Compare Silent Partner and Raiser’s Edge NXT - Sep 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Silent Partner or Raiser’s Edge NXT?

Raiser’s Edge NXT is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Silent Partner, and Raiser’s Edge NXT is rated higher (86/100) than Silent Partner (83/100).

Looking for the right Non-Profit solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

The Silent Partner Vs. Blackbaud, Inc.

The Silent Partner: With over 25 years of expertise for nonprofits, Silent Partner Software has always been a customer-first organization. We are proud that our software has helped manage over 3 million donors across Canada, USA, UK and Europe. Our software is designed to not only cultivate, but engage and retain your donors. Our people are passionate about offering y...

Blackbaud, Inc.: Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good. Serving the entire social good community—nonprofits, foundations, corporations, education institutions, and individual change agents—Blackbaud connects and empowers organizations to increase their impact through software, services, expertise, and data intel...

Who is more expensive? Silent Partner or Raiser’s Edge NXT?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Non-Profit software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Silent Partner and Raiser’s Edge NXT.

Silent Partner accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Silent Partner Software is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Non-Profit software. Raiser’s Edge NXT price starts at $5,000 per license , When comparing Raiser’s Edge NXT to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Non-Profit software cost.

Bottom line: Silent Partner cost is around the same cost of Raiser’s Edge NXT.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Silent Partner Vs. Raiser’s Edge NXT based on some of the most important and required Non-Profit features.

Silent Partner: We are still working to collect the list of features for Silent Partner.

Raiser’s Edge NXT: We are still working to collect the list of features for Raiser’s Edge NXT.

Target customer size

The Silent Partner Software is designed for not-for-profit organizations of a wide range of sizes, but also applicable for medium-sized businesses (200 to 500 employees) and in large enterprises (more than 1,500 employees) doing similar activities, and that engage with CRM and member management fields, in the industry of IT and related services. The main customer target of Raisers Edge NXT are the non-for-profit organizations or those small businesses (having less than 200 employees) to medium-sized (500 to 1,500 employees) engaging in non-profit activities, mainly those engaging with the use of fundraising and donor management.