Looking for a
ClubCollect alternative?
An honest comparison. Including the cases where ClubCollect is actually the better choice.
Two different products
First, the honest story: ClubCollect and Ledenboek are not one-to-one replacements for each other. ClubCollect is a payment collection platform. It sends payment requests, follows up by email, text message and letter, and offers payment plans. Ledenboek is complete association management software. Member administration, membership fee collection, bookkeeping, board roles, committees, audit committee, events and a member portal in one system.
The overlap is in collecting membership fees. That is why associations compare us, and why this page exists.
The pricing model
Ledenboek
A fixed annual fee based on your number of members. From €99 per year for up to 50 members. No per-transaction fees from Ledenboek, no per-member fees. Unlimited invoices, reminders and emails. You do pay transaction fees to your payment provider: with Mollie €0.32 per iDEAL payment or €0.35 per direct debit, or your own bank's rates if you submit the SEPA direct debit file there.
ClubCollect
A fee per member per month (from ±€0.14 on Standard up to ±€0.55 on All-in) plus fees per transaction (±€0.15 to €0.25 per iDEAL payment or direct debit). Member administration and the member portal are separate modules (±€0.07 and ±€0.08 per member per month). Text and postal reminders cost extra. All rates exclude VAT.
Example costs per year, with annual collection
| Members | Ledenboek, subscription | Ledenboek, incl. transaction fees† | ClubCollect, collection only* | ClubCollect, comparable** |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | €99 | ±€145 | ±€97 | ±€187 |
| 150 | €179 | ±€317 | ±€290 | ±€560 |
| 300 | €299 | ±€575 | ±€579 | ±€1.119 |
| 500 | €449 | ±€909 | ±€965 | ±€1.865 |
† The subscription plus €0.32 per iDEAL payment with Mollie and our own fee of 2% of the amount paid, at one payment per member per year and a membership fee of €30. With a higher fee our 2% weighs more heavily. This column used to be missing here, which skewed the comparison: for ClubCollect we did count their transaction fees. ClubCollect rightly pointed that out. If you submit the SEPA direct debit file to your own bank, those costs are usually lower, in the order of €0.09 to €0.18 per direct debit.
* Invoicing and collection only: the Standard package at €0.14 per member per month plus €0.25 per transaction, at one collection per member per year. Without member administration and without a member portal.
** What you need to match what Ledenboek does. With ClubCollect, member administration (€0.07) and the member portal (€0.08) are separate modules; together €0.29 per member per month plus transaction fees. With Ledenboek both are included in the fixed fee.
Indication based on ClubCollect's public price list, checked in July 2026. Their rates exclude VAT, which an association usually cannot reclaim; in that case add 21%. With monthly or quarterly collection the transaction fees increase further, while the Ledenboek fee stays the same. Always check current prices with ClubCollect directly.
What you get extra with Ledenboek
For that fixed fee, Ledenboek does not just handle collection, but your entire association:
- ✓ Full member administration with custom fields
- ✓ Online registration form for new members
- ✓ Import bank statements and match them automatically
- ✓ Annual figures and forecast for the general meeting
- ✓ Audit committee with digital discharge
- ✓ Board roles, committees and votes with quorum and voting weight
- ✓ Events with registration and payment
- ✓ Member portal where members manage their own affairs
The full overview is on the features page.
Your member data remains yours
There is one more difference you will not find on a price list, and it concerns where your data and your money end up.
With Ledenboek, your members live in your own environment. Direct debits go straight to the association's bank account: you download a SEPA direct debit file to submit to your own bank, or you collect via Mollie into your own account. No membership fee money passes through our hands. With a collection platform, the money by definition does flow through the platform and is paid out to the association afterwards.
And perhaps most importantly: we never use your members' or your board's data to approach them commercially. Not ourselves, and we do not sell or share it with others. Your member database is not a revenue model; the subscription is.
Support und Ihre Daten
Zwei Dinge, auf die Sie sich bei Software für Ihren Verein verlassen können müssen: dass jemand antwortet, wenn Sie nicht weiterkommen, und dass Ihre Mitgliederliste bleibt, wo sie hingehört.
Wenn Sie eine Frage haben
- ✓ Sie schreiben eine E-Mail und ein Mensch antwortet, innerhalb eines Werktags
- ✓ Wer antwortet, hat es gebaut. Melden Sie einen Fehler, ist er manchmal noch am selben Tag behoben
- ✓ Kein Bot, der automatisch antwortet. Was Sie lesen, hat ein Mensch geschrieben
- ✓ Keine Warteschlange, keine Ticketnummer, kein Chatbot, der erst fünf Fragen stellt
- ✓ Mitdenken, wie Sie es einrichten möchten, gehört dazu und kostet nichts extra
Anrufen können Sie Montag bis Freitag zwischen 9.00 und 17.00 Uhr unter 084 833 2125. Keine Warteschleife und kein Sprachmenü; Sie erreichen die Person, die es gebaut hat. Sind wir im Gespräch, sprechen Sie auf die Mailbox; Sie hören noch am selben Werktag von uns. Außerhalb der Bürozeiten und im Urlaub gibt es keine Vertretung, dann läuft es per E-Mail.
Wo Ihre Daten liegen
- ✓ Alles innerhalb der EU. Die Server stehen bei Hetzner in Deutschland
- ✓ Auch jeder Dienstleister, der etwas für uns erledigt, sitzt in der EU, in den Niederlanden, Deutschland oder Irland. Keine Übermittlung außerhalb davon
- ✓ Mitgliederlisten werden nicht verkauft, nicht vermietet und nicht genutzt, um Ihren Mitgliedern etwas anzubieten
- ✓ Mitgliedsbeiträge gehen direkt auf das Konto des Vereins, nicht über uns
- ✓ Ihre vollständige Mitgliederliste können Sie jederzeit selbst exportieren
Der Auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag steht online, mit allen sechs Dienstleistern namentlich und ihrem Sitz. Den sollte ein Verein haben; Sie müssen nicht danach fragen.
When ClubCollect is the better choice
Fair is fair. Choose ClubCollect if:
- → your member administration is already well organised elsewhere (for example in your sports federation's software) and you only need a collection partner
- → you want to outsource the entire debtor process, including text message reminders, postal payment reminders and payment plans for members who are short on money
- → you collect in Belgium or Germany with local payment methods such as Bancontact
- → Sie ein Supportteam statt einer einzelnen Person möchten. ClubCollect beschäftigt eines. Bei uns können Sie Montag bis Freitag zwischen 9.00 und 17.00 Uhr anrufen, aber Sie erreichen immer dieselbe Person, und im Urlaub gibt es keine Vertretung
- → you only want to collect fees through iDEAL and have up to around 300 members. Then they are cheaper than us in the table above, unless you collect through your own bank
Looking instead for one system for your entire association, including fee collection? Then you are in the right place with us. From roughly a hundred members you pay less with us than a collection platform charges for collection alone, and you get member administration, bookkeeping and the member portal on top.
Compare for yourself?
Try Ledenboek free for 30 days alongside your current solution. Import your members and start a trial collection round, and you will see the difference for yourself.
Try for freeAlso read: collecting membership fees with Ledenboek or the bookkeeping package for associations.