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    Blackbaud Online Express

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AWith Blackbaud Online Express' online fundraising & donation software, users can create unlimited donation forms and send and track email communications. Plus, this simple, smart, cloud-based tool is integrated with the Fundraising and CRM solution, Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®. Blackbaud Online Express enables users to create and send mobile-responsive emails. Reach constituents quickly with pre-designed, mobile-friendly email templates created specifically for…N/A
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    Blackbaud Online Express
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    Blackbaud
    Chose Blackbaud Online Express
    We selected Online Express because it’s built in integration with Blackbaud. There are better online forms but the need to import into RE is an extra cost and hassle.
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    Chose Blackbaud Online Express
    Blackbaud's Online Express is MUCH easier to use than NetCommunity. Having the ability to "drop" donation forms directly into our existing website is a big improvement over NetCommunity's web pages. Only wish Online Express offered the ability to track constituents sign up …
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    Chose Blackbaud Online Express
    None, actually. Our organization was already using other Blackbaud products and BOE appeared to meet our needs, and it has! It's the only platform we have used and will continue to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Blackbaud Online Express
    Blackbaud products are far better than Daxko; however, Daxko could automatically process recurring transactions, which I don't believe Blackbaud can do at this time.
    Incentivized
    Chose Blackbaud Online Express
    We were evaluating Salsa Labs but it was less functional for our purposes than OLX. We are thinking of looking into Luminate.
    Incentivized
    Chose Blackbaud Online Express
    The best part is the transfer of information directly into Raiser's Edge. Ultimately the costs seem to be about the same for any service but the reduction of staff time adds the real value to using online express. Using Merchant Services has also been a nice change as we can …
    Incentivized
    Chose Blackbaud Online Express
    Blackbaud Online Express is mainly used strictly because of its integration with Raiser's Edge. If a client uses Salesforce for constituent/lead management, other products can offer more flexibility in designing donation forms, email templates, etc. However, they all have …
    Incentivized
    Chose Blackbaud Online Express
    Constant Contact definitely has more bells and whistles when it comes to email campaigns but we found it to be more complex than we needed. Blackbaud Online Express has the right combination of simplicity, ease of use, and features needed to be successful with our email …
    Incentivized
    Chose Blackbaud Online Express
    Blackbaud Online Express has the features and tools that best suit my organization. We do not need all of the additional features that Constant Contact has; they would most likely go unused and would add unnecessary complexity.
    Incentivized
    Chose Blackbaud Online Express
    We selected Online Express because you manage it right in your database. It's easy to use and the price was right.
    Incentivized
    Chose Blackbaud Online Express
    We chose Online Express because it was bundled with a Raiser's Edge upgrade, and because we hope it would let us manage online donations and memberships more easily. We still expect that to happen. But in every other way, it underperforms Constant Contact. It is harder to …
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Score3.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Blackbaud Online Express
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Blackbaud Online Express
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Blackbaud
    For 100% tax-deductible donations, I 9.5/10 recommend Blackbaud Online Express. The only thing is that it does not charge debit cards automatically, so I have to do it myself. Using Blackbaud Online Express forms for events gets more complicated. The way events work in Raiser's Edge in general is already complicated, so maybe it's more on Raiser's Edge than it is Blackbaud Online Express.
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    Pros
    Blackbaud
    • Online donation forms are easy to create and place within our existing website. The donations received are easily transferred into our Raiser's Edge database.
    • Creating email communications for our constituents is very simple to achieve in Online Express and the statistics provided are very helpful to see what our constituents are clicking on.
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    Cons
    Blackbaud
    • It does have some "quirks." It can be a little tricky to process the batch until you have done it a few times.
    • I had a problem finding a constituent yesterday - he was purchasing a program ad for an event - that I knew was in the database. It turned out that he had been marked inactive, and so apparently wasn't included in the search results.
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    Support Rating
    Blackbaud
    Customer service for all of Blackbaud's products has really lacked over the years. They are starting to get better in the last year but it can very frustrating. The online knowledge base community is the best resource for information. At times it can take hours for a customer sect even rep to help with questions or problems which is not at all ideal in this industry.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Blackbaud
    Blackbaud Online Express is mainly used strictly because of its integration with Raiser's Edge. If a client uses Salesforce for constituent/lead management, other products can offer more flexibility in designing donation forms, email templates, etc. However, they all have their own negatives in Salesforce integration -- that is a whole other can of worms. While the Raiser's Edge integration of Online Express isn't perfect, it is relatively painless compared to the competition's Salesforce integration. Also, for NFP's, Blackbaud's NFP focused business model is a plus.
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    Return on Investment
    Blackbaud
    • Regardless of project or initiative, all fund-raising efforts are managed in one place for the entire organization.
    • Donor management is concise, thorough, and systematic - no individual or organization is overlooked.
    • Snapshot reporting of successful grant applications and fund-raising are readily available.
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