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Tendenci pricing
Tendenci publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, Tendenci pricing is free across 2 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Open source, with paid hosting available
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
Tendenci plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Managed hosting | On request | 4 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Self-hosted
FreeThe entry tier. It covers full source code, no per-member licence, community support, own infrastructure.
Managed hosting
On requestOver Self-hosted, this tier adds:
- Hosted and maintained
- Updates applied
- Support included
- Migration assistance
Where Tendenci stops being free
Self-hosted, Free
- Full source code
- No per-member licence
- Community support
- Own infrastructure
No paid tier on record
Tendenci lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Tendenci feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Open-source licence
- Membership management
- Events and registration
- Donations
- Content-managed website
People bring Tendenci in for nonprofits whose boards require member and donor data to stay under their own control, organisations with data residency obligations a hosted platform cannot satisfy, groups with technical capacity wanting to avoid per-member subscription costs at scale, associations needing to customise workflows beyond what a proprietary platform allows. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Tendenci are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Nonprofits
Too few nonprofits tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tendenci (this page) | Free | Open source, with paid hosting available | - | |
| CommCare | $100/month | Per month by mobile user count | - | vs Tendenci |
| Foundant Technologies | On request | quote | - | vs Tendenci |
| SmartSimple Cloud | On request | quote | - | vs Tendenci |
| CharityEngine | On request | quote | - | vs Tendenci |
| Sumac | On request | quote | - | vs Tendenci |
| Keela | On request | Per month by contact count | - | vs Tendenci |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Tendenci badges page.
Before you pay for Tendenci
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between Free and On request, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Tendenci runs on web, linux, self-hosted, cloud, and is published by Tendenci of Houston, Texas, United States. The full record is on the Tendenci review, and the rest of the category is under best nonprofits tools.
Tendenci pricing questions
- How much does Tendenci cost?
- Tendenci publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Self-hosted up to On request for Managed hosting. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Tendenci have a free plan?
- Yes. The Self-hosted tier costs nothing and covers full source code, no per-member licence, community support.
- What is the difference between Self-hosted and Managed hosting on Tendenci?
- Managed hosting costs On request against Free, and adds hosted and maintained, updates applied, support included, migration assistance.
- Which nonprofits tools can I use without paying?
- 2 of the 8 nonprofits tools listed alongside Tendenci have a free tier: Give Lively, OpenGrants.
- What am I actually paying for with Tendenci?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for nonprofits whose boards require member and donor data to stay under their own control, organisations with data residency obligations a hosted platform cannot satisfy, groups with technical capacity wanting to avoid per-member subscription costs at scale.
- Does Tendenci charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Tendenci prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Tendenci against before paying?
- The closest nonprofits tools in this directory are CommCare, Foundant Technologies, SmartSimple Cloud, CharityEngine. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Tendenci covering price, platforms and features.