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Aplos
Aplos · Fresno, California · founded 2009
What it is
Aplos is paid fund accounting software for nonprofits and churches, available on the web with an API. It tracks designated and restricted funds, including grants, and supports a flexible chart of accounts. Customizable financial and donation reports include Balance Sheet by Fund and Income Statement by Fund. Organizations can create unlimited mobile-friendly giving forms and place a donation widget on their websites. The donor database records communication activity, notes, relationships, giving history, and custom fields. Features include budgeting, an audit trail, integrations such as Keela and Bloomerang, and API access enabled from settings. Lite costs $79/month for two users, Core costs $129/month for two users, and Advanced costs $229/month for three users. There is no free plan, but a 15-day trial is available. The base subscription includes 500 contacts; extra contacts and users cost $20 monthly each.
For and against
For
- Tracks restricted funds and grants
- Custom giving forms and website widget
- Donor records include relationships and giving history
- Includes budgeting and audit trail
- Email, phone, and chat support included
Against
- No free plan
- 15-day trial only
- Extra 1,000 contacts cost $20 monthly
- Each additional user costs $20 monthly
The verdict
Aplos brings fund accounting, donor management, reporting, and online giving into one nonprofit-focused service. Its tiered plans and additional contact or user charges should be considered when estimating subscription costs.
Who it suits
Aplos is designed for nonprofit and faith-based organizations, including churches, that need fund accounting, donor records, reporting, and online giving. It also suits organizations needing grant tracking and budgeting.
Plans and prices
Lite
2 users · fund balance and income statements · bank reconciliation · custom reports
Read 21 Oct 2026 · aplos.com
Core
2 users · everything in Lite · budgeting · accounts payable and receivable
Read 21 Oct 2026 · aplos.com
Advanced
3 users · everything in Core · budgeting by fund, grant, department or project · dimensional budgeting and reporting
Read 21 Oct 2026 · aplos.com
Custom
Best for organizations with $1 million or more annual revenue · allocations · fixed assets · bill approval
Read 21 Oct 2026 · aplos.com
On the record
- Access controls
- The service supports multi-factor authentication, role permissions, activity logs, inactivity logout and locked periods or reconciled transactions.aplos.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Acquisitions and Velora
- Aplos says it acquired Keela in 2023, Raisely in 2024, and joined them under the Velora nonprofit ecosystem in 2025.aplos.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- API
- Aplos offers web-based fund accounting, contributions management, and donor management or email marketing products, and users can enable the API from settings.help.aplos.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- API access terms
- API access requires an Aplos-issued key and is limited to internal applications under a revocable, non-transferable proprietary license.aplos.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- API documentation
- The API help section includes overview, authentication, example clients, error handling, FAQs and endpoint-specific articles.help.aplos.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Aplos describes its software as designed for nonprofit and faith-based organizations, including churches.aplos.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Audit trail
- Yesaplos.com · read 19 Sep 2026
- Backups
- Aplos says data is backed up automatically through Amazon RDS and archived nightly at a secondary secured location.aplos.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Billing limits
- The base subscription includes up to 500 contacts; each additional 1,000 contacts costs $20 per month, and extra users cost $20 per month each.help.aplos.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Communications
- Letter and email builders support personalized templates, automated statements, pledge reminders and mailing labels.aplos.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Company founded
- Aplos states that it was founded in 2009 by Tim Goetz, who wanted affordable fund accounting for his church.aplos.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters and size
- LinkedIn lists headquarters in Fresno, California and 51–200 employees.linkedin.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- TrustRadius lists Aplos as SaaS/cloud software and shows Lite, Core and Advanced plans.trustradius.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Donation forms
- Users can create unlimited mobile-friendly donation forms and website widgets without coding.aplos.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Donation management
- Online and offline gifts can be tracked by donor and purpose, with customizable contribution statements.aplos.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Donor management
- The donor database stores communication activity, notes, relationships, giving history, and custom fields.aplos.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Events
- Event registration forms support ticket sales, free RSVPs, attendance check-in and automatic payment tracking.aplos.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Financial reporting
- Aplos provides fund-based balance sheets, income statements, custom reports and board reporting.aplos.com · read 21 Oct 2026
