GreekStack vs The Spreadsheet Stack
The honest version. Each row says what the other platform does well and backs it up, where pricing or features can’t be verified from the vendor’s own public pages, it says “contact the vendor” instead of guessing.
| Capability | GreekStack | The Spreadsheet Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Dues collection | Online dues via Stripe with live paid/unpaid ledgers. Web-only: dues are never collected inside the mobile app.Advantage | Venmo requests, one by one, chased in the group chat. No ledger, no receipts, no reconciliation. |
| Who paid? | A live paid/unpaid ledger every officer can see. No awkward conversations.Advantage | A spreadsheet one officer maintains. Out of date the moment someone pays. |
| Event ticketing + door scanning | Event tickets with QR codes and door scanning (valid / used / duplicate / expired) that works offline at the door, plus Apple Wallet passes (activates with your Apple Pass Type ID certificate).Advantage | Paper guest lists and a brother with a Sharpie at the door. |
| Recruitment pipeline | Kanban rush funnel, QR check-in at events, brother voting on PNMs.Advantage | A spreadsheet of names and a group-chat vote nobody can audit. |
| Institutional memory | Every roster, ledger, vote, and event lives in the chapter's own workspace. Officers graduate, the data stays.Advantage | It graduates with the treasurer. Every spring is a fresh archaeology dig. |
| Alumni relations | Alumni directory, giving, and events. Alumni access is free on every plan.Advantage | An aging email list and a Facebook group nobody checks. |
| Chapter website | Fully branded chapter site on your own subdomain, live the day you sign up.Advantage | None, or a free site-builder page last updated two e-boards ago. |
| Cost | From a $25 one-time setup (dues-sharing) or $1,000/year flat. $0 per-seat fees.Advantage | $0 in software, paid for in officer hours, missed dues, and chaos. |
Where The Spreadsheet Stack wins
We’ll say it plainly: if your chapter is deeply embedded in The Spreadsheet Stack and the whole e-board is happy, switching has a cost: retraining, migration, a semester of friction. GreekStack earns the switch on one axis: a modern dues engine with transparent pricing and a site that members actually open. If that’s not your pain, you don’t need us.
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