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    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AFinancial Edge NXT is a cloud accounting solution tailored for nonprofits that provides a general ledger, projects, grants, endowments, accounts payable and receivable, fixed assets, banking, and more. It offers real-time reporting, with one-click drill-down functionality and export capability.N/A
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    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
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    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    Yes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequired
    Additional DetailsBlackbaud is currently offering the first six months of Financial Edge NXT free for new customers. Limited conditions apply.
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    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
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    Blackbaud
    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    Prior to using Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT, a financial software package offered by Sage was used. Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT is much more user friendly, and integrates with the fundraising software used by the Foundation, Raiser's Edge. The integration has eliminated …
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    At the time Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT was able to be set up close to how our previous system was set up and our IT Director wanted it to be that way. That was the main driver
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    For non-profit specific accounting use cases, Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT provides a robust, yet very user friendly interface that supports all operational accounting, reporting, and regulatory needs. When coupled with other Blackbaud products (Tuition Management, Raiser's …
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    The two products work together. My main experience has been with this set of products. It has been many years since we used anything else and I dont have basis to compare.
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    Was migrated to Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT version from data base version and again from other systems this is a way more cumbersome process.
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT has better security and features allowing for internal controls than QuickBooks Online.
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    The main reason for choosing Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT was cost. Blackbaud measures up with the above software when it comes to entering information.
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    Raiser's Edge works with Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT, so we are able to use both systems together and they work smoothly. We post gift/income from donors to our financial system Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT.
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    There is no competition.
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    Paycom is our payroll and HR software. It does not compare to this financial software. We have mostly only used Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT. When we tried another financial software years ago, it didn't compare to the flexibility and robustness of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT. …
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    Raiser's Edge works in tandem with Financial Edge NXT. I wish that Raiser's Edge NXT was similar to FENXT in regards to having converted the database view functionality to the web version. In that regard, RENXT does not do very well since our gift processors still rely heavily …
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    I have not used any other products similar to Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    We selected Financial Edge NXT because we already used Raiser's Edge for our donor database.
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT offers robust reporting tools out of the box, with very little customization required to meet reporting needs. Other systems I have used required skilled report writers to develop financial and operational reports needed for internal and external …
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    Because they are connected
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT is clearly designed for the non-profit industry organizations, and it shows! The features would not necessarily be a great asset to some for-profit businesses given the design and focus on grant/fund reporting, but for non-profits it hits the "ball …
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    Our CIO vetted some other products as he is also an accountant and felt that Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT appeared to be much more efficient than what we had and it had a lot more functionality than the previous and competitors. He also felt that Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT …
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT is far superior to CYMA. We used CYMA for over 20 years. It was tough to transition because Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT follows GAAP, while CYMA did not the way we had it set up. Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT has more robust fund tracking and …
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    It's unreal the difference that Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT is compared to CYMA. Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT is quick and much more efficient , especially the day to day. Bank recs are insanely easier in Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT. The process time has been lessoned …
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    CYMA was very clunky and the reporting was insufficient. The data and transactions do not flow from one module to the other until they are posted and permanent, so it is hard to get a full picture at any point in time. To get things in you have to fully post, and then …
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT, compared to CYMA, offers both the database view as well as the desktop view making it incredibly user-friendly and offers easy access to and visibility of the financial statements. You are able to clearly and easily filter the reports and work in …
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    Sage wasn’t updated at the time. It is now and would be my lead choice. Quick books isn’t as sophisticated with restricted fund accounting.

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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT allows for multiple companies/entities to be tracked much easier than Quickbooks allowed. The online capabilities in Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT were also much more useful.
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    I have been at 4 schools and always used BB and never had these problems.
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    Chose Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    FENXT is much better because it has allowed us to go paperless and improve our internal controls and review processes.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    79%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    77%
    Delivers good value for the price
    70 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    79%
    Happy with the feature set
    93 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    69%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    40 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    62%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (150 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (14 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.4
    (7 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Blackbaud
    The look of the reports and the platform is great. It's easy to lookup vendors and find some information. I wish the flow to navigate around the system was more intuitive. We tend to do more going back and forth to move to another vendor. It must be an easier solution. But that's the learning curve piece we need.
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    Pros
    Blackbaud
    • Uploading and inputting information is easy due to a clear format and outline.
    • Researching and finding past information is quick and easy to navigate due to searching and filtering options as well as the ability to name the files for quick searches.
    • Pulling project titles and accounts - you can have a large amount of projects and accounts and are able to know them through the system without having to memorize each individual title.
    • Being able to export a general ledger for an account to excel while still being formatted correctly.
    • Having the ability to filter in what transactions are pulled in the general ledger. You are able to easily look at all the activity or only activity in a certain time frame or other specific filters.
    • There is always access to help from Blackbaud services for any sort of difficulty.
    • Learning and the ability to attend Blackbaud classes are readily and easily available so you can increase your knowledge and ability to serve well in your organizations' role.
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    Cons
    Blackbaud
    • Queries is not fully set up yet and could use more functionality within the reporting structure
    • Recurring payments do not seem to be moving forward and we have several annuities that run quarterly
    • Queue appears to be going away and report scheduling is coming, however, you cannot send to users outside of your organization. We run so many monthly reports that we used to have emailed out via queue that now we have to run them manually and save them to a sharepoint site for our campus partners to access.
    • A little concerned with printing checks once database view goes away since the one time I tried it the printing margins were totally off.
    • Integration of papersave products and cash receipts.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Blackbaud
    BB seems to forcing changes on customers at a faster rate. This company needs stability because it is understaffed in accounting. There isn't time to drop everything and work up workarounds or even try to judge effects. There also isn't the time to find a replacement suite unless things get really bad.
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    Usability
    Blackbaud
    I don't have much to compare it to but if I speak of just the reporting options; sometimes there are so many options I spend more time finding the "perfect" report when a basic report with minimal columns is needed. But I know I can always add to the report if asked.
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    Support Rating
    Blackbaud
    No one is perfect, but this support team is as close as it gets. They respond promptly and if the person I'm talking to doesn't have the answer they find someone that does. They also provide documentation and/or resources to support their responses to my questions. The online chat is awesome and usually all I need
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    Online Training
    Blackbaud
    The training is semi helpful if you have already been in the system. If you are completely new it does make it kind of hard since chart of accounts will be different among organizations. For a general idea it is helpful. One complaint on training would be that as FENXT is attempting to go fully to the web solution there were often times things that were moved or changed that even the trainer was unaware of and had to adapt on the fly.
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    Implementation Rating
    Blackbaud
    The implementation can be easy depending on how familiar you are with Blackbaud products. It is cloud based so there is not a need for IT involvement but you do need to know your business requirement.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Blackbaud
    Prior to using Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT, a financial software package offered by Sage was used. Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT is much more user friendly, and integrates with the fundraising software used by the Foundation, Raiser's Edge. The integration has eliminated duplicate entry of donor information into the financial software. In addition, the add-in tools provided by Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT make journal entries a much more efficient process.
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    Return on Investment
    Blackbaud
    • Record accuracy has gone up with Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT. We are able to keep everything separate using both natural accounts and projects.
    • The AP module has increased our speed in issuing checks. We are able to easily review and see where approvals may be stuck in order to get checks out promptly.
    • The approval chains and easily viewed records of approvals have helped our auditors easily track processes for internal control walkthroughs.
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