Givebear vs Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT. Kiosks, fees and funds, side by side.

Compare Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT with Givebear for donor management, implementation cost, contract terms, in-person giving, and day-to-day fundraising operations. See the side-by-side comparison, where Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT still fits, and how to migrate to Givebear without breaking donation links.

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Capability	Givebear	Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT
Wealth Screening & Major-Gift Pipeline	No	Yes
Hardware Donation Kiosks	Yes	No
Implementation	Self-serve, same week	Consultant-led, months
Contract Terms	Month to month	Multi-year
Faith Fund Workflows (Zakat, Tithes)	Yes	Custom configuration

When Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT is the better fit

Raiser's Edge NXT fits large institutions with a multi-person development office: universities, hospitals, and national charities that run major-gift pipelines, wealth screening, and prospect research as core daily work and can fund a consultant-led implementation.

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The kiosk cost calculator and the platform fee calculator work from your device count and giving volume.

After the gift. Where each one lands.

Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT product page with AI-powered fundraising CRM dashboards — Blackbaud's public Raiser's Edge NXT page, captured August 2026, an enterprise CRM sold through demos and sales calls. View the public source

Givebear transactions: each gift with its donor, fund, amount and source, kiosk or web — The Givebear ledger: kiosk and online gifts in one list, each with its donor and fund.

The full comparison.

Last updated June 2026

Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT is an enterprise donor CRM for large development offices: wealth screening, major-gift pipelines, consultant-led implementation, and multi-year contracts. Givebear is a giving platform for community nonprofits, schools, and congregations that need a giving page, a lobby kiosk, event registration, and fund reports running the same week, on month-to-month terms. If prospect research is daily work, Raiser's Edge fits. If most gifts arrive online, at events, or in the lobby, Givebear takes far less to set up.

Key takeaways

Raiser's Edge NXT includes wealth screening and major-gift tracking; Givebear does not.
Implementation is consultant-led over months for Raiser's Edge and self-serve within a week for Givebear.
Raiser's Edge exports are heavily coded, so budget time to map constituent codes, funds, and appeals before a move.
Confirm your Blackbaud contract end date first, since terms are typically multi-year.

Who this is for: Nonprofits evaluating whether enterprise fundraising software fits their size; Development directors and finance leads who answer to a board for every restricted gift and every receipt, weighing Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT against Givebear

Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT is an enterprise fundraising and donor management platform. In the comparison below, Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT has the edge on wealth screening & major-gift pipeline, and the rest comes down to cost and how in-person giving is handled.

Where Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT is the better choice

Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT offers wealth screening & major-gift pipeline, and Givebear does not. If staff use that every week, leaving Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT means replacing it with another tool or going without.

Where Givebear is different

Givebear fits community nonprofits, faith communities, and schools that need a giving page, a lobby kiosk, event registration, and fund-level reports running within a week, on a plan the board can cancel any month.

Compared with Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT, Givebear's kiosk for a lobby or event entrance is a 21.5-inch touchscreen with a built-in Stripe card reader, sold once at $999 to $1,099 (wall mount or battery floor stand) with no per-kiosk software subscription.

What to test before you decide

Score both platforms on total cost including implementation and training, major-gift and wealth screening depth, time from purchase to first donation, in-person and kiosk giving, and staff expertise required to operate. Use your last year-end appeal as the test case: set up the same funds and receipt wording in a free Givebear account and check whether it produces the report your board asked for from Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT.

How do you switch from Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT to Givebear?

Raiser's Edge data exports are large and heavily coded: budget time to map constituent codes, fund attributes, and appeal hierarchies to a simpler structure, and confirm contract end dates before planning the cutover since terms are typically multi-year.

Givebear imports contacts and past gifts from a CSV, so the Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT export is the first step. Create your funds in Givebear before importing the Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT file, since fund names in it do not create funds on their own. Saved cards move only if Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT and Stripe support a transfer; otherwise recurring donors restart their gift on your new page, so announce the change a few weeks ahead.

Before cutover, list every place a donor can reach Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT: website buttons, email footers, printed QR codes, and event pages. Repoint the ones you control; a printed code that sends donors to Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT keeps working only as long as Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT keeps that page up.

Practical use cases

Choose Givebear if you need hardware donation kiosks, which Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT does not offer.
Stay with Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT if your team depends on wealth screening & major-gift pipeline.
Keep Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT for online giving and add a Givebear kiosk for walk-up gifts, then decide after a season of both.

Common questions

Does Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT support donation kiosks?

No. Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT does not sell a donation kiosk, so walk-up gifts need a separate device and usually land in a separate report. Compared with Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT, Givebear's kiosk for a lobby or event entrance is a 21.5-inch touchscreen with a built-in Stripe card reader, sold once at $999 to $1,099 (wall mount or battery floor stand) with no per-kiosk software subscription.

What is the best Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT alternative?

It depends on what Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT is not doing for you. If you need a walk-up donation kiosk, which Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT lacks, Givebear has it in the same account as online giving. If your team relies on wealth screening & major-gift pipeline, pick an alternative that also has it, or keep Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT for that job.

Can I import my donors from Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT?

Yes. Export contacts and gift history from Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT as a CSV and import both into Givebear. Recurring gifts are separate: saved payment methods transfer only when Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT and Stripe support it, so check that before you set a cutover date.

What does switching from Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT to Givebear cost?

Givebear charges a flat platform fee from 1.9% to 5.9% depending on plan (one rate online, at kiosks, and on memberships), plus Stripe card processing at cost, with no setup fee and no monthly minimum. To compare with Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT, run last year's gifts through both fee schedules and add any per-device or add-on fees each side charges; a Givebear kiosk is optional and only needed for walk-up giving.

Givebear covers donation portal, donation kiosks, campaign pages, event registration, automated receipts, donor records.

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