Verified User in Religious Institutions

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/21/2018

"Very Helpful"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Aplos?

You are able to import from Quickbooks by exporting and then importing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aplos?

The amount of reports you are able to run is limited. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Aplos:

For certain churches, you will need to subscribe to advanced subscription regardless of the number of people or your yearly budget. Our small church owns rental property, which requires us to create a separate budget, and I've had to massage the basic version to work, but I still have to manually alter certain reports (budget to actual, budget, etc) to work for our purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Aplos solving and how is that benefiting you?

Able to completely redo the financials from Jan 1 to Sept 1 for our church. Able to send monthly invoices to church renters either directly via email from software or print and snail mail.. Able to track donations from individuals and generate yearly giving reports. Able to link to existing payroll service. Able to manage several funds and run reports for each fund separately or all together. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Meet C.

Team Lead

Fund-Raising

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/24/2017

"Non Profit Fund Accounting with ease"

5/5

What do you like best about Aplos?

Aplos is a cloud based accounting service which provides accounting solution to track and manage donations and other funds for non profit organization like us.It offers all types of accounting capabilities like tracking cash flows and transactions without any effort.Aplos enabled us to manage our accounting for the organization with so much less efforts.And moreover it is cloud based so you can access it from anywhere.It is specially designed for non profit organizations because it has a special tab for donations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aplos?

It is best non profit accounting software/tool which is cloud based.We are using it since a while and have not experienced any problem with the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Aplos:

I recommend using aplos for accounting to all non profit organizations and NGO's because it provides the perfect solution of accounting dedicated to non profit accounting.I really would like to say that no other software provides so many features for a non profit accounting that aplos does. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Aplos solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use to manage our accounting through offline softwares but after the discovery of Aplos we are using it to manage our accounting and donations tracking and management for our NGO.Using aplos has saved a lot of time of ours and we have to least worry about accounting because it can directly link with your bank which is a great feature of it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rebecca C.

Owner

Accounting

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/15/2017

"Great non-profit, cloud based software! "

5/5

What do you like best about Aplos?

I implemented this software with a client of board members all over 65 years old. They were able to pick up this software with little training. We only use QBO, but my non-profits want the ability to truly track donor contributions and not have to manipulate the reports for their board members (since QBO is a "profit" based software). Also, had to contact Aplos through the chat feature and all my issues were addressed within minutes or hours, the customer service is the best! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aplos?

Although not new, the software is still working on improving. It would be nice for batch reclassification, deletion etc... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Aplos:

You need to try it first and make your own decision. If I can teach my 65 year old clients to use Aplos,a cloud based accounting software and prefer that over their paper system, then so can you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Aplos solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am an owner of a CPA firm who specializes in business and non-profit accounting. My non-profit clients are all on Aplos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Political Organization

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/26/2018

"Aplos is wonderful"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Aplos?

I love their personal service and how fast they are to respond to any needs you night have in your account. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aplos?

They have changed their reporting multiple times, and while change is not bad, it is often difficult to find the reports I use on a weekly basis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vickey B.

Founder

Accounting

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/23/2018

"Great Accounting and Donation Tracking Program!"

5/5

What do you like best about Aplos?

User-friendly and built specially for churches and nonprofits.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aplos?

The bank integration has issues sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Aplos:

If you are a small to medium church, Aplos is definitely worth trying. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Aplos solving and how is that benefiting you?

I recommend Aplos to all of my small to medium size church clients, because many of them rely on volunteer help and Aplos is relatively easy to set up and use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Paula M.

Director of Operations

Non-Profit Organization Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/21/2017

"Awesome Accounting Software"

5/5

What do you like best about Aplos?

Aplos has proven to be an excellent accounting program for our nonprofit. It has provided everything we need to set up our chart of accounts, accounting transactions, and donor information. It is so easy to use from accessing account information to running reports. Customer service answered all our questions and helped us develop the best procedures to meet our needs. The donor database and receipt letters are now managed with just a few clicks. The efficiencies have saved a tremendous amount of time for our staff to handle the important duties of pursuing our mission. We have been able to set up our budget, adjust the budget, and make changes in our entry process simply and efficiently. The reports have been very useful to review our income and expenses, analyze data, and determine our monthly priorities. Aplos is an easy to use and thorough accounting system for any non profit organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aplos?

We are looking forward to the donor management software in development at this time which will be released soon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Aplos:

Try Aplos - it is a great system, easy to implement, and well worth the time to have an easy to administer accounting system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Aplos solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were struggling daily with accounting and donor entries through QuickBooks. Finding Aplos was the absolute best business decision we made. It now takes a fraction of the time and money to be able to enter and access our information and actually track donors and special projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Christina S.

Certified Horsemanship Association Instructor

Non-Profit Organization Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/18/2017

"LOVE APLOS"

5/5

What do you like best about Aplos?

I feel Aplos software is very user friendly and the customer service has been excellent. They always reply promptly and help me fix anything I don't understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aplos?

Only thing I hope they add is a way to print address labels with contribution reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Aplos:

Highly recommend this product. APLOS has been excellent to work with. Really has helped me as the Exec. Director, chief stall mucker and instructor at High Mountain. It works great. I do sometimes make user errors b/c I'm not used to accounting and I may put in wrong category but now if you want they will even help with that through accounting service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Aplos solving and how is that benefiting you?

I had so much to keep up with. Trying to make my own spreadsheets and reports. I really wanted something easy to use and more automated on reports. They delivered. Also wanted it on the cloud so I didn't lose data in a computer or back up crash. This happened to us twice in a surge. Problem solved with APLOS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Richard D.

Lead Pastor

Religious Institutions

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/17/2017

"Excellent accounting experience"

5/5

What do you like best about Aplos?

I find myself recommending Aplos to many different organizations. The 2 best qualities of Aplos over other accounting solutions are its simplicity of use and its excellent customer service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aplos?

In my humble opinion, I believe that some of the features included in the highest monthly fee should be included in a lower tier. It seems crazy to have an almost $80 jump just to be able to pull budget reports by fund, especially since this can be accomplished through an excel export followed up by deleting a few rows. Budget reporting by fund should be included in all tiers as this is a basic nonprofit need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Aplos:

Start with a lower tier to see if it meets your needs. If it doesn't, then upgrade. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Aplos solving and how is that benefiting you?

Aplos solves the problem of multiple people needing to touch the same data and interact with it. It is far easier to delegate and sign roles. The help videos are instructive in getting someone off the ground in working with it as well. And, if they have any issues, there is an incredibly easy way to get a hold of help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dana P.

Realtor

Real Estate

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/17/2017

"Best Support of Any Company I Have Ever Worked With"

5/5

What do you like best about Aplos?

I am currently responsible for the books at a small Nonprofit. I have used Quickbooks, Quicken, Microsoft Money, Corporate ERP level accounting software and Excel in the past to manage finances. When I took over the books for the Nonprofit, the accounting was managed in Excel. My first thought was to look at converting to Quickbooks for Nonprofits. I looked at several other web only accounting packages as well. After researching the options and price I decided to try the free trial with Aplos.

The setup was a breeze and the support videos and educational information made the setup smooth. I like working with real people when I need help with software. I was pleasantly surprised that built into the system was a support messaging system that allowed me to see portrait sketches or real images of the support team and their names. I could send a question right in the interface and they would respond right back in the messaging window. It is the best implementation of support I have ever seen and has made Aplos one of my favorite companies and systems to work with.

We have been using the software for over a year and just filed the Federal Tax 990N through the software. It was fast and easy!

The different modules can be turned on and off with a flip of a switch and billed accordingly. This allowed us to start with accounting and eventually we added the donor relations and donations portions of the software. We have found the tools for these sections to be just as clean and easy to use as the accounting portion of the software.

They have made many updates to the software over the last year and the product keeps getting better. I would recommend any small Nonprofit or Church to try this product! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aplos?

It would be nice to have more ways to do batch jobs and more flexibility in group updates to contacts. Last I checked if you have an organization that you want to assign an individual to donor relations and manage donations they need 2 logins with unique email addresses. It would be nice to have the option to give both roles to one individual with one login. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Aplos:

If you are a small non-profit this software should meet most of your needs in a very clean and excellently supported product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Aplos solving and how is that benefiting you?

Am a volunteer for a small non-profit. I needed a simple solution to manage the finances and maintain transparency with the non-profit. The benefits are the software is very quick to set up and has a very clean interface that allows for quick communication of where the non-profit finances stand. When there are questions the customer service is the BEST I have ever experienced. They answer the questions in a support window as you are working with the software to apply the instructions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sherry N.

Inside Sales Executive

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/17/2017

"Aplos for the win!"

5/5

What do you like best about Aplos?

I love Aplos! It's easy to use and solves a lot of problems small nonprofits have trying to keep up with mainstream fundraising. It has several modules that can be combined to be used to best fit your needs. The best part I like is the customer service. They go above and beyond! Sometimes they can't help with certain issues because of the limitations of what they offer, but any time that happens they make note of it for future updates or try to help think of a way around it to make something work for you. They answer your questions very quickly, within hours but sometimes automatically. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aplos?

There are a few limitations to the software but they aren't deal breakers for me. Several of my past issues with limitations that I've addressed with the Aplos Team, they've later offered. It makes you feel as if they really listen and try to provide what we need as small nonprofits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Aplos solving and how is that benefiting you?

Accounting in the cloud - accessible to me anywhere at any time and confident that it's backed up. Donations can be processed in a fairly easy way. Soon will have accounting set up where our donations input directly into the accounting which saves a lot of stress and time on a small nonprofit administrator. More time to do the good work instead of spending it doing busy work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.