Choosing an alumni platform is a decision you'll live with for years. The features look similar on every website — so the real question isn't what can it do, but how does the company behind it actually treat your school, your budget, and your data? That's where the differences are, and they're worth knowing before you commit.
Not a feature list — the structural choices that decide whether a platform serves you or costs you.
When your alumni donate or pay for an event, that money is your school's — every cent. Payments flow straight through your own Stripe account. We never take a percentage of your fundraising, unlike platforms that quietly clip every transaction.
No implementation fee that appears after you've signed. No six-month rollout billed by the month. Setup, migration and onboarding are included on every plan — and you're live in under four hours, not next term.
We don't trap schools in three-year contracts to keep them. Our pricing is transparent and published, billed annually — you stay because it works, not because you're contractually stuck. That keeps us honest, and it keeps you in control.
For Australian schools, your data is hosted in AWS Sydney and stays in Australia. You're the data controller — apply your own privacy policy, export any time, and know exactly where your alumni's information lives. ST4S assessed, built for the education sector.
Alumnly is designed for the school with one person doing alumni engagement alongside two other jobs. Self-syncing profiles and automation turn what's usually 40+ hours a month into around two — the reach of a big team, without one.
We're an Australian team, backed by decades of building software for Australian schools. When you call, you reach the people who build the product — not a ticket queue in another timezone.
Whoever you're evaluating, these are the questions that reveal how they'll really treat your school. We're happy to be judged on every one.
With Alumnly, no — donations and event payments go straight to your school's account.
Included, on every plan. And you're live in under four hours.
No. Transparent, published pricing, billed annually — no multi-year lock-in.
In Australia for Australian schools. You're the controller, with your own policy and export any time.
The number that matters. We'd rather be judged on whether alumni turn up than on a feature grid.
"Within only 3 weeks of sending out email invites to many of our past students, almost 33% had responded. Alumnly has breathed new life into our engagement efforts."
Kylie Lawtey
Registrar, Kolbe Catholic College
Launch a free site in under four hours, or book a demo tailored to your school. No contracts, no commission, no risk.