Neon CRM vs. Salesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Neon CRM
Score 4.2 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Neon CRM is a constituent management platform designed for nonprofits and membership associations. Its relationship-focused system offers a comprehensive view of supporters and members, enabling more engagement and revenue. It can be used to manage fundraising campaigns, events, communications, and it offers reporting tools to give stronger insights into the user's organization. It automates processes like email marketing, workflows, volunteer management, and payment processing so that users…
$99
per month
Salesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Salesforce for Nonprofits, the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud, is a nonprofit constituent relationship management platform from Salesforce, which supports constituent engagement, fundraising, and grants. Nonprofit editions contain Salesforce Lightning Edition along with the former Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) combined.
$36
per month per user
Pricing
Neon CRMSalesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud
Editions & Modules
Essentials
$99
per month
Impact
$199
per month
Empower
$399
per month
Sales Cloud - EE
$36
per month per user
Sales + Service Cloud - EE
$48
per month (billed annually) per user
Nonprofit Cloud - EE
$60
per month (billed annually) per user
Nonprofit Cloud - UE
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Neon CRMSalesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAll plans include unlimited system users, unlimited records, unlimited online forms, and unlimited ticket support. Essentials is a streamlined version of Neon CRM designed for smaller nonprofits. Premium support options are included with Empower. All pricing is based on the organization's revenue.
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Community Pulse
Neon CRMSalesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud
Considered Both Products
Neon CRM
Chose Neon CRM
Salesforce was over-complicated and overly expensive to use. The learning curve was huge and a real disincentive to use. It needed to be customized which was very expensive. Neon was easy to learn and we are still building it and figuring out how to maximize all of its …
Salesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud
Chose Salesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud
We used Zoho as a database before we knew we needed a CRM. We even thought of creating our own database. We then tried Neon for a couple of years and then eTapestry. We found a few features missing with each of the packages when trying to manage our complicated family …
Chose Salesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud
DonorPerfect appeared to be a decent enough solution, fairly robust. eTapestry and NeonCRM left much to be desired from a UX standpoint. Ultimately, Salesforce would compare with solutions like Microsoft Dynamics, etc. since it's a well-rounded CRM solution and platform that …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Neon CRMSalesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud
Communications and Marketing
Comparison of Communications and Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Neon CRM
1.2
2 Ratings
122% below category average
Salesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud
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Ratings
Constituent engagement and marketing1.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Social listening1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Digital advocacy enablement1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting and Analytics
Comparison of Reporting and Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Neon CRM
1.8
2 Ratings
109% below category average
Salesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud
-
Ratings
Reporting and data visualization1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Wealth screening2.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Fundraising and Events
Comparison of Fundraising and Events features of Product A and Product B
Neon CRM
1.4
2 Ratings
103% below category average
Salesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud
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Ratings
Online donation options3.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Event registration and ticketing1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Text and phone donations1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Volunteer shift management1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile event check-in1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Security and Platform
Comparison of Security and Platform features of Product A and Product B
Neon CRM
1.5
2 Ratings
123% below category average
Salesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud
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Ratings
Role-based user permissions2.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile access1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Neon CRMSalesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
1.0
(12 ratings)
8.4
(29 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
1.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
1.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
1.0
(3 ratings)
9.0
(9 ratings)
Implementation Rating
4.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Neon CRMSalesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Neon One, LLC
If you are looking for a quick and easy database option, which integrates breezily with email clients like MailChimp and Constant Contact, and has built-in credit/debit card processing capabilities, NeonCRM is a very good option. An affordable alternative to Salesforce or Raiser's Edge, it does lack some of their "bells and whistles" but gets the job done. On the one hand, Neon features a shallow learning curve and solid user interface, and is web based and mobile friendly. On the other hand, Neon might not be totally appropriate for large or national level organizations because some of the reporting seems less "robust" than pricier alternatives...
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Salesforce
If you only want to track donations, I'd go with something simpler. If you want to track donations and programs and connections between them, there may be nothing better. If you have no technical abilities and no budget, restricted yourself solely to what it does as described exactly in the manual. If you can't devote about 0.25FTE to the constant maintenance and upgrades, don't go with it.
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Pros
Neon One, LLC
  • NeonCRM allows you to build events, take registrations, and customize those events. Customizations include different ticketing options, add-ons, promotions, etc.
  • NeonCRM does a good job helping you track donors' activities/engagements.
  • It also provides a variety of reporting mechanisms - from dashboard snapshots to graphical reports - that allow you to review programs at a glance or in-depth.
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Salesforce
  • NPSP is designed to help with donor management.
  • There are free add-ons for volunteer management.
  • There is a new Program Management Module to better manage program participation and attendance.
  • Campaigns help organize and report on marketing efforts though we use a third-party solution to send out marketing materials.
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Cons
Neon One, LLC
  • Learning the ropes is largely accomplished by reading manuals and watching videos. I don't learn that way. I'd much prefer to be shown. I guess I'm old school.
  • They can be stingy with the customer support. We bought the big package and I still wind up going back to my salesperson to help me cut through any red tape to get what I need.
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Salesforce
  • Learning curve - very powerful, but takes time to learn
  • Batch processing - takes time and advanced skills to reach efficiency for data entry and certain operations which you want to do in batch
  • Mass email is extremely limited - must choose a third party tool which adds complexity and cost to the system
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Likelihood to Renew
Neon One, LLC
Neon CRM was difficult and frustrating to use without IT experience, and way to costly for the a small to mid-sized nonprofit. We believe that we lost donors due to the inaccurate report system in Neon CRM
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Salesforce
There is really no other tool to compare and especially since Salesforce for Nonprofits is free!!
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Usability
Neon One, LLC
The Neon CRM system is confusing (we had to watch video tutorials and html code to understand many of the features, many of which we did not need). Around 2022, Neon started to go downhill. Bells and whistles were added that were of no benefit (to our nonprofit) and the system became even harder to use
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Salesforce
I think Salesforce has so much functionality that it makes it difficult in terms of overall usability. Once you can figure it out, it's a 10/10, it's just getting there. If you're willing to do the work to figure it out then you're golden. For what it's worth, I don't know if you're going to find something with this level of functionality that's easier to figure out
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Support Rating
Neon One, LLC
As stated before, they push you to read the manual or watch the video when what I want is a human being to walk/talk me through it. Like I said, maybe I am old school but that's how I learn. It's been a challenge.
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Salesforce
I have never had bad conversations with any support people with Salesforce but we also have not used them very much. I put it a little less because we are struggling to switch to lightning (some of our custom features do not migrate well) and it feels like the help and support for a little organization is not incredibly helpful unless we want to spend a lot of money.
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Implementation Rating
Neon One, LLC
We had to hire someone to implement our donors into Neon CRM
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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Neon One, LLC
It works. It's easy to customize for nonprofit and industry-specific categories. It does what it does well, and integrates with platforms that specialize in those areas rather than trying to be everything to all users.
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Salesforce
As a cloud native organization with no previous Microsoft infrastructure, Salesforce was a more logical and effective option for us. The suite of products was also far more comprehensive and required less customization. We were able to adopt a "configure not code" approach to our development of systems to support our mission that lowered the cost of upgrades.
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Return on Investment
Neon One, LLC
  • Positive: Neon allows us to track, analyze, and optimize our fundraising efforts and outcomes. It is critical to our success.
  • Positive: Neon works easily with our website, making donations easy for the donor.
  • Positive: Neon is affordable in comparison with similar products.
  • Negative: Neon is not well known (yet) so each new employees will probably need to learn it from scratch.
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Salesforce
  • Salesforce has allowed us to easily track donor communications in one area, which I believe has improved our donor communication overall.
  • Salesforce for Nonprofits has made it easier on my org to track and pull donation-related information and has reduced the amount of time we need to do these regular tasks.
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ScreenShots

Neon CRM Screenshots

Screenshot of Email Builder: Elevates appeals, newsletters, and other communications with mobile-responsive emails, multi-column layouts, text block editor and full email preview while building.Screenshot of Fundraising Dashboard: Aggregates fundraising data in one place to analyze various campaigns, performance, progress, and comparisons to other years and campaigns.Screenshot of Workflow Automation: Automated workflows that take care of redundant administrative tasks, with workflows to define triggers, audience, and the action to be performed.Screenshot of Reporting: Comprehensive reporting features to pull a variety of reports. By selecting the data source of interest and the fields needed, Neon CRM provides reports to analyze and share with key stakeholders.Screenshot of Donation Form Themes: Drag and drop themes for donation pages matched to the brand with customization.Screenshot of Volunteer Management: To understand the ways that people want to give support, and to track and manage volunteer sign-ups, projects, and time.

Salesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud Screenshots

Screenshot of Case ManagementScreenshot of Contact RecordScreenshot of Home DashboardScreenshot of Management ModuleScreenshot of Marketing Cloud for Nonprofits