Bloomerang CRM vs. Bonterra Network for Good

Bonterra Network for Good

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Bloomerang CRM	Score 8.1 out of 10	N/A	Bloomerang CRM helps nonprofits to raise more by turning donor data into deeper relationships. With a complete 360º view of every supporter, the solution helps identify top prospects, personalize outreach, and retain more donors. Engagement and Generosity Scores, real-time dashboards, and mobile access help users to see who’s ready to give and when to reach out—supporting fundraising with confidence. From first-time donors to lifelong champions, every interaction is an opportunity…	$40 per month (billed annually)
Bonterra Network for Good	Score 9.6 out of 10	N/A	Bonterra Network for Good offers a nonprofit fundraising suite of applications, with donor management features like intelligent tracking of donor readiness and targeted messaging.	N/A

Pricing

Bloomerang CRM

Bonterra Network for Good

Editions & Modules

Bloomerang Fundraising: $40
per month (billed annually)
Bloomerang Volunteer: $119
per month (billed annually)
Bloomerang CRM: $125
per month (billed annually)
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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Bloomerang CRM	Bonterra Network for Good
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

Optional

$500

Additional Details

All Plans include: Unlimited users, free email & chat support, free access to Bloomerang Academy, unlimited standard online giving pages & forms, donor engagement scoring, wealth screening, sustainability scorecard, email marketing, nightly address verification & deceased suppression updates, and 1 scholarship to Fundraising Standard (40 pts toward CFRE certification, $599 value)

Pricing is based on how many contacts are imported into the Donor Management System. All packages have unlimited users, unlimited campaigns, unlimited peer-to-peer pages, unlimited emails and communications, and optional events and auctions. All packages also include support and data migration.

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Community Pulse
	Bloomerang CRM	Bonterra Network for Good
Considered Both Products	Bloomerang CRM Verified User Anonymous Chose Bloomerang CRM Bloomerang seems to have a more in depth tracking for constituents than GiveSmart. The reports function seems far superior as well. Incentivized Helpful? HE Hannah Earnhardt Director of Development Chose Bloomerang CRM We use Bloomerang for every day donations/fundraising efforts. We use GiveSmart for our larger events, such as an annual auction. If we could easily host an auction using Bloomerang, we would, but that is not an option. It is frustrating to use two different systems, but I can … Incentivized Helpful? SW Simon Welch Marketing Director Chose Bloomerang CRM Network for Good has evolved for many things but still has its feet stuck in the past not to mention that the cost outweighs the benefit. With Bloomerang, we are able to save money and get a better program. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bloomerang CRM Salesforce is infinitely customizable, but Bloomerang is pretty straightforward and works out of the box. It is simple enough that folks who are not familiar with the robust features of something like Salesforce can hit the ground running. Even as it is simple it is powerful as … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bloomerang CRM I prefer Network for Good because of features, support, and training. Bloomerang was already the SaaS platform in place when this organization contracted with my service team. Network for Good is a lot more expensive, as far as I can tell, even for their basic package based on … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bloomerang CRM Bloomerang was more affordable and had features that lined up better with our needs as an organization. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bloomerang CRM We switched from an old version of Donor perfect, anything was a major upgrade from that. But we switched to this because we knew we needed something more up to date and more flexible, but also because we found that they would do all the work of migrating our data for us, we … Incentivized Helpful? MG Michelle Green Arnson Marketing and Communications Manager Chose Bloomerang CRM DonorPerfect was the clunkiest tool I have ever used and eTapestry was a great upgrade from that, though overly complicated and not nearly agile enough or user-friendly enough for our organization's more general needs. Bloomerang offered an excellent upgrade from there that … Incentivized Helpful? DJ David Jenkins Producing Artistic Director Chose Bloomerang CRM Bloomerang is the easiest to use CRM/donor management system I have used. The cloud-based system is perfect. Incentivized Helpful? JM Jim McDermott President & GM Chose Bloomerang CRM This is our first specifically design donation management program. Previously we built our own database with Filemaker Pro. Incentivized Helpful? KB Kristi Button Director of Community Engagement Chose Bloomerang CRM I used a church management software in a similar organization and while it works well for congregations, it did not work well for a small non-profit campus ministry. Incentivized Helpful? AS Ari Strauss Non-profit board volunteer Chose Bloomerang CRM It's been a few years since we made the decision to acquire Bloomerang, but I recall that it hit a sweet spot of maximum robustness and ease of use. Some competing products we reviewed either were not as robust in function, or required a higher software acumen than the average … Incentivized Helpful? SS Sara Sedlacek Director of Communications and Development Chose Bloomerang CRM We left DonorPerfect for Bloomerang. I had come from an organization that used Raisers Edge and there was no way I was going to stay with DP. RE is great for larger organizations with staff dedicated to the database, but we were a much smaller organization and needed to have … Incentivized Helpful? LM Lisa Moorhouse Donor Development Director Chose Bloomerang CRM We used Constant Contact for newsletters before we got Bloomerang. I appreciate being able to use the same program to communicate and track constituents. Incentivized Helpful? TD Tess DeGeest Executive Director Chose Bloomerang CRM Bloomerang's dashboard, conceptual design based on donor retention and user-friendliness made it more appealing. The relative cost-value was hands down better than it's competitors. The sales team was highly knowledgable and customer support was and is outstanding. Incentivized Helpful? KB Kristin Boyce, MBA Director of Donor Development Chose Bloomerang CRM Have not given evaluations on any other databases as Bloomerang is our main one! Incentivized Helpful? CC Christopher Chirco Development Manager Chose Bloomerang CRM Bloomerang is not as robust as Blackbaud's Raisers Edge, but it's also not as costly. I find Bloomerang much more user friendly to the novice, but again, it doesn't offer many of the things the full version of Raisers Edge does. I used an old version of eTapestry that was a … Incentivized Helpful? CS Candi Summers Board of directors Chose Bloomerang CRM We were using a giant Excel spreadsheet to manage our donor and mailing lists, and constant contact as our email server. We had a third list in our accounting software, Aplos. Now, we have all our constituents in a safe place where we can manage all their information easily … Incentivized Helpful? JD Jennifer Devon Executive Director Chose Bloomerang CRM It is hard to compare the two because RE is very large and very expensive but bloomerang gives the consumer what they need for a quality price. Incentivized Helpful? MD Megan Devenport Executive Director Chose Bloomerang CRM Bloomerang is not as low-cost as Little Green Light, but out-performed that option on the ease of implementation and the easy of the user interface. Bloomerang does not have as much power or as many features as Salesforce of Blackbaud. And Bloomerang does not have as many … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bloomerang CRM Head and shoulders better, it was recommended by another executive director. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bloomerang CRM Bloomerang does not have all the bells as whistles. It is a very paired down system compared to Blackbaud. However, Bloomerang is significantly cheaper and easier to use. If you only have one employee, it would be a good solution. Incentivized Helpful? SD Scott Dishman, CFRE Executive Director Chose Bloomerang CRM Donor 2, ETapestry, Raiser's Edge. Bloomerang is certainly the best of the four. The interface and reporting ease are the primary reasons. Incentivized Helpful? MS Maggie Skinner Foundation Director Chose Bloomerang CRM I have used two Blackbaud products in the past and found them to be clunky and time-consuming databases. They may be fine for a large nonprofit that can devote resources to entire development departments, but we are a small and nimble organization that favors smooth simplicity. Incentivized Helpful? PC Patricia (Tricia) Cottrell Fundraising Consultant Chose Bloomerang CRM Bloomerang offers a cost effective donor database solution for small nonprofits. If offers all the basic tools to track donations, segment databases, and become a one stop for development operational pieces. The fact that it is cloud based and can be accessed from anywhere … Incentivized Helpful?	Bonterra Network for Good Verified User Anonymous Chose Bonterra Network for Good Givebutter is not as user friendly, even though it is fairly easy to use. Bonterra Network for Good has many of the same options for running donor campaigns but goes beyond in data tracking and user friendliness. Bonterra Network for Good is extremely easy to learn. The only … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bonterra Network for Good In comparison to Bonterra Network for Good, Blackbaud's cost was astronomically inflated, with Bonterra Network for Good costing only a fraction of the price. That was the main selling point. When you start to look at functionality allowed to the users, Bonterra Network for … Incentivized Helpful? SB Sara Brunner Director Chose Bonterra Network for Good It seems like all of the other software I have used in non profit management has served one purpose. None of them handled all aspects of the job like Bonterra Network for Good does. I found them impossible to teach others as well. Very hard to navigate. Bonterra Network for … Incentivized Helpful? Robin Morris Executive Director Chose Bonterra Network for Good I prefer the dashboard and the ease of use of Bonterra Guided Fundraising to these other products. Bonterra Guided Fundraising is also well-priced, but I picked it because of its usability. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bonterra Network for Good We used Little Green Light for several years at a previous employer. LGL did not have the extensive integration capabilities or the level of sophistication that BGF has in terms of email, video, donor campaign pages, and exceptional customer support. For these reasons, we chose … Incentivized Helpful? Bill Everts Executive Director Chose Bonterra Network for Good We got lucky and landed on Bonterra Guided Fundraising right off the bat. The features and expenses were a perfect fit for us. Incentivized Helpful? Kate Hallock Chief of Staff Chose Bonterra Network for Good The applications have some similar functionalities, especially in the area of creating newsletters and email campaigns, but I find Bonterra Guided Fundraising is easier to use. Incentivized Helpful? AT Anne-Marie Tristan Board Vice Chair Chose Bonterra Network for Good NFG has more features in donor management Incentivized Helpful? Karen Clemens Director of Development Chose Bonterra Network for Good Razors Edge doesn't appear in your list. I worked with it at two other nonprofits and found it much more difficult to pull lists from than Bonterra Guided Fundraising. Incentivized Helpful? Matthew Clark Executive Director Chose Bonterra Network for Good Some are too complicated. Most are too costly. Bonterra Guided Fundraising is an excellent value. Incentivized Helpful? Emily Archambault Assistant Director Chose Bonterra Network for Good I like Bonterra Guided Fundraising more than OneCause because OneCause was only used for events at the last nonprofit I worked at. Bonterra Guided Fundraising allow nonprofits like ours to have event pages, fundraising pages, and donor management software at a better cost than … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bonterra Network for Good For us, Bonterra Guided Fundraising offered the best overall bang for the buck. There were cheaper options that didn't over the features we needed and more expensive options that we felt didn't offer features as good as the ones we were seeing at Bonterra. For an overall option … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bonterra Network for Good We left DonorPerfect because we also needed to purchase Constant Contact to supplement the marketing. This product is all in one. Incentivized Helpful? RJ Robert Jackson Executive Director Chose Bonterra Network for Good I like it better than other systems because it lets me talk to donors more directly. Incentivized Helpful? MA Mary Abousaid Director of Finance & Operations Chose Bonterra Network for Good Bonterra/Network for Good was a better price match for our organization. Incentivized Helpful? MO Marsha Orr Development Director Chose Bonterra Network for Good In comparison with Bloomerang, we decided we could get the product we needed at the price we could afford with Network for Good Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bonterra Network for Good Network For Good has been wonderful to use. I started one year ago and the system was already in place. I have used various CRMS over the past 15 years such as Goldmine, Siebel, and Salesforce. Network for Good compares very well. Record keeping and marketing campaigns are two … Incentivized Helpful? John Capra President Chose Bonterra Network for Good Network for Good is the best because of all the items it offers to help your business succeed. I chose Network for Good because of the full year of training that we received that we could understand all of the tools we could use to help us to be successful. Incentivized Helpful? Cliff Froehlich Board Member Chose Bonterra Network for Good Although Salesforce offers robust capabilities, it's not especially suited to smaller nonprofits. Network for Good addresses all of our needs without the complexity of Salesforce. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bonterra Network for Good NA Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bonterra Network for Good One Cause had similar functionality as Network for Good and offered support to the organization. One Cause does not have the capability of storing donor information, which limits the ability to send targeted information and requests to donors based on their interest. Constant … Incentivized Helpful? Susan Olson Director of Development Chose Bonterra Network for Good I can't recall the name of the CRM I used at my last job, but it tried to do too many things. It was a good CRM, but it had "add-ons" that included keeping track of volunteers. At first, I was excited for this information to be in one place, but it did not integrate well and … Incentivized Helpful? SL Steven Love Executive Director Chose Bonterra Network for Good Easier to use and more intuitive. Incentivized Helpful? Kimberly Hill Executive Director Chose Bonterra Network for Good Network for Good has many additional services and is much more user friendly. They also have staff ready to help when needed without having to wait for days. Incentivized Helpful? KH Kate Hallock Chief of Staff Chose Bonterra Network for Good While many similarities between Network For Good and Bloomerang, I feel that Network For Good is easier to use, especially creating newsletters, forms and emails. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Bloomerang CRM

Bonterra Network for Good

Communications and Marketing

Comparison of Communications and Marketing features of Product A and Product B
	Bloomerang CRM 9.7 Ratings 37% above category average	Bonterra Network for Good - Ratings
Constituent engagement and marketing	9.20 Ratings	00 Ratings
Social listening	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Digital advocacy enablement	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Reporting and Analytics

Comparison of Reporting and Analytics features of Product A and Product B
	Bloomerang CRM 5.3 Ratings 19% below category average	Bonterra Network for Good - Ratings
Reporting and data visualization	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Wealth screening	2.60 Ratings	00 Ratings

Fundraising and Events

Comparison of Fundraising and Events features of Product A and Product B
	Bloomerang CRM 7.0 Ratings 14% above category average	Bonterra Network for Good - Ratings
Online donation options	7.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Security and Platform

Comparison of Security and Platform features of Product A and Product B
	Bloomerang CRM 8.8 Ratings 25% above category average	Bonterra Network for Good - Ratings
Role-based user permissions	8.40 Ratings	00 Ratings
Mobile access	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integrations	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Bloomerang CRM	Bonterra Network for Good
Small Businesses	Bonterra Network for Good Score 9.6 out of 10	OneCause Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud Score 9.0 out of 10	OneCause Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprises	Blackbaud Enterprise Fundraising CRM Score 7.6 out of 10	Blackbaud Enterprise Fundraising CRM Score 7.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Bloomerang CRM	Bonterra Network for Good
Likelihood to Recommend	8.4 (0 ratings)	9.6 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.1 (0 ratings)	8.2 (0 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (0 ratings)	8.6 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (0 ratings)	5.3 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.1 (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Bloomerang CRM	Bonterra Network for Good
Likelihood to Recommend	I can't speak to Bloomerang's functionality for a very large organization, but for a small-to-midsize non-profit, I don't know what else you'd need! Need to register volunteers, or sell tickets, or generate e- or print communications, or pull donor data? Bloomerang does it. Bloomerang is my third CRM tool in my current organization and it is vastly superior in almost every way to the others that came before. Incentivized Michelle Green Arnson Marketing and Communications Manager Read full review	I used Network for the Good to run a fundraising event it was awesome. My organization is part of a larger regional non-profit dedicated to servicing those in our community who need a little help. By banding together under a larger regional organization, we can extend our impact through the utilization of Network for the Good across all associated organizations. It empowers smaller groups to have a larger impact on their community. Incentivized Robert Iacono Board of Directors Read full review
Pros	Website integration for online donations is awesome! It makes it so much easier to raise money online. We've tripled the amount of money we raise online, mainly because of this and the ability to send emails through the system. Emails are tracked directly in a donor's record, so we can see instantly their engagement with our content. Integration with DonorSearch is awesome and seems to be improving often. They listen to their customers' needs. If enough customers request a feature, they'll get it for us. We feel like the development of this software is always happening and it's a partnership, rather than a transaction. Incentivized Sara Sedlacek Director of Communications and Development Read full review	The ability to create fundraising pages has streamlined our fundraising efforts. Our fundraising coach has given us multiple ways to go about getting donors and has provided some creative problem solving. We are finally able to track our donors and update them as soon as possible! Incentivized Emily Archambault Assistant Director Read full review
Cons	Some of the searches did not bring up the expected results. It would be good to see the logic be a little more "fuzzy". More pre-set reports would be helpful for small organizations who do not understand the logic behind how to get the results they are seeking. An ability to just page through donor records would be nice. Sometimes you just want to browse the data to get inspired. Incentivized Patricia (Tricia) Cottrell Fundraising Consultant Read full review	Every organization you enter has to have a point of contact with their email address listed. The point of contact also has be entered separately as an individual. If you use “email all” to your donor list, the contact gets emailed twice. This seems like it would be easy to prevent in the system but it’s currently not possible. Event ticketing is extremely limited unless you pay significantly more as an add-on. This should be included as a default feature. Emails sent through the system can end up in spam filters. Given how much email gets sent through their system, they should find a way to overcome that. Incentivized Matthew Clark Executive Director Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	#1 - I am very happy with the product and support so far. #2 - With significant data migration costs, I wouldn't even consider another option for at least 3 years no matter how much better it might be. Incentivized Jeff Mendola Director of Mission Advancement Read full review	We are still learning and rebuilding our nonprofit using this platform, so this year is a trial run to see how we can increase our network and our donations. So long as we are able to see a significant return on investment in terms of donations received through the platform, we will renew for next year. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	Data and settings are very customizable to fit the needs of our organization. We are able to not only keep track of donations, but also other interactions we may have with a constituent. Support is extremely helpful when issues arise. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	BGF is an easy-to-use platform for entering, editing, and analyzing customer or donor data and giving. I would highly recommend it to any organization looking to improve its customer relationship management functionality. As a previous user of different CRM platforms with other non-profits, BGF has made tracking donor information and communicating with donors much easier. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Reliability and Availability	No answers on this topic	In 5+ years we have never had an issue with it not working when we needed it to. It is very reliable and doesn't seem to have a lot of bugs or interruptions in service. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Performance	No answers on this topic	It is always fast for us and reports have a very quick upload time. We don't integrate it into other programs so I'm not 100% sure about that, but it always works when we use it and is very reliable. Even when we run Excel files for complete information on donors, it always works very fast. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	Any time i had a problem or question it has been easy to find an answer or tutorial. When I cannot find an answer, it is easy to email or live chat with support and they resolve my problems very quickly. Candi Summers Board of directors Read full review	Most of the time they are quick and friendly and help me resolve any issues. There have only been a couple of times that we couldn't find a resolution and I was just told that NFG didn't have that capability. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	We only had one hiccup with the domain that was an issue on our end but NFG struggled to help us. It was finally resolved and we've been good ever since Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Salesforce is infinitely customizable, but Bloomerang is pretty straightforward and works out of the box. It is simple enough that folks who are not familiar with the robust features of something like Salesforce can hit the ground running. Even as it is simple it is powerful as far as showing visuals that can help fundraising staff more clearly understand where the organization is and what donors they can next target for upcoming campaigns. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Givebutter is not as user friendly, even though it is fairly easy to use. Bonterra Network for Good has many of the same options for running donor campaigns but goes beyond in data tracking and user friendliness. Bonterra Network for Good is extremely easy to learn. The only downside is the cost factor. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Scalability	No answers on this topic	We originally used it only for philanthropy and now our Outreach team is using it for newsletters, our Advocacy uses it for volunteers and tracking, and our Volunteer Coordinator puts in volunteer hours and in-kind donations. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Because my organization has been using Bloomerang for only one year, we haven't yet studied what impact it has had on our ROI. We have, however, noted that we are able to more efficiently and more rapidly communicate with constituents now than we were able to before we had Bloomerang. We can quickly and efficiently generate acknowledgements and tax receipts - and do so - better than we ever did before. Incentivized Sue Trnka Development & Marketing Director Read full review	Increased donations - the majority of our donors do so through this platform Time savings - we are able to take care of a large majority of tasks through one easy portal Higher donor engagement - It's simple for us to pre-plan emails and texts and send them out to donors from the portal Time savings - the various ways we can search our records provides easy access to data which in turn saves time Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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