# Glue Up review (2026): is it worth $3,000 a year? > Membership and event platform for associations and chambers Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Glue Up is an all-in-one platform for associations, chambers of commerce, nonprofits and member-based organizations. Events sit alongside membership management, a CRM, email campaigns and online payments, so registration and ticketing feed straight into member records. It sells annual plans, not per-event ticketing. - **Category:** Event Ticketing - **Made by:** Glue Up - **Website:** https://www.glueup.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you sell tickets to one-off public events, since it is built around membership organizations. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Glue Up is a paid product, starting at $3,000 per year and up, billed annually. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Essential | $3,000 per year and up, billed annually | Membership management, event management, CRM and email, online payments and invoicing, newsletters. Starts at $3,000 and runs to $6,500 by organization size. | | Advanced | $8,000 per year and up, billed annually | Adds advanced automation and workflows, more integrations and enhanced reporting; includes LMS training and licenses for 5 team members. Runs to $18,500 by size. | | Enterprise | Custom | Advanced plus a dedicated customer success manager, multi-chapter and multi-location management, multi-language and multi-currency, and enhanced AI. | Read from https://www.glueup.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Glue Up before buying. ## Key features - **Registration and ticketing:** An event website builder with blueprints, custom registration forms, online ticketing and payments, and multi-language support. - **Membership CRM sync:** Registration and attendance data link to member records, with engagement scoring and reporting on event revenue and participation. - **Event communication:** Branded invitations, automated notifications, a drag-and-drop email editor and post-event surveys. - **Hybrid events:** In-person, virtual and hybrid events, with Zoom and Cvent integrations and speed networking as an add-on. - **Mobile apps:** Staff manage check-in and badges in the Glue Up Manager app; attendees use the My Glue app for agendas, speaker bios, chats and digital business cards. - **Power-ups:** Chapter management, CPD and CPE certification management, community hubs, website and branding options and SSO are sold as add-ons. ## Good for - Associations and chambers that run events alongside memberships - Organizations that want attendee data to land in a member CRM - Teams that need CPD or CPE credit tracking for events ## Worth knowing - All plans are billed annually, and the page says pricing varies by organization size and requirements. - Chapter management, certification management, community, website and branding, SSO and extra integrations are paid power-ups. - Built around membership organizations; it is not a pay-per-ticket service for one-off public events. - No free plan or free trial is listed on the pricing page; the call to action is a demo. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Glue Up is a membership and event platform for associations and chambers, with registration, a membership CRM, hybrid events and mobile apps. Plans start at $3,000 a year, all billed annually, with no free plan or trial, and chapter management, SSO and extra integrations are paid power-ups. - **Value for money: D.** Essential is $3,000 a year and up, about $250 a month, where the category's dearer quarter starts, and automation and reporting need Advanced from $8,000 a year. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan or trial; the call to action is a demo. - **Features: B.** Registration and ticketing, membership CRM sync, event communication, hybrid events, mobile apps and optional power-ups. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. It is bought through a demo and set up around your membership data, so there is a learning curve. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android; the listing names QuickBooks, Xero, Sage Intacct, Outlook, Zoom and Cvent. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Glue Up's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among event ticketing platforms - Glue Up's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 3 of the 45 other event ticketing platforms we grade, and level with 8. - It stands best on features (B, above 14 of 45) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $250 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $59.50 for the category: 10 of the 13 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/event-ticketing ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Glue Up you would be making newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 34 of the 45 other event ticketing platforms grade higher. It costs $3,000 a year. - You could make: Forms, surveys and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. - You could not: Selling tickets and checking them at the door. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It plugs into other products, QuickBooks, Xero and Sage Intacct among them. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with QuickBooks, Xero, Sage Intacct, Outlook, Zoom, Cvent **Tags:** Ticketing, Forms, Surveys, Email campaigns, Reports ## Alternatives - [Cvent](https://toolgpa.com/tools/cvent): Enterprise event registration, attendee app and check-in. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cvent-vs-glueup) - [RegFox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/regfox): Event registration with per-registrant fees and no subscription. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/glueup-vs-regfox) - [Eventleaf](https://toolgpa.com/tools/eventleaf): Event registration, badge printing and check-in software. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventleaf-vs-glueup) - [Swoogo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/swoogo): Event registration and management for conferences and field events. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/glueup-vs-swoogo) - [Bizzabo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bizzabo): Event management platform for conferences and field events. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bizzabo-vs-glueup) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.glueup.com - https://www.glueup.com/pricing - https://www.glueup.com/event-management-software Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/glueup Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).