Springly is the budget membership tool (free Liberty tier, then $45/mo for up to 250 contacts) with memberships, events, email, a site builder and, on Professional, built-in accounting.
Bloomerang (from $125/mo, billed annually) is a fundraising CRM first: donor retention scoring, stewardship tools and polished reporting, with membership handled as levels on a constituent record. Pick Springly if dues are your main revenue; pick Bloomerang if donations are. If you also run programs, rent rooms or schedule volunteer shifts, neither covers it and a third option is worth a look.
Nonprofit membership tool with events, email and built-in accounting.
Donor-retention CRM with optional volunteer and event modules.
Communal is listed as a third column because organizations comparing these two usually need the same things it was built for: memberships, programs and facilities in one database at a flat price.
| Feature | Springly | Bloomerang | Communal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Membership management | Included | Partial | IncludedTiers, custom fields, segments |
| Automated renewals | Included | Partial | IncludedReminders and auto-renew |
| Digital membership cards (Apple / Google Wallet) | Not offered | Not offered | IncludedIncluded in every plan |
| Event registration & ticketing | Included | Included | Add-onPrograms & events, +$50/mo |
| Program & class registration | Not listed | Not listed | Add-onWaitlists, capacity, attendance, rosters |
| Facility booking & rentals | Not offered | Not offered | Add-onFrom +$50/mo; approvals, invoices, agreements, iCal |
| Volunteer shifts & hour tracking | Partial | Add-onBloomerang Volunteer, $119/mo | IncludedShifts, hours, auto volunteer discounts |
| Donations & fundraising | Included | Included | IncludedIncluded; donor covers fees option |
| Automatic tax receipts | Included | Included | IncludedAutomatic |
| Member self-service portal | Included | PartialDonor portal | Included |
| Email campaigns | Included | Included | IncludedCampaigns and segments |
| Website builder | Included | Not offered | Not offeredWorks beside your site |
| Public API | Partial | Included | IncludedREST API, Zapier webhooks, MCP server |
| Detail | Springly | Bloomerang | Communal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free; paid from $45/mo | From $125/mo (annual) | $75/mo |
| Pricing model | Per contact, tiered | Per record, annual billing | Flat, by member band (to 250 members at the floor) |
| Contract | Subscription auto-renews;Detailscancel anytime with one month's notice. Monthly vs annual billing not stated on pricing page. | annual | No contracts, prorated billing, cancel any module any time |
| Payment fees | Payment processor is Adyen at 3.1% + $0.30 per transaction (built-in;Detailsno external gateway choice). On Liberty the fee is covered by donor tipping; on paid plans you choose between the tipping system and paying the transaction fee. | Bloomerang Payments (built on Stripe): widely reported at 2.9% + $0.30 per card transaction (some sources cite 2.2% + $0.30) and about 1% + $0.30 for ACH;Detailsadditional 1% on peer-to-peer; donor-covered fee option. Not published on the pricing page. | Card-processing application fee set in your agreement, often 2%; no monthly minimums |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of all features on paid plans; free Liberty plan | No free trial or free plan | Free trial, no credit card |
Pick Springly if you are a small, volunteer-run membership nonprofit, your contact list is under a few thousand, and you want dues, events, email, a basic website and maybe the books in one cheap tool. Pick Bloomerang if you are a fundraising-led nonprofit with a development function, you measure yourself on donor retention, and memberships are a minor program rather than the main revenue line. Pick neither if your week includes program registration, room rentals or volunteer shifts: Springly stops at memberships and events, Bloomerang at donors and events.
Springly charges by contacts in the database, so newsletter subscribers and lapsed members push you up the 250 / 500 / 1,000 / 2,500 / 5,000 tiers, and overage is billed per contact. Bloomerang charges by records, also billed on database size, and third-party listings cite roughly $199/mo for 1K to 5K records and $349/mo for 5K to 25K. The bigger difference is the stack: Bloomerang CRM is $125/mo, Fundraising is +$40/mo, Volunteer is $119/mo on its own, and the Giving Platform bundle is $242/mo, all billed annually. Springly's full product at 250 contacts is $119/mo with accounting and API included. Price the combination you would actually buy, then add payment fees on your annual volume (Springly: 3.1% + $0.30 via Adyen; Bloomerang: reported 2.9% + $0.30 via Bloomerang Payments).
| If you are... | Lean towards |
|---|---|
| A volunteer-run club or association under 250 contacts | Springly (free or $45/mo) |
| A membership nonprofit whose treasurer wants the books in the same tool | Springly Professional |
| A charity with a development director focused on donor retention | Bloomerang CRM |
| A nonprofit running galas and volunteer programs with background checks | Bloomerang with Bloomerang Volunteer |
| A community group that rents space, runs programs or schedules shifts | Neither; see the third option below |
If the reason you are comparing these two is that neither quite fits, look at what your organization actually does week to week. Communal was built for groups that run memberships alongside programs, facility rentals, donations and volunteers, and prices by paying members rather than contacts or records: $75/mo to 250 members with donor management, numbered tax receipts, volunteer shifts and POS included, programs +$50/mo, facilities from +$50/mo, no contract and free migration from either tool. It does not have a website builder, built-in accounting or Bloomerang's retention scoring, which is the honest trade.
Short answers, with the numbers where they exist.
Springly, by a wide margin at the entry level. Its Liberty plan is free for online payments and forms, Serenity starts at $45/mo for up to 250 contacts and Professional at $119/mo. Bloomerang CRM starts at $125/mo billed annually, and adding Bloomerang Volunteer ($119/mo) or the Giving Platform bundle ($242/mo) pushes the total well past Springly's top tier. Both scale with database size: Springly by contacts (to $239/mo or $399/mo at 5,000), Bloomerang by records (third-party listings cite about $199/mo for 1K to 5K records).
It is workable, not central. Bloomerang tracks membership levels on constituent records and can automate some renewals, but it has no digital membership cards, no member-facing portal beyond a donor portal, and no website builder. Springly was built around memberships: member types, renewals, a member area, events and a site builder are in the base paid plan. If members and dues are your main revenue, Springly fits better; if donors are, Bloomerang does.
Springly tracks donors, issues tax receipts and runs donation forms, which covers most small nonprofits. It does not have Bloomerang's retention tooling: engagement scoring, generosity indicators and stewardship workflows built around keeping donors year over year. If your development director lives in donor reports, Bloomerang is the stronger tool.
Springly processes through Adyen at 3.1% + $0.30 per transaction, with a donor-tipping option that can cover it. Bloomerang Payments is built on Stripe and is widely reported at 2.9% + $0.30 per card transaction and about 1% + $0.30 for ACH, with a donor-covered fee option, though the rate is not published on Bloomerang's pricing page. Neither lets you bring your own gateway at no cost.
Springly Professional ($119/mo for up to 250 contacts) includes double-entry nonprofit accounting with budgets and statements. Bloomerang has no ledger; it exports to accounting software. That is the clearest structural difference between the two for a treasurer.
Neither Springly nor Bloomerang has program registration with waitlists, facility booking or league scheduling. Communal covers memberships, program registration, facility booking with approvals and invoices, donations with tax receipts and volunteer shifts in one member database at a flat price by member count, starting at $75/mo to 250 members.