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Both price by contacts, so both get expensive as your list grows. Organizations that also run programs, rent facilities or schedule volunteers usually end up looking at a third option.","2026-08-19",{"title":16,"text":17},"Flat pricing with facilities, programs and volunteers","Communal prices by members, not contacts: $75/mo to 250 members with volunteer and donor management included, programs +$50/mo and facility booking from +$50/mo. No website builder, no contract, free migration.",[19,22,25,28,31],{"question":20,"answer":21},"Is Springly cheaper than Wild Apricot?","At the entry level, yes. Springly's Liberty plan is free for payments and forms, and Serenity starts at $45/mo for up to 250 contacts, against Wild Apricot's $66/mo for 100 contacts. Above a few thousand contacts the two converge: Springly's Serenity reaches $239/mo at 5,000 contacts and Professional $399/mo, while Wild Apricot's 5,000-contact tier is around $462/mo per third-party listings. Check both vendors' current tier tables.",{"question":23,"answer":24},"Does Wild Apricot have accounting like Springly?","No. Wild Apricot tracks payments and invoices and syncs to QuickBooks; it does not keep a general ledger. Springly's Professional tier includes double-entry nonprofit accounting with budgets and financial statements, which is its main structural advantage.",{"question":26,"answer":27},"Which has the better website builder, Springly or Wild Apricot?","Wild Apricot. Its drag-and-drop builder, themes and member-only pages are more developed and have a longer track record; Springly includes a site builder on paid plans but it is simpler. If you already have a website you like, neither builder matters much and a tool that embeds in your existing site may serve you better.",{"question":29,"answer":30},"Do Springly and Wild Apricot charge payment fees?","Springly processes through Adyen at 3.1% + $0.30 per transaction, or lets donors tip to cover it. Wild Apricot charges no platform fee when you use its own Personify Payments processor, but using an outside gateway such as Stripe or PayPal adds a Payment System Servicing Fee of 20% of your subscription price.",{"question":32,"answer":33},"What if we also book rooms or run programs?","Neither Springly nor Wild Apricot has facility booking or volunteer shift scheduling, and program registration is limited to events. 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