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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Blackbaud Online Express (discontinued)

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AWith Blackbaud Online Express' was a fundraising and donation form solution, where users could create unlimited donation forms. The tool has been discontinued, and is no longer available.N/A

    Bonterra EveryAction

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ABonterra EveryAction enables nonprofits to increase efficiency, optimize supporter and prospect interactions, and raise more money by providing expansive fundraising, digital, and organizing tools on a unified CRM.N/A
    Pricing
    Blackbaud Online Express (discontinued)Bonterra EveryAction
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Blackbaud Online Express (discontinued)Bonterra EveryAction
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    150 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    113 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    151 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    77 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    79%
    Implementation went as expected
    75 Answers
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    Blackbaud Online Express (discontinued)Bonterra EveryAction
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    GiveSmart by Momentive
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    User Ratings
    Blackbaud Online Express (discontinued)Bonterra EveryAction
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    8.7
    (162 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.1
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.5
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (154 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    1.9
    (8 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.1
    (151 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    5.7
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Blackbaud Online Express (discontinued)Bonterra EveryAction
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    For 100% tax-deductible donations, I 9.5/10 recommend Blackbaud Online Express. The only thing is that it does not charge debit cards automatically, so I have to do it myself. Using Blackbaud Online Express forms for events gets more complicated. The way events work in Raiser's Edge in general is already complicated, so maybe it's more on Raiser's Edge than it is Blackbaud Online Express.
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    Bonterra
    Bonterra EveryAction is a good CRM to use if your company has institutional fundraisers, grants, and individual fundraising, as it is suited to manage the processes that go along with all of those. I've heard that SalesForce has more functionality than Bonterra EveryAction, but I think that Bonterra EveryAction has plenty to learn and is extremely useful.
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    Pros
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    • Online donation forms are easy to create and place within our existing website. The donations received are easily transferred into our Raiser's Edge database.
    • Creating email communications for our constituents is very simple to achieve in Online Express and the statistics provided are very helpful to see what our constituents are clicking on.
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    • One stop shop for creating newsletters, sending them out to mailing lists, and tracking analytics (including donations).
    • Grants management (we are able to track funds received, reports due, and all points of contact associated with a given donor organization).
    • Contact records (the new contact record feature makes it easy to find past donation history, demographic information, survey responses, communication preferences, etc. for a given contact. We are also able to import information from our donor prospect software into the contact record so everything is in one place).
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    Cons
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    • It does have some "quirks." It can be a little tricky to process the batch until you have done it a few times.
    • I had a problem finding a constituent yesterday - he was purchasing a program ad for an event - that I knew was in the database. It turned out that he had been marked inactive, and so apparently wasn't included in the search results.
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    • Although Targeted Emails features is nice, I faced a lot of challenges with the formatting and editing text as a new user.
    • With forms, it would be great to have options to create as signing-up (categories are editable instead of set)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
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    Bonterra
    We will never us EA, nor recommend them to another org, simply based on their failed promises to deliver training, on-boarding and then charging our account during our free 3 month period, then after cancelling the contract their legal department tried to force us to sign a cancellation agreement that barred us from writing reviews, making comments, etc!
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
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    Bonterra
    It's just so easy--there isn't a lot of techy lingo or graphics, so a regular person can log in and have a sense of what does what. There might be a few terms you need to learn, but everything is in common English so you can almost always find what you're looking for.
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    Reliability and Availability
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    Bonterra
    The only issue I have had with availability is when I don't have my work phone with me, which prevents me from providing a multi-factor authentication code to access the portal. Other than that, I have not had an issue with availability or outages.
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    Performance
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    Bonterra
    Will not go higher than 8 because of how often I end up locked out
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    Support Rating
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    Customer service for all of Blackbaud's products has really lacked over the years. They are starting to get better in the last year but it can very frustrating. The online knowledge base community is the best resource for information. At times it can take hours for a customer sect even rep to help with questions or problems which is not at all ideal in this industry.
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    Bonterra
    I feel like product support and training should go hand in hand. Having to pay $5k to learn how to use a database is absolutely ridiculous and should be offered with the cost of your database, as it is with every other database I've ever used in the last 10 years of my career. With that being said, once I took the training, I found that the support was much more available. Having training and support behind a paywall is bad business in my opinion
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    Online Training
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    Bonterra
    They went through all the features and explained in easy-to-digest details what features the system had. They were also responsive to questions we had. We were able to check in with the support team after training and received prompt followups that helped supplement the training after we had real-world experience using the system.
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    Implementation Rating
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    Bonterra
    It natively integrated with NGP Van extremely well. it also integrated very well with our zoom platform and our use of the Mobilize platform. The bulk upload feature allowed us to move large amounts of initial data into the platform easily. The removal of duplicates was also a fairly easy task.
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    Alternatives Considered
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    Blackbaud Online Express is mainly used strictly because of its integration with Raiser's Edge. If a client uses Salesforce for constituent/lead management, other products can offer more flexibility in designing donation forms, email templates, etc. However, they all have their own negatives in Salesforce integration -- that is a whole other can of worms. While the Raiser's Edge integration of Online Express isn't perfect, it is relatively painless compared to the competition's Salesforce integration. Also, for NFP's, Blackbaud's NFP focused business model is a plus.
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    Bonterra
    Nation Builder—I would say this is a very pared-down version of VAN that requires extensions and outside software to do about 80% of what VAN can do natively. NB does have a better geocoding system that can geocode a location with just the address and does not require coordinates.
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    Scalability
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    Bonterra
    It just works whenever we need it. We'd grown our list and scaled up substantially since buying the product and have had no issues.
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    Return on Investment
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    • Regardless of project or initiative, all fund-raising efforts are managed in one place for the entire organization.
    • Donor management is concise, thorough, and systematic - no individual or organization is overlooked.
    • Snapshot reporting of successful grant applications and fund-raising are readily available.
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    Bonterra
    • Communicating with your audiences at a regular pace is a good thing, and Bonterra Development + Digital makes that easy enough to do. We see lower-than-normal open rates for our industry (per one study I read), but our overall reach is better than had we nothing. It's hard to give the credit for that to Bonterra Development + Digital.
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    ScreenShots

    Bonterra EveryAction Screenshots

    Screenshot of Bonterra Que. Bonterra Que is a strategic consultant, powered by AI, built directly into EveryAction. Que helps users to raise more, simplify workflows, and save valuable staff time. It’s built right into the fundraising and engagement platform, so there are no APIs or exports required, and data stays secure. It doesn’t just advise, it acts, providing outputs based on fundraising best practices and your data, with clear logic behind every insight.Screenshot of a Contact Record. See the full story behind every supporter. EveryAction’s unified contact record gives your team a 360° view of donor and advocate history across email, mobile, giving, and engagement, providing the insight to engage more meaningfully at every stage.Screenshot of Email Campaigns. Create and launch targeted, data-driven email campaigns with ease. With built-in A/B testing, dynamic personalization, and AI-powered content suggestions, EveryAction helps you connect with the right supporters at the right time.Screenshot of Mobile Messaging. Reach supporters where they are. EveryAction’s mobile messaging tools let you send broadcast texts, automate reminders, and drive higher conversion with 98% open rates and seamless integration into your campaigns.Screenshot of Advocacy Forms. Drive impact with modern, high-performing advocacy forms. EveryAction achieves 99.6% message deliverability to legislators by prioritizing website comment forms, helping you mobilize the right supporters to take meaningful action.Screenshot of Donation Forms. Boost donor conversion with customizable, mobile-optimized donation forms. EveryAction’s forms include built-in AI to recommend ask amounts and recurring gift upgrades based on giving history, helping you increase revenue with less manual work.