Wild Apricot Alternative
A comparison between Communal and Wild Apricot, a modern feature-rich all-in-one alternative to Wild Apricot.
Key Differences of Wild Apricot vs Communal
Built for NPOs
Communal is built for non-profits and community organizations. We understand the unique needs of your organization and have built a platform that is tailored to your specific requirements.
No Website Builder Needed
Unlike Wild Apricot, we focus on core features rather than website building. This means a simpler, more focused platform that integrates seamlessly with your existing website.
Facility Management
Easily manage and book your facilities, halls, and spaces with our intuitive facility management system. Track availability, handle bookings, and automate rental processes all in one place.
Why Communal
A complete all-in-one solution
Communal is a complete all-in-one solution for your non-profit or community organization. We offer a wide range of features to help you manage your organization, including membership management, event management, facility management, and more.
- Membership management
- Event registration and management
- Facility management
- Donor CRM
- Volunteer management
Software built by and for non-profits
Communal was developed in close partnership with non-profits and community organizations. We understand your unique needs because we work directly with organizations like yours to build features that actually solve your problems.
- Designed based on direct feedback from NPO administrators and staff
- Features prioritized based on real community organization needs
- Regular updates driven by our non-profit partners' requests
- Intuitive interface tested with actual NPO users
- Flexible tools that adapt to different organization structures
Detailed Feature Comparison
| Feature | Communal | Wild Apricot |
|---|---|---|
| Membership Features | ||
| Robust and configurable membership types | ||
| Online member payments including auto-renewal | ||
| Digital membership cards (Apple Wallet, Google Wallet) | ||
| Targeted member emails | ||
| Membership lists and reports | ||
| Automated renewal reminders | ||
| Automated resident vs non-resident memberships | ||
| Custom questions asked during registration | ||
| Family information | ||
| Waiver agreement collection | ||
| Event Management | ||
| Event ticketing and management | ||
| Collect custom information during event purchase | ||
| Member pricing for events | ||
| Event signup lists | ||
| Facility Management | ||
| Online facility calendars | ||
| Member pricing for facility rentals | ||
| Instant or admin approved rental requests | ||
| Online payment for instant rentals | ||
| Member only rentals for courts | ||
| Online rental agreement forms | ||
| Custom invoicing and damage deposit collection | ||
| Volunteer Management | ||
| Highlight & collect volunteers signups during event registration | ||
| Online volunteer management | ||
| Tracking volunteer hours | ||
| Recurring volunteer shifts | ||
| Ability to tag accounts by volunteer interests | ||
| Donor Management | ||
| Online tax receipting | ||
| Donor CRM | ||
| Fundraisers | ||
| Other Features | ||
| Unlimited admin accounts | ||
| Admin Roles | ||
| Website builder | ||
Amplify your impact
Stop wasting time on manual tasks and let Communal do the heavy lifting for you.
Trusted by hundreds of organizations
We love hearing from our customers and are proud to have helped hundreds of organizations drive more impact and grow their communities.
We are finally able to communicate with our members, run booking software and a program payment platform all in one application. The cost to our Community is very reasonable and the team is fantastic to work with.
My experience with the software and the team has been overwhelmingly positive. We switched from another provider and the difference was night-and-day!
Revenue from membership sales and renewals increased, and we save a significant amount of staff time and paperwork. The customer service is outstanding and the team at Communal continues to add helpful features.
Frequently asked questions
Your data is stored in a secure database that is not accessible to anyone. Users' credit card information is not stored on our platform. We utilize Stripe to process payments, learn more about how they store their data here.
You can! Our team is happy to help migrate data from an excel spreadsheet or an existing platform you utilize today. Contact us for more questions.
Communal directly deposits into your bank account. We do not hold any funds on our platform.
Yes, Communal is fully PCI-DSS compliant as we partner with Stripe as our payment processor. Stripe has been audited by an independent PCI Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) and is certified as a PCI Level 1 Service Provider. Communal does not have access to see or store any credit card data as all transactions are sent directly to Stripe.