The classic "step up or stay lean" decision. Little Green Light is the budget workhorse of small-nonprofit donor management; Bloomerang is the polished mid-market CRM many LGL users graduate to.
Published by DonorForge, which competes with both. Pricing and features below are sourced from each vendor’s public pages and review sites; the verdict is ours, the table is theirs.
Donor-retention-focused CRM for established mid-size nonprofits. Mid-size nonprofits ($500K to $10M) with dedicated development staff. Bloomerang CRM starts at $125 per month billed annually. Bloomerang Fundraising adds $40 per month (must be bundled with the CRM). The full Giving Platform (CRM + Fundraising + Volunteer) is $524 per month.
Affordable donor CRM with a loyal small-shop following. Small nonprofits comfortable with a utilitarian UI in exchange for low cost. Tiered by constituent count. $45 per month for up to 2,500 contacts, $60 to 5,000, $75 to 10,000, scaling to $135 at 50,000. Annual prepay saves 10%. Unlimited users on every tier.
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| Capability | Bloomerang | Little Green Light | DonorForge* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | From $125/mo | From $45/mo | Free tier |
| Donor records & giving history | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hosted donation pages | ✓ | ◐ | ✓ |
| Recurring giving (donor self-managed) | ✓ | ◐ | ✓ |
| Pledge tracking & dunning | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Grant pipeline & reporting | ◐ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Peer-to-peer fundraising | ◐ | — | ✓ |
| Built-in donor email | ✓ | ◐ | ✓ |
| SMS / text-to-give | — | — | ✓ |
| Automated tax receipts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Stripe + ACH out of the box | ✓ | ◐ | ✓ |
| Custom reports / board reports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-fund accounting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Real free tier (not a trial) | — | — | ✓ |
| QuickBooks / accounting export | ✓ | ✓ | ◐ |
| Soft credits & household rollups | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Native mobile app | ✓ | — | — |
| Event / seating management | — | — | ✓ |
*DonorForge included for reference — we make it, so read that column with the appropriate salt. Sources: bloomerang.co · g2.com · littlegreenlight.com · capterra.com
Little Green Light delivers a startling amount of donor database for the money and stays simple to run. Bloomerang costs several times more and answers with modern UX, engagement scoring, and marketing tools LGL lacks. If your bottleneck is budget, stay with LGL; if your bottleneck is donor retention and team adoption, Bloomerang earns its premium.
Pick Bloomerang if you are
Growing teams whose bottleneck is retention insight and usability, not budget.
Pick Little Green Light if you are
Lean organizations that want the most database per dollar.
Donor records, recurring giving, pledges, campaigns, event seating, tap-to-pay terminals, and bookkeeping in one ledger — the full Pro plan at $0 for the next 200 signups. Not a trial. No card. Your data exports freely if it isn’t a fit.