Reference

Every platform we cover

The individual tools, grouped by category. Each write-up leads with price and fit, and carries the date its pricing was last verified.

Donor CRM

Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT: Large shops with a dedicated database administrator and genuinely complex gift structures, higher ed, hospitals, major arts institutions.
Bloomerang: Trusted name in the space with retention-focused features. Loved by all shop sizes, but works especially well for mid to large organizations.
Bonterra Fundraising and Engagement (EveryAction): Advocacy and political-adjacent organizations that need CRM, email and advocacy actions in one system.
CharityEngine: Mid-to-large shops leaving Blackbaud or Salesforce that want fundraising, email, events and payment processing genuinely in one system.
DonorDock: Everything in one easy to use software package including donation processing, CRM, email and text, grants, plentiful integrations (like Quickbooks), and moves management. Great value for all the features included.
Eleo: Intuitive, straightforward platform to keep better track of donors. Small and mid-size shops love this as their first CRM.
Little Green Light: Aging interface that takes some time to learn. Most of the features you need to keep track of donors with none of the frills.
Neon CRM: Best for orgs that need a memberships feature.
Virtuous: Shops raising roughly $2M-$20M that are actually staffed to run donor journeys and marketing automation.

Candid Foundation Directory: Deep due diligence on specific foundations and their 990 giving history
GrantStation: Budget-conscious shops that want a broad funder database and will run their own searches
Instrumentl: Shops managing 10+ grant applications that want matching and deadline tracking in one place

DonorSearch: Shops that weight proven giving history and want screening inside their CRM
Kindsight (iWave): Shops that want repeatable wealth screening and prospect scoring at scale
WealthEngine: Wealth-indicator modeling and fast capacity estimates across large lists

4aGoodCause: Shops that want a payment processor that does not charge per transaction, potentially saving thousands each year. Lighter CRM integration, but great for small shops just taking the next step and looking to cap costs on fees. Plentiful integrations (like Mailchimp and Quickbooks) to make up for fewer built-ins on the CRM. However, the price point justifies this and makes it our top pick for a donor processor.
Donately: Shops that want embeddable donation forms on their own site and take large gifts by bank transfer.
Donorbox: Shops that want a low barrier to entry on cost (no payments until you receive donations) with opportunities to unlock substantial features down the road (like their donor CRM). It has earned its place as a trusted brand in the nonprofit community.
Funraise: Digital-first shops that want modern donation forms, peer-to-peer and recurring giving in one branded system.
Givebutter: Fee-sensitive shops that are okay with donors being prompted to tip but who also would like the option to do more robust fundraising down the road.
Zeffy: Fee-sensitive shops that want to keep every dollar of every gift and are okay with donors being prompted to tip when they donate.

Airtable: Teams that need a genuine relational database and have someone who will build and maintain it.
Aplos: Nonprofits and churches that need real fund accounting (a general ledger by fund) with donation tracking attached.
Jotform: Program applications, volunteer intake, and every form that outgrows email
monday.com: Program tracking, campaign planning, and the operational work that isn't donor data

Greater Giving: Auction-led galas that want hardware, check-in and bidding handled as one package
OneCause: Signature galas and auctions where a smooth night is worth real money