Which tool should be used to migrate data from a legacy donor management system to Salesforce?

The NPSP Data Importer is specifically designed for seamlessly migrating data, particularly related to nonprofit functions, from legacy donor management systems into Salesforce's Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP). This tool is tailored to handle the specific data structures and relationships utilized in nonprofit organizations.

Using the NPSP Data Importer simplifies the process by automatically mapping common fields that are typically found in donor management systems to the corresponding fields in Salesforce. This ensures that essential data, like donor information, gifts, relationships, and other nonprofit-specific objects, are migrated correctly without extensive manual adjustments or mappings that might be required with more general tools.

While other tools, such as Data Loader or Data Import Wizard, can also facilitate data migration, they may not offer the same level of specificity and ease for nonprofit data. The Data Loader is powerful for bulk data operations but requires a deeper understanding of the Salesforce data model and may necessitate manual field mapping. On the other hand, the Data Import Wizard is user-friendly for basic imports but lacks the advanced features and configurations needed for nonprofit data migration. Workbench is a more technical tool that can be used for various tasks, including data manipulation, but it is not as specialized for directly importing donor-related data into the NPSP