A transparent alternative to Salsa Labs & Bonterra

With Salsa Engage & CRM sunsetting next year, we explore how Engaging Networks performs as an alternative for all your donor, supporter, and advocate digital engagement needs.

Engaging Networks & Salsa Labs Comparison

With Bonterra’s decision to sunset Salsa Engage and CRM, nonprofit organizations are being forced to either make the move to Bonterra’s EveryAction or look for suitable replacements. 

With over 20 years of supporting organizations in North America & Europe, many nonprofits have found that Engaging Networks offers a excellent integrated donor engagement platform that supports their growing needs with tools like: 

  • Fundraising Tools
  • Messaging: Email & SMS
  • Marketing Automation
  • Peer To Peer Fundraising
  • Advocacy Tools

Innovation: True agile development

Engaging Networks releases new features and upgrades every 6-8 weeks based on client feedback and an aggressive product roadmap.  Some recent features and product updates include:

Messaging Module

Send broadcast emails and SMS texts using drag-and-drop messaging features

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Integrations

Take your actions and successes to a new level with advanced reporting and integration tools.

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Peer To Peer

Peer to peer campaigns raise more money and expose your brand and cause to a broader audience

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Integrations & CRM Options

Engaging Networks understands the importance of keeping up with emerging technologies and is committed to remaining flexible and adaptable. To achieve this, we are always incorporating new integrations and CRM options into their platform.

Flexible APIs

As part of our commitment to grow alongside our clients, Engaging Networks maintains a wide open, flexible set of REST and Bulk API’s and pre-built, two-way integrations with backend databases of record like:

  • Salesforce
  • Raiser’s Edge (NXT or 7)
  • BB CRM
  • Salesforce products

 

CRM Options

Engaging Networks works with our partners to offer a wide range of flexible CRM options to give you the flexibility and choice to build the platform that works best for you.

Flexible APIs

As part of our commitment to grow alongside our clients, Engaging Networks maintains a wide open, flexible set of REST and Bulk API’s and pre-built, two-way integrations with backend databases of record like:
  • Salesforce
  • Raiser’s Edge (NXT or 7)
  • BB CRM
  • Salesforce products

CRM Options

Engaging Networks works with our partners to offer a wide range of flexible CRM options to give you the flexibility and choice to build the platform that works best for you.

Engaging Networks is designed to scale alongside your growing needs, and to help support you in that growth we’ve teamed up with some of the best partners in the industry to provide assistance with customization and migrations.

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A long-term solution focused on product development

Customer Impact

Acquisition models like the one that is forcing the Salsa sunset at Bonterra create uncertainty and negatively impact nonprofits by forcing them into unwanted changes, often at a difficult time.

Privately Held

As a privately held company, Engaging Networks has been able to maintain the freedom focus on innovative products, and to give our clients the security of a stable platform for decades to come.

Customer Impact

Acquisition models like the one that is forcing the Salsa sunset at Bonterra create uncertainty and negatively impact nonprofits by forcing them into unwanted changes, often at a difficult time.

Privately Held

As a privately held company, Engaging Networks has been able to maintain the freedom focus on innovative products, and to give our clients the security of a stable platform for decades to come.

Personalized Client Support

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There’s a reason Engaging Networks boasts a 97% client retention rate year-over-year.

We don’t submit you to a front-end ticketing system. Our client support team currently averages around 37 minutes in replying via phone or email to your urgent requests for support.

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An Impressive Set of Tools to Meet the Needs of the Digital Nonprofit

As a long time digital fundraiser and agnostic nonprofit technologist, systems like Engaging Networks are my universe.

by Erik Rubadeau

Engaging Networks ROCKS

Engaging Networks has the premier online and email platform right now for nonprofits. I love everything about it and sing its praises often with our clients.

by Julie

Great system for nonprofits to grow and integrate their digital marketing

Engaging Networks is a fantastic solution to grow and integrate your advocacy, fundraising and email marketing...
by J.F.

Happy to recommend

I've loved working with Engaging Networks from the very beginning when they launched in the states. From the day I Googled "Convio competitors" and cold called them, the staff has always been very responsive and eager to take feedback from my staff and clients, as well as feature requests to continue to advance the platform....
by Brenna

A platform ready to challenge the big guys

Of the fundraising platforms in the market today, there aren't too many that can challenge the big guys, and the first that comes to the top of my mind is Engaging Networks....
by Joe H.

Great Support

by Peter

Best combination of features and support

I use Engaging Networks everyday on behalf of nonprofit clients. I've used many such platforms and EN is the easiest to use, the most intuitive, the most open to user feedback and recommendations, and the easiest to talk to directly. No platform is perfect, but I believe EN has the best combination of features and support and I recommend EN regularly.

by Matthew Harkins

Engaging Networks is a must have!

Engaging Networks is a must have for advocacy and fundraising - they provide everything you need out of the box, whilst also allowing for customisation. The staff are all super friendly and helpful too!

by Jack Segal

A platform ready to challenge the big guys

Of the fundraising platforms in the market today, there aren't too many that can challenge the big guys, and the first that comes to the top of my mind is Engaging Networks. In the six years since I signed on as a client, I've seen the Engaging Networks platform grow while not straying too far from their core product, and doing so by respecting and listening to their customers.

by Joe H.

Great Support

by Peter

Engaging Networks is one of the most…

Engaging Networks is one of the most powerful CRM's out there, but it does require some set up and training. The company as a whole is just different, it's filled with people who care about supporting non-profits and is still solely owned by the founder which means the company can stay true to its principles.

by Bryan Casler

Best combination of features and support

I use Engaging Networks everyday on behalf of nonprofit clients. I've used many such platforms and EN is the easiest to use, the most intuitive, the most open to user feedback and recommendations, and the easiest to talk to directly. No platform is perfect, but I believe EN has the best combination of features and support and I recommend EN regularly.

by Matthew Harkins

Engaging Networks is a must have!

Engaging Networks is a must have for advocacy and fundraising - they provide everything you need out of the box, whilst also allowing for customisation. The staff are all super friendly and helpful too!

by Jack Segal

Engaging Networks ROCKS

Engaging Networks has the premier online and email platform right now for nonprofits. I love everything about it and sing its praises often with our clients.

by Julie

Great system for nonprofits to grow and integrate their digital marketing

Engaging Networks is a fantastic solution to grow and integrate your advocacy, fundraising and email marketing. It’s a very sophisticated system with a learning curve, but they offer an easy interface with documentation and support that makes it possible to get the most out of it.

by J.F.

Happy to recommend

I've loved working with Engaging Networks from the very beginning when they launched in the states. From the day I Googled "Convio competitors" and cold called them, the staff has always been very responsive and eager to take feedback from my staff and clients, as well as feature requests to continue to advance the platform. EN is a tech-forward platform that is extremely user friendly and flexible. And while we are tech agnostic, they are often in our list of finalists when helping clients think through their tech stacks.

by Brenna

An Impressive Set of Tools to Meet the Needs of the Digital Nonprofit

As a long time digital fundraiser and agnostic nonprofit technologist, systems like Engaging Networks are my universe.

by Erik Rubadeau

Perfect solution for nonprofit advocacy and fundraising

by Marcie

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Ready to learn more?

Choosing the right platform to support your organization can be difficult. When you’re ready to see how Engaging Networks can help you grow, we’re here to help!

To get started, let us know a little about you and what you’re looking to do.  We have teams in both the US and UK ready to help plan your migration, walk through the platform, or answer your questions about the product.

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