Bonterra Network for Good vs. PledgeAthon

PledgeAthon

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Bonterra Network for Good	Score 9.4 out of 10	N/A	Bonterra Network for Good offers a nonprofit fundraising suite of applications, with donor management features like intelligent tracking of donor readiness and targeted messaging.	N/A
PledgeAthon	Score 9.1 out of 10	N/A	PledgeAthon is a fundraising platform built specifically for pledge-based events such as Walk-a-thons, Read-a-thons, and Athletic Booster Campaigns. The solution enables organizations to host Branded Campaign Pages, manage participants, and collect both Flat Pledges and Per-Activity Pledges (e.g., per-mile or per-lap). The platform facilitates Direct Payouts through Stripe Connect Express, ensuring funds are transferred to the organization's connected bank account…	N/A

Pricing

Bonterra Network for Good

PledgeAthon

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Bonterra Network for Good	PledgeAthon
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

$500

No setup fee

Additional Details

Pricing is based on how many contacts are imported into the Donor Management System. All packages have unlimited users, unlimited campaigns, unlimited peer-to-peer pages, unlimited emails and communications, and optional events and auctions. All packages also include support and data migration.

PledgeAthon utilizes a fee-free model for organizations, charging no Platform Fees, Setup Costs, or Monthly Subscriptions. Standard Payment Processing is handled through Stripe at a rate of 2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction. Through the TipShare Program, the vendor returns 10% of net donor tip proceeds to the organization. According to the developer, these incremental funds are deposited automatically into the organization’s connected bank account with no annual cap.

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Community Pulse
	Bonterra Network for Good	PledgeAthon
Considered Both Products	Bonterra Network for Good Verified User Anonymous Chose Bonterra Network for Good It was in place when I started this job, so I haven't used any other system. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bonterra Network for Good The main difference, in my opinion, was that at Network for Good we had a representative who helped us when we couldn't solve a problem ourselves. At Bloomerang, I had to go through several channels to reach someone. (Once I did, we haven't had an issue since.) We like … Incentivized Helpful? NB Nadia Borovich Community Wellness Coordinator Chose Bonterra Network for Good Unfortunately I do not have experience on other platforms. Incentivized Helpful? Heather Haubenschild, MS, CCLS, IWBMC-CP Executive Director Chose Bonterra Network for Good Intuit Mailchimp, DonorSnap and ClickBid Event Fundraising Incentivized Helpful? Michael Taylor Founder - Three Strands Chose Bonterra Network for Good You were the first and only Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bonterra Network for Good Givebutter is not as user friendly, even though it is fairly easy to use. Bonterra Network for Good has many of the same options for running donor campaigns but goes beyond in data tracking and user friendliness. Bonterra Network for Good is extremely easy to learn. The only … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bonterra Network for Good Network for Good has similar properties but has a lot more to offer. The dashboard is much more user friendly and visually pleasing. We also like the reports that can be pulled, the video thank yous are a huge hit, and the newsletters have come a long way with their … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bonterra Network for Good In comparison to Bonterra Network for Good, Blackbaud's cost was astronomically inflated, with Bonterra Network for Good costing only a fraction of the price. That was the main selling point. When you start to look at functionality allowed to the users, Bonterra Network for … Incentivized Helpful? SB Sara Brunner Director Chose Bonterra Network for Good It seems like all of the other software I have used in non profit management has served one purpose. None of them handled all aspects of the job like Bonterra Network for Good does. I found them impossible to teach others as well. Very hard to navigate. Bonterra Network for … Incentivized Helpful? Robin Morris Executive Director Chose Bonterra Network for Good I prefer the dashboard and the ease of use of Bonterra Guided Fundraising to these other products. Bonterra Guided Fundraising is also well-priced, but I picked it because of its usability. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bonterra Network for Good We used Little Green Light for several years at a previous employer. LGL did not have the extensive integration capabilities or the level of sophistication that BGF has in terms of email, video, donor campaign pages, and exceptional customer support. For these reasons, we chose … Incentivized Helpful? Bill Everts Executive Director Chose Bonterra Network for Good We got lucky and landed on Bonterra Guided Fundraising right off the bat. The features and expenses were a perfect fit for us. Incentivized Helpful? Kate Hallock Chief of Staff Chose Bonterra Network for Good The applications have some similar functionalities, especially in the area of creating newsletters and email campaigns, but I find Bonterra Guided Fundraising is easier to use. Incentivized Helpful? AT Anne-Marie Tristan Board Vice Chair Chose Bonterra Network for Good NFG has more features in donor management Incentivized Helpful? Monica Rice Frye Director of Development Chose Bonterra Network for Good My final selection was probably between Bonterra Guided Fundraising and DonorPerfect becasue they had comparable usability and pricing. I really appreciated MightyCause for small operations who need an inexpensive tool, but their site required too many integrations to make it … Incentivized Helpful? Karen Clemens Director of Development Chose Bonterra Network for Good Razors Edge doesn't appear in your list. I worked with it at two other nonprofits and found it much more difficult to pull lists from than Bonterra Guided Fundraising. Incentivized Helpful? Matthew Clark Executive Director Chose Bonterra Network for Good Some are too complicated. Most are too costly. Bonterra Guided Fundraising is an excellent value. Incentivized Helpful? Emily Archambault Assistant Director Chose Bonterra Network for Good I like Bonterra Guided Fundraising more than OneCause because OneCause was only used for events at the last nonprofit I worked at. Bonterra Guided Fundraising allow nonprofits like ours to have event pages, fundraising pages, and donor management software at a better cost than … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bonterra Network for Good For us, Bonterra Guided Fundraising offered the best overall bang for the buck. There were cheaper options that didn't over the features we needed and more expensive options that we felt didn't offer features as good as the ones we were seeing at Bonterra. For an overall option … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bonterra Network for Good We left DonorPerfect because we also needed to purchase Constant Contact to supplement the marketing. This product is all in one. Incentivized Helpful? RJ Robert Jackson Executive Director Chose Bonterra Network for Good I like it better than other systems because it lets me talk to donors more directly. Incentivized Helpful? MA Mary Abousaid Director of Finance & Operations Chose Bonterra Network for Good Bonterra/Network for Good was a better price match for our organization. Incentivized Helpful? MO Marsha Orr Development Director Chose Bonterra Network for Good In comparison with Bloomerang, we decided we could get the product we needed at the price we could afford with Network for Good Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Bonterra Network for Good Network For Good has been wonderful to use. I started one year ago and the system was already in place. I have used various CRMS over the past 15 years such as Goldmine, Siebel, and Salesforce. Network for Good compares very well. Record keeping and marketing campaigns are two … Incentivized Helpful? John Capra President Chose Bonterra Network for Good Network for Good is the best because of all the items it offers to help your business succeed. I chose Network for Good because of the full year of training that we received that we could understand all of the tools we could use to help us to be successful. Incentivized Helpful?	PledgeAthon No answer on this topic

Best Alternatives
	Bonterra Network for Good	PledgeAthon
Small Businesses	Bonterra OneCause Score 8.8 out of 10	Bonterra Network for Good Score 9.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Bonterra OneCause Score 8.8 out of 10	Bonterra OneCause Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Bonterra Network for Good	PledgeAthon
Likelihood to Recommend	9.4 (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.8 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	9.4 (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Availability	9.7 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	9.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	7.3 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	6.6 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.1 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.7 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Bonterra Network for Good	PledgeAthon
Likelihood to Recommend	We have a small team leading our international nonprofit. Bonterra Network for Good allows us to keep track of our donations quickly and easily, including private donors, larger donor-advised funds, foundations and grants, and easily designate the donation to different campaigns or sub-categories within our organization. The platform syncs well with Quickbooks and we rarely have issues. The issues we do have are always around pulling reports. The platform does not make it easy to pull a quick report, even with suggested filters provided. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Always quick response and super super easy to use Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	The donation software is very user friendly to add donations to. The report section is very easy to use and to run what you need. The contact portion is extremely user friendly and is easy to keep track of donors, what they've paid and communication to them. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Cons	In exporting reports, it would be helpful to have a "select all" option so you can easily select everything without having to manually click each one. In exporting reports, it may be helpful to have the option of saving various options for different needs so you don't have to manually click or unclick each choice every time, as you can currently only save one type. It would be helpful to be able to change an event/ticket information after it has already gone live for sales as we recently had an issue with this. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Likelihood to Renew	We are still learning and rebuilding our nonprofit using this platform, so this year is a trial run to see how we can increase our network and our donations. So long as we are able to see a significant return on investment in terms of donations received through the platform, we will renew for next year. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Usability	I am a one person development department. I cannot say enough how much time this product has saved me and how much more I am able to accomplish with all of the features. I consider myself fairly tech savvy, but this product is super easy for even a fairly non tech savvy person to use. I also very much appreciate their customer service team and their commitment to constant improvement to and value added to the product without making it hard for users to use. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Users figured out how to donate in about 5 seconds Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Reliability and Availability	In 5+ years we have never had an issue with it not working when we needed it to. It is very reliable and doesn't seem to have a lot of bugs or interruptions in service. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Performance	It is always fast for us and reports have a very quick upload time. We don't integrate it into other programs so I'm not 100% sure about that, but it always works when we use it and is very reliable. Even when we run Excel files for complete information on donors, it always works very fast. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Most of the time they are quick and friendly and help me resolve any issues. There have only been a couple of times that we couldn't find a resolution and I was just told that NFG didn't have that capability. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating	We only had one hiccup with the domain that was an issue on our end but NFG struggled to help us. It was finally resolved and we've been good ever since Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	The main difference, in my opinion, was that at Network for Good we had a representative who helped us when we couldn't solve a problem ourselves. At Bloomerang, I had to go through several channels to reach someone. (Once I did, we haven't had an issue since.) We like Bloomerang's products (Qgiv - Bloomerang Fundraising) and the communications tools. We wish Bloomerang had texting as Network for Good did. Ultimately, though, we have found that FundraiseUp has the best donation page option for our organization. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Scalability	It works for the departments we need it in, finance, administration and fundraising and marketing. It does everything we need. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Minimized the resources necessary to run an online presence. For instance, one moderately tech-savvy person can handle it. Provides a pathway to increase the number of events the organization can manage. By being part of a larger group of non-profits that utilize Network For The Good, we receive additional assistance and ideas from related organizations. Incentivized Robert Iacono Board of Directors Read full review	No answers on this topic
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