% + $0.50 quoted as one card rate<\/td><td>30 days, no card<\/td><td>Yes, in full<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Buildium<\/td><td>From $62\/mo, associations quote only<\/td><td>Units<\/td><td>Not broken out, 2.99% quoted as one card rate<\/td><td>Not published<\/td><td>Starting prices only<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Read off each vendor own pricing page, September 2026. Platform fees only. Every platform here that takes card payments does so through a processor such as Stripe, whose US standard rate is 2.9% + $0.30, and that is charged on top unless a vendor states its rate is all-inclusive. The HOA and property tools quote a single card rate and do not separate their own fee from processing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The distinction that decides it&#8217;s whether membership is mandatory. A formal HOA with mandatory assessments, a reserve fund and enforcement powers is genuinely an accounting problem and should buy accounting software. A voluntary neighborhood association, a civic club or a residents group is a membership and communication problem wearing an HOA-shaped search term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"at-a-glance\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Six neighborhood association software options at a glance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bank transfer is worth asking about if your dues are annual and sizeable. HOA Express publishes 1.4%, PayHOA a flat $2.45, Buildium $2.35 on incoming EFT, and the Stripe ACH rate that applies under Kannect is 0.8% capped at $5.00 per transaction. On a $400 annual assessment that is the difference between paying about three dollars and paying twelve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"the-list\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Each one in detail<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HOA Express<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The friendliest option in the HOA half, and the one most likely to suit a small voluntary association. There&#8217;s a genuinely free plan for up to 50 households. Paid plans start at $15 a month billed yearly for Inform, at $180 a year, and $21 a month billed yearly for Engage, at $252 a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One thing to watch: the price scales with a household-count selector, and the figures above are the entry band. Move the selector to your own household count before you budget, because $180 a year won&#8217;t be what a 200-home association pays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Online payment fees are 3.2% plus $0.80 on cards and 1.4% on bank transfer, and the community can choose to pass those to residents or absorb them. The site is explicit that there are no one time setup fees. There&#8217;s a 30 day risk-free period with no card required and a 30 day money-back guarantee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best for.<\/strong> A neighborhood association with a website, a newsletter and modest dues that wants to stop using a Facebook group without buying accounting software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PayHOA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Priced by units, monthly or annual. Annual works out at $49 a month for up to 25 units, $59 for 26 to 50, $99 for 51 to 100, $129 for 101 to 150, $169 for 151 to 200, $199 for 201 to 300, $229 for 301 to 400 and $249 for 401 to 500. Above 500 units it&#8217;s $0.55 per unit a month with a $275 monthly minimum. Monthly billing is roughly 10% more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Payment fees are a flat $2.45 per ACH transaction and 3.5% plus $0.50 on cards. There&#8217;s a 30 day free trial with no card, no setup fee, no long-term contract and no cancellation fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Worth knowing.<\/strong> A flat $2.45 on bank transfer is unusually good on a large assessment and unusually bad on a small one. On a $400 quarterly assessment it&#8217;s 0.6%. On $25 annual dues it&#8217;s nearly 10%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best for.<\/strong> A real HOA with mandatory assessments, a budget and a reserve fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Buildium<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Property management software with a separate community associations product. Published plans start at $62 a month for Essential, $192 for Growth and $400 for Premium, with unit minimums not published on the page. Payment fees vary by plan: Essential is $2.35 incoming EFT, $0.99 outgoing, 2.99% on cards and $99 per bank account setup; Growth drops incoming EFT to $1.35 and includes ten free bank accounts; Premium waives incoming EFT for the first twelve months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The catch for our purposes.<\/strong> The community associations product doesn&#8217;t publish pricing at all; the site directs associations to call. Onboarding is required on Growth and Premium and the fee isn&#8217;t published. There&#8217;s a 14 day free trial with no card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best for.<\/strong> Management companies, not volunteer boards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nextdoor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A free business page with unlimited free posts. Nextdoor publishes no ad rates, budget minimums or organization pricing on its business site; paid promotion runs through its Ads Manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What it&#8217;s good for.<\/strong> Reaching neighbors who aren&#8217;t yet members. It&#8217;s a discovery channel, and a genuinely useful one for a new association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What it isn&#8217;t.<\/strong> A membership system. It has the same structural problem as Facebook: you don&#8217;t own the list, and a feed decides who sees the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Front Porch Forum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Free, and geographically limited: it describes itself as a free community-building service in Vermont and parts of New York. Account types include personal, business, nonprofit and public official. No sponsorship rates or paid posting fees are published on the pages we could reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re in its service area it&#8217;s worth using as a channel. If you aren&#8217;t, it isn&#8217;t an option, and it&#8217;s worth saying that plainly because it appears on national roundups that don&#8217;t mention the geography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"choosing\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to choose neighborhood association software<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Is membership mandatory?<\/strong> If yes, buy from the HOA half. If no, buy from the community half. This single question resolves most of the decision.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What&#8217;s your average payment?<\/strong> A flat per-transaction fee is excellent on a $400 assessment and terrible on $25 dues. A percentage fee is the reverse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How many board members need access?<\/strong> Volunteer boards turn over annually and usually need four to eight people with real access.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Do you still need to find neighbors?<\/strong> If yes, keep Nextdoor or the Facebook group as a front door and run the organization somewhere you control. Those aren&#8217;t mutually exclusive.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Where does the money land?<\/strong> The goal is an account in the association&#8217;s name, not the treasurer&#8217;s. This is the change most worth making, whatever software you pick.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s more on the reach problem in <a href=\"https:\/\/kannect.co\/blog\/community-building\/why-community-engagement-is-failing\/\">why community engagement fails<\/a>, and on keeping people involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/kannect.co\/blog\/memberships\/member-engagement\/\">why members join and then go quiet<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"kannect\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where Kannect fits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kannect is our product, so check the <a href=\"https:\/\/kannect.co\/pricing\">pricing page<\/a> yourself. It sits in the community half of the table above: built around members, dues and meetings rather than around assessments and reserve accounting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Memberships, properly.<\/strong> One membership type with multiple pricing tiers on every plan, or multiple membership types each with their own tiers on the higher plans. Custom application forms, manual or automatic approval, and a welcome flow that drops a new member straight into the conversation. Discounts and renewals are built in, so nobody&#8217;s tracking who gets the early-bird rate in a spreadsheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>And the rest of the organization.<\/strong> A member directory with unlimited listings on every plan, and multiple directories side by side on the higher plans for sponsors, alumni, partners or your team. Groups and programs for chapters, committees and cohorts, each with its own conversation and analytics. A people database with statuses for member, alumni, donor, staff, parent and student, which members keep current themselves from the app. Events, broadcast email, a community website and a member app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Plan<\/th><th>Monthly<\/th><th>Billed yearly<\/th><th>People<\/th><th>Admins<\/th><th>Emails\/mo<\/th><th>Platform fee<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Starter<\/td><td>$29<\/td><td>$276<\/td><td>500<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>5,000<\/td><td>2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Launch<\/td><td>$69<\/td><td>$660<\/td><td>2,000<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>20,000<\/td><td>2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Growth<\/td><td>$149<\/td><td>$1,428<\/td><td>5,000<\/td><td>10<\/td><td>50,000<\/td><td>1.5%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Scale<\/td><td>$299<\/td><td>$2,868<\/td><td>15,000<\/td><td>25<\/td><td>150,000<\/td><td>1%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Annual billing takes 20% off the monthly rate. Read from kannect.co\/pricing, 5 September 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The part that matters most day to day is reach. Every opted-in member receives every announcement. No algorithm decides who sees it, and there&#8217;s no per-contact overage bill for sending it. Payments run on Stripe. You connect your bank once, and money from events, memberships, programs and donations lands in your own account, usually within three business days. Kannect never holds your money. Registered nonprofits pay 0% Kannect fee on donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a neighborhood or civic group the useful part is that membership isn&#8217;t one flat thing. A household membership, a senior rate, a business sponsor and a founding-member tier can all exist at once, with renewals and discounts handled for you. Payments run on Stripe and land in the association&#8217;s own bank account, which gets the money out of somebody&#8217;s personal Venmo. And next year&#8217;s board inherits a system rather than a folder of logins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kannect: The All-in-One Community Operating System\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0J-kATUNVps?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A quick tour of Kannect: memberships, events, payments and announcements in one place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most organizations start with one job, usually events, payments or the directory, and bring the rest across as they need it. Setup is self-serve at no cost. If you&#8217;d rather we build the account for you, that&#8217;s an optional one time service starting at $150.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s a wider comparison in <a href=\"https:\/\/kannect.co\/blog\/compare\/community-engagement-platform-comparison\/\">the best community engagement platforms<\/a>, and we write separately for <a href=\"https:\/\/kannect.co\/blog\/by-organization\/nonprofits\/\">nonprofits<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"faq\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list \">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1757061\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What&#8217;s the best neighborhood association software?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>It depends whether membership is mandatory. A formal HOA with assessments and a reserve fund is an accounting problem and is well served by PayHOA, from $49 a month billed annually for up to 25 units. A voluntary neighborhood association is a membership and communication problem: HOA Express is free to 50 households and Kannect starts at $29 a month with dues, events, a directory and announcements included.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1757062\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">How much does HOA or neighborhood association software cost?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Published prices in 2026 start free and rise quickly with size. HOA Express is free up to 50 households and then from $15 a month billed yearly. PayHOA runs from $49 a month billed annually for 25 units to $249 for 500, then $0.55 per unit with a $275 monthly minimum. Buildium starts at $62 a month but doesn&#8217;t publish pricing for its community associations product.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1757063\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Is there free neighborhood association software?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Partly. HOA Express has a free plan for up to 50 households. Nextdoor offers a free business page with unlimited posts but no membership records. Front Porch Forum is free but operates only in Vermont and parts of New York. Facebook groups are free and have no membership record, no dues and no control over who sees a post.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1757064\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What&#8217;s wrong with running a neighborhood group on Facebook?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Four things, usually in this order. An algorithm decides who sees the meeting notice and nobody at the association can see or change that number. There&#8217;s no membership record, so nobody knows who has paid or who lives where. Dues tend to move through a volunteer&#8217;s personal payment account. And nothing hands over cleanly when the admin who created the group moves away.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1757065\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Should a small neighborhood group buy HOA software?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Usually not. HOA software is priced by units and built around assessments, violations, reserves and accounting, which assumes mandatory membership and a legal entity. A voluntary association with fifty paying households and a monthly meeting is buying a lot of machinery it will never switch on, and paying per unit for households that aren&#8217;t members.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1757066\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What payment fee should a neighborhood association expect?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Published rates vary in shape as well as size. HOA Express publishes 3.2% plus $0.80 on cards and 1.4% on bank transfer. PayHOA publishes 3.5% plus $0.50 on cards and a flat $2.45 per ACH transaction. Kannect publishes a 2% platform fee alongside Stripe processing. Flat per-transaction fees favour large assessments; percentage fees favour small dues.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"sources\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where these neighborhood association software prices came from<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every neighborhood association software price and payment fee above came off the vendor&#8217;s own page on 5 September 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoa-express.com\/pricing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HOA Express pricing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.payhoa.com\/pricing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PayHOA pricing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildium.com\/pricing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buildium pricing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/business.nextdoor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nextdoor for business<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/frontporchforum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Front Porch Forum<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"related\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related reading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kannect.co\/blog\/compare\/community-engagement-platform-comparison\/\">12 best community engagement platforms, with verified pricing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kannect.co\/blog\/compare\/meetup-alternatives\/\">How to move your club off Meetup without losing members<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kannect.co\/blog\/community-building\/build-community\/\">How to build a community<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kannect.co\/blog\/community-building\/volunteering-and-engage-volunteers\/\">How to recruit and engage volunteers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kannect.co\/blog\/memberships\/new-member-onboarding\/\">Member onboarding in the first 30 days<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kannect.co\/guides\/facebook-groups-hidden-cost\/\">The hidden cost of running your community on Facebook Groups<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kannect.co\/guides\/reach-every-member\/\">How to reach every member without paying to boost your post<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kannect.co\/guides\/why-engagement-drops-after-first-event\/\">Why communities lose engagement after the first event<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kannect.co\/resources\/membership-tiers\/\">Membership tiers that renew<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kannect.co\/guides\/\">Free guides and templates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six options for neighborhood associations and civic groups with prices and payment fees read off each vendor own page on 5 September 2026. 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