Read each tier in detail, or compare all four at a glance.

Foundation tier · live in days

Starter

Billed annually · no multi-year contract

$199 /mo

The complete alumni infrastructure for schools just starting. Auto-syncing alumni database. Native mobile app. School Engagement Score with AI recommendations. Customisable alumni landing page. Snapshot emails, & Newsletters pay-per-use. Everything you need to begin engaging your alumni community properly.

Most schools start here and stay for six to twelve months before adding events and chat groups at Lite. The foundation never gets retired — it's the base layer of every higher tier.

Choose Starter
What's included
Directory
Self-syncing profiles, private messaging, Follow, paid membership
Photos
Galleries, alumni uploads, moderation
News
School editorial channel, schedule ahead, embed widget
Alumni Stories New
Featured stories from admins, alumni-submitted stories from the community
Alumni Posts
Shares updates, milestones, and moments directly with fellow alumni
Landing Page Builder
Drag-and-drop, gated content, video slideshows
Analytics & Reporting AI Recommendations
School Engagement Score, AI recommendations, board pack PDF export
Newsletters
Pay-per-use email, manual and auto-digest, Mailchimp replacement
Community Highlight/Snapshot Email
Automated period email summaries, Set frequency
Mobile App
Native iOS & Android
Typical first-year outcome

Verified-contact rate climbs from the 30–40% industry norm to 78%. The first snapshot email reaches the alumni community at scale. Alumni administration drops from 40+ hours a month to roughly two.

Foundation tier · live in days

Lite

Billed annually · no multi-year contract

$349 /mo

Add the active engagement modules: Events with Stripe payments built in, a two-way Jobs board, AI-moderated Chat Groups. Plus 5,000 monthly emails included — enough for most schools' entire alumni community on a weekly cadence.

This is the tier where the platform starts paying for itself. Event ticket revenue, recovered fundraising lift and the time savings together typically cover the Lite subscription within the first quarter.

Choose Lite
Everything in Starter, plus
Events
Custom form fields, event analytics, Stripe payments, embed widget
Jobs
Two-way board: school positions + alumni-employer postings
Chat Groups AI Moderation
Smart Moderation, public/private boards, email notifications
+5,000 emails/month
Included monthly volume for Newsletters
Typical Lite outcome

Event registrations climb 4–8× versus social-media promotion (Long Bay: 9 → 80). Chat groups generate weekly active conversation within the first month. AI moderation handles community safety automatically.

Foundation tier · live in days

Growth

Billed annually · no multi-year contract

$599 /mo

Add Fundraising with the new campaign wizard, Magazines & Yearbooks (upload PDF to live publication in minutes) and Shop for school merchandise. Plus 25,000 monthly emails — enough for multiple campaigns per month across the full alumni base.

Growth is where alumni programmes become self-funding. Fundraising embedded on the main school site. Merchandise revenue from alumni nostalgia. Digital magazines replacing $1,800-a-year Issuu subscriptions. The platform shifts from cost line to revenue generator.

Choose Growth
Everything in Lite, plus
Magazines & Yearbooks
Upload PDF to live publication, archives, replaces Issuu
Fundraising Wizard rolling out
Stripe-direct, embed widget, tax receipts, donor lists
Shop
Cart, Stripe checkout, shipping rules, fulfilment tracking
+25,000 emails/month
Full alumni-base campaigning, multiple cadences
Typical Growth outcome

Annual fundraising lift of 40% via engaged-alumni participation. Merchandise becomes a new revenue line. Digital magazines save $1,800+/year in Issuu fees. Growth typically returns 4–10× within the first year.

Foundation tier · live in days

Pro

Billed annually · no multi-year contract

$949 /mo

For schools running the full strategic alumni programme. Business Directory with recurring revenue (typical schools earn $1,200+/month from listings alone). Custom Pages to build whatever your programme needs — mentoring hubs, scholarship portals, partner directories — without an agency. 50,000 monthly emails for high-cadence, multi-segment campaigning.

Pro is where Alumnly stops being a vendor and becomes infrastructure. The Business Directory alone often covers the entire subscription. Custom Pages replaces $30K–80K of annual web agency work.

Choose Pro
Everything in Growth, plus
Business Directory Recurring revenue
Embed on main site, whole school community, ROI calculator
Custom Pages
Mentoring hubs, scholarship portals, partner directories
+50,000 emails/month
Maximum cadence campaigning across all alumni segments
Typical Pro outcome

Business Directory generates $1,200–$2,400/month recurring from 40–80 listings. Custom Pages replaces $30K–80K/year of agency work. The platform pays for itself multiple times over.

Starter
$199 /mo
Billed annually · no multi-year contract
Build the foundation.
What's included
  • Directory
  • Photos
  • News
  • Alumni Stories
  • Alumni Posts
  • Landing Page Builder
  • Analytics & Reporting
  • Newsletters
  • Community Highlight/Snapshot Email
  • Mobile App
Choose Starter
Lite
$349 /mo
Billed annually · no multi-year contract
Run the engagement engine.
Everything in Starter, plus
  • + Events
  • + Jobs
  • + Chat Groups
  • + +5,000 emails/month
Choose Lite
Pro
$949 /mo
Billed annually · no multi-year contract
The strategic platform.
Everything in Growth, plus
  • + Business Directory
  • + Custom Pages
  • + +50,000 emails/month
Choose Pro
Feature-by-feature

The complete comparison

Every module, every limit, every plan — for the procurement-spreadsheet reader.

Feature Starter
$199/mo
Lite
$349/mo
Growth
$599/mo
Pro
$949/mo
Foundation modules
Directory — profiles, messaging, follow, paid membership
Photos — galleries, alumni uploads
News — editorial channel, scheduling
Alumni Stories — featured & community stories
Alumni Posts — share updates & moments
Landing Page Builder — gated content, video
Analytics — School Engagement Score + AI Recommendations
Mobile App — native iOS + Android
Engagement modules
Events — Stripe, custom form fields, analytics
Jobs — two-way school + alumni-employer board
Chat Groups — AI moderation, email notifications
Revenue modules
Fundraising — Stripe, custom, analytics
Magazines & Yearbooks — PDF, archives
Shop — cart, Stripe, shipping, fulfilment
Advanced modules
Business Directory — recurring revenue, embed, ROI calc
Custom Pages — mentoring hubs, portals, directories
Email volume (Newsletters & Snapshot)
Community Highlight/Snapshot Emails — automated periodic email summaries
Newsletter Email allowance per month Pay-per-use 5,000 25,000 50,000
Infrastructure & trust
AU/NZ data residency (AWS Sydney)
ST4S badged — Safer Technologies 4 Schools
Full data export rights — no lock-in
Stripe direct (no transaction skim)
SIS integration (CSV, API)
Onboarding included (live in hours)
Alumnly vs. the fragmented stack

Three vendors paid for the platform.
The rest is saved budget.

Most schools running an alumni programme spend $25,000+/year across the fragmented vendor stack. Alumnly's Growth plan is $7,188/year — and replaces all of it.

Tool / capability Fragmented stack On Alumnlyy
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 ad-hoc spreadsheet $1,200-$3,600 / yr Included
Custom landing pages Web agency engagements $20,000-$40,000 / yr Included
Mobile app Custom build, one-time $80,000-$200,000 Included
Total across just the recurring items $25,240+ / yr $7,188 / yr
In every plan

The things you don't pay extra for.
And probably should.

Native mobile app
iOS + Android
AU / NZ data residency
AWS Sydney
Full export rights
no lock-in
Stripe direct
no transaction skim
ST4S badged
education-grade
Onboarding included
live in hours
Now live Alumni Stories — featured & community stories, now included in every plan from Starter
Coming later Events v2 — join the interest list

The questions we get asked most

No. Onboarding is included in your subscription — live in hours, not months. We didn't want a financial barrier between you and seeing whether the platform works.

No. Stripe processes payments direct to your school account. Alumnly doesn't skim transactions — you keep 100% of donations, ticket sales and merchandise revenue (minus only Stripe's standard processing fee).

Full export rights. Excel export of every alumni record, donation, registration and engagement metric — anytime, including the day you cancel. No multi-year contracts, no proprietary file formats.

Yes — anytime, prorated. Most schools start on Starter or Lite, move to Growth within 12-18 months as fundraising and revenue modules pay back, and reach Pro when the programme matures into its strategic form.

AWS Sydney region (ap-southeast-2). AU/NZ data residency in-jurisdiction by default. The security review covers infrastructure, encryption, breach response and compliance — available online on Privacy, Data Breach, and Cybersecurity pages.

All Alumnly customers are non-profit-aligned (we work with schools, not corporates), so the published pricing is already the non-profit pricing. For school groups running multiple campuses, contact us and we'll work out the right multi-campus structure.