AmpliFund vs. Bonterra Development + Digital

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AmpliFund
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
AmpliFund is a purpose-built grant management platform designed for federal, state, local, and tribal governments to manage every phase of the grant management process, from StreamLink Software (d.b.a. AmpliFund) headquartered in Cleveland. The configurable solution provides a full suite of features needed by grant funders and recipients to maximize grant outcomes, meet performance standards, and increase compliance so they can achieve their missions.
$5,000
per year
Bonterra Development + Digital
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
Bonterra Development + Digital enables nonprofits to increase efficiency, optimize supporter and prospect interactions, and raise more money by providing expansive fundraising, digital, and organizing tools on a unified CRM.N/A
Pricing
AmpliFundBonterra Development + Digital
Editions & Modules
Grant Seeker - Core
$5000
per year
Grant Maker - Core
$6000
per year
Grant Maker - Advanced / Enterprise
Custom
Grant Lifecycle - Advanced / Enterprise
Custom
Grant Seeker - Advanced / Enterprise
Custom
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AmpliFundBonterra Development + Digital
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
AmpliFundBonterra Development + Digital
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AmpliFundBonterra Development + Digital
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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Submittable
Submittable
Score 8.9 out of 10
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Workday Financial Management
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User Ratings
AmpliFundBonterra Development + Digital
Likelihood to Recommend
6.0
(1 ratings)
7.6
(150 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
1.1
(5 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
3.5
(6 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(145 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
1.9
(8 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(143 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
5.7
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AmpliFundBonterra Development + Digital
Likelihood to Recommend
AmpliFund
The application procedure was the sole practical aspect of this software that actually benefited our organization. We had been using paper applications, but AmpliFund allowed us to completely digitize and streamline the process. Even though we had a few problems with reviewers not having the proper rights and had to contact multiple times to remedy this, this was still a useful service.
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Bonterra
It is a great tool overall, but it is expensive. Selling it to management to keep as an expense for small nonprofits is challenging. It is a powerful mobilization tool and often underused when compared to the price tag, however. Moreover, it is cumbersome for new users to learn how to use it and there is little in the way of video tutorials.
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Pros
AmpliFund
  • Great UI
  • It works in Windows OS
  • Documentation
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Bonterra
  • Some people find the Create A List tool more intuitive than other record-querying equivalents, which can make it easier for digital organizers to target and segment bulk emails, broadcast texts, door-knocking sheets, etc.
  • The ability to add custom fields on both Contact and Contribution records allows for some flexibility in making the system adapt to your organizing model
  • There aren't a lot of other tools out there that make phone banking quite as accessible
  • EveryAction's Email Series/Automations allow for some pretty sophisticated things to run mostly on their own, from welcome and reactivation series, to drip campaigns
  • For the most technical EveryAction users, the ability to customize online form appearance and functionality using callback functions allows for pretty intricate customization of submitter experiences (e.g. redirecting form submitters to different destinations based on how they filled out the form)
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Cons
AmpliFund
  • The document management aspect could be cumbersome
  • Customer support
  • Difficult to use
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Bonterra
  • Tech support resolutions and turnaround time (when going through basic channels).
  • Continuity of the software—We recently lost a feature we had enjoyed for the first several months and were told that it is "not currently possible" with our version of VAN—even though we had it.
  • I wish you could see ALL bulk uploads at ALL times, not just the last 100 batches or lines.
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Likelihood to Renew
AmpliFund
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Bonterra
We will never us EA, nor recommend them to another org, simply based on their failed promises to deliver training, on-boarding and then charging our account during our free 3 month period, then after cancelling the contract their legal department tried to force us to sign a cancellation agreement that barred us from writing reviews, making comments, etc!
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Usability
AmpliFund
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Bonterra
It's just so easy--there isn't a lot of techy lingo or graphics, so a regular person can log in and have a sense of what does what. There might be a few terms you need to learn, but everything is in common English so you can almost always find what you're looking for.
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Reliability and Availability
AmpliFund
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Bonterra
I have found that system disruptions are rare and find that the communication from Bonterra Development + Digital in those instances to be informative and timely. I can only recall the system being down one or two times in the 8 plus years I have used Bonterra Development + Digital.
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Performance
AmpliFund
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Bonterra
Will not go higher than 8 because of how often I end up locked out
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Support Rating
AmpliFund
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Bonterra
I feel like product support and training should go hand in hand. Having to pay $5k to learn how to use a database is absolutely ridiculous and should be offered with the cost of your database, as it is with every other database I've ever used in the last 10 years of my career. With that being said, once I took the training, I found that the support was much more available. Having training and support behind a paywall is bad business in my opinion
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Online Training
AmpliFund
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Bonterra
They went through all the features and explained in easy-to-digest details what features the system had. They were also responsive to questions we had. We were able to check in with the support team after training and received prompt followups that helped supplement the training after we had real-world experience using the system.
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Implementation Rating
AmpliFund
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Bonterra
We had some issues in the transition. The group that was contracted by EveryAction to transfer our data was not adequate. Information was misplaced, and everything took longer than it was supposed to. However, our personal EveryAction rep was fabulous, and eventually, they made everything right, including giving us some additional time with the rep.
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Alternatives Considered
AmpliFund
We previously submitted our data via Excel, and everything went smoothly. I think the purpose of AmpliFund was to make it simpler for the grantor to integrate spending data from various grantees, but that never worked out for them.
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Bonterra
Blackbaud is a Cadillac, and not needed by most small nonprofits of 3 million or less in income. We looked at several prior to choosing EveryAction. We are very pleased with EveryAction but wish that the training was more involved from a corporate perspective and that customer service could actually help more.
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Scalability
AmpliFund
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Bonterra
It just works whenever we need it. We'd grown our list and scaled up substantially since buying the product and have had no issues.
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Return on Investment
AmpliFund
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Bonterra
  • It has saved me time because I can create events and connect Zoom directly and immediately save new contacts to my database from the registration.
  • In targeted emails, we have been able to collect small dollars through low effort fundraising asks.
  • Negative impact is many of our staff is not able to use it yet due to difficulty of navigation so they are going through user guides and tutorials and training to figure it out.
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ScreenShots

Bonterra Development + Digital Screenshots

Screenshot of donor segmentation and targeting by evaluating donors' past behavior, which highlights best opportunities to improve retention, increase donor value, and raise more money.Screenshot of a single, unified platform to support all kinds of campaigns by sending newsletters, creating action alerts, crafting fundraising appeals, and building automated workflows with a modern, targeted email tool boasting deliverability rates.Screenshot of multi-channel workflow automations.Screenshot of a picture of an individual record. These feature customization options used to tailor the page and highlight important information.Screenshot of a Bonterra form. 33% of forms have at least one pre-filled file due to a previous action taken across our network, boosting overall conversion rates.