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Alternatives to Aplos
23 nonprofits tools sit alongside Aplos in this directory. Below is what separates each from Aplos on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 4
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Aplos starts at
- On request
Why people look past Aplos
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Aplos entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Aplos carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 4 of the 23 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Aplos publishes a single plan, Aplos at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Cloud accounting from Intuit with country specific editions, seat caps by plan and payroll charged separately
- Publishes an entry price of $30/month, where Aplos does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per month by feature tier.
- 4 tiers to Aplos's 1.
Donor relationship management for nonprofits
- Publishes an entry price of $40/month, where Aplos does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per month by feature tier.
- 4 tiers to Aplos's 1.
Enterprise-grade donor management system
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per month by feature tier.
- 2 tiers to Aplos's 1.
Fundraising software given free to nonprofits, funded by its founders rather than by fees
- Can be used without paying; Aplos cannot.
- Sold on a Free to nonprofits, card processing charged by the processor model rather than Per month by feature tier.
Low-cost grant search across federal, state and private funders, with a paid consultant marketplace alongside
- Can be used without paying; Aplos cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $9/month, where Aplos does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than Per month by feature tier.
- 2 tiers to Aplos's 1.
Open-source association management system for nonprofits
- Can be used without paying; Aplos cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, with paid hosting available model rather than Per month by feature tier.
- 2 tiers to Aplos's 1.
Every Aplos alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aplos (this page) | On request | Per month by feature tier | 1 | |
| QuickBooksCheaper and far more widely supported by accountants, if you can live with tracking funds by class | $30/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Aplos |
| BloomerangBetter choice when the real problem is donor retention and fundraising rather than the books | $40/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Aplos |
| Blackbaud Raiser's EdgeEnterprise option when fundraising complexity, not accounting, is the constraint | On request | Subscription | 2 | vs Aplos |
| Give Lively | Free | Free to nonprofits, card processing charged by the processor | 1 | vs Aplos |
| OpenGrants | Free, then $9/month | Per user per month | 2 | vs Aplos |
| Tendenci | Free | Open source, with paid hosting available | 2 | vs Aplos |
| CiviCRM | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Aplos |
| CommCare | $100/month | Per month by mobile user count | 4 | vs Aplos |
| Foundant Technologies | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Aplos |
| CharityEngine | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Aplos |
| Instrumentl | $299/month | Per organisation per month by seat band | 4 | vs Aplos |
| Fluxx | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Aplos |
| Sumac | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Aplos |
| Bonterra | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Aplos |
| Blackbaud Grantmaking | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Aplos |
| SmartSimple Cloud | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Aplos |
| Submittable | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Aplos |
| GrantStation | $199/year | Per organisation per year | 2 | vs Aplos |
| Keela | On request | Per month by contact count | 1 | vs Aplos |
| MemberClicks | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Aplos |
| Fundraise Up | On request | Percentage of each donation | 1 | vs Aplos |
| Candid | $219/month | Per user per month by tier | 3 | vs Aplos |
| Glue Up | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Aplos |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Aplos badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (4)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Give Lively , Free
- OpenGrants , Free, then $9/month
- Tendenci , Free
- CiviCRM , Free
What you would be giving up
Aplos is most often brought in for a nonprofit whose auditor has raised restricted fund reporting as a finding, a church tracking contributions, designated funds and giving statements in one system, a small organisation replacing quickbooks plus a spreadsheet of fund balances, an aplos and keela buyer wanting gifts to post from the crm into the ledger without export. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Aplos is broadly right and the question is cost, the Aplos pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Nonprofits category lists everything the directory holds, and best nonprofits tools ranks them.
Aplos runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Aplos alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Aplos?
- 23 other nonprofits tools are listed in this directory, led by QuickBooks, Bloomerang, Blackbaud Raiser's Edge, Give Lively. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Aplos?
- 4 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Give Lively, OpenGrants, Tendenci, CiviCRM.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Aplos?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Aplos?
- Aplos is most often brought in for a nonprofit whose auditor has raised restricted fund reporting as a finding, a church tracking contributions, designated funds and giving statements in one system, a small organisation replacing quickbooks plus a spreadsheet of fund balances, an aplos and keela buyer wanting gifts to post from the crm into the ledger without export. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Aplos?
- None of the nonprofits tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Aplos alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Nonprofits, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Aplos against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Aplos covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every nonprofits tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Nonprofits category, 23 tools beside Aplos. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.