Answers.Body: <p>You can use CiviCRM without using the Membership module at all, or you can add free Memberships.</p>
  <p>That said, I may be mis-reading your comment. CiviCRM is free open source software, so there is no 'you must pay to use civicrm' but there are often costs associated with 'freedom' namely hosting, specialist configuration, etc but there is no 'user fee' per se for CiviCRM. Sorry if i am misunderstanding.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I am looking into using CiviCRM for my organization, which matches babysitters and pet-sitters to healthcare workers. I noticed that members must pay to use CiviCRM. I am wondering whether our clients (healthcare workers) would need to sign up and pay for a membership if we were use to use CiviCRM for our organization. Thanks!</p>
  
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Title: Membership Payment
ThreadText: # Membership Payment
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-04-29)
  
  I am looking into using CiviCRM for my organization, which matches babysitters and pet-sitters to healthcare workers. I noticed that members must pay to use CiviCRM. I am wondering whether our clients (healthcare workers) would need to sign up and pay for a membership if we were use to use CiviCRM for our organization. Thanks!
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2021-04-30. Score: 2
  
  You can use CiviCRM without using the Membership module at all, or you can add free Memberships.
  
  That said, I may be mis-reading your comment. CiviCRM is free open source software, so there is no 'you must pay to use civicrm' but there are often costs associated with 'freedom' namely hosting, specialist configuration, etc but there is no 'user fee' per se for CiviCRM. Sorry if i am misunderstanding.
  
  
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