Gather vs FrontRunner

Gather9.2Visit FrontRunner7.4Visit

Higher score Gather #2 in Funeral Home Software 9.2/10 Pricing on request ✓ 6 of 6 features Visit Gather

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FrontRunner #8 in Funeral Home Software 7.4/10 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	Gather 9.2/10 Visit ↗	FrontRunner 7.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	7.4
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	Pricing on request	Pricing on request
Free plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
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 checked yet
Pre-need management	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Electronic signatures	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
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

• Gather9.2/10 · Pricing on request

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

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• FrontRunner7.4/10 · Pricing on request

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

  Visit FrontRunnerFull verdict →