Anthology Encompass vs. Convio Luminate (discontinued) vs. Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Anthology Encompass
Score 6.5 out of 10
N/A
Anthology Encompass, formerly from iModules which is now part of Anthology (the company formed from iModules 2020 merger with Student Labs and Campus Management) is an integrated online communication and engagement solution built to help institutions strengthen relationships, increase engagement, and drive donations. It comprises modules for CMS, email marketing, event management, online donations, and social networking. Core market is educational institutions.N/A
Convio Luminate (discontinued)
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
Convio Luminate was a nonprofit CRM option acquired by Blackbaud that is currently discontinued, and no longer available.N/A
Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit (discontinued)
Score 7.4 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Microsoft for Nonprofit was a bundle of nonprofit-specific applications, advanced training benefits, and technical support that is no longer available.
$0
per month per instance
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Standard Plan
Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Anthology EncompassConvio Luminate (discontinued)Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoNoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsWith the $0 solution, Fundraising and Engagement, organizations receive access to a multitude of solutions, including: Fundraising and Engagement Fundraising performance dashboard LinkedIn Sales Navigator Program Impact Dashboard Constituent Marketing Journeys Volunteer Management Volunteer Engagement Manage volunteers template Volunteer center template Fundraising and Engagement includes all the features and capabilities above and requires prerequisite licenses.
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Communications and Marketing
Comparison of Communications and Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Anthology Encompass
-
Ratings
Convio Luminate (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit (discontinued)
7.2
4 Ratings
10% above category average
Constituent engagement and marketing00 Ratings00 Ratings7.24 Ratings
Reporting and Analytics
Comparison of Reporting and Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Anthology Encompass
-
Ratings
Convio Luminate (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit (discontinued)
6.9
5 Ratings
9% above category average
Reporting and data visualization00 Ratings00 Ratings6.85 Ratings
Wealth screening00 Ratings00 Ratings6.93 Ratings
Fundraising and Events
Comparison of Fundraising and Events features of Product A and Product B
Anthology Encompass
-
Ratings
Convio Luminate (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit (discontinued)
7.9
2 Ratings
29% above category average
Online donation options00 Ratings00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
Volunteer shift management00 Ratings00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
Security and Platform
Comparison of Security and Platform features of Product A and Product B
Anthology Encompass
-
Ratings
Convio Luminate (discontinued)
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Ratings
Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit (discontinued)
7.3
4 Ratings
5% above category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings00 Ratings7.64 Ratings
Mobile access00 Ratings00 Ratings6.94 Ratings
Integrations00 Ratings00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Anthology EncompassConvio Luminate (discontinued)Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit (discontinued)
Small Businesses
Bonterra Network for Good
Bonterra Network for Good
Score 9.4 out of 10
Bonterra Network for Good
Bonterra Network for Good
Score 9.4 out of 10
Bonterra Network for Good
Bonterra Network for Good
Score 9.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Bonterra OneCause
Bonterra OneCause
Score 8.9 out of 10
Bloomerang CRM
Bloomerang CRM
Score 9.1 out of 10
Bloomerang CRM
Bloomerang CRM
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
Blackbaud Enterprise Fundraising CRM
Blackbaud Enterprise Fundraising CRM
Score 7.6 out of 10
Blackbaud Enterprise Fundraising CRM
Blackbaud Enterprise Fundraising CRM
Score 7.6 out of 10
Blackbaud Enterprise Fundraising CRM
Blackbaud Enterprise Fundraising CRM
Score 7.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Anthology EncompassConvio Luminate (discontinued)Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
6.0
(1 ratings)
5.0
(2 ratings)
7.2
(11 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
3.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Usability
4.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
4.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
1.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Anthology, Inc
Importing and exporting data is failry easy. Automation for e-mail marketing is severely lacking.
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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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Discontinued Products
Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit is well suited for non-profit settings requiring one coordinated and one-stop-shop for electronic file management, especially of Microsoft file types such as Microsoft Word documents, Excel sheets, and PowerPoint presentations. Some scenarios where it is less appropriate are for those who need to transfer or share files across different platforms outside of the Microsoft Suite of products.
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Pros
Anthology, Inc
  • It allows us to create fields as needed.
  • Creating an export of data is really easy.
  • Merging of records is fairly simple.
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  • Luminate takes some of the legwork out of setting up NSPS for nonprofit use of salesforce.
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  • Providing a basic framework for nonprofit organizations who've been limping along or have capped out with their current platforms to consider switching to amplify and multiply their capabilities, reach, and impact
  • Increasing the accessibility for both citizen developers and tech teams to extend a platform, so long as there are clear parameters (business use case) and thoughtful design and architecture planning
  • Sharing some core infrastructure that accelerates the use of important tools to further the mission of nonprofit organizations
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Cons
Anthology, Inc
  • A more inclusive duplicate identification tool would be great.
  • QR tickets for event registrants would be great and move you into this century.
  • Allowing more flexibility with event creation is vital to us at this time.
  • Additional automation would be great. Email event info, then to those not registered, then a reminder to those registered. Now it is entirely manual throughout the entire process.
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  • Big Investment
  • It's a sales program with a donation management overlay so it has some troubles around reporting.
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  • The system is ridiculously hard to implement, requiring too many tiers of Microsoft cloud services to be enabled.
  • The technical aspects of the product are far too complex for anyone with standard cloud-based app training to implement.
  • The non-profit "qualification" system is poorly designed.
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Likelihood to Renew
Anthology, Inc
It does not have the automation or event tools that we are desperately needing at this time.
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Discontinued Products
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It's been very helpful at a very discounted price, especially in data analysis and visualization with Power BI.
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Usability
Anthology, Inc
The software is old and complicated. Not very intuitive to learn.
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Reliability and Availability
Anthology, Inc
It is usually up and running.
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Performance
Anthology, Inc
No integration.
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Support Rating
Anthology, Inc
I usually get an accurate response to issues. Your service techs are knowledgeable in how the software works and is set up.
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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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In-Person Training
Anthology, Inc
N/A I've only attended webinar training, which is great when you are on live, not so much when watching a recording.
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Online Training
Anthology, Inc
Most are recorded, so questions that arise are not easy to get answered.
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Implementation Rating
Anthology, Inc
Unknown. I wasn't here.
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Alternatives Considered
Anthology, Inc
None others to date.
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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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Other solutions may have a head start in terms of features, but MC4N is catching up quickly. Easy integration with the entire Microsoft tech stack including Office 365, Dynamics 365, Azure, Power BI saves costs over time. Microsoft’s Power Platform also allows for easy and rapid low code extensibility. Finally, the Common Data Model enables interoperability with other products and oAppSource apps.
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Return on Investment
Anthology, Inc
  • The cleanup process is very painful due to lack of any automation
  • Identity checkpoint would be great if we could control the fields being matched.
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  • Uncertain; we have not collected data on this. Our Luminate package is quite expensive, though.
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  • Attempting to deploy Microsoft Cloud for Non-profits had a negative impact on our donor relations staff, the technical team tasked to deploy it, and upper management who watched the deployment fail.
  • Overall, this product is too dependent on too many Microsoft Cloud services to really deploy with any sort of clear expectation to management of what the "hidden" costs would be.
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ScreenShots

Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit (discontinued) Screenshots

Screenshot of Likelihood to donate, which allows users to increase donor giving by understanding and engage with a constituent community based on its propensity to give.