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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/AFinancial Edge NXT is a cloud accounting solution tailored for nonprofits that provides a general ledger, projects, grants, endowments, accounts payable and receivable, fixed assets, banking, and more. It offers real-time reporting, with one-click drill-down functionality and export capability.N/A

    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ASAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) is a modular, cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution that brings embedded AI into core business processes to help organizations improve productivity, efficiency, and scalability. It supports critical business functions including finance, supply chain, human resources, and sales, while providing industry best-practice processes, predictable subscription-based costs, and the ability to add capabilities, users, and functionality as…

    $295

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXTSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    SAP Supply Chain Base
    $295
    per month per user
    SAP Finance Base
    $295
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXTSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredRequired
    Additional DetailsBlackbaud is currently offering the first six months of Financial Edge NXT free for new customers. Limited conditions apply.—
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    Community Pulse
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXTSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Considered Both Products
    Blackbaud
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    SAP
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    100 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    782 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    79%
    Delivers good value for the price
    78 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    601 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    102 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    777 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    71%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    44 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    432 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    65%
    Implementation went as expected
    52 Answers
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    565 Answers
    Features
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXTSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.1
    441 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings7.9389 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.9375 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.7374 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.6
    672 Ratings
    1% above category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings7.7645 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings7.5591 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.3
    768 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.5724 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.2756 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.7
    777 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings7.7716 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings7.8764 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.6704 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.2
    811 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Accounts payable00 Ratings8.2787 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.2747 Ratings
    Global Financial Support00 Ratings7.8291 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings7.9309 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings7.9331 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting00 Ratings7.9305 Ratings
    Standardized Processes00 Ratings8.3342 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.3
    674 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings8.2660 Ratings
    Automatic reordering00 Ratings7.8566 Ratings
    Location management00 Ratings7.9544 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.2
    684 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Pricing00 Ratings8.0652 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings8.0663 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings8.926 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings8.3626 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings7.9247 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.7
    324 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Billing Management00 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings8.0294 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings7.4252 Ratings
    Period Close00 Ratings7.9318 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.5
    3 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.0
    138 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings8.0138 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.8
    266 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings7.7187 Ratings
    Contract Authoring00 Ratings7.8187 Ratings
    Contract Repository00 Ratings7.6181 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings8.0240 Ratings
    Supplier Management00 Ratings8.0235 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Risk Repository00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Control Management00 Ratings7.62 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Issue Detection00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.9
    216 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings8.0191 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings8.0184 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings7.6167 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management00 Ratings8.2176 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings8.0171 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.1
    203 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Production Process Design00 Ratings8.1184 Ratings
    Production Management00 Ratings8.1188 Ratings
    Configuration Management00 Ratings8.1176 Ratings
    Work Execution00 Ratings8.1181 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings8.1180 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.7
    250 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings7.5225 Ratings
    Inventory Planning00 Ratings7.9241 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring00 Ratings7.7229 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.7
    220 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Proposal Management00 Ratings7.62 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management00 Ratings7.9220 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXTSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.7
    (166 ratings)
    8.4
    (880 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (18 ratings)
    9.0
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (15 ratings)
    8.0
    (768 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (17 ratings)
    6.7
    (80 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.9
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (8 ratings)
    7.7
    (10 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.7
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.4
    (3 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.5
    (5 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXTSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Blackbaud
    The look of the reports and the platform is great. It's easy to lookup vendors and find some information. I wish the flow to navigate around the system was more intuitive. We tend to do more going back and forth to move to another vendor. It must be an easier solution. But that's the learning curve piece we need.
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    SAP
    SAP Cloud ERP is best suited for medium- to large-sized organizations seeking scalability, real-time insights, and standardized processes. It will help them streamline financial operations & core HR functions, optimize inventory management & procurement process. Its intelligent automation will help them automate repetitive, routine tasks and use machine learning for predictive analysis.
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    Pros
    Blackbaud
    • It is integrated with our other databases enabling our business office to work easily with our fundraising and academic offices.
    • Mass email platform to contact all of our constituents.
    • Provide a starting point for any prospect research that we need to do.
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    SAP
    • The software helps in forecasting and identifying potential challenges that would affect our organisation in the near future. This enables us to prepare in advance and also adopt practical and viable measures.
    • It enables faster and accurate data processing, which enhances decision-making.
    • It's easily customizable according to specific organizational needs. This promotes overall efficiency and productivity of the organization.
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    Cons
    Blackbaud
    • Queries is not fully set up yet and could use more functionality within the reporting structure
    • Recurring payments do not seem to be moving forward and we have several annuities that run quarterly
    • Queue appears to be going away and report scheduling is coming, however, you cannot send to users outside of your organization. We run so many monthly reports that we used to have emailed out via queue that now we have to run them manually and save them to a sharepoint site for our campus partners to access.
    • A little concerned with printing checks once database view goes away since the one time I tried it the printing margins were totally off.
    • Integration of papersave products and cash receipts.
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    SAP
    • The beginner's user-friendly UI can help learners learn easily, and it feels a bit complex.
    • Implementation of AI bot on common tasks.
    • There are no offline functionality that users can use remotely.
    • As the scalability of the products grows, they become more expensive.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Blackbaud
    It is meeting our needs very well and they continue to introduce enhancements. Much of our staff is not very technical, and the ease of use is very important. Training is quick and easy. The licensing is reasonable and affordable. And, the time, effort, and cost of finding another solution and implementing it would be very substantial.
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    SAP
    The cost of SAP as an ERP is quite high and the switching costs associated with ERP systems are even higher. That being said moving from one ERP to another only happens once in a great while for large organizations. Those switching costs include retraining, IT hardware requirements, outside consultants and more
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    Usability
    Blackbaud
    I don't have much to compare it to but if I speak of just the reporting options; sometimes there are so many options I spend more time finding the "perfect" report when a basic report with minimal columns is needed. But I know I can always add to the report if asked.
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    SAP
    SAP Cloud ERP is a useful solution for automating and streamlining business processes. It offers modern technologies such as built-in AI, machine learning, and real-time data analytics. It offers multi-currency, multi-language support to manage international operations smoothly. It comes with a modern, role-based user interface that enhances your user experience and lets you perform tasks smoothly.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Blackbaud
    We've been customers for many years and it has only gone down 2 or 3 times ever. Highly available.
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    SAP
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    Performance
    Blackbaud
    Consistently displays pages quickly without delay.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Blackbaud
    No one is perfect, but this support team is as close as it gets. They respond promptly and if the person I'm talking to doesn't have the answer they find someone that does. They also provide documentation and/or resources to support their responses to my questions. The online chat is awesome and usually all I need
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    SAP
    The support system I find great as whenever I run into problems they rectify them quickly as possible they never reacted late the support is just up to the mark for me. They provide many solutions to the problems I faced the [technical] team support is always amazing they [listen] to mean work accordingly.
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    In-Person Training
    Blackbaud
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    More effective
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    Online Training
    Blackbaud
    The training is semi helpful if you have already been in the system. If you are completely new it does make it kind of hard since chart of accounts will be different among organizations. For a general idea it is helpful. One complaint on training would be that as FENXT is attempting to go fully to the web solution there were often times things that were moved or changed that even the trainer was unaware of and had to adapt on the fly.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Blackbaud
    The implementation can be easy depending on how familiar you are with Blackbaud products. It is cloud based so there is not a need for IT involvement but you do need to know your business requirement.
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    SAP
    SAP requires
    a lot of internal and external resources to complete its successful
    implementation. The cloud version requires a deeper understanding of the
    different capabilities of the local systems (hardware) and the connection
    towards your local IT team. We found several problems on our systems that we
    couldn't foresee before the implementation and roll out.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Blackbaud
    Prior to using Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT, a financial software package offered by Sage was used. Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT is much more user friendly, and integrates with the fundraising software used by the Foundation, Raiser's Edge. The integration has eliminated duplicate entry of donor information into the financial software. In addition, the add-in tools provided by Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT make journal entries a much more efficient process.
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    SAP
    The platform utilizes advanced predictive analytics to anticipate operational bottlenecks and put them out of commission before the problems become larger. We can proactively develop effective strategies that help keep service quality in the face of unexpected changes in the market, or external disruptions, by continuously analyzing historical performance data as well as elements of the current market
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Blackbaud
    The ability to get a discount for multiple years would be nice.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Blackbaud
    When we've had changes or new cost centers, they are easy to add and get live quickly. Very scalable.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Blackbaud
    • Record accuracy has gone up with Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT. We are able to keep everything separate using both natural accounts and projects.
    • The AP module has increased our speed in issuing checks. We are able to easily review and see where approvals may be stuck in order to get checks out promptly.
    • The approval chains and easily viewed records of approvals have helped our auditors easily track processes for internal control walkthroughs.
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    SAP
    • Surpasses many well reputed applications in terms of performance and data insight when you are into SAP products
    • More reliable and secure as we are not going to create multiple copy of master data, one single shared master data and all will work like charm
    • For authentication we can also use Microsoft MFA or Google single sign-on , so less complexity
    • For customized business process, we can implement extension packages which are like templates
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    ScreenShots

    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT Screenshots

    Screenshot of Board Meeting Book BalancesScreenshot of Budget RecordScreenshot of Director of Development DashboardScreenshot of Organizational OverviewScreenshot of Project RecordScreenshot of Security

    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Order to Cash Dashboard - For the management of the order-to-cash process more efficiently across revenue streams and business models - including sales of physical and digital goods, services, subscriptions, projects, and bundles.Screenshot of a Sales Management Overview - Helps ensure sales reps meet their goals with an overview of orders and key sales performance metrics, with status tracking for each order in real time for the early detection of potential issues.Screenshot of the Purchasing Spend Dashboard - For weighing various aspects of purchasing spend through quick access to clear, complete, and real-time data, with less risk, and without opening different reports and transactions.Screenshot of Operational Supplier Evaluation - Provides a transparent overview of suppliers. Users can approve the most reliable vendors and get the right mix to serve business needs while reducing risk.Screenshot of Inventory Management - Provides visibility to manage supply chains, to mitigate risk, avoid unnecessary costs, maximize efficiency, and fulfill customer orders on time.Screenshot of Inventory Processing - Enables real-time supply chain visibility and provides meaningful metrics, with customizable dashboards and reports that display real-time inventory that track the status of inbound and outbound deliveries.