Astrocytes·&·Co. Est. 2026 · Montréal
§ 01 / The platform
Édition 01 · Montréal · 2026
Product · Nonprofits

One platform. Every module. Board owned.

The same stack proven on live association deployments, deployed per client and owned per client. Every module replaces something you currently rent, and the reusable components stay portable across the sector without ever sharing your data.

For evaluators comparing options

If you are weighing an AMC renewal or another membership SaaS, this is the line-by-line of what an owned stack replaces.

Book a free 30-minute diagnostic call
§ 02 / The modules

Six modules, one membrane.

Read every biological line and you understand the system. Skip every biological line and you still understand exactly what each module replaces and what it costs you today.

Membership CRM

National and chapter views share one mycelial network instead of separate tenants.

One database replaces the per-chapter Wild Apricot or Member365 tenants, with national rollups and chapter-level access in the same instance.

Replaces Wild Apricot / Member365-type tenants, one per chapter

Events engine, scanner and rolodex

Each gathering feeds the culture, the way a SCOBY renews itself from what it already holds.

Native check-in with a scanner and rolodex replaces per-event badge rentals, plus the registration SaaS beside it.

Replaces Per-event badge rentals and registration SaaS

Communications module

One clean signal to members, not four instances arguing about who is on the list.

Email and member communications run on the same member record as the CRM, replacing standalone Mailchimp-type instances.

Replaces Standalone email and survey instances

Payments rail

The clearest signal an organization sends about its own health is where its money goes.

Payments settle directly into your own accounts instead of a commercial processor's, with the difference staying with your organization.

Replaces Commercial payment processing

Finance and reconciliation

Board dashboards turn scattered noise into a signal the directors can read in minutes.

Reconciliation workflows and board dashboards replace manual spreadsheet reconciliation and scattered reporting.

Replaces Manual reconciliation, scattered reporting

Public web, EN and FR

The visible canopy of the network, bilingual at the root rather than translated at the leaf.

One bilingual public site at parity replaces multiple CMS licences and hosting contracts.

Replaces Multiple CMS licences and hosting contracts

§ 03 / Ownership and protections

What you own, and what stays portable.

The transparency clause is stated openly, never buried. Astrocytes retains the reusable components and deploys them across the sector, which is how each deployment costs less than the last. Your data and your instance are never shared.

Ownership and protections, generalized from the live deployments.
Element Disposition
Data, accounts, domains, and instance Client-owned
Reusable platform components Astrocytes-retained
Client data and instances Never shared
Continuity and governance documentation Standard deliverable
Privacy posture PIPEDA and Law 25 aligned
Exit No lock-in, you keep it all
§ 04 / The offer ladder

Priced and published.

The same ladder as the door page, repeated here for evaluators. Start with the Mission Audit

  1. Level 1

    Public front-end

    Scoped to your organization.

    The bilingual public web layer, built first so members and sponsors meet a credible front door before anything else moves.

  2. Level 2

    Platform activation

    Scoped to your organization.

    The full stack deployed and owned: CRM, events with scanner and rolodex, communications, payments rail, and finance workflows.

  3. Level 3

    Chapter services

    Scoped to your organization.

    Each chapter activated on the national instance with its own views, so the network shares one membrane instead of renting many.

  4. Recommended
    Level 4

    Operating support

    Scoped to your organization. A low fixed operating fee plus a share of the value we create

    Astrocytes operates the stack as your maintenance layer, the way support cells keep neurons firing, and the board keeps a system that runs without heroics.

    • A low fixed operating fee, scoped to your organization
    • A share of the verified first-year savings we create
    • A share of net-new dues and sponsorship growth
    • Full event management available

Included in activation

The included value stack.
Included Stated value
Scanner and rolodex module Included
Continuity playbook Included
Communications module Included
Bilingual parity, EN and FR Included
All future platform improvements Included
§ 05 / Transparency clause

Stated openly, in every offer.

Astrocytes retains reusable components and deploys them across the sector. Client data and instances are never shared. It is both the ethics and the business model, and it is written into every engagement so no future client discovers it as a surprise. See a live deployment

§ 06 / Book a diagnostic call

The full offer document, written for directors.

Book a free 30-minute diagnostic call