Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT vs Bloomerang

Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT vs Bloomerang: the short version

Which is better for you: Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT or Bloomerang?

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Best if you want

Raiser's Edge NXT

• No verified advantage on our rules yet

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Best if you want

Bloomerang

• Publishes a price you can check (the other is quote only)
• Unlimited users (verified)
• QuickBooks integration verified
• Free migration help into it (Conversion in onboarding)
• Quiz match for Relationship Builder, Salesforce Escape Artist, All-in-One Organizer

How these are decided: our verdict rules. The price rule uses the contact count below.

How do Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT and Bloomerang compare on price and features?

Feature	RE Raiser's Edge NXT	Bl Bloomerang
Price at your size (4,000 contacts)	QuoteQuote only	$125/moPublished starting price; your quote may be higher
Publishes prices	No Not published (sales demo / quote).1	Yes Constituent-based pricing (Bloomerang FAQ).9
Starting price	Not published (sales demo / quote). One public example, not a list price: Laredo College's board approved a 3-year Raiser's Edge NXT Complete renewal totalling $134,266.17 ($40,804.02, then $44,068.34, then $47,593.81 a year). The packet doesn't state record counts or users.12	Bloomerang CRM from $125/month, Fundraising from $40/month and Volunteer from $119/month, billed annually, unlimited users. The bundled Giving Platform is 'contact sales for pricing' on the pricing page (Bloomerang's homepage FAQ still says it starts at $242/month; we treat that as unconfirmed).910
Unlimited users	Unknown Not yet verified	Yes Unlimited users.9
No long-term contract	Unknown Not yet verified	Unknown Prices are billed annually.9
Online giving forms included	Unknown Not yet verified	Add-on Via the Bloomerang Fundraising add-on (from $40/month, bought with the CRM): donation forms, events, text fundraising.9
QuickBooks integration	Unknown Not yet verified	Yes Yes, QuickBooks Online and Desktop.11
Mailchimp integration	Yes Yes. Mailchimp's Raiser's Edge NXT integration syncs constituents, donor attributes and giving activity; requires a paid Mailchimp plan and a Blackbaud Marketplace admin to connect.3	Yes Yes (premier integration).11
Data export documented	Yes Export via Query. Web view supports asynchronous exports from the query list (separate web-view export permission). Migration guides recommend separate exports per record type (constituents, gifts, pledges) as CSV with headers, preserving system/import IDs.456	Yes Bloomerang states 'You own your data. We provide easy exports at any time.'9
Import docs	Yes Today, imports run in database view (Administration > Import) from spreadsheet or text files, adding new records or updating existing ones by import ID. Blackbaud says CSV import in web view (constituents and gift batch first) is in early adoption in 2026, with general availability expected toward the end of 2026.78	Yes CSV import tool for constituents, groups, donations, interactions and notes. Pledges, pledge payments, recurring donations, tasks and refunds cannot be created by import; households cannot be created by import.12
Free migration offer	None verified No verified offer	Yes Conversion in onboarding: 'Most migrations are included in your onboarding package', with a dedicated Conversion Project Manager when conversion is in the plan. Raiser's Edge switchers: Bloomerang 'helps buy out your Blackbaud contract'.1314
Our switching guides into it	0 None yet	4 Salesforce NPSP to Bloomerang guide, Little Green Light to Bloomerang guide, Kindful to Bloomerang guide, Raiser's Edge NXT to Bloomerang guide
Quiz personalities it fits	1 Growth Engine	4 Relationship Builder, Salesforce Escape Artist, All-in-One Organizer, Growth Engine
Consultants in our directory	1 See consultants	4 See consultants

Yes verified with a cited source No a cited vendor page says no Unknown not yet verified (we don't guess)

Prices are vendor list prices from the cited pages, not quotes. "Starting price" means the vendor publishes a minimum only; your quote depends on your database. Payment-processing fees are not included here; the switching-cost calculator adds them.

How do you switch between Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT and Bloomerang?

REBlRaiser's Edge NXT → Bloomerang

Read the migration guide Estimate switching cost

BlREBloomerang → Raiser's Edge NXT

No guide for this direction yet. Export steps · import docs Estimate switching cost

How the verdict is decided

Why this pair: Bloomerang's site links 'vs Virtuous / vs DonorPerfect / vs Neon One / vs Blackbaud'9; we publish a migration guide between them; our quiz recommends both for the same personality. We have no keyword search-volume data, so pairs are chosen by transparent signals instead: a vendor publishes its own comparison page for the pair, we have a migration guide between them, our quiz recommends both for the same personality, or Google autocomplete suggests the pair.

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