Socio Connect vs Hivebrite
Socio Connect and Hivebrite, side by side.
Both are community platforms you pay for monthly. Socio Connect puts your directory, chapters, events, mentoring, giving and website on one record per person, with the Assistant built in, from $99 a month.
14-day free trial, no card needed · First 25 organizations get 30% off
A note before we go further: Hivebrite is a good platform, and plenty of universities and associations run well on it. If it’s the right fit for yours, stay on it. This page sets the two side by side so you can choose.
Harbor Point Church is an example.
What changes
The same kind of platform, at a different price.
Alumni networks and associations use Hivebrite for their directory, chapters, events and community. Socio Connect does those jobs too, and adds giving with no platform fee, courses, volunteers, your public website and the Assistant, all on one record per person. You can see where every alum or member is, and act on who needs you this week.
Hivebrite publishes Core at $895/month and Flex at $1,995/month, billed annually, and quotes Prime and Custom Fit privately. Socio Connect publishes every plan, priced by active people, billed monthly or yearly. What Hivebrite’s plans include, and what to ask before you renew, is in our Hivebrite pricing guide.
Gifts, dues and tickets go to your own Stripe account, and we never add a platform fee. Stripe charges its usual card fee, and donors can choose to cover it.
One record for every member: each event, chapter, mentoring match and gift lands in the same place.
$0
platform fee on giving, dues and tickets
$299
a month on Community, up to 750 active people
14 days
free on Community, no card
Plan by plan
Published prices, month by month.
Hivebrite's published plans, and Socio Connect's, as each vendor lists them:
Hivebrite Core
$895/month, billed annually
Hivebrite Flex
$1,995/month, billed annually
Hivebrite Prime
Quoted privately
Hivebrite Custom Fit
Quoted privately
Socio Connect Free
Free, up to 50 active people
Socio Connect Foundation
$99/month, up to 300 active people
Socio Connect Community
$299/month, up to 750 active people
Socio Connect Complete
$599/month, up to 2,000 active people
Socio Connect Enterprise
Priced to fit, invoiced
The jobs universities and associations run, and where each one lives in Socio Connect:
| The job | In Socio Connect |
|---|---|
| Member and alumni directory | A member directory and profilesEvery plan |
| People records | One record per person and household, with everything they’ve done with youEvery plan |
| Chapters | Chapters and campuses under one roof, each with its own leaders and eventsComplete |
| Groups and class cohorts | Groups with leaders, feeds and messages (3 on Free, 10 on Foundation, unlimited on Community)Every plan |
| Events and ticketing | Events and RSVPs on every plan. Paid tickets on Community, to your own Stripe account with no platform feeEvery planCommunity |
| Mentoring | Mentoring between alumni and students, and introductions between membersCommunity |
| Jobs and careers | A job boardCommunity |
| Giving with no platform fee | Giving to your own Stripe account, with recurring gifts and year-end statements, and no platform feeCommunity |
| Courses | Courses with certificatesCommunity |
| Your website | A public website, on your own domain from FoundationEvery plan |
| The Assistant | The Assistant: who needs your team this week, a reason for each name, and a note drafted for your team to sendCommunity |
| Price for 2,000 active people | Complete, $599/month for up to 2,000 active peopleComplete |
Hivebrite prices as published on hivebrite.io/pricing, checked September 2026. Prime and Custom Fit are quoted privately, so we state no figure for them. Socio Connect plans are priced by active people. Anyone who signed in, gave, checked in or RSVP’d in the last 90 days. Children and people you imported who haven’t done anything don’t count. Card processing on gifts isn’t shown: you pay it whatever platform you use.
See every planOne member record
The questions that sit between systems.
Hivebrite often sits beside an advancement or association CRM, a giving tool and an email tool, so these questions take exports from several places. On one record they're one place to look, and the Assistant brings the people behind them to your team each week.
- 1Which alumni show up to events and mentor, but have never been asked for a gift?
- 2How engaged is each school, class and city?
- 3Which mentors went on to give?
- 4Which reunions brought people back for good?
Harbor Point Church is an example.
Hivebrite and Socio Connect
Side by side, at a glance.
| Compared | Hivebrite | Socio Connect |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Core $895/month and Flex $1,995/month, billed annually; Prime and Custom Fit quoted privately | Monthly or yearly, by active people: Free, then $99, $299 and $599 a month; Enterprise priced to fit |
| For 2,000 active people | Ask Hivebrite which plan fits your size | Complete, $599/month for up to 2,000 active people |
| Giving | See Hivebrite's current plans | To your own Stripe account, with no platform fee |
| Member app | A white-label native app under your own name, on Hivebrite's shared codebase | Members sign in on the web, from any phone or computer. Your own app in the stores is coming on Enterprise |
| AI | AI agents for moderation, member matching and analytics, plus plain-language search; each agent can draft for approval, post and notify, or run on its own; "Automations & AI" listed as included in every plan | The Assistant: who needs your team this week, a reason for each name, and a note drafted for your team to send |
| Trying it | See hivebrite.io | 14 days of Community, no card, starting the day you sign up |
Moving over
Moving off Hivebrite.
Moving the place your whole community meets is a real decision, so take it one step at a time:
- 01
Sign up. Your 14-day Community trial starts the day you sign up.
- 02
Import your members from a spreadsheet, then set up your chapters, groups and events.
- 03
Connect your own Stripe account for giving and tickets.
- 04
Keep Hivebrite running until your members have moved, and plan the switch around reunion season, your conference or renewals.
Should you switch?
Who each is best for.
If Hivebrite does what your alumni office or association needs, and a branded app in the stores matters now, stay on it. It’s a managed product with its own support.
Socio Connect makes sense when you want giving, events, mentoring, courses and your website on one record per member, the Assistant telling your team who needs them, and published monthly prices you can check before you talk to anyone.
Hivebrite
Stay on Hivebrite if…
- You need a branded native app in the stores today
- You want Hivebrite’s AI agents for moderation and member matching
- Your team already runs well on it
Socio Connect
Choose Socio Connect if…
- You want every alum or member on one record, with giving on it too
- You want the Assistant to tell your team who needs them this week
- You want published prices, priced by active people, with no cut of your giving
Need something built just for you? We build custom platforms too, from your own app to a program nobody else runs. See custom builds
In their words
“This is a game changer for how we serve our community of men.”
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