Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT

4.2

(164)

Pricing

Starting at $0.01 per year

About Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT

Blackbaud’s cloud fund accounting software Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT provides transparency across teams, security, and compliance, and reduces the need for manual processes. The fund accounting software provides a general ledger, projects, grants, endowments, accounts payable and receivable, fixed assets, banking, and more.

With a personalized dashboard and customizable views, Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT enables users to closely monitor income statements, program-to-expense ratios, cash balances, and other key metrics. Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT offers real-time reporting, with one-click drill-down functionality and export capability, to enable data-driven decisions in real time.

The system allows users access to grant and project accounting that allows for streamlined management of budget, as well as a way to effectively monitor accounts and generate reports. By using Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT, tax-exempt organizations can reduce dependency on manual processes, improving data entry accuracy and efficiency.

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Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $0.01 per year

Free Trial

Free Version

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$0.01

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Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT Features

Popular features found in Nonprofit Accounting
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Bank Reconciliation
Financial Reporting
For Nonprofits
Fund Accounting
More features of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT
Accounting
Activity Dashboard
Activity Tracking
Administrative Reporting
API
Asset Tracking
Billing & Invoicing
Budget Control
Budgeting/Forecasting
Cash Flow Management
Cash Management
Check Printing
Collaboration Tools
Compliance Management
CRM
Customizable Reports
Customizable Templates
Donation Management
Donation Tracking
Donor Management
Expense Tracking
Financial Aid Management
Financial Analysis
Financial Management
Fixed Asset Management
For Grantmakers
For Grantseekers
General Ledger
Grant Application Management
Grant Award Tracking
Grant Management
Impact Measurement
Inventory Management
Invoice Management
K-12
Monitoring
Payment Tracking
Payroll Management
Performance Metrics
Project Accounting
Purchase Order Management
Purchasing & Receiving
Reporting & Statistics
Transaction History
Transaction Management

Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT Integrations

Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT

Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.2

Ratings Breakdown

45%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

3.9

Value for money

3.7

Customer support

4.2

Functionality

4.1

Dominique J.

Verified reviewer

Accounting

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2018

My review of Financial Edge NXT

I like Financial Edge NXT and I couldn’t imagine doing my job without it!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like that this software is for finance and accounting professionals. It has helped me to perform the daily functions of my job with limited interruptions.

Cons:

I haven’t been able to understand the allocation module, and so we are still doing our investments manually. The guide that is provided seems to work more for people who have an overall understanding of how it should work.

Meredith F.

Verified reviewer

Libraries

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed June 2023

Review of Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT

Our overall experience has been great. Tech support and our implementation team were fantastic to help us get everything in place and have been a great resource as we have continued to learn the program. Having a solution that is not installed on the network , but on the cloud has given us more flexibility. And information is shown in a more user friendly display to easily see data all in one place.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Blackbaud being a Non-Profit Financial accounting system works well for us in the non-profit/ government sector as a library. They truly understand the needs non-profits have and work to create solutions for those problems and needs. Blackbaud is easy to use, and easy to train new employees with. The training Blackbaud provides can not compare to many other products. There are 20+ classes that can be taken with an online instructor or through E-learning . This training has helped us implement this software across multiple locations and make sure our staff was prepared for their duties within Blackbaud.

Cons:

As a government/non-profit agency we are required to use Purchase orders. Blackbaud's purchase order system is not as user friendly as the rest of the software. They are working to move the purchase order system to the WebView and we have been told it will make several changes to make the PO portion easier to use. We also need to be able to multi level approvals on an invoice and the solution Blackbaud was able to provide until they get everything in WebView didn't work for our organization, as we are required to have a pre-audit statement on all purchase orders and invoices that are paid

Reasons for choosing Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT

Non-Profit customization, Tech support and Training

Reasons for switching to Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT

Banyon was not user friendly, and had been put into place as a temporary solution.

Rebekah S.

Government Administration

201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2018

Happy convert from Quickbooks Online

If you use RE, definitely integrate and use FE!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Previously 4

Value for money

Previously 4

Customer support

Previously 3

Functionality

Pros:

Integration with RE is the main reason we converted from QB Online. It was a great decision, as it has increased efficiency and reduced errors.

Cons:

It was somewhat challenging for our accounting staff to get used to, since they aren't RE users, but the training package is quite good.

Verified

Reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2022

The product you are sold is probably not what you will actually get

Our experience with FENxt has really been terrible. It is soooo slow. Features we were promised at implementation do not work or have never been rolled out (where is A/R??). It does not sync with our bill pay system (we were told it would!) so bills have to be manually entered into two systems. It takes a very long time for support and usually the ineffective solution is that we should clear our cookies or history, or we are sent something to read. One of our databases has had problems from the start. Every excel report has to be reformatted to be useful.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It is good to have project tracking capabilities and to have the ability to work from home if needed.

Cons:

The sales team will give you a lot of promises that are not reality. The biggest overall problems are how slow the system is, and features we were promised that never happened.

Reasons for choosing Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT

We thought that we were making an investment in a system that would improve the efficiency of our organization.

Reasons for switching to Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT

We switched in hopes of a better system with more integration and easier intercompany transactions.

Calyn B.

Verified reviewer

Government Administration

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed June 2022

Great Fund Accounting Software

We moved from QuickBooks to BlackBaud because we needed a fund accounting program and it has performed well for our organization. Our department heads now have access to the site and can see their financials more than just once a month which is game changing for financial decisions.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The cost of this software verses the others in the market is very affordable. The implementation went very smooth and it has been working very well. Support is usually really quick and helpful to get problems solved.

Cons:

The reporting functions are time consuming to set up but most reports can be built to suit your needs and work great after the initial build.

Reasons for choosing Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT

We choose BlackBaud over the others due to fund accounting specifics and pricing.

Reasons for switching to Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT

Needed a fund accounting software

Tim H.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed June 2021

User review

Has been positive but still learning the system since "go-live" migration about 7 months ago.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Migration from previous version was seamless along with BB team to assist where needed. Ability to "copy previous" is very helpful. Helpful training opportunities via on-demand or BB U taught courses. BB support is usually always quick to reply & direct when needed.

Cons:

Understanding parameters that need to be set (i.e. post, etc.) can be confusing. BB support does not seem to have access to your org file when issues arise...that was a bit shocking. I would think behind the scenes that would be able to access & walk through critical problems that need to be addressed. I realize it may be a data security issue but having to add a BB staff as user seems akward.

Reasons for choosing Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT

Price consideration & need to migrate to cloud around Covid shutdown.

Kenton S.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed February 2021

Good product - backward implementation

The worst part is implementation. We had to make decisions about setup that cannot be changed before we fully understood how we wanted to use the software. They should have allowed us to use our own data in a "sandbox" model to learn how things work.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I love the fact that you can create journal entries and invoices and include that information in reports before posting them. This helps to avoid mistakes. The web view is user friendly and fairly intuitive.

Cons:

The database view is archaic and not user friendly. Many functions have not yet been converted to the web view and must be done in the database view.

Reasons for choosing Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT

Cost and the fact that Blackbaud integrates with church management.

Reasons for switching to Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT

We were unhappy with Shelby. We also wanted a solution that was integrated with church management and had features like capturing credit card feeds directly from the bank.

Fernando L.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2025

Great not for profit financial management system

Our company really likes Blackbaud. We have used it as our primary financial management tool for over 12 years. It is a security program with many different layers of protections. Provide all financial reporting necessary for well management. Another plus is the price. It is very affordable compared to others.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Transition from an old database system to a new and easy all-in-one-place model system. It is a fantastic program for not-for-profit church management and schools.

Cons:

Before completing the transition from the old to the new model, it should be better tested before the complete rollout. Need better customer service, especially at the chat.

Stephanie S.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2024

Financial Edge NXT

We have been using Financial Edge and now FE NXT for years. We find that it has a user-friendly environment.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We really like the drill down features in general ledger account details. We also like the Excel Add in functions for importing from spreadsheets and other software systems.

Cons:

The lack of consistent queries available in NXT has been a challenge.

Dorothy E. "Dolly" H.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

201-500 employees

Used other for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2019

This product really can only get better

Our finance and marketing departments use Blackbaud FE and RE daily and they get the job done. Migrating to something else at this point would be a monumental task, but it still may well be worth the effort.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Interfaces with our Fund Raising software (Raiser's Edge, I am equally thrilled with that too, and mostly for the same reasons cited herein). Blackbaud offers a good training program (which considering the product license fees all of which should be free).

Cons:

The reporting is cumbersome. Lack of a self-service audit trail. The interface is not intuitive.

Vendor Response

Hi Dorothy! I appreciate you taking the time to review Financial Edge 7 (legacy version of Financial Edge NXT) and being a loyal customer. All of the concerns you brought up in this review have been addressed the cloud-based version of FE7, Financial Edge NXT. ¿ Reporting - take advantage of being able to run multiple reports in your background at the same time, so that you can keep working while they run. You also get drill-down capabilities, 100 canned reports, and more. ¿ Interface - Financial Edge NXT is a cloud-based, modern, and intuitive platform. It is responsive and highly configurable. ¿ Audit Trail - Financial Edge NXT provides a complete audit trail with the ability for users (with permissions) to self-serve this information directly in the system. ¿ Migration - Migrating to Financial Edge NXT is very easy for Financial Edge 7 clients. We ensure that you have no loss of functionality, no data conversion, and no re-implementation. - Blake Paradise

Replied April 2019

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