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I liked the fact that all the customer data was in one place with easy access. Instead of trying to hunt down specific data points, everyone on our team had access to the data. It was connected to a booking system that we used which was easy to enter orders and keep track of all opportunities.
Read full review It works well enough for fundraising purposes and donor tracking. I think it would be less appropriate for instances or industries where you don't need so many data points on someone. You are able to attach a lot of information to a record so if you don't need that info (simply need contact info for example) you might want a simpler system
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It analysis trade made on the day for the customer. It helps to build product catalog and track information. It manages and stores large amount of very sensitive or private data. Read full review Accessing in-depth data for a single constituent is easily done and customizable by user working with "tiles" on the home screen Generating lists of possible prospects with specific similarities can be done with a few clicks and then stored for more research later well designed relationship options allow for a a look at specific constituents and how they might relate to other constituents in the system leading to more effective prospecting Screens can be easily customized by user or user group eliminating irrelevant data and presenting only truly relevant information Read full review Cons Converge Technology Solutions
Some random logouts but way less compared to others. Becomes a little cluttered as it has all products, services and order management. Read full review Certain aspects of Blackbaud are oddly non-customizable. Blackbaud updates/support is slow and often ineffective - our organization switched to Microsoft 365, which is apparently incompatible with Blackbaud. Help/support recommended clunky workarounds that don't actually work, rather than proactively enhancing compatibility There should be a flag in constituent search to show which people in the results list are deceased. Query isn't very user friendly. It should be simple to locate the information that you want to pull, and add parameters to that information. Instead you have to write multiple queries to set parameters, then write a query that looks at those other queries. It's time-consuming and easy to make mistakes, and the knowledge/proficiency is difficult to explain or transfer to new staff. Blackbaud generally just feels like its technology is outdated. It wasn't built for the needs of a modern organization, and its developers have failed to make the necessary improvements over time to stay competitive. Read full review Likelihood to Renew Converge Technology Solutions
We've covered a lot, but mostly because we are happy with the system overall. There are a few kinks, and sometimes it takes a minute to figure out the right wording to pull a report or the best way to code a new category that we want to track. But Blackbaud is always there to help us, and once things are figured out - they are super simple to replicate. It wouldn't be worth it to switch to a new system and lose of all our information and time put in to mastering the system
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I give this rating due to ease of usage, data retrieval (which is integral part of my position), reporting and retention of information. I love the fact that we can assign tasks across the team and set targets etc.
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Through the usage of 1CRM, customers are satisfied as the work is done easily and fast. So it ensures tracking and ranking client performance, sharing customizable dashboards. It also gives a way to easily see previous transaction and personalize the customer experience. So 1CRM ease our work to analysis and report the commodity sector.
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Most of our issues were self-inflicted and related to BB's work. We did not "staff up" correctly, our data to be converted was not in great shape and we set some unreasonable goals. With BBs help we were able to clean our data and prep it for conversion and we adjusted the goals to be more achievable with the timeline we were given. We found the BB staff to be responsive and focused, especially when working on-site with us.
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It's more advanced and interactive to use. And it's cloud based built in latest technology so it's much better for me to use.
Read full review Blackbaud CRM is more robust and has better functionality. It is necessary for a bigger fundraising shop. Blackbaud
Raiser's Edge and NXT worked well in smaller organizations with fewer users and fewer donors/prospects. RE was more affordable than CRM was for the smaller organization.
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I'm satisfied with 1crm as it makes us to gain profit. 1crm is used in our whole department which ease to collect data of customers. It makes our job easy to store large amount of information. Read full review Change is always expensive and painful, but CRM is worth the time and effort. One immediate benefit is improved transparency internally, especially for internal accounting, controls, and compliance departments. Cloud hosting helps cut cost and demand on organization staff. Improves access and meets compliance on every level. Ability to make global changes to recording donor phone communication makes it a one-stop resource for a well-run development team. Read full review ScreenShots