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Alternatives to Salesforce for Nonprofits
24 nonprofits tools sit alongside Salesforce for Nonprofits in this directory. Below is what separates each from Salesforce for Nonprofits on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 24
- With a free tier
- 6
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Salesforce for Nonprofits starts at
- Free
Why people look past Salesforce for Nonprofits
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Salesforce for Nonprofits has a free tier. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
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.
Platform for modern nonprofit fundraising
- No free tier, where Salesforce for Nonprofits has one.
- Publishes an entry price of $300/month, where Salesforce for Nonprofits does not.
Email marketing and event management
Priced and rated the same as Salesforce for Nonprofits on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Online fundraising platform for nonprofits
- Publishes an entry price of $150/month, where Salesforce for Nonprofits does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
WordPress donation plugin for nonprofits
- No free tier, where Salesforce for Nonprofits has one.
- Publishes an entry price of $199/year, where Salesforce for Nonprofits does not.
- 3 tiers to Salesforce for Nonprofits's 2.
Fundraising software given free to nonprofits, funded by its founders rather than by fees
- Sold on a Free to nonprofits, card processing charged by the processor model rather than subscription.
- 1 tier to Salesforce for Nonprofits's 2.
Low-cost grant search across federal, state and private funders, with a paid consultant marketplace alongside
- Publishes an entry price of $9/month, where Salesforce for Nonprofits does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than subscription.
Every Salesforce for Nonprofits 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salesforce for Nonprofits (this page) | Free | Subscription | 2 | |
| ClassyPlatform for modern nonprofit fundraising | $300/month | - | - | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| Constant ContactEmail marketing and event management | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| DonorboxOnline fundraising platform for nonprofits | Free, then $150/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| GiveWPWordPress donation plugin for nonprofits | $199/year | Subscription | 3 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| Give Lively | Free | Free to nonprofits, card processing charged by the processor | 1 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| OpenGrants | Free, then $9/month | Per user per month | 2 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| Tendenci | Free | Open source, with paid hosting available | 2 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| CiviCRM | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| CommCare | $100/month | Per month by mobile user count | 4 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| Foundant Technologies | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| CharityEngine | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| Instrumentl | $299/month | Per organisation per month by seat band | 4 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| Fluxx | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| Sumac | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| Bonterra | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| Blackbaud Grantmaking | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| SmartSimple Cloud | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| Submittable | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| GrantStation | $199/year | Per organisation per year | 2 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| Keela | On request | Per month by contact count | 1 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| MemberClicks | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| Fundraise Up | On request | Percentage of each donation | 1 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| Candid | $219/month | Per user per month by tier | 3 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
| Glue Up | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Salesforce for Nonprofits |
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 Salesforce for Nonprofits badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (6)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Constant Contact , Free
- Donorbox , Free, then $150/month
- Give Lively , Free
- OpenGrants , Free, then $9/month
- Tendenci , Free
- CiviCRM , Free
What you would be giving up
Salesforce for Nonprofits is most often brought in for nonprofit constituent crm covering fundraising, programs, outcomes and volunteers, consolidating donor, grant and program data on the salesforce platform. 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 Salesforce for Nonprofits is broadly right and the question is cost, the Salesforce for Nonprofits 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.
Salesforce for Nonprofits 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 Salesforce for Nonprofits alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Salesforce for Nonprofits?
- 24 other nonprofits tools are listed in this directory, led by Classy, Constant Contact, Donorbox, GiveWP. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Salesforce for Nonprofits?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Constant Contact, Donorbox, Give Lively, OpenGrants, Tendenci.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Salesforce for Nonprofits?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Salesforce for Nonprofits has a free tier. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Salesforce for Nonprofits?
- Salesforce for Nonprofits is most often brought in for nonprofit constituent crm covering fundraising, programs, outcomes and volunteers, consolidating donor, grant and program data on the salesforce platform. 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 Salesforce for Nonprofits?
- 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 Salesforce for Nonprofits 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 Salesforce for Nonprofits against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Salesforce for Nonprofits 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, 24 tools beside Salesforce for Nonprofits. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.