[gbowden]

I am about to purchase fundraising software for a new office in a healthcare/research institution. We will have to convert over an existing database of perhaps 50,000 family records. We will only have two users and will host our own data. I am a little on the fence between using Donor2 or Raiser's Edge. I know people who have used each but I don't know anyone with experience in both. Could anyone offer some insights to inform my decision? Thanks.

Greg Bowden

[chillyinla]

Greg,

I have used both (D2 for 6 years and RE for 3 years) and they both have their benefits.

IMO The ability to run reports and queries in RE FAR exceeds the ability and steep learning curve of D2. The area which D2 exceeds RE is in the handling of Honor/Memorials.

Having trained computer illiterate staffs to use both systems, the staff for RE picked up the information much easier. When I first began to use D2 I thought the Canned Executive Summaries would increase managment and non-data staff to use the system, however it didn't materialize.

Philip Di Nova