A Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems

 Written in partnership with NTEN, this detailed, impartial report walks through the features that might be useful, summarizes and compares 33 different donor management systems that cost less than $4250 in the first year, and provides detailed reviews of twelve of them.

The Consumers Guide provides you the unbiased comparative information you need to narrow down your choices in a fundraising system. The information is divided into two reports—the actual Consumers Guide and the Detailed Reviews.  The Consumers Guide itself—a 48 page report—provides an overview of what donor management systems do, recommendations for systems based on particular needs, comparison charts, an Index that provides summaries of all 33 systems and a directory of consultants who can help you navigate your choices.  The Detailed Reviews, a 85-page report, provides detailed reviews of twelve systems—Common Ground, Donation Director, Donor Perfect, DonorPro, eTapestry, Giftworks, Mission Assist, Neon by Z2, Orange Leap MPX, Sage Fundraising 50 and Total Info. For each system, we walk through the functionality offered for each of 127 criteria.