Aplos vs Blackbaud FIMS
Aplos
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| Figure | Aplos | Blackbaud FIMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $79/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 0 |
| Spec score · Accounting software | 8.8 (#4) | 6.9 (#61) |
| Spec score · Fund Accounting Software | 9.0 (#5) | 7.5 (#42) |
| Audience | Aplos describes its software as designed for nonprofit and faith-based organizations, including churches. | Blackbaud describes FIMS as helping community foundations, faith-based organizations, and education and scholarship programs. |
| Purpose | Aplos provides fund accounting software built for nonprofits and churches. | FIMS is a fully integrated foundation management system. |
Plans
In their own words
Aplos
Aplos provides web-based fund accounting software for nonprofits, churches, and other faith-based organizations. It tracks designated and restricted funds, grants, and a flexible chart of accounts. Financial and donation reports can be customized, including Balance Sheet by Fund and Income Statement by Fund. Organizations can create unlimited mobile-friendly giving forms and add a donation widget to their websites. The donor database stores communication activity, notes, relationships, giving history, and custom fields. Aplos includes budgeting, an audit trail, an API enabled from settings, and integrations such as Keela, Raisely, Ramp, PEX, Gusto, DonorElf, Church Community Builder, and Bloomerang. Data is encrypted with AES 256, stored in AWS in the United States, and backed up nightly. Lite costs $79 a month, Core $129 a month, and Advanced $229 a month. A Custom plan has tailored pricing. There is a 15-day trial and no free plan.
Blackbaud FIMS
Blackbaud FIMS has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.