# Trail Blazer Non-Profit Manager Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about Trail Blazer Non-Profit Manager Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Fundraising products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/101648/Trail-Blazer --- # Trail Blazer Non-Profit Manager Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on March 13, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Integrations](#integrations)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Trail Blazer Non-Profit Manager ## What is Trail Blazer Non-Profit Manager? Trail Blazer's Non-Profit Manager is a complete, integrated fundraising solution that tracks almost everything. It makes life easy for for outbound fundraising calls, mass emailing, fundraising events, direct mailings, and capital campaigns. Access your data from any computer, tablet or mobile device. Best of all, enjoy seamless integration with your website. Track online donations, ticket purchases, memberships, volunteer registrations and contact signups. Prices start at $100 per month. ## What is Trail Blazer Non-Profit Manager used for? [Nonprofit](https://www.capterra.com/nonprofit-software/)[Nonprofit CRM](https://www.capterra.com/nonprofit-crm-software/)[Fundraising](https://www.capterra.com/fundraising-software/) Overall rating Based on 71 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive 90% Neutral 10% Negative 0% Starting price $50 Flat Rate, Per Month Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... ## Trail Blazer Non-Profit Manager alternatives Highest Rated [4.8 (624)](https://www.capterra.com/p/156860/Donorbox/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 97% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.5 (1,382)](https://www.capterra.com/p/2698/DonorPerfect-Fundraising-Software/reviews/) Starting price $119.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 94% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.7 (1,286)](https://www.capterra.com/p/131207/Bloomerang/reviews/) Starting price $125.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 97% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.6 (405)](https://www.capterra.com/p/97513/DonorSnap/reviews/) Starting price $50.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 94% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/101648/Trail-Blazer/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. For Nonprofits 3.8 (9) 44.44% of 9 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Software specialized for non-profit organizations Donation Tracking 4.4 (5) 80.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Track and view detailed financial donation history made by contacts and members Event Management 3.8 (5) 60.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Schedule and manage the logistics of activities and other gatherings Email Marketing 3.5 (4) 75.00% of 4 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Create and send email blasts/campaigns Donor Management 4.7 (3) 133.33% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Track and maintain donor relationships throughout various stages/activities including contact information and previous outreach Fundraising Management 4.5 (2) 100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Activities related to raising money for a specific cause Trail Blazer Non-Profit Manager 41 features Built-in accounting to manage ledger, accounts payable/receivable, financial reports, etc. Track and document all activities across devices, networks, and other systems Tools that help educational institutions or fundraising organizations connect with alumni Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases Track and manage schedules and meetings via an integrated calendar Create a collection of marketing actions to complete specific goals and plan and analyze campaign results Plan and strategize marketing campaigns Manage and track all internal and external communication conducted via calls, email, text, or chat Manage, organize, and store contact information View donor contribution history, track how much money have been raised over time and measure progress Accept and process credit card transactions Built-in customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities or integration with a third-party CRM system Assembly of graphs and charts for visualizing and tracking statistics/metrics Import and export data to and from software applications Track and view detailed financial donation history made by contacts and members Track and maintain donor relationships throughout various stages/activities including contact information and previous outreach Track and collect membership dues Create and send email blasts/campaigns A list of events with their respective dates Schedule and manage the logistics of activities and other gatherings Software specialized for non-profit organizations Activities related to raising money for a specific cause Ability to match gifts through the system Establish measurable goals and objectives and track their progress over a specific period of time Monitor application statuses, proposals and award funds Add, store and access information pertaining to members Database of members to track personal information of individuals and families Ability to make a donation from a mobile device/app Create new forms and/or use ready-made online form templates Outlet for members and visitors to submit donations electronically Accept, record, and reconcile financial transactions Track commitments to donate in the future Active reporting of data and metrics Upload, track, and submit receipts in a central database Manage and track recurring gifts Oversee and coordinate the registration of attendees, visitors, customers, events, activities, etc. Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data Integrate with social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Manage volunteer information and direct volunteer resources Seamlessly integrates with 3rd party websites Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. Features 3.9 (67) 3.9 Based on 67 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.5 (45) Free Trial Non-Profit Manager $50.00 Flat Rate,Per Month It includes: - Access From Phone - Cloud-Based Software - Data Conversion and Setup - Fundraising Tools - Manage Documents - Mobile Giving - No Maintenance Fees - PC and Mac Compatible - Reserved Seating for Events - Target Donors - Text to Give - Thank You Letters - Track Memberships - Training and Support Included - Unlimited Mass Email - Unlimited Users Value for money 4.5 (45) 4.5 Based on 45 reviews ## Integrations [ PayPal](https://www.capterra.com/p/207944/PayPal/)[ authorize.net](https://www.capterra.com/p/221412/authorizenet/)[ Anedot](https://www.capterra.com/p/145120/Anedot/) Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.9 (69) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.9 (69) 4.9 Based on 69 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.4 Based on 71 reviews Filter by rating 5(31) 4(29) 3(11) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent SB Sheryl B. Gift Processing Coordinator Higher Education ### "Great product while we had it!" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 6/10 July 22, 2025 Once I understood the system, it felt natural and fairly easy to use. Support staff was exceptional, along with the Knowledge Base! Pros Functionality is awesome, able to add a variety of information; able to open more than one constituent account at a time - ease of moving back and forth; Knowledge Base is a dream and very clearly written out; staff is superb and able to help with any questions (thank you, \[sensitive content hidden\], for answering my ton of questions!) Cons Seems like there would be an easier way to pull reports of current and deceased constituents together. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor July 23, 2025 Thank you for the review! We enjoyed working with you over the years. Note: there is a way to include both deceased/archived donor and contact records in the same search as "active" donor records. But by default these records are hidden when flagged as deceased or "do not contact" in order for the people to not be included in direct mail campaigns, mass email campaigns, etc. KJ Kristan J. Office Manager, Bookkeeper Health, Wellness and Fitness ### "Great customer support" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 February 14, 2025 Overall, I'm very happy with the Trail Blazer experience. Pros Trail Blazer customer service is amazing. As a very small non-profit, we use Trail Blazer differently than most of their larger clients. They've worked hand in hand with us to really tailor some of the functions to what we need to work efficiently. Cons Occasionally, it's not readily apparent or user intuitive how to do something. But again, once I've gotten direction or assistance from the support desk, it's smooth sailing. Alternatives considered [ProClass](https://www.capterra.com/p/115868/ProClass/) Reasons for choosing Trail Blazer Non-Profit Manager The ProClass product didn't live up to the promises, and they weren't interested in letting us test it. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor February 18, 2025 Thanks, Kristan! We enjoy working with you and your organization! As always, please let us know if you need help with anything or if there's anything we can do to improve the tools for you. SP Shelly P. Vice President Philanthropy ### "Best Customer Service" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 October 24, 2024 Pros Excellent customer support - from a timeliness and issue resolution standpoint. They also offer excellent training and online tutorials. Cons I don't really have any complaints. Customizing reports for repetitive use can be challenging but that's mitigated by the excellent customer service Switched from [Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/) We needed a real donor management system Alternatives considered [Salesforce Sales Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/61368/Salesforce/) Reasons for choosing Trail Blazer Non-Profit Manager Primarily cost and the ability to migrate our existing data cheaply. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor November 4, 2024 Thanks, Shelly! We enjoy working with your and your organization. As always, please lean on our team if you need anything. FW Frank W. Director of Development Religious Institutions ### "Trail Blazer " 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 April 4, 2022 Pros The response for queries is fantastic. Cons Using a MAC makes things a little frustrating. Switched from [Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT](https://www.capterra.com/p/247647/Blackbaud-Raiser-s-Edge-NXT/) Ease of queries and common sense nomenclature. Alternatives considered [DonorPerfect](https://www.capterra.com/p/2698/DonorPerfect-Fundraising-Software/) [Salesforce Sales Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/61368/Salesforce/) Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor April 5, 2022 Thanks, Frank! We always enjoy working with you and your team. If you run into any issues while working on a Mac, please give us a call. There are a handful of useful tips and tricks we can show you to help improve your workflow. CR Carla R. Executive Director Non-Profit Organization Management ### "Nonprofit User" 3.0 Overall Rating 3.0 3.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 2/10 April 2, 2022 Assistance with developing campaign templates. Pros Constituent tracking: Donor contact info/gifts/registrations. Revenue/expenses reports. Cons Biggest complaint is the automatic overloading of donor records when a person purchases multiply tickets. Example: A parent purchases 5 tickets for their family to attend a program/event. TrailBlazer automatically creates 5 records for which only one person is recognized with an email and mailing address. This also promotes between three and four times the amount of records in the system (for which the organization is billed annually) when truly only one person's record is viable. Unfortunately this was not realized initially. Many hours have been spent and continue to be spent merging family records to have accurate records in the system. Develop of campaign mailings was initially difficult to manage. Media specialist was engaged that integrated a program to allow for the ease of developing campaigns for email distribution. Originally TB automatically marked a new record as allowable to receive emails (donor choice). A change was implemented in TB around two years ago that eliminated that function. We manage registration records daily by checking them as allowable. The donor then has a choice of "unsubscribing" after receiving their first email. TB is probably best as a vote tracking software where adults are registered per household and multiply non-usable records are not created. Alternatives considered [DonorPerfect](https://www.capterra.com/p/2698/DonorPerfect-Fundraising-Software/) Reasons for choosing Trail Blazer Non-Profit Manager Pricing and apparent ability to tracking constituent information. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor April 6, 2022 Hi Carla, thank you for your review and your feedback. We will be in touch to help work through some of the issues you are running into. There are ways to configure events so that you collect more data on each participant, such as their name / email / mailing address / phone number / etc. We also don't know about the change to email subscriptions that you are referencing, so we will need to look into that with you. It sounds like you have your database configured so that any new email signup has to explicitly opt-in a second time, that is a setting that can be turned on or off. Any donor or event attendee should be able to opt-in to future mass emails with ease. AC Angela C. Executive Director of D51 Foundation Non-Profit Organization Management ### "Support From Trailblazer Team" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 April 1, 2022 I've had a positive experience with Trail Blazer. At first, it was a little difficult to understand, but I also didn't have any other experience with another software to compare it to. I have been able to use it for a variety of purposes including creating event sign ups, sending mass emails, and tracking donations. Pros I like the fact that anytime I have questions about the software, I can easily talk to the team at Trail Blazer. They have helped walk me through any issues I've encountered. Their team has very promptly answered the phone or email questions, and I appreciate that kind of support. Cons I had not filled this section out, but it looks like I must answer this section. I'm very pleased, but my only suggestion would be to make it even more intuitive and update the look so it's more modern and inviting. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor April 6, 2022 Thanks, Angela! We love working with you. We are in the process of creating a new version of our software called Trail Blazer IQ. This is in the works and we can show you how to login and begin testing it. You can also download our free iOS and Android app on your mobile devices. These versions have a more modern look-and-feel, where the flagship CRM is much more of a "functional workhorse" type of application. Thanks again! CH Carl H. Executive Director Religious Institutions ### "Excellant CRM" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 April 1, 2022 Trail Blazer was excellant at tracking donors and donations and other income. The biggest plus was their always ready customer support. You get a live staff person who patiently walks you through whatever issue. They also respond to suggested program tweaks. Pros The set up was straitforward, and the learning curve wasn't too steep. it was easy to integrate with our payment processor. Cons The missing piece was bookkeeping integration and their event registration didn't have an integrated calendar. Switched from [QuickBooks Online Advanced](https://www.capterra.com/p/189398/QuickBooks-Online/) QB is not very functional as a CRM, we kept QB as bookkeeping software. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor April 5, 2022 Thanks, Carl! We enjoy working with you and your team. Your feedback has been very valuable, and we will continue to make improvements to our tools. LC Lynn C. Executive Director Non-Profit Organization Management ### "Review" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 5/10 April 1, 2022 Pros Data management. Ease in finding contact and contact information. Cons Unable to query contacts with events. Software designed more for campaigns than our nonprofit needs. Reasons for choosing Trail Blazer Non-Profit Manager price Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor April 4, 2022 Hi Lynn, thank you for your review. We would love to help with your event search queries. Many of our nonprofit customers use the event system heavily, so I'm confident that our support team can walk you through the reports you are going after. We'll be in touch! BD Betsy D. Executive Director Education Management ### "Trail Blazer is an essential tool for our organization!" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 March 26, 2022 This software is a great solution for our smaller-sized organization. It's easy to set up and learn, and the product support team is exceptional. While we yearn for some of the features of MailChimp or SalesForce, the simplicity of using Trail Blazer wins out. To strengthen our online fundraising we are now licensing Classy Software to develop our online campaigns. We still store the resulting data in Trailblazer. Pros As a small post-secondary trade school and non-profit we need the critical functionality that Trailblazer provides to track all our constituents and communicate with them regularly through our electronic newsletter. Trailblazer lets us track financial information accurately, communicate with our friends, donors and alums (either collectively or by segment), to review an individual's history with our organization prior to meeting with them, and to create reports to track our progress against fundraising and engagement goals. My two favorite things about this software is that it is easy to get up and running and the product support team is off-the-charts wonderful with immediate and knowledgeable answers. This product support experience is really unique and is the \*key\* reason I recommend this software to anybody who asks. Cons It's really hard to do drip-marketing campaigns, where we have a sequence of emails to send to particular subsets of individuals. We've found workarounds (thanks to the brilliant support team) but it really is cumbersome. Reasons for choosing Trail Blazer Non-Profit Manager Simplicity to set up; good feature to price value; recommendations from other users we talked to. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor March 28, 2022 Betsy, Thank you so much for the review! We love working with your nonprofit and you do great work. Your feedback is very valuable and is critical to the continued development of our tools. Joel KG Kelly G. Executive Director Fund-Raising ### "Customer service wins" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 5/10 March 23, 2022 Trail Blazer has been great for moving our small non-profit organization into a larger one at a reasonable price. We started using Trail Blazer when we had under 1,000 donor records and now we have over 5,000 donor records. The software has helped us organize donor information with tools to help us create more in-depth donor details that are easily searchable. Although, this software may not have the prettiest interface, the customer service is what makes this company special. They were extremely helpful during the initial set up. I love that whenever I call or email for help, I always get one of the same three helpful employees and they always respond! Pros The customer service is what I like best! Someone is always available to help. Cons The interface is pretty old-school. There are major improvements needed for creating newsletters that allow the user to be more creative. Alternatives considered [Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT](https://www.capterra.com/p/247647/Blackbaud-Raiser-s-Edge-NXT/) [Blackbaud eTapestry](https://www.capterra.com/p/29170/eTapestry/) Reasons for choosing Trail Blazer Non-Profit Manager It was less expensive and the employees were good at answering my initial questions. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor March 28, 2022 Thanks for the feedback, Kelly! We are in the process of developing a newer version of the software. We would be happy to get you logged into it so that you can begin testing. Your feedback is valuable and we are always here to help if you need anything. 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