THE SPREADSHEETS ALTERNATIVE

Compare Spreadsheets to Bloomerang

Spreadsheets are free, but they cost you donations. Bloomerang gives you the clarity to act faster, strengthen donor relationships, and grow fundraising.

Overview

Top reasons why nonprofits choose Bloomerang over Spreadsheets.

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Stop chasing data. Start building donor relationships.

Spreadsheets bury donor history in tabs and manual updates, making it harder to follow up, personalize outreach, and keep fundraising momentum going. Bloomerang puts every interaction, gift, note, and touchpoint in one place— so your team can quickly see what matters, respond faster, and build stronger donor relationships that lead to more giving.

“We just had a spreadsheet with information on it. It wasn’t very easy to access, so we wanted to put everything in one spot. Bloomerang has been so helpful, a lot less hassle, and it just makes fundraising easier.”
Kristina Schmidgall, Executive Director
Lansing Area AIDS Network
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Less manual work. More time to raise money.

What looks affordable in a spreadsheet actually costs more in staff time, missed follow-up, and slower fundraising. With Bloomerang, you can replaces manual tracking and spreadsheet maintenance with clear insights and efficient workflows, helping your team spend less time managing data and more time increasing donor retention, improving outreach, and growing revenue.

“We had dabbled in all the free systems that were out there but you can’t do much, and you get what you pay for. Now, I’m using Bloomerang daily to tweak our data in different ways and explore new insights. That’s what I love about Bloomerang—you can play with it, test things out, and it doesn’t break.”
Robert Shula, Chief Development Officer
Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis
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Simple to learn. Powerful to use.

Bloomerang is built to be simple and intuitive, and provides free educational resources, so your team can get up to speed quickly and use it with confidence. Bloomerang is consistently rated among the Top 20 Easiest To Use Nonprofit CRM Software by G2 reviewers.

“I could account for the top 20 donors, but I couldn’t tell you about the thousand others—their potential to give or even how often I communicated with them. It became impossible to keep up. What really attracted us to Bloomerang was how easy it was to use. I could jump right in and figure things out without a steep learning curve.”
Claire Bolles, Executive Director
Mara Elephant Project

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Customer Stories

Switching to Bloomerang, the ideal Spreadsheets alternative.

The Geena Davis Institute’s donor data and event management was chaotic and disorganized across multiple tools. Bloomerang has helped them streamline event management, donation forms, and data tracking effortlessly.

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“Before using Bloomerang’s Giving Platform, we had our donor data ‘organized’ in various spreadsheets, emails, teammates’ brains, and CRMs. We loved how intuitive Bloomerang was to get started with, and absolutely love the amazing support staff that answered all of our questions. Bloomerang’s unified Giving Platform is easy to use, with so many customizable features that we were able to finally launch a ticketed event program, as well as moving all of our donation forms to the platform. We are so pleased!”
Emily Spaulding, Donor Database Coordinator
Geena Davis Institute

What makes Bloomerang the best Spreadsheets alternative?

See why nonprofits like yours are using Bloomerang as an alternative to Spreadsheets.

Feature Comparison

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Never lose track of a donor or a relationship.

Simple data management and interaction tracking. It’s easy to create groups— so you can send personalized communications, and targeted campaigns to the right group.

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Tools that focus on fundraising growth.

Powerful features and educational resources that help organizations build strong, lasting relationships with their donors that lead to higher donations.

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Made for real people, not tech experts.

User-friendly features, including a modern dashboard, intuitive constituent profiles, and drag-and-drop reporting, make it easy for anyone to use and manage without extensive training or technical expertise.

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Built-in wealth insights.

Understand giving potential with Predictive Giving Insights on every supporter record.

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Robust donor retention tools.

Identify potential major donors and those at risk. Automations include sentiment, engagement, giving trends, segmentation tools, surveys, recurring gift options, and reporting.

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Nightly data stewardship updates.

Individual constituents with US addresses are automatically updated every night with NCOA information at no additional cost.

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Mobile App for iOS and Android.

Stay connected to your mission wherever you go with the Bloomerang Mobile App.

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Simple drag & drop reporting.

Quickly create unlimited custom reports, without technical expertise, programming skills, or special requests. Quickly schedule reports for automatic delivery.

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Free educational resources.

Our free library of resources from nonprofit industry leaders include webinars, guides, templates and articles.

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Responsive, reliable support.

Support you can count on to resolve every question and concern with lightning-fast response time.

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Bloomerang integration list

One platform, endless connections.

The Bloomerang Giving Platform offers a comprehensive fundraising, CRM, and volunteer solution, combining powerful fundraising features with advanced constituent management to drive better outcomes. Gain even deeper insights by integrating Bloomerang with your favorite tools. Easily connect with Mailchimp, Constant Contact, QuickBooks, DonorSearch, and more for a smooth and streamlined experience.

“We use almost all of the integrations. We import our Shopify and photographic print orders into Bloomerang through Zapier, segment and communicate by email through Mailchimp, and have GeoTargetly and Fundraise Up implemented on our site.”
Laurie McConnell
Pacific Wild
Bloomerang support

World-class support, always.

The Bloomerang’s support team is here when you need them. And the best part is that you can contact them via chat and phone for free.

A few years ago, one wonderful customer described the Bloomerang Customer Support Team as “both helpful and human”, and the Bloomerang team has taken that motto to heart. Whether you have a question about using Bloomerang or want to know how you can efficiently accomplish more tasks that move your mission forward, the support team will work with you until all your questions are answered.

See what fundraisers like you have to say about our world-class support.

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    “The best part, though, is the support team. They are quick to respond and provide setup advice that is tailored to the client. I’ve never had an unanswered question.” Alicia H.

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    “Even better, their support is second to none. Any question is addressed thoughtfully and quickly. And, every single person I have interacted with has been friendly.” Michelle G.

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    “Bloomerang’s support features are unmatched among peer service providers. I advise all of my clients to use the chat support feature; the support representatives are prompt and knowledgeable.” Adam L.

Top fundraising consultants recommend Bloomerang.

"Bloomerang embodies what effective fundraising should be - purpose-built tools that ignite genuine connections and drive next-level impact. "
Lauren Tudor
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Founder & CEO
ARCHITECT Philanthropic Collective
“Fundraising is really ‘Relationship Raising.’ As nonprofits, we want our donors to fall in love with our mission. Bloomerang helps make that happen and simplifies the journey from prospects to donor engagement.”
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Tayyab Yunus
CEO & Founder
Intuitive IT Solutions, Inc.
“If you’re ready for a software that will not only help you manage your donor information, but also your donor relationships, this is it. If I were in the market for software, I’d jump all over Bloomerang!”
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Founder & Chief Encouragement Officer
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“Bloomerang is a game changer for me and for my clients. I’ve used a lot of CRM systems in my career and I keep coming back to the adaptive nature of this software.”
Kishshana Palmer loves the adaptability of Bloomernag’s donor management software and refers her clients to the solution.
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CEO
Kishshana & Co.
“My clients love how easy it is to use Bloomerang. I love that they shape the most important goals right into their product, making it ridiculously easy to focus on what matters most.”
Marc A. Pitman, The Fundraising Coach, states that Bloomerang professionals know about the sector as well as donor management.
Marc A. Pitman
CEO
The Concord Leadership Group LLC
Frequently Asked Questions

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