PayDues is a Stripe-based dues platform for fraternities and sororities with no subscription, setup, or per-member fee. Its published price is a platform fee on every payment – starting at 0.5% and typically 0.5% to 1% – on top of roughly 2.9% + 30¢ card processing, and the chapter chooses whether members or the chapter pay it. Dueflow charges chapters and nationals nothing and takes no percentage of collections; members pay one flat, published processing fee at checkout.
Dueflow is free for chapters and nationals – $0 platform fees forever. Members pay a small processing fee per payment.
Last updated October 8, 2026PayDues is a Stripe-based dues collection platform for fraternities and sororities with no subscription, setup, or per-member fee. Instead it takes a platform fee on every payment – published as starting at 0.5% and typically 0.5% to 1% – on top of roughly 2.9% + 30¢ card processing, and the chapter chooses whether members pay that fee or the chapter absorbs it. 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 takes no percentage of collections either, and adds a merch store, Klarna, and Form 990 filing that PayDues's site does not list.
Chapters and nationals running on Dueflow.
PayDues's pricing page says 'Free for chapters' and then explains that 'a small fee applies per payment': standard card processing of about 2.9% + 30¢ plus PayDues's own platform fee, which 'starts at 0.5% and varies with your chapter's agreement – typically between 0.5% and 1%'. The chapter either passes that on to members or absorbs it. Dueflow's price is a platform fee of $0 for chapters and nationals with no percentage of dues; members pay a flat fee by payment method ($2, $10, or $15 by ACH) that is published on dueflow.co/pricing.
*PayDues platform fee applied to $100,000 of dues collected by a 100-member chapter in one school year at the 0.5%–1% range PayDues publishes (paydues.net/pricing, checked September 2026). This is the amount the chapter pays if it absorbs fees; in pass-through mode members pay it instead and the chapter's platform cost is $0, the same as on Dueflow. Card processing (about 2.9% + 30¢ on PayDues) is excluded from both sides. Your PayDues rate depends on your agreement.
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Dueflow's platform fee is $0 with no cut of collections at any volume, and the member fee is flat and published. On PayDues the platform fee scales with every dollar you bill, and if the chapter absorbs fees it comes out of the budget.
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Both platforms handle dues, plans, reminders, late fees, reimbursements, budgets, and nationals reporting. Dueflow also runs a merch and ticket store, Klarna, QuickBooks Online sync, and Form 990 filing at the same $0.
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PayDues's 'absorb' mode lets members pay exactly the invoice amount while the chapter covers a percentage-based fee, and its bank-first autopay can cost a member less per payment than a flat fee on smaller dues. If that trade is worth 0.5%–1% of collections to your chapter, evaluate it.
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Meet the teamNumbers below come from dueflow.co/pricing and paydues.net/pricing as of September 2026.
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Chapter platform fee
Published pricing
Member fee model
Self-serve signup
Dues collection & payment plans
Member payment methods
Automated reminders
Late fees
Reimbursements
Budgeting & bank sync
Merch & event store
Accounting export / sync
Nationals / HQ oversight
Form 990 filing
AI finance assistant
Contracts
| Feature | Dueflow | PayDues |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter platform fee | Included: $0, no percentage of collections, for chapters and nationals | Not included: 0.5%–1% of every payment ('starts at 0.5%'), chapter or member pays |
| Published pricing | Included: Flat member fee table by payment method on /pricing | Included: Fee model published; exact rate 'varies with your chapter's agreement' |
| Member fee model | Included: Flat: ACH $2 / $10 / $15 by dues amount; card $5, or $10/$15 + 3.3% | Included: Percentage: card ~2.9% + 30¢ plus 0.5%–1% platform fee; bank transfer encouraged first |
| Self-serve signup | Included: Create an account and send dues in about 5 minutes | Included: 'Get started free' plus a 'Schedule a demo' path |
| Dues collection & payment plans | Included: Dues, payment plans, partial payments, bulk payments | Included: Batch invoicing, treasurer-approved payment plans, bank-first autopay |
| Member payment methods | Included: ACH, card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Klarna buy-now-pay-later | Included: Card and bank transfer through Stripe; no buy-now-pay-later listed |
| Automated reminders | Included: Unlimited email + SMS reminders that stop when the member pays | Included: Email and SMS reminders that escalate as deadlines approach |
| Late fees | Included: Early-bird, regular, and late price tiers applied automatically | Included: Late fee schedules and early-payment discounts |
| Reimbursements | Included: Receipt upload, one-click approval, automatic payout, audit trail | Included: Receipt submission, one-tap approval, payout to the member's account |
| Budgeting & bank sync | Included: Bank transactions import automatically into budget buckets | Included: Semester budgets and expense tracking; bank sync not listed |
| Merch & event store | Included: Built-in store with inventory, tickets, and fundraisers | Not included: Fundraising campaign pages; no merch or ticket store listed |
| Accounting export / sync | Included: QuickBooks Online sync, Excel and CSV export | Included: CSV and PDF exports; no accounting sync listed |
| Nationals / HQ oversight | Included: Free nationals dashboard: per-chapter collected, outstanding, overdue | Included: Multi-chapter reporting, health scores, billing templates, audit logs |
| Form 990 filing | Included: Deadline tracking, guided workpapers, CPA review | Not included: Not listed on paydues.net |
| AI finance assistant | Included: Plain-English answers on outstanding dues, rates, and trends | Included: 'Ask PayDues anything' about balances, overdue members, and budget |
| Contracts | Included: No contracts | Included: 'No annual contract, no setup fee, and nothing to cancel' |
PayDues covers dues, autopay, payment plans, reminders, reimbursements, budgets, fundraising pages, and nationals reporting. Dueflow covers the same and adds a merch and ticket store, Klarna, QuickBooks sync, and Form 990 filing, at a flat member fee rather than a percentage.
PayDues prices as a percentage: about 2.9% + 30¢ processing plus 0.5%–1% platform fee on every payment, split however the chapter decides. Dueflow publishes a flat fee per payment method ($2 ACH on dues under $100, $10 on $100–$399, $15 on $400+) that the member pays at checkout, so the chapter's platform cost is $0 whether it collects $10,000 or $500,000.
See the fee tableIllustrative Dueflow view using sample data.
PayDues collects by card or bank transfer through Stripe and steers members to bank-first autopay. Dueflow adds Klarna buy-now-pay-later (the chapter is paid in full up front), partial payments at the member's own pace, bulk payments with lower combined fees, and Apple/Google Pay.
See how members payIllustrative Dueflow view using sample data.
PayDues lists fundraising campaign pages and CSV/PDF exports. Dueflow adds a merch and ticket store with inventory, QuickBooks Online sync, and Form 990 filing with CPA review, so the next treasurer inherits one set of books instead of exports.
See the storeIllustrative 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 September 19, 2026.
PayDues publishes its pricing: no subscription, setup, or per-member fee, and a platform fee on every payment that starts at 0.5% and 'typically' runs 0.5% to 1% depending on the chapter's agreement, on top of card processing of about 2.9% + 30¢. The chapter chooses whether members cover that fee or the chapter absorbs it. The dollar figures on this page apply the published 0.5%–1% range to $100,000 of dues collected by a 100-member chapter over a school year; your rate depends on your agreement with PayDues.
Spot something outdated or wrong – including if you work at PayDues? Email hello@dueflow.co and we will correct this page.
Comparing more than two platforms? These guides rank PayDues, Dueflow, and the other dues platforms chapters actually shortlist.
Annual chapter contract, quote-based pricing
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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
Bank-account-first, $5 per ACH dues payment, Pro tier $49.99/mo
Dueflow's platform fee is $0 for chapters and nationals with no percentage of collections, and the member fee is flat and published.
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We're biased – Dueflow wrote this page. Every PayDues claim above comes from paydues.net (homepage, pricing, and llms.txt) as reviewed in September 2026; where PayDues's site does not mention a feature we say 'not listed' rather than 'not offered', and your PayDues platform rate depends on your agreement. Spot something outdated? Email hello@dueflow.co and we'll fix it.
