Nonprofit Software Guide

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What nonprofit fundraising software actually costs

Every price we have for 26 products, in one table. 19 publish a rate card. The other 7 publish nothing, and for those we carry researched ranges from what buyers report paying rather than the word "custom." Each figure is dated. Free to cite with a link.

Last price check Aug 3, 2026

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What your peers actually spend

List prices are one thing, budgets another. These are means from our 2026 survey of 100 U.S. fundraising professionals — total annual software spend across every category:

Category Under $250K$250K – $1M$1M – $5M$5M+
Grant research $250$746$2,278$5,713
Prospect research / wealth screening $45$1,319$4,135$17,320
Donor CRM $716$2,726$7,130$18,688
Donation processing $1,024$3,493$9,906$30,824
Forms & other operations $175$572$2,062$13,000
Events & auctions $402$1,341$4,830$11,270

Sample sizes: Under $250K n=55, $250K – $1M n=28, $1M – $5M n=12, $5M+ n=5. If a quote lands well above the band for your size, the burden of proof is on the vendor.

Every price, by category

Donor CRM

Product Price ladder Priced on Checked
DonorDock
  • Entry ~$98/mo
  • Grow ~$300/mo
  • Amplify ~$585/mo
flat tiers, unlimited contacts Jul 29, 2026
monday.com free tier
  • Free $0 2 seats
  • Basic ~$9/seat/mo
  • Standard ~$12/seat/mo
per seat Jul 29, 2026
Eleo
  • Up to 2,500 $39/mo
  • Up to 5,000 $59/mo
  • Up to 10,000 $99/mo
  • Up to 15,000 $159/mo
  • Up to 20,000 $199/mo
  • Each +2,500 above +$10/mo
by donor-record count Jul 31, 2026
Jotform free tier
  • Starter $0 5 forms, 100 submissions/mo
  • Bronze ~$17/mo list ~$34
  • Silver ~$19.50/mo list ~$39
  • Gold ~$24.50/mo list ~$49
by forms and submissions; 50% nonprofit discount applied Jul 29, 2026
Aplos
  • Lite $79/mo 2 users; fund accounting, bank rec, board portal, 1099s
  • Core $129/mo 2 users; adds budgeting, AP, AR, recurring transactions
  • Advanced from $229/mo 3 users; for orgs past ~$250k revenue
  • Custom Quoted for orgs past ~$1M revenue
  • Card processing 2.9% + $0.30 ACH 1% + $0.30, uncapped; +1% on Amex and international
by accounting complexity and revenue band Aug 3, 2026
Bloomerang
  • Starter ~$79/mo up to ~1,000 contacts
  • Standard ~$125/mo scales up from there
by contact-record count Jul 29, 2026
Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT
  • Median Blackbaud contract ~$20,417/yr Vendr dataset, updated Feb 2026 — all Blackbaud products, not RE NXT alone
  • Reported spread ~$16,117-$33,623/yr same dataset
  • First year +30-50% Vendr: first-year costs typically run above the ongoing annual
quoted; no published rate card Aug 3, 2026
Bonterra
  • Essentials / Pro / Enterprise Custom quote no figures published on any tier
  • Contact-count break steps up at 501 contacts reported by a reviewer, Dec 2025
  • Term discount longer renewal, lower rate vendor-stated pricing mechanic
quoted; Guided Fundraising scales by contact count Aug 3, 2026
CharityEngine
  • Starter $550/mo 5 users, up to 25k contacts, 100k emails/mo
  • Pro Quoted 10 users, 50k contacts, 200k emails/mo; adds auctions, P2P, major gifts
  • Premier Quoted 20 users, 100k contacts, 400k emails/mo; adds advocacy, custom pipelines
by users, contact count and monthly email volume Aug 3, 2026
Little Green Light
  • Up to 2,500 $45/mo
  • Up to 5,000 $60/mo
  • Up to 50,000 up to $135/mo
  • Each +10,000 above +$15/mo
by constituent count Jul 29, 2026
Neon CRM
  • Neon CRM from $99/mo unlimited contacts, users and workflows
  • Typical reported range ~$99-$409/mo depending on revenue band
  • + Memberships +10% of CRM fee
  • + Volunteers +10% of CRM fee
  • + Events +20% of CRM fee
by annual revenue; unlimited records and users Aug 3, 2026
Virtuous
  • Platform Quoted for nonprofits raising up to $5M annually
  • Enterprise Quoted for nonprofits raising over $5M annually
  • Add-ons Quoted Raise, Momentum, Insights, Analytics, Volunteer — each priced separately
quoted per organization by fundraising revenue Aug 3, 2026

Donation processing

Product Price ladder Priced on Checked
4aGoodCause
  • Grassroots $99/mo $1,188/yr
  • Growth $249/mo $2,988/yr
  • Scale $429/mo $5,148/yr
flat subscription, no % of donations Aug 2, 2026
Donately free tier
  • Standard $0 + 4% no monthly commitment
  • Growth $99/mo + 2% cancel anytime
  • Scale $5,000 prepaid + 0% covers up to $1M raised
  • ACH processing 0.8%, capped at $5 the standout number in this category
by online donation volume; no per-record or per-seat charge Aug 3, 2026
Donorbox free tier
  • Standard ~2.95% no subscription
  • Pro ~$150/mo + ~1.75% fee drop pays for itself past ~$150k
percentage of funds raised Jul 29, 2026
Funraise free tier
  • Essentials $0 + 5% no subscription, no commitment
  • Premium from $99/mo + 0-4% billed annually; adds P2P, auctions, wealth screening, SMS
  • Enterprise Quoted
  • Card processing 2.9% + 60¢ on top of the platform fee
by plan tier; add-on modules priced separately Aug 3, 2026
Givebutter free tier
  • Tips on 0% platform fee donor covers costs at checkout
  • Tips off ~3% platform fee
free with donor tips on Jul 29, 2026
Zeffy free tier
  • All features $0 funded by optional donor tips
free at any volume Jul 29, 2026

Forms & other operations

Product Price ladder Priced on Checked
monday.com free tier
  • Free $0 2 seats
  • Basic ~$9/seat/mo
  • Standard ~$12/seat/mo
per seat Jul 29, 2026
Jotform free tier
  • Starter $0 5 forms, 100 submissions/mo
  • Bronze ~$17/mo list ~$34
  • Silver ~$19.50/mo list ~$39
  • Gold ~$24.50/mo list ~$49
by forms and submissions; 50% nonprofit discount applied Jul 29, 2026

Prospect research & wealth screening

Product Price ladder Priced on Checked
Kindsight (iWave)
  • Starter ~$4,150/yr 1 user, ~1,500 screens
  • Professional ~$5,350/yr 3 users, ~5,000 screens
  • Premium Custom
quoted; reported ranges Jul 29, 2026
DonorSearch
  • Pay-per-record screen ~$1-$2 / record one-off project, no subscription
  • Small file (~5,000 records) ~$4,000/yr reported entry subscription
  • 10,000-50,000 records ~$6,000-$12,000/yr typical with a major-gifts program
  • Enterprise ~$15,000-$22,000/yr reported
quoted per organization; scales with file size Aug 3, 2026
WealthEngine
  • 1 user from ~$5,000/yr reported entry subscription
  • ~10 users ~$15,000/yr reported
  • ~100 users ~$50,000/yr reported
  • Implementation ~$2,000-$20,000 one-time, varies with setup
quoted per organization; scales with seats Aug 3, 2026

Grant research

Product Price ladder Priced on Checked
Instrumentl
  • Basic $179/mo ~5 active projects
  • Standard $299/mo ~10 active projects
  • Pro $499/mo ~20 active projects
by active grant projects Jul 29, 2026
Candid Foundation Directory free tier
  • Partner library $0 on-site access
  • Individual from ~$449/yr
per subscription; free at partner libraries Jul 29, 2026
GrantStation
  • Membership ~$199/yr purchased through TechSoup
flat annual membership Jul 29, 2026

Events & auctions

Product Price ladder Priced on Checked
Greater Giving
  • Platform fee ~$2,500-$15,000/yr reported; scales with event size
  • Card processing ~2.9%-3.5% + $0.30 per transaction
  • Implementation ~$500-$5,000 one-time, varies with customization
quoted per organization; scales with event size Aug 3, 2026
OneCause
  • Pay-as-you-go from ~$200 plus 5% of funds raised
  • Professional Auction & Event from ~$2,995/yr for organizations raising $50k+
  • Larger packages quoted scales with event size and features
pay-as-you-go or annual package Aug 3, 2026

How these figures were gathered

Where a vendor publishes a rate card, we use it and link to the product page. 7 of the 26 products here publish nothing at all. For those we carry ranges assembled from what buyers and reviewers reported paying in the last three years, and we say on the product page which figures are vendor-published and which are reported.

Where we could not source a defensible figure, the product page says so instead of printing a range. Several widely circulated numbers in this category trace back only to roundup posts citing each other, and a made-up range is worse than an honest gap because a buyer budgets against it.

Prices move. Every row carries the date it was last checked, and anything over 90 days old is flagged for re-verification on our side.

Citing this page

Free to use with attribution and a link. Suggested citation:

Nonprofit Software Guide, What nonprofit fundraising software actually costs, Aug 3, 2026. https://nonprofitsoftwareguide.com/pricing/

The underlying spend benchmark, including medians and the share of organizations reporting $0 per category, is on the benchmark page and in a downloadable PDF.