CiviCRM
Open-source relationship management software built for nonprofit and community organizations
- Vendor
- CiviCRM LLC
- Also known as
- civicrm
Available worldwide
What is CiviCRM?
A constituent relationship management platform that enables nonprofits, NGOs, and civic organizations to manage donors, members, events, and fundraising campaigns. It can be self-hosted on any infrastructure or accessed through certified hosting providers.
CiviCRM pricing
We don't have CiviCRM's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What CiviCRM does
The capabilities that matter for membership management, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment architecture
- Standalone saas
- Automated recurring dues billing and reminders
- ✓
- Integrated CMS website builder and hosting
- ✗
- Gated member portal and searchable directory
- ✓
- Event registration and member discount ticketing
- ✓
- Chapter and committee hierarchical management
- ✓
- Job board and career center hosting
- ✗
- Certification and continuing education tracking
- ✗
- Email marketing and newsletter broadcasts
- ✓
- Donation and fundraising campaign management
- ✓
- SOC2 type ii
- ✗
- PCI DSS payment gateway compliance
- ✓
- Pricing model
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (10)
Independently observed- Drupal•
- Authorize.Net
- Bitpay
- Smart Debit
- TSYS
- eWay
- Twingle
- SparkPost
- WordPress
- betterplace.org
CiviCRM FAQ
Common questions about CiviCRM, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is CiviCRM?
An open-source platform designed for nonprofit organizations to centralize supporter relationship management, membership administration, event handling, fundraising campaigns, and case tracking in a single integrated system. It is indexed under Membership Management.
Source: https://civicrm.org
Is CiviCRM free?
CiviCRM offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://civicrm.org
What platforms does CiviCRM support?
CiviCRM supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://civicrm.org
Can CiviCRM be self-hosted?
Yes. CiviCRM can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://civicrm.org
What does CiviCRM integrate with?
We have confirmed 9 integrations for CiviCRM, including Authorize.Net, Bitpay, Smart Debit, TSYS, eWay, Twingle, SparkPost and WordPress, plus 1 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://civicrm.org
What security certifications does CiviCRM have?
We have independently confirmed GDPR for CiviCRM. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as CiviCRM not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://civicrm.org
CiviCRM alternatives
Other membership management we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Higher Logic ThriveAI-powered community platform for building engaged member networkslow · 2%
- MemberClicksMembership management platform that automates administrative tasks and member engagement for associations and nonprofitslow · 25%
- Novi AMSAssociation management platform designed around association workflows, with integrated QuickBooks accountingmedium · 56%
Compare CiviCRM
Side by side against other membership management, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for CiviCRM, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 87 | 0.08 | 6.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 30 | 0.07 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 25 | 0.07 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Stars | 0 | 0.03 | 0.0 | - |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Development activity | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Soc2 type ii: No · Deployment architecture: standalone_saas · Pci dss payment gateway compliance: Yes · Job board and career center hosting: No · Email marketing and newsletter broadcasts: Yes · Integrated cms website builder and hosting: No | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 10 | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: US · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 75% |
Pricing
Security
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