Why do charities choose Beacon over Raiser’s Edge?

A breeze to use

Beacon is built for the cloud and is simple and intuitive to use. What’s more, our top-rated support team is staffed by real humans who will be able to help out at any time.

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“For the first time, we've got a full real-time view of the whole organisation. So we can see the benefits of what we're doing and it all comes together. It means everyone's looking at the same picture. Which is huge."

Embrace

Massively flexible

Built on the most modern technology available, Beacon is incredibly powerful and can be customised to your charity’s specific needs.

"We could import data to our old CRM, but it took so long. And there were always lots of mistakes and errors. It wasn't like with Beacon, where you just set up the template once and then you’ve got a one-click process."

Edinburgh Dog & Cat Home

Easy to integrate

Create donation forms in minutes using your own brand colours and implement them on your website without needing to know any code.

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What others are saying

The people who know for sure are Beacon and Raiser’s Edge customers. See how the two compare along with the rest of your charity CRM options in Fundraising Magazine’s latest CRM survey.

Technical support/ Customer service

4.9

3.8

Ease of use

4.8

3.6

Functionality

4.8

3.7

Ability to customise

4.7

3.0

See the results for yourself in Fundraising Magazine’s 2024 CRM Survey.

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4.8/5

Functionality

4.8

Ease of use

4.8

Customer service

4.9

More reasons to choose Beacon, the top-rated charity CRM on the market

Email integration

Track and see all your fundraising emails inside Beacon using our simple, secure Smart BCC feature. Connect to Mailchimp for even more sophisticated comms.

Work with your existing tools

Already use apps like Xero, JustGiving and Enthuse? Not a problem! With Beacon you can bring it all together for greater clarity and accuracy.

The price is right

From licence fees to implementation plan, Beacon has a solution that is right for your organisation.

Awesome automation

In Beacon create simple-but-sophisticated workflows to automate repetitive tasks and claim back your time.

Security-centric

We take data privacy and security extremely seriously at Beacon. You can read a little more about this on our trust page.

Quick querying

Thanks to Beacon’s lightning-fast architecture, looking up records and pulling reports is both simple and quick.

Innovative charities choose Beacon,
and stick with Beacon.

Kevin Hughes

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Special Olympics Ireland

We used to have to process, match, and code each payment individually. With Beacon, you get all that information before the money has landed. You’ve already personally thanked them, allocated the funds, and analysed the results. Then the actual cash arrives and everything tallies up perfectly.

Ruth Simpson

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Goodheart

What I really love is that Beacon aren’t just pushing for new customers. They’re really trying to make the best for the organisations that have already joined.

Gillian MacAulay

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Edinburgh Dog & Cat Home

We’re now thinking about projects we wouldn’t have been able to dream about with our old CRM.

Anthony Hayman

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Noah's Ark Hospice

A friend called me after setting up a regular donation to tell me they'd received the most beautifully written email. They said, 'Gosh, you've really got your team well drilled', which was amazing because we hadn't really done anything!

Joe Meehan

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New Hope

Every time we speak with Beacon’s support team we are glad we chose Beacon rather than the alternative.

Paul Tilbury

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Great Lakes Outreach

We previously had to reply to every single person, 100 donations in 2 hours – that’s probably a week’s work. Whereas, now it’s all automatic.

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