VeryConnect: An oomi Alternative for Connected Membership Management

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oomi is membership management software designed for professional bodies, trade associations and other membership organisations. Its offering combines a membership CRM with member portals, online communities, websites and digital services, alongside functionality for areas including events, finance, committees, fundraising and reporting (oomi).

If you’re weighing up your options, here’s how VeryConnect approaches membership management and member engagement. Our specialist membership management platform brings together CRM, events, communications, payments, member portals, community features, professional development and engagement insight, giving organisations tools to manage their members while also creating more opportunities for them to engage.

VeryConnect can be configured around your organisation’s requirements, with member-facing functionality and engagement data connected to the same membership records your team works with every day.

What VeryConnect offers

Membership management and member engagement in one place

Managing your membership is only one part of delivering value to members.

VeryConnect combines core membership administration with member-facing functionality designed to encourage interaction and participation. Alongside CRM, renewals, payments, events and communications, your platform can include member directories, networking, discussion areas, direct messaging, resources, mentoring, job opportunities and digital membership cards.

Because these areas are connected to your membership data, your team can manage the operational side of membership while creating a richer online experience for members within the same platform.

A clearer picture of member engagement

Understanding engagement means looking beyond whether somebody has renewed their membership.

VeryConnect connects activity across events, emails, payments and portal use to build a clearer picture of how members are interacting with your organisation. Teams can identify highly engaged members as well as those whose engagement may be declining before they reach the point of lapsing.

This information can support more targeted communications, retention activity and reporting, helping your team make better use of the member data you already collect.

Configuration around how your organisation works

Membership organisations can have very different structures and processes. You may manage individual and organisational memberships, different membership tiers, committees, regional groups, applications and approvals, CPD, events, corporate contacts and specific renewal or payment processes.

VeryConnect works with your team before implementation to understand these requirements and configure the platform accordingly. The system can also reflect the terminology your organisation uses, whether you work with members, fellows, organisations, partners, students, alumni or another type of relationship.

For requirements beyond standard configuration, VeryConnect has an in-house development team that can support more specific functionality and integrations.

Connections with your wider technology

Your membership platform does not have to replace every specialist system that already works for your organisation.

VeryConnect integrates with external systems across payments, accounting, communications, CRM, calendars, websites and professional development. This includes platforms such as Xero, QuickBooks, Stripe, GoCardless, Outlook, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Blackbaud CRM/Raiser’s Edge, WordPress and Moodle.

This allows VeryConnect to become a central source of membership information while maintaining connections with other technology that remains important to your organisation.

VeryConnect platform capabilities

A Platform That Delivers on Its Promise

“With VC you get what it says on the tin. The platform and CRM represent excellent value. They are a great organisation to work with and the quality of their overall work and product is high.”

Rhys Chesters-Lewis, External Project Director

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oomi is provided by Centrepoint Computer Services Limited. VeryConnect is not affiliated with, and this page is not endorsed by, oomi or Centrepoint Computer Services Limited. Information about oomi on this page is based on publicly available information from oomi’s website, accessed in September 2026. Product features and services may change over time.