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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

    Veracross

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AVeracross is a student information system and has several modules, including Admission, Academics, Development, etc. all sharing a single database.N/A
    Pricing
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXTVeracross
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXTVeracross
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsBlackbaud is currently offering the first six months of Financial Edge NXT free for new customers. Limited conditions apply.—
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    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXTVeracross
    Considered Both Products
    Blackbaud
    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    In comparison to Veracross, Blackbaud FENXT is much more user-friendly. I used Veracross 4-5 years ago, and the student billing/accounts receivable functionality was the absolute worst. It wasn't customizable, and it seemed that I ran into an issue every day and had to …
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    Veracross
    Chose Veracross
    I actually prefer NXT, but Veracross is much better in student data and records that I have kept it so we are all using one system.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    100 Answers
    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    79%
    Delivers good value for the price
    78 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    102 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    71%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    44 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    65%
    Implementation went as expected
    52 Answers
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXTVeracross
    Student and Faculty Administration
    Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT and Veracross
    Feature
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    -
    Ratings
    Veracross
    9.9
    5 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Online Registration Management00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    District Communications, such as messaging and alerting00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Roster Management00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Platform Customization00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Teacher Self-Service00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Student Data Security00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Community Support00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Class Scheduling00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    State and National-level Reporting00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Compliance Support00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Teacher and Parent Mobile Application00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXTVeracross
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.7
    (166 ratings)
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (18 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (15 ratings)
    -
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    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (17 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXTVeracross
    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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    Veracross
    Veracross is software that can be highly recommended to anyone in the education industry. Veracross offers a breadth of services varying from administration to student-parent communication. The unique abilities that Veracross offers such as email reminders, attendance management, billing, and payment processing, and attendance tracking have made my job as an administrative support manager so much easier and more productive here at Teachables.
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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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    Veracross
    • mobile-friendly portal for staffulty, parents, and students
    • built-in or easy-to-configure integration with other systems (for example, RankOne and Naviance)
    • targeted messaging based on data within the system
    • "where is student now?" is one-click away
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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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    Veracross
    • Normally it has everything I need for my work, today I was able to make a video call and chat from my cell phone and this adds more positive points to Veracross.
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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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    Veracross
    We will continue to use Veracross for the simple fact that we have one database across all of the departments in our school. Veracross continues to listen to customer feedback and improve and enhance the system.
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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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    Veracross
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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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    Veracross
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Blackbaud
    Consistently displays pages quickly without delay.
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    Veracross
    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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    Veracross
    LOVE the Technical Response Team - the first line of help at Veracross. I can quickly submit a ticket and receive a response knowing that they have looked in our system and know what we are trying to do! Our account manager is also amazing! So nice to have a person within the company who knows our school and our needs!
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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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    Veracross
    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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    Veracross
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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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    Veracross
    Veracross has better built-in integrations with other platforms/systems. IT is much simpler and easy to use. It keeps records in a much simpler way and can be accessed through different modes of reporting. It is very easy to keep track of the progress in any training, project, or assignment with Veracross.
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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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    Veracross
    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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    Veracross
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    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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    Veracross
    • Not sure, but our school has been using it for years, so it must be worth it. Veracross is good about updating and adding features.
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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