Sevastack

Sevastack is an NGO management platform built for Indian NGOs, trusts, societies, and Section 8 companies. It suits organizations that want fundraising, statutory compliance, accounting, and staff administration together. The main decision is whether its donor and project limits fit your scale and whether you need India-specific reporting.

Overview

Sevastack combines fund accounting, restricted-fund and grant tracking, financial reports, and an audit trail with donor, donation, CSR, and people-management workflows. That breadth can replace several separate systems for a growing nonprofit. A small group seeking only bookkeeping may find the wider platform unnecessary, while the lower tiers require close attention to capacity limits.

Key features

Donors, donations, and compliance

The CRM validates PAN numbers, stores donation history, segments supporters, and accepts CSV imports or manual records. It produces 80G receipts with QR verification and supports Form 10BD and 10BE reporting, reducing the need to assemble those outputs separately. FCRA tools track FC-4 annual returns, foreign-contribution reports, and deadlines with advance reminders, a practical advantage for organizations receiving overseas funds.

Public donation pages accept UPI, Razorpay, NEFT, and QR codes. Money settles directly into the NGO’s bank account and Sevastack charges no platform fee. Optional gateways include Cashfree, PhonePe, Instamojo, PayU, Easebuzz, CCAvenue, BillDesk, and Stripe. That payment breadth helps Indian campaigns, although gateway availability still depends on the chosen provider.

Finance and operations

Financial statements, fixed-asset depreciation, a TDS register, and bank reconciliation cover core accounting work. A read-only CA portal gives an external accountant visibility without handing over editing rights. Volunteer and beneficiary records sit alongside employee records, payroll, leave tracking, and reimbursement claims, making the system more suitable for organizations managing staff and programs than for donation-only groups.

The CSR proposal builder can draft content from project data using AI, and utilization certificates can be calculated and shared with a CA for verification. Anthropic processes AI document extraction, bank-statement parsing, and expense classification after identifiers are redacted through Sevastack’s central AI client. Security controls include AES-256 encryption for sensitive fields, TLS in transit, five-level role permissions, IP-tracked audit logs, rate limiting, and tenant isolation. Uploaded documents are stored in AWS Mumbai, while the structured-record database is hosted in Singapore.

Pricing

The free plan costs 0.00 INR forever, requires no card, and includes 50 donors, two projects, unlimited 80G receipts, a public donation page, and an NGO directory listing. It is a sensible way to establish basic records, but the donor and project ceilings will constrain active programs.

Starter costs ₹624 a month when billed ₹7,490 yearly. Its 300-donor and three-project limits suit a small organization; recurring donations, the CA portal, financial statements, payroll, leave, and reimbursements are the meaningful upgrades over Free.

Growth costs ₹1,666 a month, billed ₹19,990 yearly, and raises capacity to 2,000 donors and 10 projects. It adds CSR proposals, a corporate portal, bank reconciliation, salary TDS, an NGO website builder, advanced AI, and WhatsApp alerts, making it the more capable tier for multi-program NGOs.

Scale costs ₹2,499 a month, billed ₹29,990 yearly. Unlimited donors, 20 projects, a public REST API, and priority support target larger teams integrating Sevastack with other systems. Enterprise uses custom pricing and adds unlimited donors, projects, and team members, plus a custom contract, onboarding, and dedicated support. Paid plans can be cancelled anytime and include a 30-day money-back guarantee. There is no free trial.

Platforms

Sevastack runs on the web and provides an API. The public REST API is limited to Scale and Enterprise, so organizations needing programmatic access must budget for those tiers.

Who it's for

It is a strong fit for Indian nonprofits handling 80G, FCRA, CSR, payroll, and fund-accounting obligations in one operation. Smaller charities can start free or on Starter, while organizations with many donors, projects, or integrations should consider Scale or Enterprise. Teams outside India, or teams needing only a narrow accounting tool, have less reason to choose it.

Pros and cons

Pros

• India-focused receipts and Form 10BD/10BE and FCRA workflows reduce compliance administration.
• Donation pages support major Indian payment methods with zero Sevastack platform fees and direct bank settlement.
• Accounting, payroll, grants, restricted funds, and donor records share one system.
• Role controls, audit logging, encryption, and CA access support controlled financial operations.

Cons

• Free, Starter, and Growth impose donor and project caps that can force an upgrade as programs expand.
• The public REST API is reserved for the two highest tiers.
• There is no free trial, so evaluation relies on the free plan or the paid-plan guarantee.
• Data is split between document storage in Mumbai and structured records in Singapore, which may matter to organizations with specific residency policies.

Alternatives

For a broad comparison, see Nonprofit Accounting Software. MoneyMinder is a better match when budgeting, forecasting, chart-of-accounts control, and Excel export matter more than Indian compliance; it supports Android, iOS, and web and has a free edition plus a free trial. Choose Grain Ledger for a web-based fund tool with a free tier for up to $20,000 in monthly expenses, one bank connection, and three users, or a $70 monthly Growth plan. LineLedger suits organizations wanting a free, self-hosted or web/API system with unlimited companies, users, transactions, invoices, bills, customers, and vendors. Churchsoft Assist 2026 is an alternative for organizations prioritizing desktop/mobile coverage and paid support. NonProfit+ offers quote-based pricing with unlimited users across web, mobile, and self-hosted deployments. ACS Facility Scheduler is a paid web and Windows scheduling option without a free plan. Clubtreasurer fits membership-led groups seeking a low-cost annual Essentials plan and optional membership management. Fund EZ is a Windows option with paid training and maintenance offerings.

Verdict

Choose Sevastack when an Indian nonprofit needs donor administration, statutory receipts, FCRA tracking, accounting, and team workflows in one platform. Its strongest advantage is the combination of local compliance and operational breadth. Look elsewhere if you need unrestricted API access on a lower budget, a focused budgeting tool, or a platform outside this India-specific operating model.