Veldun vs. Raklet
Raklet has a free plan and a lower entry price than Veldun. It also takes a share of every payment you collect. Veldun charges one flat monthly price and takes nothing from dues, so the more your association collects, the more it keeps.
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Monthly price, entry paid plan
Veldun
$99 a month (Starter)
Raklet
$59 a month, $49 billed annually
At a glance
- Veldun
- $99 a month (Starter)
- Raklet
- $59 a month, $49 billed annually
- Veldun
- None; your site preview is free
- Raklet
- Yes, up to 100 contacts
- Veldun
- None
- Raklet
- 1% to 4%, by plan
- Veldun
- None
- Raklet
- 60 cents a payment
- Veldun
- Free private preview of your own site
- Raklet
- Free plan up to 100 contacts
Monthly price, entry paid plan
Free plan
Share taken from each payment
Charge added to each payment
How you get started
What it actually costs you
Subscription is only half the bill, and the two platforms do not even count your people the same way. Put in your own numbers and see the whole year.
People who hold a membership. A household counts once.
People who came to an event in the last 12 months without a membership. Veldun counts each one, and Raklet adds event registrants as contacts.
People on your list who are not members and have not come to an event. Free on Veldun up to 3x your members.
Dues, event tickets and donations combined, before any fees.
Veldun
Starter
Billed on 250 billable contacts
- Subscription
- $1,188
- Taken from your payments
- Nothing
Total a year
$1,188
5.9% of what you collect
Raklet
Essentials
Billed on 500 contacts, your whole list
- Subscription
- $708
- Taken from your payments
- $840
Total a year
$1,548
7.7% of what you collect
250 subscribers are free on Veldun and are billed by Raklet.
Veldun costs about $360 a year less.
We stay the cheaper choice as long as your organisation collects more than about $11,429 a year. Below that, Raklet is genuinely cheaper and we would rather you knew.
Raklet takes a share of every payment your organisation collects, from 4% on the free plan down to 1% on their top plan, plus 60 cents a transaction, and that sits on top of your payment processor's own fee. Veldun takes nothing. Payment-processor fees are left out of both columns, because every organisation pays a processor whichever platform it is on.
Raklet's prices here are month-to-month. Paying annually brings Essentials to $49 a month and Professional to $99, so knock about 17% off their subscription line if you would commit for a year.
Per-transaction fees assume an average payment of $50, so about 400 payments a year. A different average moves their number, not ours.
Raklet prices read from their own pricing page and last verified August 20, 2026. Veldun figures come straight from our price list.
Keep the dues your members pay you
Raklet takes a share of every payment, on top of the processor's fee: 4% on the free plan, 3% on Essentials, 2% on Professional and 1% on Premium, plus 60 cents a payment. Take an association on Essentials collecting $20,000 a year in about 400 payments.
That association pays Raklet about $840 a year from those payments, on top of the subscription. On Veldun the same figure is nothing. Members pay into your own Stripe account at Stripe's rate of 2.9% plus 30 cents, and Veldun's price stays flat however much you collect.
On Raklet Essentials, $20,000 of dues a year in 400 payments costs about $840 in fees.
On Veldun, the fee on those same payments is nothing.
Start each event and newsletter from a draft
An admin types one sentence about the next luncheon. Veldun fills in the title, description, date and time, location, capacity, member and non-member prices, and a reminder. The admin checks it, edits anything, and publishes. For the newsletter, Veldun assembles a draft from your own activity, and nothing goes out until the admin sends it.
Renewal reminders work differently. Veldun writes a personal reminder to each member whose membership is about to lapse and sends it on its own, 30, 14 and 7 days before, in your association's name. Nobody reviews these before they go. So renewals keep moving in the weeks the board is busy with other things.
Start on Raklet if you collect little
Raklet suits a new or small association that collects little money. It is free up to 100 contacts, and Essentials is $59 a month to 500 contacts, or $49 a month billed annually. When few payments come in, the share Raklet takes stays small.
As dues grow, that share grows with them, while Veldun's price stays the same. Veldun has no free plan. What you can get free is a private preview of your own site rebuilt on Veldun, with no card needed, so you can judge it before you decide.
Raklet suits a new or small association that collects little money, because its free plan and low entry price fit that stage. Choose Veldun if you collect a meaningful sum in dues each year and want it to reach you with no platform share taken, at a flat monthly price.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Veldun cheaper than Raklet?
- On subscription, no. Raklet has a free plan up to 100 contacts, and Essentials is $59 a month, against Veldun's $99. Raklet also takes a share of every payment. On Essentials, an association collecting $20,000 a year in about 400 payments pays about $840 a year in those fees. On Veldun that figure is nothing.
- Does Raklet charge fees on payments?
- Yes. On top of the processor's fee, Raklet takes 4% of each payment on the free plan, 3% on Essentials, 2% on Professional and 1% on Premium, plus 60 cents a payment. We checked this on 20 August 2026. Veldun takes nothing from any payment. Members pay Stripe's standard rate of 2.9% plus 30 cents into your own account.
- Does Raklet have a free plan?
- Yes. Raklet is free up to 100 contacts, and on that plan it takes 4% of each payment plus 60 cents. Veldun has no free plan. Veldun will rebuild your current site as a free private preview, with no card needed, so you can see what your association would get.
- What does Veldun do with AI, and what waits for the admin?
- An admin types one sentence about an event, and Veldun fills in the title, date, location, prices and a reminder. The admin checks it and publishes. Veldun also drafts the newsletter from your own activity, and it waits until the admin sends it. Renewal reminders are different: Veldun writes and sends them on its own, 30, 14 and 7 days before a membership lapses, and nobody reviews them first.
- Which suits an association collecting dues online?
- If most of your dues come in online, Veldun. Raklet's share of each payment, plus 60 cents a payment, grows with every renewal. Veldun charges a flat monthly price, and members pay Stripe's standard rate of 2.9% plus 30 cents into your own account with nothing added. A small association taking few payments may pay less overall on Raklet.
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