At least six separate vendors — email through Mailchimp, events through Eventbrite (6.5% of every ticket), magazines through Issuu, photos somewhere ad-hoc, donations through PayPal, a CRM in an un-backed-up Office 365 file. When the audit comes you spend a week pulling reports from six platforms; when data residency comes up, half of them store data in the US. Alumnly consolidates the stack into one platform — AU/NZ residency, AWS-hosted, full export rights, predictable billing, and one contract shaped like every other SaaS contract your finance committee approves.
Most schools spend $4,000–$8,000 a year across the stack. Alumnly Lite is $349/month — $4,188/year — and usually replaces three vendors outright.
| Tool / capability | Fragmented stack | On Alumnly |
|---|---|---|
| Email marketing | Mailchimp / Campaign Monitor · $1,440/yr | Included |
| Event registration & payments | Eventbrite at 6.5%/event · $800–2,400/yr | Included (Lite) |
| Digital magazines / yearbooks | Issuu enterprise · $1,800/yr | Included (Growth) |
| CRM / database | Salesforce-style or spreadsheet · $1,200–3,600/yr | Included |
| Custom landing pages | Web agency · $30,000–80,000/yr | Included |
| Mobile app | Custom build · $80,000–200,000 one-time | Included |
| Total (recurring) | $35,240+ / yr | From $4,188 / yr |
AWS Sydney by default. Alumni data lives in-jurisdiction; the privacy conversation is one paragraph, not ten.
WAF and intrusion detection, penetration-tested, encrypted in transit and at rest.
CSV export of every record, donation and registration. Cancel anytime, take everything with you.
Stripe processes payments direct to your school account. Alumnly takes no cut of donations or ticket sales.
Safer Technologies 4 Schools 2026 badge, a documented data-breach policy, and NDB-scheme compliance.
Built in Victoria for the education sector, not a US tool retrofitted. The support team knows your jurisdiction.
“The platform is easy to use, and the Alumnly team were fantastic in the transition, set-up and launch. We love that their team actively listens and responds to feedback and are consistently developing new features.”
Maddy Hopkins
Development & Digital Engagement Manager · Strathcona Girls’ Grammar
Book a walkthrough or ask for the full cost breakdown — we’ll map the consolidation against your current stack and show the procurement story your finance committee will approve.