Aplos vs Tangicloud Fundamentals

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.

Tangicloud Fundamentals adds fund and grant accounting to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central for nonprofit and government organizations. It supports unlimited funds and can create due-to/due-from transactions automatically to balance them. Budget controls can warn about or prevent spending beyond planned amounts, and electronic approval rules cover journal batches, purchase and sales documents, and document lines. Grant tools track funding sources, calculate indirect cost recovery, and support reporting in a grant’s currency. The product includes nonprofit and government financial reports, with FASB/GASB reporting, as well as restricted-fund tracking, budgeting, grant tracking, and an audit trail. Tangicloud describes integrations with Excel, Outlook, Word, Teams, and Power BI, plus data integration through Excel and web services. Business Central is accessed through browsers, Windows, and mobile devices. Team Users start at $180 per user per year; Full Users cost $2,040 per year for named users. Both prices are billed annually in advance and include Microsoft hosting, database, and server licenses. There is no free plan; qualifying nonprofit discounts may apply after Microsoft approval.