Nonprofits · head to head
Bonterra vs Cause IQ
Bonterra
Nonprofits
The rolled-up parent of EveryAction, Apricot, CyberGrants and Network for Good, sold as three product lines
- From
- On request
- Rated
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: Bonterra the three lines are separately acquired codebases, so buying two of them gives you two logins, two support queues and a connector rather than one system.; Cause IQ pricing is not published
- They diverge on capability: Bonterra covers Case management, Cause IQ covers Donor management.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Bonterra and Cause IQ actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Nonprofits).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Bonterra
- Case management
- Fundraising and engagement
- Corporate grantmaking
- Employee giving and volunteering
- Outcomes reporting
- Impact data connectors
Only in Cause IQ
- Donor management
- Event management
- Online giving
- Volunteer tracking
- Stripe
- PayPal
- Salesforce
- Google Analytics
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Bonterra
- A human services agency that must report participant outcomes to a government funder and cannot do it in a donor CRMnot Cause IQ
- A national advocacy organisation needing high-volume email, action alerts and distributed organising in one donor recordnot Cause IQ
- A large employer running a global employee match and grant disbursement programme across many countriesnot Cause IQ
- A nonprofit consolidating a legacy Salsa or ETO deployment onto a supported product within the same vendornot Cause IQ
Cause IQ
- Prospect research across nonprofit organisationsnot Bonterra
- Benchmarking a nonprofit client against peersnot Bonterra
- Building target lists for firms serving the sectornot Bonterra
- Enriching existing records with nonprofit financial datanot Bonterra
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Bonterra
- The three lines are separately acquired codebases, so buying two of them gives you two logins, two support queues and a connector rather than one system.
- Legacy products absorbed in the roll-up, notably ETO and older Salsa modules, receive limited development while investment goes to flagship products, leaving those customers on a slowly ageing platform.
- No pricing is published for any line, and quotes vary widely by contact count and negotiation, so benchmarking against competitors requires a full sales cycle.
- Private equity ownership has produced repeated renewal price increases reported by customers, and the portfolio structure reduces the credibility of threatening to switch since several obvious alternatives are also Bonterra products.
- Implementation for Case Management is a configuration project measured in months, and agencies routinely underestimate the internal staff time required to define forms and outcome measures.
Cause IQ
- Pricing is not published
- Sold to firms selling into the nonprofit sector rather than to nonprofits running their own operations
Pricing, plan by plan
Bonterra
On request- Bonterra Fundraising and Engagement$undefined/year
- Donor CRM and email
- Advocacy and organising tools
- Priced by contact record count
- Bonterra Case Management$undefined/year
- Apricot participant records and assessments
- Outcomes and funder reporting
- Priced by user seats and programme count
- Bonterra Corporate Social Responsibility$undefined/year
- CyberGrants grant disbursement
- Employee giving and volunteering
- Enterprise contract, priced by programme spend
Cause IQ
On request- Standard$95/month
- Donor management
- Event management
- Advanced$200/month
- Prospect research
- Fundraising reports
- Advanced analytics
Which should you pick?
Choose Bonterra if
- You need case management.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want fundraising and engagement.
Questions people ask
- Is Bonterra or Cause IQ better?
- Neither clearly leads. Bonterra starts at On request and Cause IQ at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Bonterra or Cause IQ?
- Bonterra starts at On request and Cause IQ at On request.
- Does Bonterra or Cause IQ run on more platforms?
- Bonterra runs on Web, iOS, Android. Cause IQ runs on Web.
- What is Bonterra best used for?
- Bonterra is most often used 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. Of those, a human services agency that must report participant outcomes to a government funder and cannot do it in a donor crm and a national advocacy organisation needing high-volume email, action alerts and distributed organising in one donor record are not what Cause IQ is typically brought in for.
- What can Bonterra do that Cause IQ cannot?
- Bonterra covers Case management, Fundraising and engagement, Corporate grantmaking, Employee giving and volunteering. Cause IQ covers Donor management, Event management, Online giving, Volunteer tracking.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Bonterra: Is Bonterra a single product?
No. It is three product lines built from separately acquired software. You buy one of them, and integration between them is a connector rather than a shared database.
Cause IQ: Does Cause IQ offer a free plan?
Yes. Cause IQ offers a free plan with basic nonprofit searches using 8 filters and limited profile access. Core and Pro plans are paid subscriptions.
SourceBonterra: What happened to EveryAction and Apricot?
They still exist as the underlying products, rebranded as Bonterra Fundraising and Engagement and Bonterra Case Management respectively.
Cause IQ: What is included in Cause IQ's pricing?
Core Plan costs $349/month (or $199/month for 501(c)(3) nonprofits) with access to 400+ filters. Pro Plan costs $5,988/year with three user licenses and unlimited exports. Annual discounts available.
SourceBonterra: Does Bonterra publish pricing?
No line has published pricing. Fundraising is generally priced by contact record count, case management by seats and programmes.
Cause IQ: Does Cause IQ integrate with Salesforce?
Yes. Cause IQ provides direct Salesforce integration to create, update, and enrich Leads, Contacts, and Accounts with nonprofit data. Bulk operations and field mapping are supported.
SourceBonterra: Should a small nonprofit consider Bonterra?
Rarely. The entry price and implementation effort suit organisations with dedicated operations staff; smaller charities are better served by a single-product CRM.
Cause IQ: Does Cause IQ have an API?
Yes. Cause IQ provides a REST API that returns JSON responses. The API allows programmatic searches for nonprofits, EIN lookups, and access to over 400 organization fields.
SourceCause IQ: How much nonprofit data does Cause IQ contain?
Cause IQ aggregates data from over a dozen sources covering 1.73 million organizations, 9.86 million people (board members and key personnel), and 52,143 vendor profiles.
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