Some advice from the early days of the FAQ that probably needs to be updated.
Software advances rapidly.
Most of the entries in this section are several years old. Suggestions about how to bring it up to date would be welcomed. The first comments below are useful advice no matter what kind of data management software is under consideration. I have questions about donor software, but instead of asking which software people prefer, my questions are what are the basic functions we, as a non-profit, should expect the donor software to perform. By the way, we are a small non-profit.