Crowded (bankingcrowded.com) gives nonprofits and Greek chapters a digital checking account with debit cards, dues collection, and Form 990 filing; its Essentials plan is $0 a month and dues paid by ACH cost $5 per transaction, cards 2.99% (minimum 60¢). Dueflow charges chapters and nationals a published $0 platform fee, members pay a flat $2–$15 ACH fee, and collected dues pay out to your chapter's existing bank account – plus payment plans, reimbursements, budgeting, a store, QuickBooks sync, and an AI assistant.
Dueflow is free for chapters and nationals – $0 platform fees forever. Members pay a small processing fee per payment.
Last updated October 10, 2026Crowded is a nonprofit banking platform with a Greek life vertical: the chapter opens a digital checking account with Crowded's partner bank and collects dues into it, with an Essentials plan at $0 a month, Pro at $49.99 a month, $5 per ACH dues payment, 2.99% (minimum 60¢) per card payment, and $99 to $499 per Form 990 filing. Dueflow charges chapters no platform or per-member fee – a 100-member chapter pays $0 a year and members cover processing when they pay. Dueflow pays out to the bank account the chapter already has, members pay a flat $2 to $15 ACH fee, and payment plans, reimbursements, budgeting, a store, QuickBooks sync, and Form 990 workpapers with CPA review are included.
Chapters and nationals running on Dueflow.
Crowded's pricing page lists Essentials at $0 per month (1 admin seat, up to 2 sub accounts, ticket-only support), Pro at $49.99 per month or $480 a year, and a Custom tier by demo. On top of the plan, its fee schedule charges $5 per ACH collection, 2.99% (minimum 60¢) per card payment, 3.99% + 50¢ in person, $2.49 per outgoing ACH, $8 per physical card, and $99–$499 per Form 990 filing. Dueflow's pricing page lists $0 for chapters and nationals with no per-member, setup, or filing-tier fee; the member pays a flat $2, $10, or $15 ACH fee by dues size, shown at checkout.
*Crowded figures are from bankingcrowded.com/pricing as of October 2026: Essentials $0/mo, Pro $49.99/mo ($480/yr), card processing 2.99% min 60¢, ACH processing $5/transaction, in-person 3.99% + 50¢, outgoing ACH $2.49, physical cards $8, Compliance Suite $500/yr, Form 990 filing $99/$249/$499 by gross receipts. Crowded's page does not say whether the chapter or the member pays the dues processing fee. Hours are estimates: Crowded requires opening a new deposit account with its partner bank and moving chapter funds into it; Dueflow connects to the bank account you already use and most chapters send their first dues request within 5 minutes of signing up. Banking services on Crowded are provided by a partner bank per its own disclosure.
We're biased, so here is the honest split.
Payment plans, reminders, reimbursements, budgets, and a store on top of the bank account you already have, at $0 to the chapter.
See how it worksIllustrative Dueflow view using sample data.
A $60 social fee paid by ACH costs the member $2 on Dueflow; Crowded's schedule lists $5 per ACH collection.
See pricingIllustrative Dueflow view using sample data.
A new or unbanked chapter, or an HQ that wants every chapter inside one tiered bank account with frozen-fund controls, is the case Crowded's site is built around.
Nationals on DueflowIllustrative Dueflow view using sample data.
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Meet the teamNumbers below come from dueflow.co/pricing and bankingcrowded.com/pricing as of October 2026.
Switch to DueflowPublished pricing
Self-serve signup
Keeps your existing bank account
Dues collection & payment plans
Member payment methods
ACH dues fee
Automated reminders
Reimbursements
Officer spending cards
Budgeting & bank sync
Merch & event store
Accounting export / sync
Nationals / HQ oversight
Form 990 filing
AI finance assistant
Contracts
| Feature | Dueflow | Crowded |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Included: $0 platform fee for chapters and nationals, member fee table on /pricing | Included: Essentials $0/mo, Pro $49.99/mo ($480/yr), Custom by demo; full fee schedule on /pricing |
| Self-serve signup | Included: Create an account and send dues in about 5 minutes, no sales call | Included: 'Get started' on Essentials and Pro; Custom and Greek life pages route to 'Book a Demo' |
| Keeps your existing bank account | Included: Payouts go to the chapter's current bank account; nothing to move | Not included: Crowded is the bank account: a new digital checking account with its partner bank, funds move in |
| Dues collection & payment plans | Included: Dues, payment plans, partial payments, bulk payments | Included: 'Request, accept & track payments'; payment plans not listed on the Greek life page |
| Member payment methods | Included: ACH, card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Klarna buy-now-pay-later | Included: Apple Pay, credit, debit, ACH; tap to pay in person |
| ACH dues fee | Included: Flat $2 / $10 / $15 by dues size, paid by the member at checkout | Included: $5 per ACH collection; payer not specified on the pricing page |
| Automated reminders | Included: Unlimited email + SMS reminders that stop when the member pays | Included: 'Easily send payment reminders to members' |
| Reimbursements | Included: Receipt upload, one-click approval, automatic payout, audit trail | Not included: Positioned as 'no need for reimbursements': officers spend from budgeted debit cards instead |
| Officer spending cards | Included: Virtual cards with limits, merchant detail, 0.5% cashback, $0 | Included: Digital debit cards $0; physical cards $8 each |
| Budgeting & bank sync | Included: Bank transactions import automatically into budget buckets | Included: Budgeted cards and spend tracking inside the Crowded account |
| Merch & event store | Included: Built-in store with inventory, tickets, and fundraisers | Not included: Donation pages listed; no merch or ticket store on the public site |
| Accounting export / sync | Included: QuickBooks Online sync, Excel and CSV export | Included: 'Integrations – connect your existing systems'; specific accounting sync not itemized |
| Nationals / HQ oversight | Included: Free nationals dashboard: per-chapter collected, outstanding, overdue | Included: Sub Accounts for chapters under one HQ account, $20 per account per month beyond the plan allowance |
| Form 990 filing | Included: Deadline tracking, guided workpapers, CPA review | Included: AI-generated 990 filing: $99 / $249 / $499 by gross receipts, or Compliance Suite $500/yr |
| AI finance assistant | Included: Plain-English answers on outstanding dues, rates, and trends | Included: 'Solly AI' for nonprofit data |
| Contracts | Included: No contracts | Included: Monthly or annual plans; annual billed at 20% off |
Crowded bundles dues collection into a new bank account. Dueflow leaves the chapter's bank where it is and covers the money side end to end: dues, payment plans, reimbursements, budgets, bank sync, store, accounting sync, and tax filing.
Switching to Crowded means opening a new deposit account, moving funds, and re-pointing every autopay and vendor. Dueflow connects to the account the chapter already uses and pays collected dues straight into it.
See how it worksIllustrative Dueflow view using sample data.
Crowded charges $5 per ACH collection. Dueflow's member fee is a flat $2 on dues under $100, $10 for $100–$399, and $15 for $400+, disclosed at checkout, and the chapter always receives the full dues amount.
See pricingIllustrative Dueflow view using sample data.
Installments, partial payments, Klarna, and reminders that stop when the member pays are built in. Crowded's Greek life page lists requests and reminders but no payment plans.
See payment plansIllustrative Dueflow view using sample data.
Dueflow wrote this page, so read it as a vendor comparison. Here is exactly what we compared, where the numbers came from, and when we last checked them – verified October 10, 2026.
Crowded publishes its pricing: Essentials $0/month, Pro $49.99/month ($480/year), Custom by demo, plus a fee schedule of $5 per ACH collection, 2.99% (minimum 60¢) per card payment, 3.99% + 50¢ in person, $2.49 per outgoing ACH, $8 per physical card, $20 per additional sub account per month, and $99/$249/$499 per Form 990 filing. The pricing page does not say whether the chapter or the member pays the dues processing fee, so this page compares the published schedule and shows no per-member dollar estimate.
Spot something outdated or wrong – including if you work at Crowded? Email hello@dueflow.co and we will correct this page.
Annual chapter contract, quote-based pricing
Free beta, dues fee still a placeholder
No subscription, but 0.5–1% of every payment
Now re:Members CRM; Salesforce for HQ, quote-only
Alumni-directory-first OS for Greek life, quote-only
Quote-only pricing, HQ-first, sales-led onboarding
Parent of Greekbill + Billhighway, quote-only pricing
General association software, $66/mo for 100 contacts + 2.99% processing
Recruitment CRM, free to $850/yr, no dues collection
$3–9/member/month in platform fees
Per-member platform fees + lengthy setup
$25/member/semester + cancellation penalties
$18/member/semester + 5.15% processing
$3/member/month + opaque ACH pricing
$1,000/yr + 5% of every dollar collected
Platform fees + limited modern payments
Recruitment app, $120–$220/semester list, no dues collection
Comms and points app, $120/semester, dues added on
$200/yr operations app, no dues or chapter finances
Platform fees for chapter management
Per-member monthly fee – dues, reminders, and reimbursements
$100/mo for full features, no automated collections
General club software, $690/yr Pro + 1–3% service fee
Dues only – no store, reimbursements, AI, or nationals
General club software, from $89/mo, plus processing
Dueflow's price is $0 for chapters and nationals, published, with payment plans, reimbursements, budgeting, store, QuickBooks sync, and AI included – no new bank account required.
No credit card required • Setup in under 5 minutes
We're biased – Dueflow wrote this page. Every Crowded claim above comes from bankingcrowded.com and crowdedfinance.com (pricing, Greek life, and sub accounts pages) as reviewed in October 2026; where Crowded's site does not mention a feature we say 'not listed' rather than 'not offered'. Crowded's banking services are provided by a partner bank per its own disclosure. Spot something outdated? Email hello@dueflow.co and we'll fix it.
