Little Green Light review (2026): is it worth $45 a month?
Donor management database for small and mid-size nonprofits
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Little Green Light report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for donor records for small and mid-size nonprofits
Little Green Light is a donor database with gift records, receipts, email, online donation forms and reports, with every feature and unlimited users on every tier. The price follows your record count, from $45 a month at 2,500, and it is not offered to organizations in the EU, UK or Switzerland.
Who Little Green Light is for
- Fits if you run a small nonprofit and want every feature at one price per record count
- Works for teams of any size, since users are unlimited
Who Little Green Light is not for
- Not for you if your organization is in the EU, UK or Switzerland, as the vendor does not sell there
- Pricey if your list is large: $135 a month at 50,000 records and $15 more per extra 10,000
- Watch out: online gifts also pay processor fees of 2.2% plus $0.30 and up
- Skip it if you want phone apps, as none are listed
Why Little Green Light gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$45 a month for up to 2,500 records, rising to $135 at 50,000, against a category middle of $29. Unlimited users and every feature are on every tier.
- CFree plan and trial30-day free trial on every new account with no card required. After that there is no free plan.
- BFeaturesConstituent and gift records, acknowledgments and receipts, email and appeals, online donation forms and reports for major gifts. Nothing in the listing is missing from a donor database's core job.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You import and set up your records and forms before it pays off.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with Mailchimp, Constant Contact, Stripe, PayPal, QuickBooks Online and Zapier. No desktop or phone apps are listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Little Green Light's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Little Green Light's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 76 of the 116 other CRM tools we grade, and level with 22.
It stands best on features (B, above 70 of 116) and worst on ease of use (C, above 5).
Its paid plans start at $45 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 57 of the 93 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 7 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 117 CRM tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Little Green Light’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 37 of 116, level with 63
- CFree plan and trialAbove 44 of 116, level with 53
- BFeaturesAbove 70 of 116, level with 42
- CEase of useAbove 5 of 116, level with 99
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 24 of 116, level with 85
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 95 CRM tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Little Green Light, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Little Green Light you would be making newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $540 a year.
What you could make
- Forms, reports and tasks: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox.
- It plugs into other products, Mailchimp, Constant Contact and Stripe among them, and has an API.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Little Green Light’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Little Green Light?
Little Green Light is a cloud-based donor management system. It stores supporter records and gifts, produces receipts and acknowledgments, sends email and mail-merge appeals, and takes online donations through its own forms. One plan includes every feature and unlimited users; the price rises with the number of constituent records.
Worth knowing
- The vendor says it does not offer Little Green Light to organizations in the EU, UK or Switzerland.
- Online donations carry processor fees of 2.2% plus $0.30 per transaction and up, paid to the processor.
- Cost rises with record count: $135 a month at 50,000 constituents and $15 more per further 10,000.
- Platform is web only; the pages list no desktop or mobile apps.
Key features
- Constituent and gift records
- Keeps donors, volunteers and members in one database with every gift, tags, documents and a log of mailings, emails, meetings and tasks.
- Acknowledgments and receipts
- Produces thank-you letters and receipts by mail or email from inside the system, plus mail-merge letters, labels and envelopes.
- Email and appeals
- Builds, schedules and sends emails for acknowledgments, appeals and event invitations, with segmented lists for solicitations.
- LGL Forms for online donations
- Donation forms that sync gifts into constituent records; payments are processed through Stripe or PayPal.
- Reports and major gifts
- Built-in and custom reports, scheduled reports, a dashboard of fundraising totals, and task series for managing major gift prospects.
Little Green Light pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Little Green Light is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $45 per month for up to 2,500 constituents, billed monthly.
- Starts at
- $45 per month for up to 2,500 constituents, billed monthly
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 30 days free on every new account, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 2,500 constituents | $45per month for up to 2,500 constituents, billed monthly | Every feature and unlimited users on every tier; the price follows the record count. |
| Up to 5,000 constituents | $60per month for up to 5,000 constituents, billed monthly | Same features. The price rises with the record count: $75 at 10,000 and $90 at 20,000. |
| Up to 50,000 constituents | $135per month for up to 50,000 constituents, billed monthly | Above 50,000 records it adds $15 a month per 10,000; accounts top out at 200,000 records. |
Read from littlegreenlight.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Little Green Light before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discount10% off for prepaying 12 months
Prepaying 12 months takes 10% off the monthly price; 6 months gets 5% and 3 months gets 2.5%.
Stated on littlegreenlight.com
Works with
- Mailchimp
- Constant Contact
- Stripe
- PayPal
- QuickBooks Online
- Zapier
- DonorSearch
- Wufoo
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Common questions
Does Little Green Light have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Little Green Light is listed for Web.
Does Little Green Light have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Little Green Light is listed for Web.
Is Little Green Light open source?
Little Green Light is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Little Green Light have an API?
Yes. Little Green Light offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.