MasonBaseEvidence
The Evidence
MasonBase's operational engine was benchmarked function-by-function against six named products — LodgeMaster, The Working Tools, the official UGLE Portal (Hermes/Adelphi), Masonic Lodge Secretary (US), Grand View Software (US), and Amity — 51 functions scored across nine areas of lodge operation. One framing point matters: this benchmark was run against the proven engine every MasonBase unit inherits. It's the evidence base MasonBase is built from, not a claim that every function below is live, out-of-the-box, for every order today.
Verdict breakdown (51 functions)
| Verdict | Functions | % of 51 |
|---|---|---|
| Ahead — no competitor documents it, or ours is clearly deeper | 24 | 47% |
| Equal — comparable depth | 19 | 37% |
| Mixed — different shape, each leads in places | 2 | 4% |
| Behind — a competitor documents more than we have built | 1 | 2% |
| Not live yet — built, but gated behind a decision | 2 | 4% |
| Not relevant — outside a single unit's needs | 3 | 6% |
Documented functional coverage, by product
Counting only what each product's own documentation or marketing describes.
| Product | Functions documented, out of 51 |
|---|---|
| MasonBase (Weybridge engine) | 44 |
| LodgeMaster | 25 |
| The Working Tools | 21 |
| Masonic Lodge Secretary (US) | 11 |
| UGLE Portal (Hermes/Adelphi) | 9 |
| Amity (app) | 9 |
| Grand View Software (US) | 8 |
Area by area
| Area | Functions | Ahead | Equal-or-Mixed | Watch list | Standout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Membership & records | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | Installation Return auto-fills from live officer records |
| Officers & oversight | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8-year officer progression forecasting and succession-risk flagging — not documented anywhere else |
| Education & ritual | 3 | 3 | — | — | Mentoring record, LOI (rehearsal) register, ritual media library — no equivalent found in any competitor |
| Meetings & summons | 8 | 4 | 5 | — | Summons builder with visitor distribution and full response tracking |
| Dining & bookings | 7 | 4 | 3 | — | Card/bank/cash payment at booking with waitlist auto-promotion and conditional refund |
| Finance | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | Enforced segregation of duties (read-only auditors, joint unlock approval), period locking and a full year-end close — governance controls no competitor documents |
| Pastoral | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | Proactive daily Almoner alert, auto-resolved to whoever currently holds the office |
| Communications & content | 4 | 4 | — | — | Full public website, SEO and heritage archive — LodgeMaster has only a basic theme |
| Platform | 3 | — | 3 | — | Magic-link authentication, row-level security, verified weekly backups across every core table |
Where we're honest about gaps
Two items remain genuinely open:
- Secretary / officer handover tools — Behind. The Working Tools advertises dedicated handover tools; our own alerts follow whoever currently holds an office automatically, but no formal handover pack or checklist exists yet.
- Online dues collection and subscription billing — built, but not yet live: proration, monthly billing and an under-25 discount all exist in sandbox, gated behind committee sign-off rather than a technical gap.
Methodology & caveats
- LodgeMaster was assessed from its own published manual, not hands-on use of the live product.
- The Working Tools, Masonic Lodge Secretary, Grand View and Amity were assessed from public marketing pages, reviews and app-store listings — their documented depth, not their verified depth.
- The UGLE Portal is the official membership record system, not a lodge-operations tool, included for context rather than as a direct competitor.
- Where a competitor's documentation is silent on a function, that function is marked "not documented," never "confirmed absent."