Which is better Rediker or Blackbaud?

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Clarification of Question by juliaaloha-ga on 08 Feb 2006 09:49 PST

Rediker and Blackbaud are Independent school administrative software.

Just email a few schools and ask.

Without having firsthand experience with Rediker, it is hard to say.
However, Blackbaud's data structre and import/export utilities are
incredibly difficult to use if you are not well versed in relational
databases.  Check out the Yahoo TRE group, there are a number of
Blackbaud users there and a common thread is data issues.

Here is my opinion. Rediker and BlackBaud are very different software programs. 

BlackBaud: Very popular for their fundraising tool - we used to have
it. Known to be a great product, very feature-rich but tends to become
over complicated. The cost is also close to 10 times that of Rediker.
The various areas are great independently but do not integrate well.

Rediker: Been around for a while - solid product, inexpensive but you
get what you pay for. Also, they don't offer much definability.

You should also look into online software - Principle Data Systems
(http://www.principledata.com) is a good one. No software to install
and they offer the entire suite of integrated tools. Pricing is low
too bc you won't need purchase equiptment - they host everything.