Karma Compass vs Aprio
Aprio is a board portal from Aprio Inc. of Vancouver, Canada, used by nonprofits, credit unions and other boards, with apps for iOS, Android and Windows, 24/7 human support and a price quoted on request. Karma Compass is for nonprofit boards of any size: the people who run the board work in the workspace, directors act from their email, and agents draft the agenda, minutes and follow-ups for a person to approve.
At a glance
Compiled on 29 October 2026 from the pages linked below. Tell us at support@karmahq.org if something has changed.
| What | Karma Compass | Aprio |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free is $0. Pro: $99 a month. | Not published; quote on request. Priced per user license. Aprio says plans start at 15 users (corporate) and 20 users (nonprofit) and quotes are per organization. Its starter subscription includes unlimited administrators and committees, and Aprio says its nonprofit plan includes every feature. |
| Free plan | Yes. 5 meetings a year, unlimited board members and document uploads, voting, RSVPs and quorum tracking. | Not described on the pages we read. |
| Who it is for | Nonprofit boards of any size. | Nonprofits, credit unions, banks, financial services, healthcare, education, corporations, government and Indigenous organizations. |
| Directors without accounts | Yes. Directors RSVP, vote and open the board packet from links in their email, with no account or password. | Not described on the pages we read. |
| AI-drafted minutes | Yes, on Pro, from your notes or a transcript. Free drafts minutes from the attendance, quorum and agenda when a meeting is marked held, without AI. The secretary, or another officer who can adopt minutes, edits and adopts them. | Not described as a current feature on the pages we read. Aprio says it is bringing AI capabilities to its platform in 2026. Aprio’s AI, ChatDPQ, is trained for board work and does not access board documents. |
| AI-drafted agendas | Yes, on Pro. Drafted from your board’s record: earlier published agendas, when there are any, and the action items still open; the chair, executive director, secretary or board assistant edits and approves it before it goes to directors. | Not described on the pages we read. Aprio has an automated agenda creator and agenda templates. |
| Votes by email under bylaws | Yes. It will not draft a vote until what your bylaws say about voting outside a meeting is recorded and cited. Each director’s link is theirs alone, works once and expires when voting closes, or after two weeks if voting runs longer. | Online voting and e-signatures, plus surveys, polls and evaluations. Aprio describes emailed voting links that open the document in the browser or app and require password confirmation. Accountless voting and an automated bylaws check are not described on the pages we read. |
| Board packet | Yes. Once the chair, executive director, secretary or board assistant approves the agenda, each director gets a link to the packet in their email. The PDF can be downloaded. | Yes. Build the board book with drag-and-drop upload, then notify the board in one click. |
| Scheduled checks (playbooks) | Yes, on Pro. Checks you turn on can prepare an update for the chair, executive director, secretary or board assistant to send, and remind owners before their action items are due. | Board task management is listed, plus a compliance calendar with automated reminders for filing deadlines, disclosure obligations and governance review cycles. Board admins can trigger reminder notifications to board members, and action items can carry priority levels and automated reminders. |
| Integrations | Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom and Slack are included in the Pro plan. | Calendar integration and virtual meeting integrations. |
| Mobile app | None. Directors act from their email on any device; anyone you invite can also sign in to the workspace in a browser. | Yes. iOS, Android and Windows apps. |
| Trial | Two weeks of Pro for every new organization, then Free. Nothing is deleted and nothing is charged. | Yes. Aprio offers a free trial with no credit card required. |
Where Aprio is the better fit
Where Karma Compass is the better fit
Nothing becomes official until someone on your board with the authority to approve it does. See who approves what.
Price
Every new organization starts on Karma Compass Pro, free for two weeks. If you have not upgraded by the end of it you move to the Free plan. Nothing is deleted, and nothing is charged.
Aprio does not publish prices. It prices per user license, with plans starting at 15 users (corporate) and 20 users (nonprofit), and quotes are per organization. Its starter subscription includes unlimited administrators and committees, and its nonprofit plan includes every feature. Aprio offers a free trial with no credit card required.
Questions boards ask
Can we move our board from Aprio to Karma Compass?
Moving from another board portal is included in the Karma Compass Pro plan. You can also start without a migration: Karma Compass finds your directors on your website and drafts the roster, and you add your bylaws, your last minutes and the date of your next meeting.
How much does Aprio cost compared with Karma Compass?
Aprio does not publish prices; when we read its pages on 29 October 2026 it priced per user license, with plans starting at 15 users (corporate) and 20 users (nonprofit), and quoted per organization. Karma Compass publishes both of its prices: Free is $0 with 5 meetings a year and unlimited board members, and Karma Compass Pro is $99 a month for the whole board, whatever its size.
Do our directors need to install anything?
No. Directors RSVP, vote and open the board packet from links in their email, without an account or a password, on whatever device they read email on. Anyone you invite can also sign in to the workspace in a browser.
Does Karma Compass have a mobile app?
No. There is no app to install. Directors act from their email on any device, and anyone you invite can also sign in to the workspace in a browser. If your board wants a native app, Aprio has one and Karma Compass does not.
Are votes by email valid under our bylaws?
Karma Compass will not draft a vote until someone records what your bylaws say about voting outside a meeting, the threshold to pass a motion and whether a vote can be changed, with the passage cited. If your bylaws do not allow voting outside a meeting, it will not draft one. Whether a particular vote meets your state’s rules is a question for your counsel.
What happens to our records if we stop paying?
You move to the Free plan. Nothing is deleted and nothing is charged; meetings you already have stay, and new ones are scheduled within Free’s 5 a year. Documents you uploaded can still be downloaded from your document library, unless downloads were turned off for one, and so can the board packet PDF.