Question 1

Is Wild Apricot really more expensive than Veldun?

Accepted Answer

At the tier boundaries, the gap is structural. Wild Apricot’s 2026 pricing jumps from $154/mo at 500 contacts to $265/mo at 2,000 contacts — there is no 1,000-contact tier. Adding a single contact above 500 forces about a 70% price increase. A typical newsletter-heavy bar association (300 members + 400 newsletter-only subscribers) pays $1,428/yr on Veldun Growth but $3,180/yr on Wild Apricot. That’s roughly $1,750/yr cheaper on Veldun, and it’s before you count Wild Apricot’s 20% subscription fee for using a third-party payment processor.

Question 2

Why doesn’t Wild Apricot have a 1,000-contact tier?

Accepted Answer

Wild Apricot’s 2026 tier breakpoints jump straight from 500 contacts ($154/mo) to 2,000 contacts ($265/mo). There is no intermediate tier. This is the single biggest structural pricing problem for small associations with active newsletter lists: the moment your list pushes you past 500 contacts, you pay for 2,000 contacts whether you have 501 or 1,999.

Question 3

How does Veldun’s newsletter multiplier work?

Accepted Answer

Every Veldun tier includes newsletter-only subscribers up to 3× your member count for free. So a 200-member org gets 600 newsletter-only subscribers free; a 300-member org gets 900. Only newsletter-only contacts above the 3× cap count toward your tier. Your newsletter list never forces a tier upgrade as long as it stays in proportion to your membership. This is why a 300-member bar association with a 700-contact total list stays in Growth ($119/mo) on Veldun but gets pushed into Wild Apricot’s 2,000-contact tier.

Question 4

Does Wild Apricot offer annual discounts?

Accepted Answer

Yes — Wild Apricot takes 10% off for paying a year upfront and 15% for two years. However, this requires paying upfront and locks you into their platform. Even at the annual rate (the 2,000-contact tier works out to about $238/mo), Veldun is still over $1,400/yr cheaper on the typical newsletter-heavy bar-association profile. Veldun is month-to-month with no annual commitment required.

Question 5

What’s the 20% payment surcharge on Wild Apricot?

Accepted Answer

Wild Apricot charges a 20% Payment System Servicing Fee when you use any payment processor other than their preferred partner (AffiniPay / Personify Payments). Crucially, the 20% is calculated on your Wild Apricot subscription price, not your transaction volume — so an org on the 500-contact plan pays roughly $370/yr extra simply for choosing Stripe, regardless of how much it collects. Veldun has no such fee.

Question 6

What’s included in Veldun’s pricing?

Accepted Answer

Every Veldun plan includes all features: member directory, dues collection via Stripe, event management, AI-powered newsletter assembly, public website with custom domain, board document library, renewal alerts, and email campaigns. The only difference between tiers is billable contact count: Starter (up to 200), Growth (up to 500), Professional (up to 1,000). And newsletter-only subscribers up to 3× your member count are free at every tier, so your newsletter list never forces a tier upgrade.

Question 7

Can I switch from Wild Apricot to Veldun?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Veldun handles the data migration for you as part of onboarding. We import your member records, contact information, and historical data from Wild Apricot. Most migrations complete within a week.

Tier	Contacts	Wild Apricot	Veldun
Small	Up to 100	$66/mo	$79/mo (Starter)
Growing	Up to 250	$82/mo	$79/mo (Starter)
Mid-size	Up to 500	$154/mo	$119/mo (Growth)
The cliff	501–2,000 (no 1,000 tier)	$265/mo	$119/mo (Growth) to 500 billable, then $179/mo (Pro) to 1,000
Established	Up to 5,000	$485/mo	Contact us

Cost	Wild Apricot	Veldun
Payment processing surcharge	20% of subscription if you use a third-party processor	None - standard Stripe fees only (2.9% + 30c)
Website hosting	Included (outdated builder)	Included (modern static site, custom domain)
Email marketing	Included (basic)	Included (AI-assisted newsletter assembly)
Newsletter subscribers	Every contact counts against your tier	Free up to 3× your member count at every tier
Additional admin accounts	Free	Free
Data export	CSV export available	Full data export anytime, your data belongs to you
AI features	None available	Included at every tier
Setup / onboarding fee	None	None (optional $650 concierge onboarding)

Tier	Contacts	Wild Apricot	Veldun
Small	Up to 100	$66/mo	$79/mo (Starter)
Growing	Up to 250	$82/mo	$79/mo (Starter)
Mid-size	Up to 500	$154/mo	$119/mo (Growth)
The cliff	501–2,000 (no 1,000 tier)	$265/mo	$119/mo (Growth) to 500 billable, then $179/mo (Pro) to 1,000
Established	Up to 5,000	$485/mo	Contact us

Cost	Wild Apricot	Veldun
Payment processing surcharge	20% of subscription if you use a third-party processor	None - standard Stripe fees only (2.9% + 30c)
Website hosting	Included (outdated builder)	Included (modern static site, custom domain)
Email marketing	Included (basic)	Included (AI-assisted newsletter assembly)
Newsletter subscribers	Every contact counts against your tier	Free up to 3× your member count at every tier
Additional admin accounts	Free	Free
Data export	CSV export available	Full data export anytime, your data belongs to you
AI features	None available	Included at every tier
Setup / onboarding fee	None	None (optional $650 concierge onboarding)

Wild Apricot pricing in 2026:
what small associations actually pay

Monthly pricing by contact count

The costs that don’t show up on the pricing page

Frequently asked questions

Wild Apricot pricing in 2026:
what small associations actually pay

Monthly pricing by contact count

The costs that don’t show up on the pricing page

Frequently asked questions

Wild Apricot pricing in 2026:what small associations actually pay

Monthly pricing by contact count

The costs that don’t show up on the pricing page

Frequently asked questions

Is Wild Apricot really more expensive than Veldun?

Why doesn’t Wild Apricot have a 1,000-contact tier?

How does Veldun’s newsletter multiplier work?

Does Wild Apricot offer annual discounts?

What’s the 20% payment surcharge on Wild Apricot?

What’s included in Veldun’s pricing?

Can I switch from Wild Apricot to Veldun?

Wild Apricot pricing in 2026:what small associations actually pay

Monthly pricing by contact count

The costs that don’t show up on the pricing page

Frequently asked questions

Is Wild Apricot really more expensive than Veldun?

Why doesn’t Wild Apricot have a 1,000-contact tier?

How does Veldun’s newsletter multiplier work?

Does Wild Apricot offer annual discounts?

What’s the 20% payment surcharge on Wild Apricot?

What’s included in Veldun’s pricing?

Can I switch from Wild Apricot to Veldun?

Wild Apricot pricing in 2026:
what small associations actually pay

Wild Apricot pricing in 2026:
what small associations actually pay