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Aplos, Keela, and Raisely Are Three Different Products. MonkeyPod Is One.
Aplos handles your accounting. Keela handles your CRM. Raisely handles your fundraising pages. Aplos acquired Keela and Raisely and now markets all three together as Velora — but they're still three separate products, three separate logins, and three separate bills. MonkeyPod is one platform, for one price, from day one.
Sound familiar?
These are the frustrations we hear most from nonprofits running on the Aplos family of products — organizations that bought an all-in-one and ended up administering different platforms.
Your "all-in-one" is actually three logins
Aplos handles accounting. If you want real donor management, you're signing up for Keela. If you want fundraising pages, you're signing up for Raisely. Aplos calls the bundle "Velora," but you're still managing three separate accounts, three separate support teams, and three separate invoices — they just share a parent company now.
Your CRM gets more expensive as your donor list grows
Aplos includes a basic CRM, but if you need advanced functionality, you need to add on Keela. Either way, the price you pay increases with your contact count: plans start at $164/month for up to 1,000 contacts and climb from there. The better you get at building your donor base, the more you pay for the privilege of managing it.
Grant budgeting is locked behind Aplos's most expensive plan
Want to budget by fund, project, or department inside Aplos? That's an Advanced-plan feature that's only available at their most expensive tier. On the lower tiers, you're back to spreadsheets for exactly the kind of restricted-fund tracking nonprofits need most.
MonkeyPod vs. Aplos
Here's how one platform compares to the three products Aplos markets together as Velora.
| Feature | MonkeyPod | Aplos |
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| Nonprofit Fund Accounting |
Purpose-built for nonprofits
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Purpose-built for nonprofits
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| Integrated Grant Tracking |
Included
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Not included in Aplos
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| Grant Budgeting |
Included in every plan
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Advanced plan only ($229/month)
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| Standard Nonprofit Financial Reports |
Included — Statement of Activities, Financial Position, Functional Expenses
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Statement of Functional Expenses only available in advanced tier, limited report visualizations
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| Bill Pay |
Included
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Not included in Aplos
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| Donor CRM |
Included — unlimited contacts
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Basic contact list in Aplos; full CRM requires a separate Keela subscription
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| Email Marketing |
Included — unlimited sends
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Limited email functionality included
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| Online Fundraising Pages |
Included — unlimited pages
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Not included in Aplos — requires a separate Raisely account
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| Low Fundraising Fees |
1% per transaction, transparently presented to the donor
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4% per transaction (or optional tips)
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| Unlimited Users |
Included — no per seat fees
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Capped per plan (2 users on Lite/Core, 3 on Advanced)
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| Unlimited Contacts and Data |
Price stays flat as you grow
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CRM pricing increases with contact count whether you use Aplos or Keela
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| One Login, One System |
Single platform, single data source
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Aplos, Keela, and Raisely are separate products
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| Built Exclusively for Nonprofits |
100% nonprofit focus
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Originally built for churches, not nonprofits
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Based on publicly available Aplos, Keela, and Raisely information as of August 2026. Always verify current pricing and features with each vendor.
What you get with MonkeyPod that Aplos can't bundle
MonkeyPod was built as a single system from the start; not assembled from three companies and marketed under one name.
One login, not three
Aplos, Keela, and Raisely were three separate companies before Aplos acquired Raisely in 2023 and Keela in 2024 and began marketing all three together as "Velora" in 2025. That history doesn't disappear just because the products share a homepage now — you still create separate accounts, learn separate interfaces, and reconcile data between separate systems. MonkeyPod was built as one system from the start, so your donor data and your financial data were never in different places to begin with.
Donor CRM and email marketing, actually included
With MonkeyPod, every plan includes a full CRM for donors, volunteers, and vendors (households, donation history, custom fields, segmentation, and an online donor portal) plus unlimited email marketing with the same data behind it. No separate signup, no separate bill, no syncing two systems to keep them in agreement. With Aplos, that same functionality means adding Keela, priced separately and priced by how many contacts you have.
Grant budgeting from day one, not just on the top tier
MonkeyPod includes grant expense tracking, restricted-fund budgets, and real-time actuals in every plan, starting at $199/month. Aplos puts budgeting by fund, project, or department behind its Advanced accounting plan at $229/month; meaning organizations on Aplos's lower tiers are managing restricted grant funds without the budgeting tools built for it.
Unlimited everything, even as your donor list grows
MonkeyPod doesn't charge more as your organization grows. Unlimited users, unlimited contacts, unlimited emails, unlimited fundraising pages on every plan, including the $199/month Essentials tier. Whether you use the Aplos CRM or add on Keela's CRM pricing, your price increases as you add donors, contacts, or vendors. With Aplos, the more records you have, the more you pay for the CRM. With MonkeyPod, your price stays the same as your organization grows.
Fund accounting built the same way, priced more simply
We're not going to pretend Aplos can't do fund accounting — it can, and it does it reasonably well. The difference is what it costs to get the rest of what a growing nonprofit actually needs alongside it. MonkeyPod bundles accounting with CRM, email, fundraising, and grant budgeting for one flat price. Aplos bundles accounting with a basic CRM. If you need more advanced features or fundraising pages, you need to add on Keela or Raisely with a separate bill and login for each.
The real cost of Aplos + Keela + Raisely
Aplos's plans start at $79/month (Lite), but to budget by fund or grant, you need the $229/month Advanced tier. As you add donors or vendors or users, your price increases. And if you need fundraising or advanced CRM functionality, you need to add on Raisely and Keela.
Aplos
$293 across three subscriptions
- Aplos Core (basic budgeting and accounting for 2 users): $129/month
- Keela (CRM + email marketing, up to 1,000 contacts): $164/month, rising with your contact count
- Raisely (fundraising pages): 4% platform fee or optional tips plus credit card processing fees. $119/month to add automation and integrations.
- Three separate subscriptions, three logins, three support teams
- Grant and fund budgeting requires the $229/month Advanced tier, not Core
MonkeyPod
Starts at $199/month. See full pricing. →
- Advanced fund accounting included in all plans
- Donor CRM included — unlimited contacts
- Email marketing included — unlimited sends
- Online fundraising pages included
- Grant budget tracking included in every plan
- Unlimited users in every plan
- One login, one subscription, one price that doesn't move as your donor list grows
Aplos, Keela, and Raisely pricing verified against their public pricing pages in August 2026. The $293/month reflects Aplos Core plus Keela at its up-to-1,000-contact tier and Raisely's free tier. Costs rise above this level as your contact list grows or if you need Aplos Advanced for fund budgeting. All three vendors update pricing periodically — confirm current figures before making a decision.
Frequently asked questions
Last updated: September 10, 2026
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Yes. MonkeyPod includes nonprofit fund accounting, a full donor CRM, unlimited email marketing, online fundraising pages, and grant budgeting in a single platform. This is the same combined functionality Aplos offers. MonkeyPod doesn't require you add on additional platforms like Keela or Raisely to increase your functionality.
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It depends on your data and how many of the three Aplos-family products you're currently using. Every MonkeyPod plan includes onboarding with a dedicated implementation expert, and most organizations can import their existing records via CSV. Full-service migration is included with Enterprise and available as an add-on for Essentials and Pro subscriptions.
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Most bookkeepers familiar with fund accounting principles adapt quickly to MonkeyPod's chart of accounts and reporting. MonkeyPod's onboarding includes guidance specifically for the person doing your books.
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Your financial records, donor data, and transaction history can typically be exported from Aplos, Keela, and Raisely and imported into MonkeyPod. The MonkeyPod team can advise on the best path for your specific setup during onboarding.
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Yes, and more. MonkeyPod includes a purpose-built nonprofit chart of accounts, restricted and unrestricted fund tracking, and the standard nonprofit financial statements (Statement of Activities, Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Functional Expenses) in every plan. Those reports are included in every MonkeyPod plan, some reports are only available in Aplos’ advanced tier. MonkeyPod’s grant management features are more advanced than what Aplos offers.
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No — Many MonkeyPod users are smaller organizations under $5 million in annual revenue. But MonkeyPod works well for any organization, especially those that have diverse revenue streams (donations, grants, ticket sales, memberships, etc.) MonkeyPod's plans include unlimited data and users, which makes it a great solution for growing organization.
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Every MonkeyPod plan includes onboarding with a dedicated implementation expert, so you're never setting things up alone. Most organizations can import their existing data via CSV, and full-service data migration is included with Enterprise or available as an add-on for Essentials and Pro. If you've been maintaining separate Aplos, Keela, and Raisely accounts, switching to MonkeyPod is also a chance to stop maintaining three logins instead of one.
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Yes. If you have an Aplos, Keela, and Raisely subscription, you have nonprofit fund accounting, a donor CRM, email marketing, online fundraising pages, and grant budgeting. MonkeyPod offers all that functionality in a single platform and includes nonprofit accounting and budgeting, integrated grant tracking, unlimited CRM records, unlimited email sends, low fundraising fees, and more.
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