Hivebrite is a community engagement platform used by associations, nonprofits, higher education organisations and other professional communities. Its association offering includes memberships, renewals, groups and chapters, events, mentoring, member directories, communications, automation and engagement analytics. It can collect membership dues directly or synchronise membership information with an existing association management system or CRM. Hivebrite
If you’re weighing up your options, here’s how VeryConnect approaches membership management and engagement. Our specialist membership management platform brings together the operational processes behind membership, including CRM, applications, renewals, payments and reporting, with events, communications, member portals, community features and engagement insight.
This gives membership teams one connected environment for managing their day-to-day administration while also understanding and improving how members engage with the organisation.
VeryConnect is not affiliated with, and this page is not endorsed by, Hivebrite. Information about Hivebrite on this page is based on publicly available information from Hivebrite’s website, accessed in September 2026. Product features and services may change over time.
What VeryConnect offers
Membership administration and engagement in one place
Running a membership organisation involves more than giving members a place to connect.
Your team may need to manage individual and organisational member records, applications, renewals, invoices, payments, events, communications, membership categories and reporting alongside the services and experiences members receive.
VeryConnect brings these areas together. The administrative side of membership connects with events, communications, resources, community activity and other member-facing services, giving your team a clearer view of the whole member relationship.
A CRM built around membership relationships
Membership data can involve more than a list of individual contacts.
VeryConnect supports individual and organisational members, linked contacts, different membership categories and tiers, committees, regional groups, prospective and lapsed members, applications and other relationships that form part of your membership structure.
The platform can be configured around your organisation’s terminology and processes, helping the CRM reflect the way your team actually works rather than simply storing member profiles.
Membership workflows, finance and professional development
VeryConnect supports the operational processes membership teams manage throughout the member lifecycle.
This can include automated renewals and reminders, invoicing, card and Direct Debit payments, payment history, financial reporting, applications and approvals, CPD tracking and certificate generation.
These processes connect back to the same membership records, reducing the need to piece together information from different areas when managing members or producing reports.
Engagement insight connected to membership data
VeryConnect brings together activity across communications, events, payments and portal use to give your team a clearer picture of how members are interacting with your organisation.
Engagement tracking can help identify highly active members as well as members whose participation may be declining before they reach the point of lapsing.
Because this activity connects with CRM and membership information, teams can use engagement insight alongside membership status, renewals and other member data to inform communications, retention activity and reporting.
Core features
- Member CRM for individual and organisational members
- Events, registrations, ticketing and attendance
- Built-in email communications
- Automated renewals and payments
- Invoicing and financial reporting
- Engagement tracking and at-risk member identification
- Reporting dashboards
- Member portal and community
- CPD tracking and certificates
- Mentoring
- Member directories and networking
- Digital membership cards
- Membership website design and build
- Integrations with Stripe, Xero, GoCardless, QuickBooks, WordPress, Squarespace, Mailchimp, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Blackbaud CRM/Raiser’s Edge, Outlook, Moodle, LinkedIn and more
How VeryConnect makes everyday membership management easier
“The VeryConnect platform does exactly what we’ve asked for, which is very much an improvement over what we had before. Even the more intuitive elements of it, such as automated emails, member filtering, and the ability to generate various reports – are all significant improvements on the system we had previously.”
Natalie Billing, Head of Membership and Engagement, The British Cardiovascular Society
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