Bloomerang vs Fundraise Up
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Many nonprofits keep Bloomerang as their CRM and add Fundraise Up as their giving platform. The result: better donor experiences, higher conversion rates, and more revenue.
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Migrate from Bloomerang with confidence
Moving from Bloomerang doesn't mean starting over. Our migration team helps you transition quickly while protecting your recurring donors, historical data, and fundraising momentum.
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How does Fundraise Up compare to Bloomerang?
Organizations choose Fundraise Up to raise more through better donor experiences, continuous optimization, and transparent pricing.
| Feature | Fundraise Up | Bloomerang |
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| Conversion rate | ||
| Conversion rate | 30% average | 8% industry |
| Donor experience | ||
| Donor experience |  AI personalization across the donor journey |  Limited personalization |
| AI optimization | ||
| AI optimization | Mature AI trained on years of giving data | Newer donor-facing AI capabilities |
| Recurring giving | ||
| Recurring giving | Automatically optimizes recurring growth | Requires manual configuration |
| Payment methods | ||
| Payment methods | 20+ options, regional and non-cash methods | Limited regional and non-cash methods |
| Global giving | ||
| Global giving | 23 languages, 135+ currencies | Primarily optimized for US and Canadian fundraising |
| Self-serve donor experience | ||
| Self-serve donor experience | Donors can manage, pause, upgrade, and reactivate gifts | More limited donor self-service |
| CRM integrations | ||
| CRM integrations | 13+ native CRM integrations included | Built around Bloomerang CRM; other connections may cost extra |
| Donation analytics | ||
| Donation analytics | Built-in real-time insights with optimization tips | More limited analytics |
| Contracts | ||
| Contracts | No fixed-term commitment | Contract terms may apply |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing | Transparent, transaction-based | Subscription plus transaction fees |
| Continuous optimization | ||
| Continuous optimization | 70+ fundraising tests annually | Optimization managed by the organization |
| Migration support | ||
| Migration support | White-glove recurring migration included | Services vary by proposal |
| Platform access | ||
| Platform access | Full fundraising platform included | Features vary by package and add-ons |
| Platform focus | ||
| Platform focus | Donation conversion and long-term revenue growth | Broad fundraising tools |
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Why are nonprofits moving beyond Bloomerang?
Bloomerang is a strong CRM for managing donor relationships. Fundraise Up focuses on the part that directly impacts fundraising results: the donor experience.
AI that actively grows donation revenue
Fundraise Up uses AI to improve every step of the donor journey, from suggested amounts and giving frequency to recurring prompts and fee coverage, helping more visitors become donors, and more donors become recurring supporters.
Fundraise Up: Optimizes every step of givingBloomerang: Limited optimization capabilitiesTurn more donors into long-term supporters
Bloomerang gives nonprofits recurring giving tools. Fundraise Up goes further by continuously optimizing recurring acquisition, retention, upgrades, and payment recovery to help grow long-term donor value.
Fundraise Up: Optimizes recurring revenue automaticallyBloomerang: Recurring giving requires manual setupReach donors Bloomerang can't
If your organization is growing internationally, runs global campaigns, or simply wants to stop leaving gifts on the table from donors abroad, Fundraise Up supports multi-currency and multi-language giving out of the box.
Fundraise Up: 23 languages, 135+ currenciesBloomerang: More limited localizationPricing without the complexity
Fundraise Up removes the financial risk and complexity of traditional software pricing: no subscription, no long-term contract, no implementation fees, and no paid feature tiers.
Fundraise Up: Everything included from day oneBloomerang: Subscription pricing plus add-onsWhat nonprofits say after switching to Fundraise Up
We have a very data-driven approach to fundraising, and Fundraise Up is a like-minded company. Every decision to add a new feature has been thoughtful and is driven by what donors need and want.
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Senior Director, Development & Marketing, Ronald McDonald House Charities Bay Area
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How does migration from Bloomerang work?
Migrating fundraising technology shouldn't put your donor relationships at risk. That's why Fundraise Up provides white-glove migration services that help nonprofits move faster, retain donors, and start seeing results sooner.
Keep the donors you've worked so hard to earn
Migrate recurring donors with confidence. Fundraise Up has successfully migrated more than 600 organizations while helping retain 99% of existing recurring donors.
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Better donor experiences lead to better fundraising results. Upgrade your giving and start raising more.
See the platform in actionWhy growing nonprofits choose Fundraise Up
See how Fundraise Up helps growing nonprofits increase conversion, improve donor experiences, and maximize every donation.
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AI that optimizes every step of giving
Bloomerang helps fundraisers make better decisions. Fundraise Up makes the donation experience itself more effective.
Behind the scenes, AI continuously optimizes each step of the donation journey, helping nonprofits raise more without extra work.
The result:
3× higher donation conversion rates
30% larger average donations
80% of recurring donors retained after one year
| Feature | Fundraise Up | Bloomerang |
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| AI focus | ||
| AI focus | Real-time donor experience and revenue optimization | Fundraiser insights, productivity, and donor intelligence |
| AI maturity | ||
| AI maturity | Refining fundraising-specific AI since 2017 | Newer AI capabilities, expanded in 2025–2026 |
| How AI works | ||
| How AI works | Automatically adapts the donor experience in real time | Primarily surfaces recommendations for fundraisers |
| Team effort required | ||
| Team effort required | Works automatically behind the scenes with no ongoing staff action | Broader AI supports staff decisions and outreach; fundraiser review and action are still required |
| Learning model | ||
| Learning model | Refined using millions of donation transactions and continuous A/B testing | Uses visitor and historical giving data; broader AI draws on CRM data and predictive models |
| Fee coverage | ||
| Fee coverage | Optimizes when and how to ask donors to cover transaction costs | No comparable AI capability publicly documented |
| Fraud prevention | ||
| Fraud prevention | Uses AI to identify and prevent suspicious transactions | No comparable AI capability publicly documented |
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Global giving that feels local
Donors are more likely to complete a gift when the experience feels familiar.
Fundraise Up automatically adapts languages, currencies, payment methods, and regional requirements, helping nonprofits create a local giving experience without building separate forms for every region.
23 localized donor experiences
135+ currencies and local payment methods
Regional support for Gift Aid, PIPEDA, GDPR, and more
| Feature | Fundraise Up | Bloomerang |
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| Languages | ||
| Languages | 23 localized donor experiences, including regional language variations | No native multilingual experience publicly documented |
| Currencies | ||
| Currencies | 135+ currencies and local-currency payouts | Public fundraising documentation primarily supports USD and CAD |
| Payment methods | ||
| Payment methods | 20+ options, including regional cards, bank debits, wallets, local methods, DAFs, and crypto | Supports major cards, wallets, and North American bank payments, with fewer regional options |
| Regional fundraising | ||
| Regional fundraising | Supports local requirements such as Gift Aid, bilingual Canadian receipts, and other regional payment rules | More limited country-specific fundraising functionality publicly documented |
| Privacy and compliance | ||
| Privacy and compliance | PCI DSS Level 1, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, UK GDPR, PIPEDA, and regional data hosting | PCI compliant, SOC 2 Type II, with GDPR and PIPEDA support |
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Build recurring revenue that lasts
Recurring donors are among a nonprofit’s most valuable supporters. Fundraise Up helps organizations acquire, retain, and grow recurring giving through automated optimization and donor self-service.
The impact: 80% of monthly recurring plans remain active after one year.
Convert more donors to recurring
Recover and retain more active plans
Make upgrades and gift management easier
| Feature | Fundraise Up | Bloomerang |
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| Giving frequencies | ||
| Giving frequencies | 9 recurring frequencies | 6 options |
| Recurring donor acquisition | ||
| Recurring donor acquisition | AI personalizes giving frequency and recurring prompts for each donor | Organizations configure recurring options and prompts manually |
| Recurring upsells | ||
| Recurring upsells | Optimizes when to present recurring offers and which amounts to suggest | Provides manual recurring upgrade prompts |
| Donor Portal and donor retention | ||
| Donor Portal and donor retention | Donors can update, increase, pause, or reactivate gifts | Donors can manage recurring gifts, but retention relies more on fundraiser outreach |
| Recurring analytics | ||
| Recurring analytics | Tracks MRR, churn, plan growth, lifetime value, cancellations, and saved plans | Provides basic recurring reports |
| Optimization approach | ||
| Optimization approach | Publishes controlled experiments with sample sizes, revenue metrics, and rollout decisions | No public feature-level testing |
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Improve giving without replacing your CRM
Switching CRMs isn't something most teams want to hear. You don't have to. Fundraise Up runs alongside Bloomerang, not in place of it — your CRM stays the system of record for donor relationships, while Fundraise Up becomes the modern giving layer donors actually interact with.
Keep your existing CRM
Give donors a better experience
Raise more from every campaign
| Feature | Fundraise Up | Bloomerang |
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| Approach | ||
| Approach | Purpose-built giving platform, connected to your CRM | Fundraising tools built into the CRM |
| Donor experience | ||
| Donor experience | Specialized, AI-optimized experience built to increase conversion and revenue | Built-in fundraising tools within the broader CRM platform |
| Focus | ||
| Focus | Donation conversion and revenue growth | Donations, events, donor management |
| Innovation | ||
| Innovation | 70+ fundraising optimization tests annually | Product focus spread across multiple tools |
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Simple pricing without long-term commitments
Fundraise Up keeps pricing straightforward: no subscription, no fixed-term contract, no setup fees, and no paid feature tiers. Organizations pay when they raise money and get access to the full fundraising platform from day one.
Everything included from day one
Pay only when you raise money
No subscriptions or setup fees
| Feature | Fundraise Up | Bloomerang |
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| Pricing model | ||
| Pricing model | Transaction-based, with no monthly or annual subscription | Annual subscription plus transaction fees |
| Contract | ||
| Contract | No fixed-term commitment | Standard agreement defaults to a two-year initial term |
| Platform access | ||
| Platform access | All platform features included | Access varies by package and purchased add-ons |
| CRM integrations | ||
| CRM integrations | Native real-time integrations with leading CRMs included | Some integrations may cost extra |
| Setup and migration | ||
| Setup and migration | No setup or implementation fees; recurring migration included | Additional services may vary by proposal |
Every charity wants more supporters, more funding, and more impact. Fundraise Up is more than another tool — it helps turn donors into lifelong supporters and brings more people into the giving pipeline, helping organizations grow stronger and raise more over time.”
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FAQ
Fundraise Up is the digital fundraising platform that helps nonprofits raise more by optimizing the donor giving experience. Through AI-powered conversion, modern Checkout, and a 100% performance-based pricing model, Fundraise Up delivers 3× higher conversion rates and 30% larger average donations than legacy fundraising tools — with no contracts and no risk.
Bloomerang is a donor management CRM with fundraising tools built in; Fundraise Up is a digital fundraising platform purpose-built to convert more visitors into donors. Fundraise Up focuses exclusively on the giving experience, running 70+ optimization experiments a year across billions of donor interactions, with winning variants rolled out automatically. The two solve different problems, which is why many organizations run them together.
No. Many nonprofits keep Bloomerang as their CRM and system of record and add Fundraise Up as their giving platform. Bloomerang continues to manage donor relationships and records, while Fundraise Up powers the donor-facing giving experience: checkout, recurring giving, payment methods, and conversion optimization. You upgrade the part donors actually interact with, without a rip-and-replace project.
Fundraise Up delivers 3× higher conversion rates through continuous, AI-powered optimization of every step of the donor journey. That includes AI-suggested donation amounts, recurring giving prompts, mobile-first checkout, and 20+ payment methods including Apple Pay, Google Pay, Venmo, and PayPal.
Fundraise Up applies AI throughout the donor journey — from suggested amounts and giving frequency to recurring prompts, cost coverage, payment methods, and payment recovery. Bloomerang’s donor-facing AI is more concentrated around suggested amounts, while its broader AI supports fundraiser insights and workflows.
Fundraise Up uses 100% performance-based pricing: no subscription, no contracts, no setup fees, and no paid feature tiers — you pay nothing until you process a donation. Bloomerang combines annual subscription pricing with transaction fees and package-based add-ons. With Fundraise Up, the full platform is included from day one, and migration and setup are $0.
No, Fundraise Up's white-glove migration retains 99% of existing recurring donors in the first month. Our migration team has moved more than $185M in recurring donations and handles planning, setup, testing, and launch support at no additional cost. Historical data and donor relationships stay protected throughout the transition.
Yes. Fundraise Up includes 13+ native CRM integrations, including Salesforce, HubSpot, and Bloomerang CRM, with real-time data sync, all included at no extra cost. Your CRM remains the system of record for donor relationships while Fundraise Up feeds it clean, real-time donation data.
Fundraise Up continuously optimizes recurring donor acquisition, upgrades, payment recovery, and retention. It also gives donors more self-service options to manage, pause, increase, reduce, or reactivate their recurring gifts.
Yes. Fundraise Up supports 23 localized donor experiences, 135+ currencies, and a broad range of global and regional payment methods. The experience can automatically adapt to each donor’s language, currency, location, and payment preferences.
Fundraise Up gives nonprofits detailed visibility into what drives fundraising performance. Recurring reporting covers acquisition, retention, cancellations, failed plans, saved plans, revenue, and upsell impact, so teams can see not just what they raised but why. That depth lets organizations understand donor behavior and connect fundraising results to the rest of their technology stack, rather than reconciling plan-level exports by hand.
Yes. Fundraise Up offers a native Bloomerang integration that automatically syncs donation and recurring giving data, helping teams keep donor records up to date without manual entry.
Yes. Fundraise Up maintains 99.99% uptime, even during giving spikes like Giving Tuesday and humanitarian crises, and scales automatically for major surges. Security and compliance cover PCI DSS Level 1 v4.0.1, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, UK GDPR, PIPEDA, and CCPA. The entire donor experience meets WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility standards.
Ready to see what's possible?
Talk to our team to see how Fundraise Up can help you improve donor experiences, increase conversion rates, and raise more online. White-glove onboarding and migration are included at no extra cost.