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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.","2026-08-19",{"title":16,"text":17},"Memberships, donations and volunteers at one flat price","Communal prices by members, not contacts or records: $75/mo to 250 members with donor management, tax receipts, volunteer shifts and POS included, programs +$50/mo and facility booking from +$50/mo. No annual contract, free migration.",[19,22,25,28,31,34],{"question":20,"answer":21},"Springly vs Bloomerang: which is cheaper?","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).",{"question":23,"answer":24},"Is Bloomerang good for membership management?","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.",{"question":26,"answer":27},"Does Springly have donor management like Bloomerang?","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.",{"question":29,"answer":30},"What are the payment fees on Springly and Bloomerang?","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.",{"question":32,"answer":33},"Does either tool include accounting?","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.",{"question":35,"answer":36},"What if we also run programs or book facilities?","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.",{"type":38,"children":39,"toc":311},"root",[40,49,70,76,131,137,190,196,201,207,300,306],{"type":41,"tag":42,"props":43,"children":45},"element","h2",{"id":44},"the-short-version",[46],{"type":47,"value":48},"text","The short version",{"type":41,"tag":50,"props":51,"children":52},"p",{},[53,55,61,63,68],{"type":47,"value":54},"Pick ",{"type":41,"tag":56,"props":57,"children":58},"strong",{},[59],{"type":47,"value":60},"Springly",{"type":47,"value":62}," 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 ",{"type":41,"tag":56,"props":64,"children":65},{},[66],{"type":47,"value":67},"Bloomerang",{"type":47,"value":69}," 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.",{"type":41,"tag":42,"props":71,"children":73},{"id":72},"where-springly-wins",[74],{"type":47,"value":75},"Where Springly wins",{"type":41,"tag":77,"props":78,"children":79},"ul",{},[80,91,101,111,121],{"type":41,"tag":81,"props":82,"children":83},"li",{},[84,89],{"type":41,"tag":56,"props":85,"children":86},{},[87],{"type":47,"value":88},"Price.",{"type":47,"value":90}," Free Liberty plan for payments and forms, Serenity at $45/mo for up to 250 contacts, Professional at $119/mo. 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Springly tracks donors but does not model retention.",{"type":41,"tag":81,"props":151,"children":152},{},[153,158],{"type":41,"tag":56,"props":154,"children":155},{},[156],{"type":47,"value":157},"Reporting and interface.",{"type":47,"value":159}," Bloomerang's interface and reporting are widely praised; Springly reviewers cite a clunky interface and limited custom reporting.",{"type":41,"tag":81,"props":161,"children":162},{},[163,168],{"type":41,"tag":56,"props":164,"children":165},{},[166],{"type":47,"value":167},"Unlimited users on every plan.",{"type":47,"value":169}," Bloomerang does not meter admins. Springly meters contacts and charges overage per additional contact.",{"type":41,"tag":81,"props":171,"children":172},{},[173,178],{"type":41,"tag":56,"props":174,"children":175},{},[176],{"type":47,"value":177},"Events and volunteers at depth.",{"type":47,"value":179}," Ticketing, QR check-in and table management, plus the separate Bloomerang Volunteer product ($119/mo) with scheduling, background checks and a mobile app. Springly's volunteer support is partial.",{"type":41,"tag":81,"props":181,"children":182},{},[183,188],{"type":41,"tag":56,"props":184,"children":185},{},[186],{"type":47,"value":187},"Public REST API on every plan.",{"type":47,"value":189}," Springly's API is restricted to the Professional tier.",{"type":41,"tag":42,"props":191,"children":193},{"id":192},"pricing-in-practice",[194],{"type":47,"value":195},"Pricing in practice",{"type":41,"tag":50,"props":197,"children":198},{},[199],{"type":47,"value":200},"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).",{"type":41,"tag":42,"props":202,"children":204},{"id":203},"who-should-pick-which",[205],{"type":47,"value":206},"Who should pick which",{"type":41,"tag":208,"props":209,"children":210},"table",{},[211,230],{"type":41,"tag":212,"props":213,"children":214},"thead",{},[215],{"type":41,"tag":216,"props":217,"children":218},"tr",{},[219,225],{"type":41,"tag":220,"props":221,"children":222},"th",{},[223],{"type":47,"value":224},"If you are...",{"type":41,"tag":220,"props":226,"children":227},{},[228],{"type":47,"value":229},"Lean towards",{"type":41,"tag":231,"props":232,"children":233},"tbody",{},[234,248,261,274,287],{"type":41,"tag":216,"props":235,"children":236},{},[237,243],{"type":41,"tag":238,"props":239,"children":240},"td",{},[241],{"type":47,"value":242},"A volunteer-run club or association under 250 contacts",{"type":41,"tag":238,"props":244,"children":245},{},[246],{"type":47,"value":247},"Springly (free or $45/mo)",{"type":41,"tag":216,"props":249,"children":250},{},[251,256],{"type":41,"tag":238,"props":252,"children":253},{},[254],{"type":47,"value":255},"A membership nonprofit whose treasurer wants the books in the same tool",{"type":41,"tag":238,"props":257,"children":258},{},[259],{"type":47,"value":260},"Springly Professional",{"type":41,"tag":216,"props":262,"children":263},{},[264,269],{"type":41,"tag":238,"props":265,"children":266},{},[267],{"type":47,"value":268},"A charity with a development director focused on donor retention",{"type":41,"tag":238,"props":270,"children":271},{},[272],{"type":47,"value":273},"Bloomerang CRM",{"type":41,"tag":216,"props":275,"children":276},{},[277,282],{"type":41,"tag":238,"props":278,"children":279},{},[280],{"type":47,"value":281},"A nonprofit running galas and volunteer programs with background checks",{"type":41,"tag":238,"props":283,"children":284},{},[285],{"type":47,"value":286},"Bloomerang with Bloomerang Volunteer",{"type":41,"tag":216,"props":288,"children":289},{},[290,295],{"type":41,"tag":238,"props":291,"children":292},{},[293],{"type":47,"value":294},"A community group that rents space, runs programs or schedules shifts",{"type":41,"tag":238,"props":296,"children":297},{},[298],{"type":47,"value":299},"Neither; see the third option below",{"type":41,"tag":42,"props":301,"children":303},{"id":302},"the-third-option",[304],{"type":47,"value":305},"The third option",{"type":41,"tag":50,"props":307,"children":308},{},[309],{"type":47,"value":310},"If the reason you are comparing these two is that neither quite fits, look at what your organization actually does week to week. 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