# Raiser's Edge NXT review (2026): is it worth it? > Blackbaud's fundraising CRM for donor and gift management Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Raiser's Edge NXT is Blackbaud's fundraising CRM for nonprofits. It keeps giving history, relationships and engagement in one record per supporter, with gift processing, major gift pipelines, recurring giving, membership and planned giving. Pricing is not published; Blackbaud asks buyers to request a demo or ask about pricing. - **Category:** CRM Software - **Made by:** Blackbaud - **Website:** https://www.blackbaud.com/products/blackbaud-raisers-edge-nxt - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a price before a demo, as none is published. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing Raiser's Edge NXT's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Single supporter record:** Giving history, engagement and relationships are held on one record per supporter, with email, events and membership included. - **Major gift pipeline:** Tracks prospects through identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship, with Prospect Insights prioritizing likely major gift donors. - **Gift processing and recurring giving:** Handles payment processing and gift management from small gifts to multi-year pledges, with tools for monthly donors and online giving forms. - **Membership and planned giving:** Runs membership programs, giving societies and planned gifts, including beneficiaries and realized revenue, in the same system. - **AI assistance:** Chat for Blackbaud AI drafts donor summaries and talking points, and Agents for Good help with outreach sequencing. Generative AI is off until an admin turns it on. - **Dashboards and workflows:** Dashboards show annual giving, sustainers and major gifts, and Workflow Designer builds multi-step email and outreach sequences. ## Good for - Nonprofit development teams that run major gifts and annual giving - Larger organizations that need fund accounting alongside the donor CRM - Teams with technical staff who want to build on the SKY APIs ## Worth knowing - No prices are published; the page offers a demo request and an Ask About Pricing link. - Tied to the wider Blackbaud product family; gift and finance data are reconciled with Financial Edge NXT, which is sold separately. - Peer-to-peer fundraising connects through a built-in JustGiving integration rather than a native tool. - The product page does not list platforms beyond the browser. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Raiser's Edge NXT is Blackbaud's fundraising CRM, with a single supporter record, major gift pipeline, gift processing, membership and AI help. No price is published, and its finance side depends on Financial Edge NXT, which is sold separately. - **Value for money: C.** No price published; the page offers a demo and an Ask About Pricing link. It stays at the ordinary grade. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial on record, so the first step is a demo or a quote. - **Features: C.** Supporter records, a major gift pipeline, gifts and recurring giving, membership and planned giving. Finance reconciliation needs Financial Edge NXT, and peer-to-peer goes through JustGiving. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. A large product with records to import and workflows to set up. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only on the page read, with Financial Edge NXT, JustGiving, Power Automate and Blackbaud Marketplace apps. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Blackbaud's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among CRM tools - Raiser's Edge NXT's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 16 of the 116 other CRM tools we grade, and level with 20. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 24 of 116) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/crm ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Raiser's Edge NXT you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 80 of the 116 other CRM tools grade higher. - You could make: Sales pipeline and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Financial Edge NXT, JustGiving, Microsoft Power Automate, Blackbaud Marketplace apps **Tags:** Sales pipeline, AI features, Dashboards, Reports, Public API, Workflow automation ## Alternatives - [Bloomerang](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bloomerang): Donor management and fundraising platform for nonprofits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bloomerang-vs-raiser-s-edge-nxt) - [Virtuous](https://toolgpa.com/tools/virtuous): Nonprofit CRM with fundraising, volunteer and analytics products. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/raiser-s-edge-nxt-vs-virtuous) - [DonorPerfect](https://toolgpa.com/tools/donorperfect): Donor management and fundraising software for nonprofits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/donorperfect-vs-raiser-s-edge-nxt) - [Neon CRM](https://toolgpa.com/tools/neon-crm): Nonprofit CRM priced by revenue raised, with unlimited records. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/neon-crm-vs-raiser-s-edge-nxt) - [Bonterra](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bonterra): Nonprofit CRM, fundraising and case management software suite. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bonterra-vs-raiser-s-edge-nxt) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.blackbaud.com/products/blackbaud-raisers-edge-nxt Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/raiser-s-edge-nxt Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).