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Bonterra Salsa Engage vs. Convio Luminate (discontinued)

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bonterra Salsa Engage

    Score6.4 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Online fundraising platformN/A

    Convio Luminate (discontinued)

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AConvio Luminate was a nonprofit CRM option acquired by Blackbaud that is currently discontinued, and no longer available.N/A
    Pricing
    Bonterra Salsa EngageConvio Luminate (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Bonterra Salsa EngageConvio Luminate (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud
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    OneCause
    Score8.8 out of 10
    DonorPerfect
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Blackbaud NetCommunity
    Score3.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Bonterra Salsa EngageConvio Luminate (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Bonterra Salsa EngageConvio Luminate (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Bonterra
    For smaller organizations who don't have extensive data needs (i.e. not many audiences to segment) and who don't need robust reporting, this works great.
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    Discontinued Products
    It does great with donor cultivation processes and the workflow feature is top-notch for automating processes. Where it does a less than stellar job is getting it to work more specifically for your organization. Often times building that kind of special feature costs a significant time and money investment and it is something that is hard to transfer when it's time to move to a new database.
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    Pros
    Bonterra
    • Integration with SalesForce
    • Easy-to-use interface
    • Technical support
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    Discontinued Products
    • Luminate takes some of the legwork out of setting up NSPS for nonprofit use of salesforce.
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    Cons
    Bonterra
    • Translation from salsa engage into our CRM system
    • Could use more modern email templates
    • More restrictions regarding image upload. Currently, you can upload any size and insert it. The email will not send correctly but you do not receive an error message.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Big Investment
    • It's a sales program with a donation management overlay so it has some troubles around reporting.
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    Usability
    Bonterra
    Easy to use interface, far superior to classic. You did this right.
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Bonterra
    Support response has been swift and knowledgable, though not always the answer I've wanted. One huge design flaw is if I add a new Salesforce field to sync, Salsa Engage will not sync it unless it has changed since the last sync, requiring me to fake an update for an entire database or re-sync the whole enchilada. Better to recognize it's a new Salesforce field and perform the sync en masse.
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    Support for the product is horrible; often support will have you bouncing between Blackbaud support and Salesforce support and it's very rare either are able to find simple solutions. Most of the time the solutions almost always cost money and hiring consultants which, for a smaller organization, means not being able to achieve proper solutions.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Bonterra
    EveryAction is a lot cheaper, but Salsa has more featured with targeting certain elected officials/better text messaging strategies
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    Discontinued Products
    Of the databases I have used, Luminate CRM is my least favorite. However, it is powerful and large enough to function adequately for a large nonprofit; I couldn't say the same for some of Blackbaud's smaller products. We definitely need the full Luminate Suite (Luminate Online, Team Raiser, etc.,) to make it work, though - and we're constantly disappointed by the clumsiness of the way all the pieces interact.
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    Return on Investment
    Bonterra
    • Our event participants are always maxed out and Engage allows them an easy way to sign up and participate.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Uncertain; we have not collected data on this. Our Luminate package is quite expensive, though.
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    ScreenShots

    Bonterra Salsa Engage Screenshots

    Screenshot of an automated triggered welcome seriesScreenshot of an example of a mobile friendly DIY donation formScreenshot of built in segmentsScreenshot of social publishingScreenshot of a customizable formScreenshot of dashboard analytics