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Alternatives to Bonterra
23 nonprofits tools sit alongside Bonterra in this directory. Below is what separates each from Bonterra on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 4
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Bonterra starts at
- On request
Why people look past Bonterra
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Bonterra entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Bonterra carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 4 of the 23 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Integrated CRM and digital marketing for nonprofits
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Bonterra's 3.
Integrated CRM and email marketing for nonprofits
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Bonterra's 3.
Cloud-based CRM for nonprofits
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Bonterra's 3.
Enterprise-grade donor management system
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Bonterra's 3.
Fundraising software given free to nonprofits, funded by its founders rather than by fees
- Can be used without paying; Bonterra cannot.
- Sold on a Free to nonprofits, card processing charged by the processor model rather than quote.
- 1 tier to Bonterra's 3.
Low-cost grant search across federal, state and private funders, with a paid consultant marketplace alongside
- Can be used without paying; Bonterra cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $9/month, where Bonterra does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Bonterra's 3.
Every Bonterra alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonterra (this page) | On request | Quote | 3 | |
| EveryActionThe underlying fundraising product, if that is the only line you need | On request | Subscription | 2 | vs Bonterra |
| Salsa CRMThe legacy Salsa CRM, still supported but no longer the investment focus | On request | Subscription | 2 | vs Bonterra |
| NeonCRMAn independent mid-market nonprofit CRM without the roll-up roadmap risk | On request | Subscription | 2 | vs Bonterra |
| Blackbaud Raiser's EdgeThe other large consolidated vendor if enterprise fundraising is the requirement | On request | Subscription | 2 | vs Bonterra |
| Give Lively | Free | Free to nonprofits, card processing charged by the processor | 1 | vs Bonterra |
| OpenGrants | Free, then $9/month | Per user per month | 2 | vs Bonterra |
| Tendenci | Free | Open source, with paid hosting available | 2 | vs Bonterra |
| CiviCRM | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Bonterra |
| CommCare | $100/month | Per month by mobile user count | 4 | vs Bonterra |
| Foundant Technologies | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Bonterra |
| CharityEngine | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bonterra |
| Instrumentl | $299/month | Per organisation per month by seat band | 4 | vs Bonterra |
| Fluxx | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Bonterra |
| Sumac | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bonterra |
| Blackbaud Grantmaking | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bonterra |
| SmartSimple Cloud | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bonterra |
| Submittable | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Bonterra |
| GrantStation | $199/year | Per organisation per year | 2 | vs Bonterra |
| Keela | On request | Per month by contact count | 1 | vs Bonterra |
| MemberClicks | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Bonterra |
| Fundraise Up | On request | Percentage of each donation | 1 | vs Bonterra |
| Candid | $219/month | Per user per month by tier | 3 | vs Bonterra |
| Glue Up | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Bonterra |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Bonterra badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (4)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Give Lively , Free
- OpenGrants , Free, then $9/month
- Tendenci , Free
- CiviCRM , Free
What you would be giving up
Bonterra is most often brought in for a human services agency that must report participant outcomes to a government funder and cannot do it in a donor crm, a national advocacy organisation needing high-volume email, action alerts and distributed organising in one donor record, a large employer running a global employee match and grant disbursement programme across many countries, a nonprofit consolidating a legacy salsa or eto deployment onto a supported product within the same vendor. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Bonterra is broadly right and the question is cost, the Bonterra pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Nonprofits category lists everything the directory holds, and best nonprofits tools ranks them.
Bonterra runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Bonterra alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Bonterra?
- 23 other nonprofits tools are listed in this directory, led by EveryAction, Salsa CRM, NeonCRM, Blackbaud Raiser's Edge. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Bonterra?
- 4 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Give Lively, OpenGrants, Tendenci, CiviCRM.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Bonterra?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Bonterra?
- Bonterra is most often brought in for a human services agency that must report participant outcomes to a government funder and cannot do it in a donor crm, a national advocacy organisation needing high-volume email, action alerts and distributed organising in one donor record, a large employer running a global employee match and grant disbursement programme across many countries, a nonprofit consolidating a legacy salsa or eto deployment onto a supported product within the same vendor. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Bonterra?
- None of the nonprofits tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Bonterra alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Nonprofits, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Bonterra against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Bonterra covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every nonprofits tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Nonprofits category, 23 tools beside Bonterra. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.