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

  • The 2011 Field Guide to Software for Nonprofits
    March 2011
    What types of software should your nonprofit be using? It’s hard to even know what exists, let alone what is best for you. The fully updated and expanded 2011 Field Guide covers more than 20 new types of software, including entirely new sections on Collaboration and Back Office software. It’s 30 percent more information than the last version, for the same low price!

  • 2010 Comparing Open Source Content Management Systems: WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Plone
    December 2010
    FULLY REVISED IN DECEMBER 2010!  We've taken our popular 2009 report comparing four free and open source systems -- WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Plone -- that can help you to build and manage a website, and completely updated it to the newest versions of the systems. We provide both a feature summary and detailed reviews, as well as a directory of consultants. 

  • 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.  

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