Bonterra vs.
Sponsor A Purpose
Discover why nonprofits choose Sponsor A Purpose
A Bonterra alternative with pricing you can read
Bonterra is a large enterprise suite formed from the merger of EveryAction, Network for Good, Salsa, GiveGab, and other platforms, built for fundraising, case management, and grantmaking at scale. Sponsor A Purpose is built for growing nonprofits that need a full platform without an enterprise sales process or custom-quoted pricing. Most nonprofits weighing Bonterra alternatives are smaller than Bonterra is built for. If you do not have a development team to run it, the depth is cost rather than value.
What SAPu offers
Transparent, free pricing
No quote required to see what's included
Built for growing nonprofits
Right-sized from day one, not scaled down from enterprise
Fast to start
Sign up and start using the platform immediately
It replaces your whole stack, not just Bonterra
A CRM here, a donation form there, email somewhere else. Sponsor A Purpose brings all of it into one connected platform.
Cost and what you get free
Bonterra prices by quote, scoped to your organization's size, and the implementation is typically sales-led rather than self-serve. Sponsor A Purpose publishes both the price and the processing rate, charges nothing per month for the CRM, and you can start the same day.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Bonterra |
|---|---|---|
| Free core CRM | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: no |
| No monthly subscription on the free tier | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: no |
| Published pricing | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: no |
| Published processing rates | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: no |
Donor CRM
Bonterra's CRM is comprehensive and this is even ground on the fundamentals: records, households, custom fields, segmentation, notes, tasks, reporting, donor scoring and stewardship recommendations all run on both. Where they go further is major-gift depth, with planned giving tracking, moves management and pledge tracking that we do not have.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Bonterra |
|---|---|---|
| Donor records with full giving history | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: yes |
| Household and organization linking | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: yes |
| Custom fields | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: yes |
| Segmentation | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: yes |
| Notes on contact records | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: yes |
| Tasks and activities | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: yes |
| Reporting and analytics | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: yes |
| Giving metrics and donor scoring | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: yes |
| Stewardship ask recommendations | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: yes |
| Planned giving tracking | Sponsor A Purpose: no | Bonterra: yes |
| Moves management | Sponsor A Purpose: no | Bonterra: yes |
| Pledge tracking | Sponsor A Purpose: no | Bonterra: yes |
Giving and payments
Employer matching gifts run on both. Tribute giving is theirs. DAF giving inside the donation widget is ours.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Bonterra |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate matching gifts | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: yes |
| Tribute giving | Sponsor A Purpose: no | Bonterra: yes |
| DAF giving built into the widget | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: no |
Communication and automation
Email campaigns and automated workflows run on both. Bonterra adds text and MMS messaging and direct mail, neither of which we offer.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Bonterra |
|---|---|---|
| Email campaigns | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: yes |
| Automated workflows | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: yes |
| Text and MMS messaging | Sponsor A Purpose: no | Bonterra: yes |
| Direct mail | Sponsor A Purpose: no | Bonterra: yes |
Grants
Both platforms manage grants and both do AI-assisted writing. Grant discovery on IRS 990 funder filings is ours. Bonterra's grantmaking and case management depth is a genuine strength for human services organizations, and a different job from the one we do.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Bonterra |
|---|---|---|
| Grant management | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: yes |
| AI grant writing | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: yes |
| Grant discovery on IRS 990 data | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: no |
Volunteers
Volunteer management is ours, as a $29 a month add-on to a CRM that carries no monthly fee.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Bonterra |
|---|---|---|
| Volunteer management | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: no |
Services and support
Both are nonprofit-only. Bonterra is built for larger organizations with dedicated development staff, and for them it is a serious platform. What we add is website design and hosting and appointment scheduling, sold as paid services.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Bonterra |
|---|---|---|
| Appointment scheduling | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: no |
| Website design and hosting (service) | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: no |
| Nonprofit-only focus | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bonterra: yes |
Sponsor A Purpose vs. Bonterra: common questions
Right-sized for where your nonprofit is now
Bonterra is built for large organizations with development teams, and for them it is a serious platform. If that is more than your team needs, Sponsor A Purpose covers the fundamentals with published pricing and no contract.