A signup app for teams anywhere in the world
Zelos covers open shifts and task dispatch for any team, in any country, with no charity status to prove.
Volunteer recruitment, onboarding, hours tracking, and reporting
Fits US nonprofits running a formal volunteer programme.
Open shifts, task dispatch, notice board, and team chat
Built for any team, anywhere, charity or not.
No credit card · Unlimited members on every plan · Set up in under 5 minutes
How signup works in each app
Opportunities in a volunteer hub
Volunteers discover opportunities through your website widget or hosted hub, register, and get scheduled into shifts.
Open shifts as the whole product
Admins post shifts and tasks; team members browse and claim what fits their skills and schedule.
What POINT is better at
If your workflow depends on the things below, POINT is the right pick.
Recruiting volunteers you don't have yet
Website widgets, a hosted volunteer hub, and public discovery bring in people who've never heard of you. Zelos workspaces are invite-only by design, so it coordinates the team you have rather than growing it.
Onboarding and compliance
Custom applications, waivers, background check integrations, document storage, and credential expiry tracking. If people can't start until the paperwork clears, POINT handles that end to end and Zelos doesn't.
Hours tracking and impact reporting
Automatic hour logging, kiosk and QR check-in, self-submitted hours, and prebuilt reports for funders. Zelos tracks task completion and exports CSV, which is a good deal less.
The nonprofit ecosystem around it
Donor CRM and fundraising integrations, a 20-minute onboarding call on the free plan, migration help, and a support team of ex-volunteer coordinators. That hand-holding is real and Zelos doesn't offer it.
If these bullet points are non-negotiable, you're a POINT customer.
What Zelos is sharper at
If POINT can't take your organisation, or you need less than it offers, Zelos is a better fit.
Works anywhere, for anyone
POINT serves nonprofits in the US and Ukraine, and asks organisations to verify 501(c)(3) status. Zelos has no country restriction, no charity requirement, and no eligibility review, it's built in Estonia and GDPR-compliant out of the box.
Chat that goes both ways
POINT sends email, SMS, and push messages out to volunteers. Zelos gives each task its own chat channel, plus group chats and direct messages, so the questions and swaps happen in context instead of your inbox.
Live in five minutes, no call
POINT includes an onboarding call on every plan. Zelos is built so a single coordinator can configure it on a Tuesday afternoon and have a 200-person team using it by Wednesday morning, without talking to anyone.
Gamification that moves turnout
Points, badges, and leaderboards are on every Zelos plan including free. Changemakers Academy took task completion from 20-30% of the group to 75-90% after switching.
If you're drawn to this kind of simplicity, you should spin up a free project in Zelos right away.
countries
POINT is available to nonprofits in the US and Ukraine. Zelos is used by coordinators in 40+ countries.
Which tool can actually take your organisation
Both products are free for unlimited people, and both charge $99/month for their paid tier. The real question is eligibility.
| Your organisation | Zelos | Zelos Pro | POINT* |
|---|---|---|---|
| US 501(c)(3) nonprofit | Free | $99/mo | Free |
| Religious congregation, US | Free | $99/mo | Free |
| Nonprofit outside the US | Free | $99/mo | Not available |
| Unregistered community group | Free | $99/mo | Not available |
| Advocacy or campaign group | Free | $99/mo | Restricted |
| Business coordinating paid crews | Free | $99/mo | Talk to sales |
* POINT eligibility pulled from pointapp.org/pricing. POINT is currently available to nonprofits in the US and Ukraine; nonprofit accounts are for 501(c)(3) organisations, with separate account types for religious congregations, schools, and companies. Organisations must verify they don't support political campaigns and stay under POINT's lobbying thresholds.
If you're outside the US, unincorporated, or not a charity at all, the eligibility question decides it before price does. Nonprofits and education teams get additional discounts on Zelos Pro and Enterprise.
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Teams that pick Zelos over POINT
Nonprofits outside the United States
POINT currently serves nonprofits in the US and Ukraine. Zelos is used by coordinators in more than 40 countries, with no registration to verify and no waiting list to join.
Learn more →Grassroots and unregistered groups
Mutual aid networks, residents' associations, and community projects often have no legal entity at all, which rules out charity-verified platforms. Zelos asks nothing about your paperwork, create a project and start posting work.
Learn more →Disaster response and mutual aid
When a response scales to thousands in days, there's no time for applications and approval flows. Zelos handles smart targeting by skill and location, with chat attached to each task.
Learn more →Event staffing and festival crews
Event crews are a mix of paid staff, contractors, and volunteers, which doesn't fit a volunteer-only platform. Zelos treats everyone as a member who claims work, regardless of whether they're paid.
Learn more →Contractor pools and gig dispatch
Contractors set their own availability and aren't volunteers at all. Post the job, let the right people claim it, coordinate in the task chat.
Learn more →Brand ambassadors and street teams
Marketing teams running ambassador programmes aren't nonprofits and don't need waivers or hour reports. Zelos gives them self-signup and built-in chat, and nothing they won't use.
Learn more →From teams who picked Zelos
What teams who picked Zelos say
"It helped us a lot reducing the planning overhead. It is way more motivating for staff to pick their task than just getting assigned!"
Manuel W.
Coordinator, Events Services
Full review → "We were looking for a system to handle our concert staff. Zelos is really easy to access both for the administrator and the users!"
Niels Peter H.
Board member, Music
Full review → "The overall experience has been great, the customer service is amazing and I can't wait for all the new changes coming up in the app!"
Celia D.
Coordinator, Motion Pictures and Film
Full review →Free for teams of any size
No credit card, no trial expiration.
Pro starts at $99/month, never per person.
Nonprofit and education discounts on Pro and Enterprise.
Frequently asked questions
Is Zelos cheaper than POINT?
Can I use POINT outside the United States?
Do I need charity status to use Zelos?
Can Zelos recruit new volunteers for me?
Does Zelos have team chat like POINT?
Can Zelos track volunteer hours?
Does Zelos handle waivers and background checks?
Is POINT better than Zelos for a US nonprofit?
What's the catch with the Zelos free plan?
How long does Zelos take to set up?
Can I use both Zelos and POINT?
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