Other Tools Reviewed
We reviewed a number of other online donation tools for this report, which we felt were less likely to be useful to those reading this report. There were a number of reasons that we felt these tools were not competitive with the other tools listed above. Many were comparably priced to other options but had considerably fewer features. Others had aspects that we felt were less-than-desirable, such as poorly laid out donation forms or payment processing in batch rather than in real time.
The other tools reviewed were:
- Community Resource Network Donation Tool (www.crn.org)
- ECHO MerchantAmerica (www.echo-inc.com)
- eServicesCorporation (www.eservicescorp.com)
- ezDonor (www.ezdonor.com)
- JustGive (www.justgive.org)
- MakeaDonation (www.makeadonation.com)
- Verisign PayFlow Link (www.verisign.com)
5 Comments:
Hi Laura--We discussed the need to limit the number of vendors/packages to be evaluated way back when, and I fully understand how difficult it would be to cover them all... and then keep them all current as new versions come out. However, I was wondering if you might have some info. on any of the following: Donor Perfect, Entango, Exceed, Fund EZ, Giftworks, Kintera, or Pledgemaker. They all are fairly common and come up regularly in conversation. Anything you can share regarding any of them would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Steve,
Most of the tools you mention don't support online donations, as far as I know. Entango does, and is reviewed in this report (http://www.idealware.org/donations/2005/11/entango.html). Kintera also does, but is out of the price range covered by this report. Donor Perfect, Exceed, FundEZ, Giftworks, and Pledgemaker are all, I believe, offline donor databases. Giftworks is covered briefly in our Low Cost Databases article (http://www.idealware.org/articles/fgt_low_cost_dbs.php) but the rest will have to wait for a donor databases report.
Hi Laura,
Just wanted to touch base re PledgeMaker. PledgeMaker has been offering online donations for years and offers PledgeMaker Online, a web based version of the software.
Please visit www.pledgemaker.com for more complete information.
Thank you
JR
CharityBox.com - Have you heard of/reviewed Chairty Box? I'd be interested in your comments.
Hi Laura,
I know that things can get overlooked, but DonorPerfect has offered an Online giving option for years to over 6000 clients.
More recently (2 years ago) we introduced WebLink, a completely flexible web form management tool that integrates with DonorPerfect. It can easily collect almost any kind of transaction. Best of all, it's very affordable and comparable with all the options listed.
For more information, please visit www.donorperfect.com/weblink
Thanks!
-Jon Biedermann
Vice President
DonorPerfect Fundraising Software
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