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Wild Apricot vs Tendenci

A sourced, side-by-side comparison for membership management. Tendenci has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.

Tendenci has the lower entry price — Wild Apricot starts at $66/mo, Tendenci at $0/mo. Free tier: Wild Apricot No, Tendenci Yes. HIPAA: Wild Apricot —, Tendenci —.

As of 2026-09-05 · figures link to their source below

Side by side

Wild Apricot

$66/mo entry
Entry price$66/mo (Personal (100 contacts))
Free tierNo
HIPAA (BAA)
SOC 2
GDPRYes
Best forsmall associations

Tendenci

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Self-Hosted (Open Source))
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)
SOC 2
GDPR
Best fortech-savvy nonprofits

Sources — Wild Apricot: wildapricot.com (verified 2026-09-05) · Tendenci: tendenci.com (verified 2026-09-02)

Key features

Wild Apricot: Contact-tiered flat pricing with all features included at every level; Built-in website builder, event management, and email automation; Mobile apps for both admins and members; 60-day free trial, no credit card required

Tendenci: Fully open source (GPL v3) AMS — self-host for free; No per-user pricing on any hosted plan; Python/Django/PostgreSQL stack; multilingual support; Data portability — no vendor lock-in; can migrate to own server at any time

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