If you've been researching reunion planning tools, you've probably come across both MyReunite and Reunly. Both are purpose-built for reunions — not general event platforms repurposed for the occasion. Both are worth a serious look.
But they're built around fundamentally different priorities. And depending on what your reunion actually needs, one is going to be a significantly better fit than the other.
This is the honest comparison.
What Reunly Is Built For
Reunly is a coordination and guest experience platform. Its strongest features are the ones your guests interact with — the RSVP form, the schedule, the family tree, the who's coming to what tracker.
The RSVP experience is genuinely well-designed. Guests can RSVP yes, maybe, or no to each individual activity on your schedule — the Friday cookout, the Saturday family photo, the Sunday brunch — not just the event as a whole. Each guest gets their own pre-filled invite link with their name and contact info already populated. There's a family tree section where guests can add their spouse and kids. Dietary needs and family news (new baby, wedding, loss) are captured on the form. It's thoughtful, thorough, and genuinely guest-friendly.
The planning tools are also strong. Reunly has a phase-by-phase task manager (12 months out, 9 months out, all the way to day-of) with assignable tasks, notes, and progress tracking for a committee of up to 6 people. An AI assistant helps generate planning checklists. A vendor tab tracks vendor relationships. There's a progress bar showing overall completion percentage.
What Reunly costs: free to plan, $39 one-time to share the hub for family reunions, $99 flat for class reunions (which includes the AI classmate finder, QR-coded badges, and a memorial wall). For a large-revenue event, their flat fee is hard to beat on price alone.
What Reunly Doesn't Do
Here's the part their marketing doesn't lead with: Reunly has no integrated payment flow.
Anywhere in their product. We went through the entire demo — dashboard, guest list, RSVP form, budget tool, planning system, event kit. Payments are recorded manually. The organizer collects money via Venmo, cash, or whatever method they choose, then logs it in the system by hand. Their own demo shows the note: "Cash / Venmo accepted for now."
Their budget tool shows all income as "Pending" — because it's manually estimated, not connected to actual ticket sales. There's no live revenue dashboard showing real money collected. There's no payment request blast to unpaid RSVPs. There's no Stripe integration sending money to your account automatically.
Their merch section shows "payment instructions" — not actual fulfillment.
And critically: their public hub goes dark one day after the event ends. The page that your class has been visiting, the who's coming grid, the schedule, the community feed — it all redirects to a Thank You page the day after your reunion. The platform is explicitly event-scoped, not community-scoped.
What MyReunite Is Built For
MyReunite is built around the organizer's financial reality. The core product assumption is: you need to collect real money from real people, know exactly what's come in, manage it transparently, and have it in your account before you've spent it on deposits and vendors.
RSVP and payment happen in one motion — under 60 seconds, no account required for guests. Money goes directly to the organizer's bank account via Stripe Connect within about two business days. A 3% app fee applies on ticket sales. The live dashboard shows real-time revenue, RSVPs, member count, sponsor totals, and everything outstanding — connected to actual payments, not manual estimates.
A payment request blast sends reminders to everyone who RSVPed without completing payment — one click, everyone with a balance due gets a direct payment link. Sponsor management lets organizers set tiers, display logos on the public page, and track sponsorship revenue alongside ticket revenue.
The public reunion page stays live year-round. The who's coming grid, community feed, photo wall, countdown timer, and sponsor logos don't disappear after the event. Your class can keep coming back to it between reunions.
Merch is actual fulfillment — Printful for t-shirts and mugs, Gelato for professionally printed name tags pulled directly from your RSVP list. Not payment instructions. Actual products shipped to your attendees.
The Honest Head-to-Head
| | Reunly | MyReunite |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | $39–$99 flat per event | 3% on ticket sales |
| Integrated payment at RSVP | ❌ Manual / Venmo | ✅ Stripe Connect |
| Money to organizer | Manual collection | ~2 business days, automatic |
| Live revenue dashboard | ❌ Estimated/pending | ✅ Real-time actual |
| Payment request blast | ❌ | ✅ |
| Per-activity RSVP tracking | ✅ | ❌ |
| Family tree on RSVP | ✅ | ❌ |
| Per-guest unique invite links | ✅ | ❌ |
| Dietary needs field | ✅ | ❌ |
| Phase-based planning task manager | ✅ | ❌ |
| AI classmate finder | ✅ (Class plan) | ❌ |
| Sponsor management | ❌ | ✅ |
| Merch fulfillment | ❌ (instructions only) | ✅ Printful + Gelato |
| Professional name tags | DIY printable | ✅ Printed + shipped |
| Public page after event | ❌ Goes dark day after | ✅ Lives year-round |
| Photo wall (built-in) | ❌ External link only | ✅ With moderation |
| Year-round member management | ❌ | ✅ (Alumni Plan) |
| Announcement blast | Basic | ✅ Full member list |
The Pricing Reality
Reunly's flat fee is genuinely attractive, especially for high-revenue events. On a reunion that raises $8,340 like Tiffany Clinage's Mosley High School Class of 2006 event, MyReunite's 3% comes to about $250 in fees. Reunly would be $99 flat.
For small reunions with lower ticket revenue, MyReunite's percentage model is cheaper — you pay nothing until you collect money, and 3% on a $1,500 event is $45 vs Reunly's $39-$99.
The fee comparison matters. But so does the time cost of manual payment collection. If an organizer spends 10 hours chasing Venmo payments and reconciling a spreadsheet, the "cheaper" platform has a real cost that doesn't show up in the fee comparison.
Which One Should You Choose?
Choose Reunly if: Your priority is a beautiful guest experience with per-activity RSVPs, a family tree, AI-powered classmate finding, and per-guest invite links. You're comfortable collecting payments manually via Venmo or cash. You want a flat fee regardless of your revenue. Your event is a single gathering after which you don't need an ongoing community platform.
Choose MyReunite if: You need to collect real money efficiently and have it in your account before the event. You want sponsor management, a merch store with actual fulfillment, professionally printed name tags, and a revenue dashboard connected to real payments. You want your class community page to stay alive after the reunion. You're planning a multi-event weekend with separate ticket options per event.
They're genuinely different tools for different priorities. The best choice depends on which problem you need to solve most.
Start free on MyReunite → — no account required for your guests, money in your account in ~2 days.
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