Alumni social network
Reunionsoft vs Classmates.com: a place to announce the reunion vs a place to run it.
In their words: “Reconnect with friends from high school, find reunions, view yearbook photos and more.”
Classmates.com has been around since 1995 and has more than 90 million registered members and 480,000 digitized yearbooks. Posting a reunion is free and automatically emails registered members of the class. It doesn't sell tickets, hold money, or offer any planning tools; the organizer types payment instructions into a text box.
The short version
Who should pick which.
Classmates.com is a place to announce a reunion, not to run one. Post there, it's free and some people will see it. Then plan the reunion on something that can find the missing half of the class, sell the tickets, and keep the committee on the same page.
Classmates.com is best for
Announcing your reunion where registered classmates will see it, and browsing the yearbook for names you forgot.
Reunionsoft is best for
The volunteer who has to find the class, get the word out, sell the tickets, and keep the committee organized, for one flat fee.
Pricing
What each one costs.
Reunionsoft
$99 flat during the First Day of Fall Sale (reg. $149) + 2.9% and $0.25 per ticket
- One flat fee per reunion, $149 regular and $99 during the always-on holiday sale
- 2.9% and $0.25 per ticket, card processing included; free and potluck reunions never trigger it
- People search on credits, charged only for a verified match
- Nothing due until you add your own classmates or go live
- 30-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked
Classmates.com
Free to post; no ticketing
- Reunion pages, RSVPs, reminders, photos, and discussion are free
- No ticket sales or payments of any kind
- Classmates+ membership (for individuals, not organizers): $60 per year at full price, half off the first term, auto-renews
- Memberships are non-refundable
From Classmates.com's public pricing and terms pages, checked September 2026.
Do the math
A 300-ticket reunion at $75 a ticket ($22,500 gross)
Reunionsoft
$827
Sale price. $149 at the regular price.
Classmates.com
n/a
No ticketing, so no ticket fees. You'd collect the money somewhere else.
Total fees the class pays, including card processing, whether the buyer or the committee is the one charged. People-search credits, domains, and optional add-ons aren’t included on either side.
The Reunionsoft advantage
Where we pull ahead.
- Classmates.com finds the people who registered on Classmates.com. We find the rest, with current email and phone.
- Ticket sales, tiers, plus-ones, and payouts to the committee. Classmates has a text box for your Venmo handle.
- A private class site and group, texting, a shared inbox, budget, task board, and check-in.
- Nothing auto-renews. One fee, one reunion, 30-day refund.
The honest take
Where Classmates.com is better.
- Reach: 90 million registered members and an automatic email to every registered classmate when you post.
- Yearbooks back to 1886, which is the best way to rebuild a class list from memory.
- Free, with a mobile app.
Features
Row by row.
- Yes Yes
- Partial Partial
- No No
- Not stated Not stated on their site
| Feature | Reunionsoft | Classmates.com |
|---|---|---|
| Find the class | ||
| Finds lost classmatesLooks up current contact info for names you can't reach. | YesLicensed public-record match with a confidence score. Pay per verified find. | PartialSearch within their registered members and yearbooks. No current contact lookup. |
| Classmate rosterOne list of the class with contact and RSVP status. | YesImport a list or yearbook pages; every classmate has contact, status, and RSVP. | YesA class list by school and year, of registered members. |
| Get the word out | ||
| Email invitationsBulk, tracked email to the class. | YesSave-the-date, invite, and last-call sequences, pre-written and tracked. | PartialPosting a reunion emails registered members of the class. You can't import a list or message non-members. |
| Text message invitationsSMS from inside the product. | YesTwo-way texting from a shared class number. | No |
| Replies in one inboxEmail and text replies land in a shared inbox. | YesEmail and text replies land in one shared inbox. | No |
| The reunion site | ||
| Reunion websiteSchedule, venue, hotels, contact. | YesSchedule, venue map, hotel blocks, coordinators, contact form. | PartialOne reunion page on classmates.com. |
| School colors and brandingThe site looks like your school, not the vendor. | YesSchool colors, logo, and cover art. | No |
| Custom domainyourclass.com instead of vendor.com/yourclass. | YesBuy or connect a domain from the settings page. | No |
| Private class groupPosts, comments, and polls for classmates only. | YesPosts, comments, polls, pinned announcements, who's coming. | PartialA conversations board visible to members. No polls. |
| Photo sharingClassmates upload then-and-now photos. | PartialPhotos in group posts and the cover gallery. No standalone album yet. | YesReunion photo albums. |
| In memoriam pageA place to remember classmates who have passed. | NoNot yet. On the roadmap. | PartialIn Memory tags on class lists. |
| RSVPs and money | ||
| RSVPsYes, maybe, no, and a who's-coming list. | YesYes, maybe, can't make it, and a guest list. | YesYes, maybe, no, and invited tabs. |
| Online ticket salesCard payments on the site. | YesStripe checkout on the class page. | NoClassmates cannot collect payments on your behalf. |
| Tiers, plus-ones, early birdMore than one ticket type and price. | YesTiers, plus-ones, early-bird pricing, gift a ticket. | No |
| Payouts to the committee's bankMoney goes to the class, not a personal card. | YesStraight to the committee's bank account, typically within two business days. | No |
| Budget trackerCosts, deposits, and how many tickets to break even. | YesVenue-minimum alerts and tickets-to-break-even. | No |
| Running the committee | ||
| Multiple organizersThe whole committee shares one workspace. | YesInvite the committee; roles control who can message or move money. | No |
| Task boardWho owns the DJ, the venue, the photographer. | YesTask board with volunteer roles. | No |
| Check-in with name tagsA door list for the night of. | YesDoor list with name tags that print the senior-year photo. | No |
| AI planning assistantAsk questions, get the reunion built with you. | YesPlanner AI answers questions and builds the reunion with you. | No |
| The deal | ||
| Try it before payingClick around before any money changes hands. | YesA workspace full of sample data before any payment. | YesFree. |
| No subscriptionOne fee for one reunion, not a monthly bill. | YesOne fee, one reunion. | YesFor organizers. Members pay to message each other. |
| Money-back guaranteeA refund window after you pay. | Yes30 days, full refund, no questions asked. | NoMemberships are non-refundable. |
No. Their help center says they cannot collect payments on your behalf; you paste payment instructions into a text field. Reunionsoft sells tickets on the class page and pays the committee's bank account.
It emails members of your class who have registered on Classmates.com. There's no way to upload your own list or reach people who never signed up. Reunionsoft imports your list and finds current contact info for the people on it.
For planning the reunion, yes. For browsing old yearbooks and profiles, no; that's what Classmates.com is good at, and the two work fine together.
More comparisons
The rest of the field.
The class is out there. Go get them.
Click around a workspace full of sample data before you pay a cent. If it isn’t the right fit within 30 days of paying, email us for a full refund.
$99 flat (First Day of Fall Sale, reg. $149) + 2.9% and $0.25 per ticket
Competitor details and prices checked September 2026 from each vendor’s public website and may have changed since; verify with the vendor before deciding. Third-party product names and brands are trademarks of their respective owners, used for identification and comparison only, and their use implies no affiliation or endorsement.