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Blackbaud CRM vs Salesforce Sales Cloud comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Blackbaud CRM
Ranking in CRM
32nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Ranking in CRM
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
118
Ranking in other categories
Opportunity Management (1st), Sales Force Automation (2nd), Conversation Intelligence Software (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the CRM category, the mindshare of Blackbaud CRM is 0.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce Sales Cloud is 2.4%, down from 3.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CRM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Salesforce Sales Cloud2.4%
Blackbaud CRM0.6%
Other97.0%
CRM
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2596560 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist at a educational organization with 1-10 employees
Integrated profiles increase centralization and streamline donor management
We were using it for managing our donor database The solution provided an integrated profile, which was helpful for having everything together available in one place. One area of improvement is the UI and UX, which could be more upgraded. It looks a little dated compared to modern UI and UX, and…
Jonny Katz - PeerSpot reviewer
VP of Business Operations at PeerSpot
Uses data-driven insights to improve workflows and highlights a need for simpler automation tools
Salesforce Sales Cloud can be improved in several areas. First, the UI is an area for enhancement. Even though they've launched Lightning, it's clunky at times with page load speeds. It also needs to be made extremely more user-friendly. For new people using Salesforce Sales Cloud, there is a steep learning curve. Additionally, giving non-admins the ability to make changes on the fly is something that I feel is necessary. Currently with Salesforce Sales Cloud, you need to have a consultant. It's hard to build the flows or workflows. Making it easier for that end-user who's not so technically minded to help themselves is essential. I choose seven out of ten because I think you need a consultant or a consulting company to help you build it out. Certain changes should be made much easier and more user-friendly where an admin can do it. The automation processes need to be much simpler. If you're looking at other tools out there, for example SalesLoft or HubSpot, it's much easier to build those workflows and do automation.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It was stable."
"Sales Cloud's reporting and analytics capabilities influenced our sales strategy quite a lot. We can build every report as a dashboard, and there are various sorts of things."
"Salesforce Sales Cloud is used for selling, tracking leads, verifying customer information, scheduling appointments, visiting customers, and costing leads."
"I can see activity per customer. I can find out quickly and easily who was the last person I talked to, when it was, and what we were talking about."
"The most valuable features are performance and integration."
"The workflow capability makes it possible to automate labour intensive tasks such as sending standard emails at pre-defined points within business processes."
"The most valuable features of the solution are reporting and dashboards."
"The tool is a feature-rich platform. It is cloud-based means it's accessible to multiple people in the organization simultaneously. It's a collaborative CRM system where updates are visible to everyone. You can use it lightly with basic notes or extensively with lots of information. It supports multimedia, allowing you to upload video and audio clips. Overall, it's a feature-rich platform, and I don't have one specific feature that stands out; it's just very functional and rich."
"The solution has provided our company with a common platform, a common process, and has created a common skill set, and institutional awareness of major transactions."
 

Cons

"One area of improvement is the UI and UX, which could be more upgraded."
"Premier support costs a lot of money and oftentimes they do not have better information than a good admin could find out on their own."
"The product is not stable when enhancements are done to the cloud."
"The price of the Salesforce Sales Cloud is expensive."
"The solution's scalability has some limitations."
"The setup of Salesforce Sales Cloud is complex. You need specialists in that area to be able to have a good setup. Once it's set up properly, running it is seamless. That's the most beautiful thing about Salesforce Sales Cloud."
"The reporting functionality of Salesforce is much more a query engine than a true reporting module."
"Even though they've launched Lightning, it's clunky at times with page load speeds and needs to be made extremely more user-friendly."
"There could be an option to change the price list without creating a new quote."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The tool's pricing is based on the number of users. It has a different pricing for 0-100 and another for 100-500 users."
"The price of Salesforce Sales Cloud could be reduced. It is expensive."
"The main thing is it is costly. Salesforce it is not cheap, it's costly. Some of our customers say it is a costly solution. So, we have lost some sale opportunities regarding the high price. This is the main thing that we are facing. It is sales per user and the user price is about $150 per month, per user for the Enterprise Edition. The other edition is less than this, but it is costly. A company that has 70 or 80 users would pay more than $8,000 USD yearly because it is cloud based."
"Implementation and add-ons may be additional costs."
"We pay a yearly subscription fee."
"It's expensive, storage being the most costly aspect."
"We must pay for the licenses."
"The price is fair."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
University
9%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business56
Midsize Enterprise25
Large Enterprise43
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Blackbaud CRM?
One area of improvement is the UI and UX, which could be more upgraded. It looks a little dated compared to modern UI and UX, and there's potential for it to be more intuitive. Also, the ability to...
What is your primary use case for Blackbaud CRM?
We were using it for managing our donor database.
What are the pros and cons of MS dynamics vs. Salesforce CRM?
When comparing Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Salesforce CRM in 2026, both are leading CRM platforms, but they serve slightly different strengths depending on business needs. Features: Salesforce is t...
What needs improvement with Salesforce Sales Cloud?
Salesforce Sales Cloud can be improved in several areas. First, the UI is an area for enhancement. Even though they've launched Lightning, it's clunky at times with page load speeds. It also needs ...
What is your primary use case for Salesforce Sales Cloud?
Salesforce Sales Cloud serves as our primary tool for our sales team and reviews team to document and keep all our information in one place as a source of truth. We use it to manage our business pr...
 

Also Known As

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Sales Cloud, SFDC, Salesforce
 

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