Fonteva vs. re:Members: Choosing Proven AMS Experience
Both Fonteva and re:Members leverage the Salesforce CRM to power their AMS offerings. However, the companies’ backgrounds vary greatly.
re:Members, which brought together Billhighway, ChapterSpot, Greekbill, and Impexium, has its roots in managing fraternities, sororities, and local chapters. Fonteva, on the other hand, has spent more than a decade building a Salesforce infrastructure specifically for established trade and professional associations. This means its out-of-the-box tools are already tailored to the needs of complex, enterprise-level associations.
Below, we compare Fonteva to re:Members, exploring the top reasons organizations opt for Fonteva’s established solution.
See how re:Members features stack up against Fonteva
Why associations choose Fonteva over re:Members
Deep Association Experience & Salesforce Maturity
✓ Fonteva: A mature Salesforce architecture built exclusively for associations
X re:Members: A newer Salesforce platform with roots in fraternal/chapter management
Because re:Members combines legacy technologies that were heavily focused on fraternities, sororities, and chapter performance, its Salesforce offering may be best-suited for organizations with those specific structures. While it has expanded to serve professional associations, more established organizations may find that the platform needs more foundational customization to accommodate the complex governance and operational workflows they rely on to manage daily operations.
From day one, Fonteva was built to serve trade and professional associations. As a longtime Salesforce Partner, Fonteva has matured its association management solution to address the exact challenges mid-sized to large associations face. The platform also offers extensive, code-free customization options so associations can tailor the solution to fit their unique workflows. Choosing Fonteva means choosing a system that already understands your business model.
Enterprise Event & Conference Management
✓ Fonteva: Enterprise event management suite for complex conferences and trade shows
X re:Members: Functional event tools that may require customization to scale
re:Members provides capable event tools that allow organizations to manage standard registrations, basic sessions, and small-scale gatherings. Because these tools are intended to streamline chapter events, they function best for regional chapter meetings or straightforward webinars. Associations that host annual conventions may find that the platform requires customization or third-party add-ons to handle these larger events.
Fonteva’s enterprise-grade event management suite is included in its Salesforce-native AMS. It’s built to handle the heavy lifting of multi-day conferences, complex pricing, and exhibitor logistics. With Fonteva, your team can manage every detail of your events without needing to integrate a separate event platform.
Financial Workflows & Accounting Depth
✓ Fonteva: Advanced financial engine built for complex association accounting rules
X re:Members: Standard payment processing that may struggle with complex general ledger (GL) needs
re:Members has an integrated payment processing solution that simplifies standard transactions, offering PCI-compliant credit card and eCheck processing, multi-year tokenization for recurring renewals, and automated reconciliation with the AMS. These capabilities are excellent for straightforward purchasing and regional chapters, but associations with complex financial requirements might find them somewhat rigid as they scale.
Fonteva offers an embedded payment solution purpose-built for the platform—Fonteva Payments. Associations can accept payments via Apple Pay, Google Pay, global currencies, and Klarna, and they can even offset processing costs through configurable fee surcharges. On the back end, the platform protects the organization with real-time AI fraud detection.
Considering choosing Fonteva?
Transitioning your association to a new Salesforce environment is a major undertaking, but Fonteva’s team is prepared to help guide your organization through the process. Because Fonteva’s architecture is already optimized for association operations, our implementation experts can focus on securely mapping your historical data and refining the system to your exact specifications, rather than building basic association functionality from scratch.
Invest in Fonteva’s proven, scalable platform to empower your staff, overcome technical limitations, and deliver an exceptional experience to your members.
