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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 vendor's own page and 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 2026-06-15 · 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 2026-06-15) · Tendenci: tendenci.com (verified 2026-06-15)

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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