Reports: Websites

Our thoroughly-researched reports compare products and give recommendations to help you make smart software decisions. Idealware’s reports typically start with a high-level overview of the software landscape for a specific purpose, and then detail the benefits and drawbacks of specific software vendors for your organization’s needs. And don’t worry, our funding model (and integrity) ensures that our reports remain unbiased. 

Reports: Websites

  • Streamlining Online Grant Applications: A Review of Vendors
    April 2010
    Online grant application systems can be a timesaver for all involved—or they can cause grantseekers and grantmakers hours of unnecessary frustration.  Streamlining Online Grant Applications: A Review of Vendors evaluates seven different vendors against a set of essential and gold standard features for online applications and reporting, to help grantmakers identify the best systems to support their grantmaking.  

  • Field Guide to Software for Nonprofits: Fundraising, Communications, and Outreach
    January 2010
    What types of software should your nonprofit be using? It’s hard to even know what exists, let alone what is best for you. Through a friendly, easy-reference format, the Field Guide helps you pinpoint the types of software that can increase your organization’s effectiveness and efficiency. And it de-mystifies the possible options through user-friendly summaries based on your needs and technical maturity.

  • Comparing Open Source Content Management Systems: WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Plone
    February 2009
    This 60-page report provides compares four free and open source systems -- WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Plone -- that can help you to build and manage a website. We provide both a feature summary and detailed reviews, as well as a directory of consultants. 

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