Australian donor CRM alternative to Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge

If you work in fundraising in Australia or New Zealand, chances are you’ve come across Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge, you may even be currently using it. It’s been a well-known donor CRM for years. But alas, you have come to this article and are asking; “are there better donor CRM alternatives to Raiser’s Edge”. Even more specifically, you would like one that is designed more for our region.

Lucky for you, the answer is yes. Many not-for-profits are weighing up alternatives because the tools they use every day, don’t feel like they’re keeping up with the realities of fundraising in 2025.

Common frustrations nonprofits have with donor CRMs

• Data headaches like managing messy donor records, duplicates, or spending hours exporting to spreadsheets for basic segmentation.
• Disconnected systems, including juggling between finance tools, marketing platforms, and donor databases that don’t talk to each other.
• Reporting gaps like struggling to pull meaningful insights, or not being able to tag and track impact at the level donors and boards now expect.
• Cost surprises in the form of subscription fees creeping up, or finding that every new integration or feature comes with another add-on cost.
• Compliance challenges, for example global-first systems that don’t natively handle tax-compliant receipts for Australia and New Zealand, or local payment gateways.
• Limited automation resulting in fundraising teams doing too much manually when they could be running journeys, reminders, and donor follow-ups automatically.

If this list sounds familiar, you’re not alone. Nonprofits across Australia and New Zealand are actively searching for donor CRMs similar to Raiser’s Edge, but made for our region.

Meet our Blackbaud alternative, Klevr Fundraising on Microsoft Cloud

Klevr Fundraising is designed and delivered by Walkerscott (a certified Microsoft Solutions Partner). It is a modern donor CRM alternative for Australia and New Zealand nonprofits.

• Purpose-built for AU/NZ – tax-compliant donation receipting, and integration with local gateways like NAB, PayPal, and Stripe.
• Backed by Microsoft – built on Dataverse and Dynamics 365, so your data is secure, scalable, and future-proof.
• Locally supported – implemented and supported directly by Walkerscott in Australia and New Zealand.
• End-to-end – donor management, marketing automations, campaign tracking, grants management, and transparent reporting all in one system.

What Klevr Fundraising offers at a glance?

Migrating away from Blackbaud doesn’t have to be painful

If you’ve been exploring alternatives to Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge in Australia or searching for CRMs similar to Raiser’s Edge but better suited for local not-for-profits, Klevr Fundraising is here to make the switch simple.