Best Kindful Alternatives in 2026 (Kindful Is Retired)

Last Updated: August 2026

If you are searching for Kindful alternatives, you are probably not shopping. You are being moved. Kindful was acquired by Bloomerang in January 2021, and it is no longer sold as a standalone product. Review sites now list it under the name “Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang),” and kindful.com no longer publishes pricing at all. It simply tells visitors that Kindful is a Bloomerang product.

That changes what this decision actually is. You are not comparing feature checklists from a standing start. You have an incumbent, a default migration path, and a window in which your data is still yours to move. This guide covers what happened, what the Bloomerang migration does and does not carry over, and seven alternatives to Kindful worth evaluating before you accept the path of least resistance.

What happened to Kindful?

Bloomerang announced its acquisition of Kindful on January 7, 2021. Terms were not disclosed. The announcement described a combined company of 200 employees, with Kindful founder and chief executive Jeremy L. Bolls joining the merged organization. You can read Bloomerang’s own acquisition announcement or the Crunchbase acquisition record for the primary details.

Five years on, the consolidation is finished. TrustRadius carries the product under the literal name “Kindful (discontinued, now part of Bloomerang).” Feature development moved to Bloomerang long ago, so the AI capabilities currently marketed on kindful.com belong to the Bloomerang platform rather than to Kindful itself.

One ownership detail is worth holding onto, because it is the reason this guide spends so much time on who owns what. Bloomerang is majority owned by the private equity firms JMI Equity and Warburg Pincus, and its current chief executive, Dennis Fois, took the job in January 2023. The leadership that bought Kindful is not the leadership that now owns your migration. That is not an accusation, it is simply how software consolidation works, and it is a reasonable thing to weigh when you are choosing the platform you will live in for the next five years.

What to expect from the Bloomerang migration

Bloomerang’s Kindful help documentation confirms the integration between Kindful and Bloomerang Fundraising is “not available for new activations,” and that if you delete an existing integration instance you cannot reactivate it. It also documents specific data that does not survive the transfer: the “Allow Public Name Display” field on Kindful transactions is not accessible through the API, and because Kindful contacts have no concept of communication opt in, that value does not carry over either.

Beyond those documented gaps, migration consultants working on Kindful moves consistently report three larger ones: crowdfunding campaigns have no migration path and stop working after the move, custom reports have to be rebuilt, and registration forms have to be recreated. We have not been able to confirm these three against Bloomerang’s own published documentation, so treat them as practitioner reports rather than vendor commitments. The practical takeaway holds either way. Before you migrate, export your reports, screenshot your form configurations, and get written confirmation from Bloomerang about anything you depend on daily. Kindful Fundraising itself continues as a module inside Bloomerang, so donation pages and text to donate do carry forward.

Why Kindful users are looking for alternatives

The discontinuation is the reason most people are reading this page in 2026, but it is not the only one. The complaints that showed up consistently in Kindful reviews were about the software itself, and they are worth naming because they tell you what to test in a replacement.

The most repeated theme was that the product was harder to use than it looked. Reviewers described a steep learning curve and a general sense that, as one frequently quoted piece of review site feedback put it, “some things just seem much harder than they should be.” The second theme was reporting depth. Limited reporting was the single most common trigger that pushed growing organizations off Kindful, which matters a great deal if reports are one of the things you will have to rebuild anyway. Third was customization, particularly the difficulty of creating and managing groups and segments. Fourth was cost of entry: Kindful had no free plan, and historical pricing started around $100 per month.

We are deliberately not publishing a star rating for Kindful. Any score you find describes a product that is no longer sold, and we could not verify current figures against G2 or Capterra directly.

What to look for in a Kindful replacement

Five criteria, each drawn from something Kindful users actually ran into:

• Data migration terms. Can you export cleanly and completely, and what does the vendor rebuild for you versus hand back as your problem? Ask this before you sign, not after.
• Reporting depth. The thing Kindful users outgrew. Test the custom report builder with one of your real reports during the trial, not a demo dataset.
• Ownership stability. Who owns the vendor, and are they part of a roll up likely to repeat exactly what just happened to you?
• Pricing transparency and total cost. Published tiers or a quote conversation? And what sits on top: platform fees, payment processing, per module charges, paid support.
• Module bundling. Are memberships, events, and volunteers included, or are they separate line items that quietly double the quoted price?

The third criterion deserves a moment of honesty, because it cuts in several directions at once. Nonprofit software is consolidating fast. Kindful went to Bloomerang. Keela and Raisely went to Aplos and were relaunched together as Velora in August 2025. Neon One is itself a roll up of four companies. Choosing a vendor in this market is partly a bet on who owns them in three years, and almost nobody writing about these tools says so out loud.

The Best Kindful Alternatives in 2026

1. Raklet

Founded 2013 · Privately held · 10+ employees

Raklet is a membership and community platform with a CRM at its core, rather than a donor database with membership bolted on. That distinction is the whole reason it belongs on this list: a meaningful share of organizations running Kindful were using a fundraising tool to manage what was really a membership base, with dues, renewals, events, and a member directory. If that describes you, the shape of the tool matters more than the feature count.

The contact database supports custom fields, segmentation, and a per contact timeline that records every membership, donation, event, and interaction, so institutional memory survives staff turnover. Events include unlimited ticket types and QR code check in. Every plan includes a free Raklet app for members on iOS and Android. Organizations that want their own app published under their own name and branding can add a custom branded app as a paid add-on. Refunds are processed natively inside the platform, which most donor CRMs cannot do.

Pricing is public and contact based. There is a permanent free plan covering 100 contacts with no credit card required, then Essentials at $49 per month, Professional at $99, and Premium at $399, all on annual billing. When you outgrow a contact limit you can buy add on contact packs instead of jumping a whole tier. Raklet does charge a platform fee that varies by plan, on top of standard Stripe processing fees, so check Raklet pricing for current rates.

Be clear about the gaps. Raklet has no fund accounting, no peer to peer fundraising, no wealth screening, no text to donate, and no dedicated grant management. If your organization is donation first and you need those, one of the tools below will serve you better. For a direct feature by feature look, see how Raklet compares to Kindful head to head.

Best for: membership driven nonprofits that need dues, events, and a member portal, not only donation processing.

2. Bloomerang

Founded 2012 · PE-owned by JMI Equity and Warburg Pincus · 385 to 579 employees

Bloomerang is where Kindful went, and it deserves an honest hearing rather than a dismissal. It is a genuinely strong nonprofit CRM built around donor retention as a core philosophy, with retention status surfacing as a primary metric on every donor record. It includes wealth screening through DonorSearch in its CRM plans rather than as a paid extra, a grant management module, and an AI content assistant in the email builder. Product cadence is weekly, which is among the most active in this category.

The case for choosing it is straightforward: it is the lowest friction path, your data is already going there, and the migration tooling exists. The case against is cost structure. The CRM starts at $125 per month billed annually for around 1,000 constituents, but fundraising, volunteer, and membership are separate modules, and the all in one bundle starts at $524 per month. Online donations processed through Bloomerang Fundraising carry a 1% platform fee on top of 2.2% plus $0.30 card processing. Above roughly 5,000 constituents you are into a custom quote.

If you are weighing Bloomerang against the field rather than accepting it by default, we maintain a separate guide to other Bloomerang alternatives.

Best for: organizations that want the least disruptive path and value retention analytics and fundraising depth over price.

3. Neon CRM

Neon One, a roll-up of four acquired companies · Private · 175 to 189 employees

Neon CRM is the most credible option for organizations that outgrew Kindful specifically on reporting and program complexity. It is an all in one platform covering CRM, fundraising, events, volunteers, payments, and case management under one login, with native payment processing through Neon Pay and peer to peer fundraising through Neon Fundraise.

Its pricing model is genuinely different and worth understanding. Neon prices on revenue rather than contact count, with unlimited contacts and users on all plans. Essentials is $99 per month for nonprofits, Impact is $209, and Empower is $409. That is excellent if you have a large, low value contact list and awkward if you raise a lot with a small file, because you effectively pay more for succeeding. Modules cost extra on top: memberships and volunteers add 10% each, events add 20%. Two things to check before signing: annual contracts with auto renewal are the default, and live chat and phone support are restricted to the top Empower tier, so lower tiers get ticket based support only.

One stability note in the spirit of criterion three: Neon One is itself a merger of four companies, and chief executive Keith Reed took the role in January 2025.

Best for: multi program organizations that need reporting and module depth and have predictable revenue.

4. DonorPerfect

Founded 1981 · Bootstrapped, owned by SofterWare · 200 to 300 employees

DonorPerfect is the low drama choice, and after an unplanned migration that has real value. It has been in market for over 40 years, is owned by SofterWare, has never taken outside funding, and has had the same chief executive, Doug Schoenberg, for decades. If criterion three is what is keeping you up at night, this is the most boring ownership story on the list, and boring is the point.

Feature depth is strong where Kindful was weak: 80 plus report templates plus a custom report builder, moves management for major gift cultivation on higher plans, batch gift entry for high volume data entry, and native ACH and eCheck recurring gifts. Constant Contact email marketing is bundled on every plan. Live phone and chat support is available on all plans rather than gated to the top tier, and there are no long term contracts.

The catch is pricing opacity. DonorPerfect renamed its plans to Core, Plus, and Pro and no longer publishes dollar figures, routing you to a quote form instead. Third party sources including Capterra and ITQlick report Lite around $89 to $99 per month for 1,000 records, rising through roughly $159 at 2,500 records and $289 at 7,500. Treat those as estimates. Payment processing runs about 2.89% plus $0.30.

Best for: organizations that want deep reporting, a stable owner, and month to month flexibility, and will tolerate a quote conversation.

5. Givebutter

Founded 2016 · VC-backed by BVP Forge · 100 to 150 employees

Givebutter is the answer when the migration budget is zero. The core platform is free when optional donor tips are enabled, and since the Givebutter Guarantee launched in September 2025 the company covers any shortfall, meaning 0% platform fee and $0 processing in that mode. If you turn tips off, you pay a 3% platform fee plus card processing of 2.9% plus $0.30.

It is not a stripped down free tier either. Givebutter supports the broadest set of payment methods here, including PayPal, Venmo, Cash App Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay, ACH, and DAFpay, plus native auctions with mobile bidding, peer to peer fundraising with team leaderboards, and a Magic Migration tool that imports from more than ten platforms. A paid Givebutter Plus add on starts at $29 per month for 250 contacts and adds automation, SMS, and expanded reporting.

Know the limits before you commit. There is no true membership portal, no digital membership cards, no private community layer, and no white labelling, so Givebutter branding appears on donor facing pages. It also ships no AI features of any kind, and reviewers report slow data exports.

Best for: small organizations with no software budget that fundraise more than they administer.

6. Little Green Light

Founded 2008 · Independent, privately held · small team

Little Green Light is the best pure value on this list and the most quietly independent. Pricing starts at $45 per month for up to 2,500 constituent records, rising to $60 at 5,000 and $75 at 10,000. Every tier includes unlimited users and every feature, which removes the most common hidden cost in this category, and the company is explicit that there are no setup fees, no cancellation fees, no contracts, and no upsells. New accounts get the first 30 days free with no credit card, and annual prepayment takes 10% off.

It charges no platform fee of its own. Online donations through its forms carry payment processor fees starting at 2.2% plus $0.30, paid to the processor rather than to Little Green Light. Support is included during business hours, Monday to Friday, 9am to 7pm Eastern. You can confirm all of this on the Little Green Light pricing page, which is refreshingly complete.

The trade off is scope. This is a focused donor management tool, not an all in one platform, and it will not run your events business or your member community.

Best for: small and mid sized organizations on tight budgets that want unlimited staff seats and no contract.

7. Keela

Acquired by Aplos in 2024 · Alpine Investors portfolio · now part of the Velora suite

Keela is the closest match to what Kindful was trying to be: a donor CRM for small and mid sized teams with fundraising, email marketing, and reporting in one place, leaning on AI assisted donor insights as its differentiator. If you liked Kindful’s shape and simply want a modern equivalent, this is the most direct swap on the list.

Pricing is published and contact based. On annual billing it runs $134 per month for up to 1,000 contacts, $209 up to 2,500, $274 up to 5,000, and $379 up to 10,000, with custom pricing beyond that. Monthly billing adds roughly $26 to $51 per month. Keela adds no transaction fee of its own, relying on Stripe and PayPal nonprofit rates of 2.2% plus $0.30. Premium Care support is a paid add on starting at $200 per month. The Keela pricing page lists the current tiers.

Apply criterion three here with a clear head. Keela was acquired by Aplos, which is owned by Alpine Investors, and in August 2025 it was relaunched alongside Aplos and Raisely as a combined suite called Velora. That is the same consolidation pattern that retired Kindful, one acquisition cycle behind.

Best for: small teams that want a familiar donor CRM with AI assisted insights and can accept private equity ownership.

8. Aplos

Founded 2009 · PE-owned by Alpine Investors and ASG · 51 to 200 employees

Aplos belongs here for organizations whose real pain was never donor management. If your finance volunteer is reconciling restricted funds in a spreadsheet every month, a donor CRM was always the wrong tool, and Aplos is the only option on this list that offers true fund accounting with FASB compliant reporting, Form 990-N e-filing, and fixed asset tracking.

Pricing is public: Lite is $79 per month covering fund accounting, donation tracking, online giving, event registration, and two users. Core is $129 and adds accounts payable and receivable, budgeting, and pledge tracking. Advanced starts at $229 and adds fund, department, and project level budgeting plus custom reports. There is a 15 day free trial with no credit card. Payroll is not included and runs through a Gusto integration at extra cost.

Aplos is the parent of Keela and part of the same Velora suite, so choosing either means choosing the same owner.

Best for: churches and small nonprofits whose core problem is accounting, with donor tracking as a secondary need.

A note on who is not here. We left out Salesforce NPSP because implementation cost puts it in a different bracket entirely, Classy and Funraise because they are enterprise fundraising platforms rather than donor CRM replacements, and Blackbaud because it is priced well upmarket of anything Kindful customers were paying.

Kindful Alternatives Compared

Prices as of August 2026 based on published pricing pages. Quote-based figures are ranges from verified customer reports.

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What does each platform cost at your contact count?

Starting prices hide more than they reveal, because every vendor scales differently. Some price on contacts, some on revenue, some on features alone. The table below converts published rates into an estimated annual subscription cost at four common sizes, so you can compare like for like. Payment processing and platform fees are excluded, since those depend on how much you raise.

Prices as of August 2026 based on published pricing pages. Quote-based figures are ranges from verified customer reports.

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Two readings worth pulling out. Little Green Light is dramatically cheaper than everything else at every size because its bands are wide and it never charges per user. And Neon CRM appears flat here only because it prices on revenue rather than contacts, so a growing list costs nothing extra while a growing budget does. Aplos is similarly flat because it tiers on features rather than contact count. Raklet’s figures at 2,000 and 5,000 assume the Professional plan plus add on contact packs, which is cheaper than moving to Premium unless you specifically need API access or single sign on.

Which Kindful alternative is right for you?

If you want the least disruption and your budget can absorb it, take the Bloomerang migration and negotiate hard on modules. If your budget is the binding constraint, Little Green Light at $45 per month with unlimited users is the strongest value here, and Givebutter is genuinely free if you fundraise more than you administer. If you outgrew Kindful on reporting specifically, Neon CRM and DonorPerfect are the two that fix that properly. If your real problem is fund accounting rather than donor management, Aplos. If you want the closest thing to Kindful itself, Keela, with your eyes open about the ownership chain.

And if what you actually run is a membership organization, where people pay dues, renew, attend events, and expect a directory and a member portal, a donor CRM will keep feeling like the wrong shape no matter which one you pick. Raklet has a permanent free plan covering 100 contacts with no credit card required, so you can load real data and test that theory before committing to anything. Current rates for paid tiers are on the Raklet pricing page.

Frequently asked questions

Is Kindful still available?

Not as a standalone product. Bloomerang acquired Kindful in January 2021 and has folded it into the Bloomerang platform. Review sites including TrustRadius now list it as discontinued, and kindful.com no longer publishes pricing or sells the product directly. Existing accounts are being migrated to Bloomerang CRM, while Kindful Fundraising continues as a module inside Bloomerang.

What happened between Kindful and Bloomerang?

Bloomerang announced the acquisition on January 7, 2021. Terms were not disclosed, and the announcement described a combined company of 200 employees with Kindful founder Jeremy L. Bolls joining the merged organization. Over the following years Kindful’s development stopped and its capabilities were absorbed into Bloomerang, which is majority owned by the private equity firms JMI Equity and Warburg Pincus.

What is the best Kindful alternative?

It depends on what broke for you. Bloomerang is the lowest friction path since your data is heading there anyway. Neon CRM and DonorPerfect are the strongest upgrades if limited reporting is what pushed you out. Keela is the closest equivalent to Kindful’s original shape. Raklet is the better fit if you manage members and dues rather than only donors.

What is the cheapest Kindful alternative?

Givebutter is free for its core platform when optional donor tips are enabled, which makes it the cheapest option outright for fundraising focused organizations. Among paid tools, Little Green Light is the lowest at $45 per month for up to 2,500 constituent records, and that includes unlimited users and every feature with no contract.

Is there a free Kindful alternative?

Yes, two kinds. Givebutter’s core fundraising platform is free when donor tips are enabled. Raklet offers a permanent free plan covering 100 contacts with no credit card required, which is a genuine free tier rather than a trial. Little Green Light and Aplos offer free trials of 30 and 15 days respectively, but no permanent free plan.

How long does migrating off Kindful take?

Plan for several weeks rather than days. The database export itself is quick, but rebuilding reports, recreating forms, reconnecting payment processing, and testing recurring donations is where the time goes. Bloomerang documents that some Kindful fields have no transfer path, so audit your custom fields early and get written confirmation about anything you depend on daily before you commit to a date.

The Bottom Line on Kindful Alternatives

Kindful is gone, and the default path leads to Bloomerang, which is a capable platform that will suit plenty of organizations willing to pay for modules. But a forced migration is also the one moment when switching costs are already sunk, which makes it the cheapest time you will ever have to reconsider. Little Green Light will save most small organizations real money, Neon CRM and DonorPerfect fix the reporting ceiling that pushed many people off Kindful in the first place, and if you have been running a membership organization on a donation tool, this is the moment to stop.

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