Gather vs FrontRunner

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G Gather #2 in Funeral Home Software —/10 Pricing on request ✓ 6 of 6 features Visit Gather

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FrontRunner #8 in Funeral Home Software —/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 6 features Visit FrontRunner

• Gather fits best

  Funeral homes wanting end-to-end workflow coverage

• FrontRunner fits best

  Funeral homes focused on websites and obituaries

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Side by side

Feature	GGather —/10 Visit ↗	FrontRunner —/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	—	—
Ranking	#2 in Funeral Home Software	#8 in Funeral Home Software
Best for	Funeral homes wanting end-to-end workflow coverage	Funeral homes focused on websites and obituaries
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	Not published	Not published
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Built for	Small business, Mid-market	Small business, Mid-market
Features Gather 6/6 · FrontRunner 3/6
Online arrangements	✓	✓
Obituary pages	✓	✓
Service scheduling	✓ (best)	Not published
Pre-need management	✓ (best)	Not published
Electronic signatures	✓ (best)	Not published
Funeral website builder	✓	✓
Our review
Pros	Handles at-need, pre-need, trade and one-off cases Combines family collaboration, forms, signatures, contracts and payments Includes websites, livestreaming, QR body tracking and aftercare	Combines funeral-home website management with hosted obituary publishing Collects arrangement information through online intake Supports digital presence management for small and mid-market funeral homes
Cons	Pricing requires a sales proposal and includes activation plus a subscription Available on web only Integration options are not described	Contact-sales pricing requires a direct vendor conversation Web-only access may not suit teams needing other platforms Lacks case operations, scheduling, payments and integrations
Our verdict	Gather brings funeral-home case work and family-facing tools into a cloud-based platform for funeral directors and their teams. It supports at-need, pre-need, trade and one-off cases, with family collaboration for service details, photos,… Read the review →	FrontRunner is cloud software from FrontRunner Professional for funeral homes that need a public-facing digital presence. Its feature set centers on funeral-home website management, hosted obituary publication, online arrangement intake… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Gather — where it wins

  • Handles at-need, pre-need, trade and one-off cases
  • Combines family collaboration, forms, signatures, contracts and payments
  • Includes websites, livestreaming, QR body tracking and aftercare

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a sales proposal and includes activation plus a subscription
  • Available on web only
  • Integration options are not described

• FrontRunner — where it wins

  • Combines funeral-home website management with hosted obituary publishing
  • Collects arrangement information through online intake
  • Supports digital presence management for small and mid-market funeral homes

  Where it doesn't

  • Contact-sales pricing requires a direct vendor conversation
  • Web-only access may not suit teams needing other platforms
  • Lacks case operations, scheduling, payments and integrations

• GGather—/10 · Pricing on request

  End-to-end funeral workflows, from case management and signatures to aftercare.

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• FrontRunner—/10 · Pricing on request

  A focused web platform for funeral-home websites, obituaries and arrangement intake.

  Visit FrontRunnerFull verdict →