Bloomerang CRM vs. Bonterra Salsa

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Bloomerang CRM	Score8.1 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…	$1,500 per year
Bonterra Salsa	Score6 out of 10	Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)	Bonterra Salsa is a donor and constituent management system that helps nonprofits build donor profiles, track every interaction, cultivate major gifts, and report on all development activities. The platform includes mobile-ready digital marketing tools for email, social, and online donation forms. Additional features include donor cultivation, donation processing of all gift types, direct mail, built in word processing, mail merge, powerful query tool, event/auction…	N/A

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)

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Bloomerang CRM	Bonterra Salsa
Considered Both Products	Bloomerang Sara Sedlacek Director of Communications and Development at The Crisis Center of Johnson County (Non-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees) 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? April Rios Transmedia Storytelling Specialist at Illumination Foundation (Individual & Family Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Bloomerang CRM We love Bloomerang's flexibility to add fields and its focus on retention. Compared to what we previously used (Raiser's Edge), it easy to use. We decided to go with Bloomerang because although it gives you so much flexibility, it also ensures your data is organized. Their … Incentivized Helpful? Teresa Donaldson Vice President of Development and Chief Development Officer \| Non Profit Development at Southeastern Michigan Adminstrative Services Group and Legal Aid and Defender Association (Non-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees) Chose Bloomerang CRM While I enjoy all of the features with Raisers Edge, we had a much smaller donor database than would have been economically feasible for that product. Ultimately, Bloomerang had all of the features we needed at a great price. The final determining factor with purchasing … Incentivized Helpful? Kaila Rome Executive Director at North Liberty Community Pantry (Non-Profit Organization Management, 1-10 employees) Chose Bloomerang CRM Bloomerang is user-friendly and could do all the things we wanted from it from both volunteer side and donor side. Incentivized Helpful?	Bonterra Doris Parker Executive Director in Professional Services at The PMD Foundation (Nonprofit Organization Management, 11-50 employees) Chose Bonterra Salsa It boiled down to Bloomerang and Salsa CRM. The only winning factor that Bloomerang had over Salsa was that it was cheaper, as in free, but would only for a short period of time as we have increased our donor base. Salsa CRM is actually very cost effective for our nonprofit. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Bonterra Salsa We chose Salsa CRM prior to Bloomerang coming into existence. We chose Salsa CRM over the two products (eTapestry wasn't part of Blackbaud at the time) due to costs, ease of use, and fitting into the needs we had within our own agency. We are happy with our choice and aren't … Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

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Comparison of Communications and Marketing features of Bloomerang CRM and Bonterra Salsa
Feature	Bloomerang CRM 9.7 2 Ratings	Bonterra Salsa - Ratings
Constituent engagement and marketing	9.22 Ratings	00 Ratings
Social listening	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Digital advocacy enablement	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Reporting and Analytics features of Bloomerang CRM and Bonterra Salsa
Feature	Bloomerang CRM 5.2 2 Ratings	Bonterra Salsa - Ratings
Reporting and data visualization	8.02 Ratings	00 Ratings
Wealth screening	2.42 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Fundraising and Events features of Bloomerang CRM and Bonterra Salsa
Feature	Bloomerang CRM 7.0 1 Ratings	Bonterra Salsa - Ratings
Online donation options	7.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Security and Platform features of Bloomerang CRM and Bonterra Salsa
Feature	Bloomerang CRM 8.8 2 Ratings	Bonterra Salsa - Ratings
Role-based user permissions	8.42 Ratings	00 Ratings
Mobile access	8.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integrations	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

User Ratings
	Bloomerang CRM	Bonterra Salsa
Likelihood to Recommend	8.4 (101 ratings)	3.0 (8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.1 (3 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (5 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (3 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.1 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

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